Walsingham

What you call a crush I call fanatical devotion to the totalitarian schemes of The Master. Potato/pohtahto.

Wait, is me being bigoted more ironic than you not getting my irony? I was going for the double irony, Walsh. Me being "bigoted" against Christianity and everything. Besides, if I thought you were being serious I would have PMed Fio over that remark. Nonsense, you'd have baked me a cake. Or so I shall fondly imagine.

Eh?

Hmmm. I think we should give more thought to this. After all if we can find a way to hack a paper ballot we'll have set back the already frail cause of democracy by years!

Wait, is me being bigoted more ironic than you not getting my irony?

I hate you. I wish I had a work shop so I could create all sorts of sweet stuff like couches and chairs and giant wooden animals. :'( I totally agree. That's one reason why I'm really pleased about my new place. I have a big garage to put a workshop in.

Wouldn't the pc term for "gypsies" be the Roma/Romani? Similarly for "Indians" addressing them by their "nation", e.g Cherokee, Oglala etc. Apologies if I got any of them wrong. Not really my specialty. A better point in many ways. What _is_ a Native American, after all? My understanding is pretty limited but still good enough to know the tribes were very very different.

Security lights would be highly antisocial, given it's a terraced street. I'd wake up the neighbours all the time. I'm thinking active IR cameras, and a motion triggered warning of some kind. Handguns are out, Sando. There's nothing in my house I'd shoot anyone over. Between the cleaning bills, and the court case it just wouldn't be economical.

Lest I appear completely one-sided: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7225613.stm Looks like Coalition forces hit a building in error, killing regular people not terrorists. 20 dead. Of course this doesn't change my 'side'. It's a ghastly eror and if there's any way to prevent it happening again it's got to be done. But at least the Coalition can say it is indeed an error when they kill civilians rather than it being the whole point of coalition operations. This, in teh view of the jurist Abou Khaled Al-Fadl is a distinction embraced within the Quran and in its analyses: "The classical jurists, nearly without exception, argued that those who attack by stealth, while targeting noncombatants in order to terrorize the resident and wayfarer, are corrupters of the earth. "Resident and wayfarer" was a legal expression that meant that whether the attackers terrorize people in their urban centers or terrorize travelers, the result was the same: all such attacks constitute a corruption of the earth. The legal term given to people who act this way was muharibun (those who wage war against society), and the crime is called the crime of hiraba (waging war against society). The crime of hiraba was so serious and repugnant that, according to Islamic law, those guilty of this crime were considered enemies of humankind and were not to be given quarter or sanctuary anywhere. ... Those who are familiar with the classical tradition will find the parallels between what were described as crimes of hiraba and what is often called terrorism today nothing short of remarkable. The classical jurists considered crimes such as assassinations, setting fires, or poisoning water wells - that could indiscriminately kill the innocent - as offenses of hiraba. Furthermore, hijacking methods of transportation or crucifying people in order to spread fear and terror are also crimes of hiraba. Importantly, Islamic law strictly prohibited the taking of hostages, the mutilation of corpses, and torture."

Never mind Mad Max, have you seen Sydney?

As a sort of embittered non-MMO survivalist I agree with an enthusiastc "Yee-ha!" and fire my six guns in the air.

I respectfully disagree on both counts. Firstly and most importantly I am not against political correctness. Indeed it is precisely because I support it that I am trying to suggest it could be made more palatable. For comparison in the UK many consider it political correct to refer to gypsies ONLY as "members of the traveller community", while the derogatory term is simply "gyppo" (pronounced "jippoh"). The politically correct term has as much hope of replacing the short snappy version as a snowman effectively replacing Satan. I agree that dumbing down is a threat. But I fail to see why refusing to accept new terms which are needlessly extruse is dumbing down. I call that being anti waffling up.

I'm asking someone to think through the process. So far as I can see, in the actual polling station it is very hard to forge any meaningful uantity of votes. By meaningful quantity let us say 500, since this amount will shift many marginal British parliamentary constituencies. My first option of being issued with more balllots looks rather dubious. I can't imagine touring marginals with a team of actors. But it just might be possible if we possessed access to the electoral register and market research which gave us some indicator of whether an individual were going to vote or not. Still, a risky business. Stealing/swapping ballot boxes strikes me as wise. Can anyone see a problem with this? I suppose the total number of ballots cast would be recorded by the team sending out the ballot box and checked by the receivers. But would there be any other checks?

I think they should have got Anthony Hopkins to do it. But I say that about everything. what about Marie Antoinette? With enough make-up? Hell, I'd suggest he remake Buffy the Vampire Slayer with him as Buffy.

I've got no beef with him. I only recognise the name. There's nothing in the folder, so to speak.

I just saw The Kingdom actually very taut film, with enough of a plotline and outside significance that I was interested, but no so much it became another Syriana. Eminently enjoyable. 8/10

I suppose if his blood is like sweets then that would make him exactly like a pinata. Children could hit him with sticks until he burst.

Well, much as I am fond of that guy who played him, he was hardly a great actor. I think they should have got Anthony Hopkins to do it. But I say that about everything.

Pipped me to the post.

Yet at the same time an insult which is likely to go unchallenged by anyone not possessing +2 armour?

I'm in the process of buying a new house, and the one I'm keen on has absolutely no security. I have my own ideas, obviously, but I thought it would be fun to kick the notion out to the forum and see what you come up with. We're talking victorian brick terraced house, two stories facing onto main road, and backed by a small alleyway. Let's go!

Speaking as an irascible stumpster myself I for one thought Gimli should have been a lot more dangerous and a lot less funny. But I guess it was 'necessary' for the film to attract the widest possible audience.

u want 2 dumb down the english language? What if they could coopt something shorter and snappier. Like 'Nat' or something from their own languages. It's hardy dumbing down. It's just making politically correct speech more practically correct.

Aha. My mistake. So then why have electronic machines at all? Krezack, I don't know. let's have a think about it and see if can do better! What would you need to do to fake a paper ballot? I suppose points of access: 1. Falsely apply for and recieve ballot papers. 2. Hijack ballot boxes before counting. Any other points of access? Forget how practical they are at this point.