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Need time to think about this one. Poke me if I forget to reply.

Doesn't make it any less ridiculous.

I don't really give a **** about the credit card details. Until international efforts are made to tackle fraud I just assume I'm going to get stung periodically. What I care about is the simple obvious bull**** involved in these people thinking it's _possible_ to run an heroic effort 'For Mankind' with no mandate from anyone other than themselves, with no oversight, no accountability, and with a limitless remit. It assumes there's something literally magical about vigilantism on the internet. These recent attacks simply illustrate how the entire concept of Anonymous and Wikileaks is misguided at best. They aren't some evolution of the group. They are an expression of the failures built into the concept. Like a dog-hair flavoured ice-cream.

Friends don't let friends use Twitter.

I have always had huge reservations about this notion that US personnel can't be tried locally. If they don't let him be tried locally, and punished in a style commensurate with Afghan custom (death penalty) then you can forget about whole swathes of population. And it's not like they're being ignorant savages. How often does the American public cry out for the death penalty? Or the British public, for that matter? And this has got nothing whatsoever with George ****ing Bush, Big Oil, or the Tooth Fairy. It's not even about the Taliban. It's about Staff Sergeant McInhumanfuntwit murdering a bunch of innocent women and children. I find suggestions to the contrary either foolish or revolting.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/9137051/Iraq-religious-militias-target-emo-youths.html Not sure I'd call them emos. But I only have a GCE in 'Yoof'. Nice to see that the fundies have their priorities straight on rebuilding their nation.

I made a joke about it at some point in time. Maybe that's what you remember? Oh OK. You know how famously bad we British are at getting irony.

Incidentally, did I mention that I successfully killed that glowy eyes evil horse by shouting it off a cliff?

I'm tied to this ol' workhorse for at least the next year as I try to reduce my debts. So no Windows 8 for me!

Since they actively menace people they don't like I'd have thought (possibly naively) that extortion was implicit.

Hard to believe anyone would go this far. Particularly not a senior NCO. I've no doubt he'd try to justify the attacks on PTSD or 'theys ungrateful' grounds. But IMO the man's not just a murderous ****ing coward, but he's pissed on all his comrades. This one incident will undo dozens of sacrifices and months of years of hard work. Not to mention the work of allies like Britain. However, my main feeling is sadness that so many innocent people have been killed for the sake of one insane [and at this point my command of expletives proved insufficient].

LOL. Well, Hilde. When we invaded Iraq people asked what we were doing about all the other ***holes....

Aha. The old De Quincey daiquri! ~~ Back on topic: As if to help hammer home my point about this electronic lynch mob being utterly unaccountable and in fact something any democrat should be against: 'Anonymous' targets a company that helps the victims of abuse receive abortions. Now, many will say that 'Anonymous' didn't sanction this. But then, the whole point is that no-one EVER sanctions what Anonymous does.

I did that yesterday. Clean a room or something, the guilt will go away. Then you can triumphantly declare you stayed home to clean up and organize. Don't spend more than 20 minutes on it, though, no need to go overboard. That sounds similar to when I try to convince myself that masturbation is a form exercise and I cannot be out of shape, because I exercise regularly. But do you exercise for long enough to get the cardio benefit?

*cough* At what point does the time you lose on life equal the amount you lose to sleep?

LOL! Also, lol at your sig. WTF have you been drtinking? I want some.

Just putting this out there: could we use a squirrel?

I can't believe you let us all die, you charlatan! You bloody yorkshire terrier! You ... you... It's a special death spell, you arse! Even I know that! You have to cast thingy and it parboilds the whatsit and we're all fine. Potion of heroism. Gone. Gone. And never called you a mother****er.

I think I actually heard someone on here condemning her not speaking as Obsidian being 'cheap' with the voice budget. Seriously.

Hi GD. Hope those hounds weren't too traumatised. Did you bring back any pinata seeds?

I think the idea was to pick something people can relate to? It can be hard to explain something to people when they have no point of reference. Whoever made the video could have used the Palestinian/Jewish conflict as an example, but people in the US wouldn't be able to relate to it, because it isn't their homes being flattened by tanks from an occupying force on a regular basis. You need to paint the picture in colours people recognise so to speak, otherwise it's just an abstract smear on the wall Fair point. But to choose Russia or China loads a lot of concepts in with it. Which would be wise and splendid if those concepts were justified. But I simply don't accept that the USA is morally or practically the same as China. So I suuggest that a much better analogy for Americans to think through would be if French troops turned up to shove them around.

My social slaloming of the last few years has given me much pause for thought on this topic. I don't think it's the public school thing that helps per se. I think it's just having some pigeon hole for people to put you in, and a pre-agreed set of rules for interacting. Provided the other people know those rules, they find it easier and more comfortable.

That sucks. I hope you had some backup meat on hand. But nevertheless to lose a steak... I've been listening to Peter Tinniswood's Uncle Mort series, and consequently felt obliged to have a full lunch consisting of fried lamb chops, pork sausages, black pudding, and eggs with brown toast (I happen to prefer it). Supper tonight will be a roast chicken with all trimmings.

I've got a ****ing crazy idea: a version of windows with absolutely no 'helpful' features. I did straw poll for this idea on Friday and everyone agreed that they'd pay _extra_ to get a deluxe version that has no autoformating or advice of any kind.

You scare me, dude.. J. ...And that's another reason why they paid for the school.