Walsingham

It just occurred to me that perhaps what we need as well as age restrictions on the young is age restrictions on the old. "Sorry, Grandad, this has a 45 rating. If you watch this you'll only get upset and confused."

lulz, whut? A picture that shows Obama dressed as a muslim. Hvae you been mainlining pop-rocks or something today, DR?

Like my new pepper mill.

Yes. I've only seen one PETA demonstration. They were in Kinghtsbridge, London, throwing paint at old ladies in fur coats. Strangely, however, when some bikers happened along in leathers they did nothing... Don't forget the 'lol, firebombed your house and dug up your dead relatives' crap they've been doing to reserch scientists. It's terrorism. Well, yes. There was a fantastic piece of undercover journalism done here on their militant 'wing'. The guys involved were filmed showing sod all interest in the animals and every interest in the fear and distress they were causing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7264903.stm I am going to be following this story. Should be fascinating.

If more people thought about the cute girls, there'd be less wars. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7262071.stm Anyway, looks like they've lifetd the ban.

Yeees. Nothing quite like signing away all past and future rights to privacy, to a foreign corporation.

They (the people of Pakistan) do not unanimously find said material offensive. Those who find it offensive undoubtedly aren't even of a unanimous consensus that it should be blocked. Those that believe it should be blocked, no doubt don't believe that non-offensive material should also be blocked. In the end, 'they' (the people of Pakistan) don't believe YouTube should be blocked, yet their government does so anyway. As a result, this is not a matter of consensual agreement in the need for censorship, nor even concensual participation in a filter; it's an oppressive authoritarian move to suppress ideas and philosophies which the government would rather its people didn't have access to. Clearly and forcefully put. I concede to your argument as it stands. However, I have a couple of further statement/questions: 1. Government censorship can be acceptable if an expression of the will of the people? 2. As you said, without democracy the true will of the people is hidden/perverted. Nevertheless, even in non-democratic systems like monarchy or dictatorship, some institutions may come to express that will to significant degrees. 3. Who are we to tell another culture what is acceptable? For example, many European nations find American prudishness towards sex and nudity equally childish. Ought we to condemn the USA to the same degree that we condemn Pakistan?

Yes. I've only seen one PETA demonstration. They were in Kinghtsbridge, London, throwing paint at old ladies in fur coats. Strangely, however, when some bikers happened along in leathers they did nothing...

That's what I was getting at.

Strangely enough, one finds that people who resort to political violence as a consequence of marginal views are - coincidentally - not very bright.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008...carbonemissions When I see stuff like this, it doesn't make me impresse. I think "Have these idiots no concept of the risks involved in toddling about a runway? Or climbing up on aeroplanes?" Far from making me more interested in their political points it makes me inclined to ignore them. I don't ignore them, but the effort required to still pay attention is aggravating.

Either way, feel for you.

HEY! I have always been nice to you people. REALLY! I think it would be funny, if instead of a before and after fat picture you gave before and after social pictures. I understand what you're saying about the psychological need to eat. I have already mentioned that I eat when I'm unhappy. My key advantage is that I get wonderfully cheerful after I eat. But it does make dieting rather a conflicted exercise.

Ithink I remember it. Was that the one where Merlin was the root cause of the trouble? He'd gone back in time and treated Harold with penicillin or something?

Sure they were. Much earlier. Russia and Serbia will block Kosovo's attempts to join UN, OSCE, Council of Europe... Spain, Slovakia, Romania, Cyprus and Greece will block their attempt to join EU, because of their own problems with ethnic minorities. So, Kosovo will pretty much be dependant of international donations in the coming years. Also, Serbs are going to try to prevent EULEX and institutions of the newly pronounced state from taking control in the northern part of Kosovo, since they are majority there. They're going to try to secede from Kosovo, like Kosovo seceded from Serbia. Serb population in the central and southern parts of Kosovo will probably be banished from their homes by Albanian majority. Meanwhile, Russia's going to continue charging Serbia for support. Recently they bought NIS ( national oil company) for measly 400.000.000

Damn good thing too. If it weren't for my survivalist scale stocks of mint sauce I'd have been over-run by weresheep completely.

Yeah. I was going to say, why are we treating Nader's effect as zero sum? Surely a third party candidate can activate unused votes, rather than simply stealing?

Life lesson: Don't EVER feth with Tarna.

Ah.. the traditional drink of the Irish.

I remember an advertisement here one time, that ran along these lines. Citizen: "I don't like talking politics. I think it's boring, and doesn't really affect me." And the guy is sitting in a pub (licensing hours), drinking (customs and excise), watching sport (government funding) on the television (govt regulated). he reaches into his pocket to get cash, and he hasn't much money (taxes). I understand people who won't talk politics. I just would like to help them understand it better so they'd find it more interesting.

Our ISPs might well block a website that hosts material we find offensive. I don't see what's so wrong about some other country finding something else offensive.

My response on the religious aspect of booze is always the same: humility is a rare gift, and nothing breeds true humility like waking up in a chair at 90 degrees, wearing no pants, and with vomit up your nose.

I like the idea of a ninja sneaking into an office and putting the dots on the i's as little hearts. Well done on the diet, Sando. Although I had more succes cutting down on sugar. Fat makes you feel full for longer, and lets you work without cravings.

Singha is good Also, Kingfisher isn't bad either. Sort of goes well together with indian food I must say that I dislike Cobra and Kingfisher. If only IPAs (India Pale Ales) were available in restaurants. As it is I prefer sweet fruity white wines with hot curry.