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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.

I'm damned if I'm taking over. i vote Tigs, since he's done such a fun job with the abldur's Gate thing. Unless his NYC odyssey crumples that notion like a used bag of fritos.

Nor do I. I can't believe we're taking on that tremendous freaking demon. I can imagine a lime flavoured souzaphone with the eyes of Deng Xiao Ping. But I can't imagine us winning that fight. I say we ignore the bloody demon and run off to BG 2. Seriously. Otherwise we'll all just die and that will be it.

That is just brilliant.

Noise. Ventilation. Difficulties with growing plants indoors. Much more expensive all round. Just ask any building services company.

I assume you punished that porcelain throne without mercy. It was like a Vietnam film up in there. Sheets of napalm.

LOL. Imagine. Neat video. But two points: 1. The point about China or Russia being chosen - rather than, say France - is that we know to suspect their motivations. I ought to be shocked to see Krezack conflating the nature of US culture and government with Red China. 2. _Imagine_ that a large proportion of resistance to our friendly Russo-Chinese occupiers was due to sectarian religious fundamentalists. Who described Russo-China as the great satan. And whose very first step on the occupiers leaving would be to seek to dominate the US and turn its great strength towards the sole purpose of harming Russia and China. ~ 3. Imagine that the Russian or Chinese are actually puppies. And they just want to play. Do you want to take the puppies away? DO YOU!?

I had to sit through study and prayer, and my time away from school was strictly limited and monitored. My parents paid a small bloody fortune for the privilege! Of course plenty of public school boys claim their school days were awful. I simply direct them to my mate who went to state school in Luton. I'll take a session in chapel sitting quietly and thinking over a session of being pelted with sharpened coins for answering a question in class.

Actually, with such strategic interest in the operation I'd cheerfully wager

They're very mixed, and certainly not above pulp quality in parts. But there's a few gems in there too. I'm going to re-reading Exile Kiss, by George Alec Effinger.

Sensors detect faulty logic, captain! People survived Buchenwald, so it wasn't really a proper "extermination" camp, either, right? You're a teacher, so you don't need me to tell you how impressionable kids are -Jesuits were notorious for their exploitation of this- which makes any degree of indoctrination revolting. But that's a different story. Can't help but think that the Reddit guy likely doesn't have a leg to stand on, or he would actually be doing something about it - or living off reparations. Were you posting from a rollercoaster? Straight in with Buchenwald? Sheesh...