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Mark Twain said :

[uneasyjd]

Thank you, Tanner.

[number9dream]

Apologies to all who were offended or annoyed by this thread-jacking, it was my friend Stella who loves to get side-tracked into late-night political debates, i had only meant to make a sarcastic little point about the notion that if you dont talk about something it goes away, Sorry

[Mokey Fraggle]

My goodness. And I was just hoping to get my picture in the paper.



EDIT: Spankit, have you tried a fulfilling Dominos Cheesy Bread lately? The best way to try this dish is to order some Sprite and ranch dip to go along. When your Cheesy Bread and soda arrive, pour the Sprite slowly into a cold glass. Then sit down in front of your favorite video game or anime, and carefully open the box of Cheesy Bread. Do not sip the soda first. Remove 1/2 stick of left-most bread, and allow its aroma to fill the room. Then pull the plastic tab on the ranch dip -- careful not to spill -- and place the broken end of the bread inside for no more than two seconds. Pull out, eat, and repeat with the rest of the bread. (drink Sprite as needed).

Enjoy!

[judderman]

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[Juxta]

Number9Dream - I don't think anyone was upset by it, but it was just veering off the PXC topic and into uncharted waters - no worries

Judderman - Can't thank you enough - I *knew* that I'd read that theorem somewhere on the 'net, but just couldn't recall it's name. I wasn't actually invoking Quirk's Exception, as the purpose was not to bring about a premature halt, merely to redirect to a more appropriate location. But thank you again, I now have that linky'd up for future reference and pointing out thereof (but hopefully not to the sensible sorts who inhabit these boards)

J

[European Chris]

Does your friend Mr Stella know my friend Mres Bombay Sapphire?

[Spankit]

[DogsHead]

Ah, the moral majority. Why is this no place to have political discussions? Because this is not the place - there are plenty of others, right? Why is passion frowned apon? Because it stifles "civilized" debate by introducing emotions. You and I Chris are a fading species. BUT, I will never believe that debate over great injustices should be confined to particular places and times. If by barreling this back and forth causes one person to lift their gaze from the sodding Taco Bell balanced on their belly, then the debate has been worthwhile. To whit:

[European Chris]

What's your email address? I'll respond to this but I feel everyone, myself included, is slightly embarrassed by this thread. It's not really the right place for it.

However highlighting pre-war colonialism to combat an argument about a convention written in 1951 strikes me as somewhat odd, making equalities between George Bush and Saddam Hussein and the moral similarity of Iraq and Britain is simply bizarre and any argument that Iraq was actaully a nice place for a 'fuckload of people' (other than for nihalists, imperialists or racists) is horrible.

And no, I doubt the British would respond to Australian troops generously deposing Tony Blair in that way. They had the ability to vote for him and have the ability to vote him out of office. Now, thankfully, these people have the ability to do something similar.



The last time they got to vote the winner got 100%-popular bloke.

And that you had to supress a humanist instinct to come to the conclusion that it may have been a good idea to invade France and fight fascisim speaks volumes.

Read this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0520245555/qid=1129624451/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/202-1840429-3469402

[Spankit]

Dogshead: I kind of resent the implication that I'm some sort of fatass moron who doesn't think about anything but "the sodding Taco Bell balanced on [my] belly" (in my defense, I'm actually quite scrawny) while you and Chris are civilized intellectuals who enjoy discussing international politics. The only reason I was being sarcastic and silly about this whole discussion is because it's taking place in an alternate reality gaming forum. There are so many fora on the internet in which you can discuss this topic from now until the Big Crunch. People don't come here to get yet another dose of reality, they come here to escape it (hence the A in ARG). This is not a matter of frowning upon passion and emotions. The real question you should be asking yourself is "why am I posting this information on this particular forum?"

I realize that this has been made a separate topic now for the sole purpose of providing you with an unForums outlet for political debate, but I just wanted to justify my previous rants about the cheesy goodness of crappy pseudo-Mexican food. Sorry if I sound a lot more hostile in this post then in my other ones, it's just that I'm just kind of hungry right now and Bush-bashing (as much as I love it) is not filling my belly.

[Mokey Fraggle]

Spankit wrote:

[DogsHead]

Global apology folks - child on the the way has my stress levels peaking - you're right, I should leave it outside although I am usually fain to do so. I wasn't really referring to you Spanky, I love your dancing too much for that, but weirdly enough, that same day I had someone attempt to repeatedly derail a political discussion i was having with the use of fast food(!) Weird and infuriating. I appologise. I am attack dog at the mo.

[Spankit]

No apologies needed. It's a well-known fact that the best way to avoid a political discussion is with fast food (anyone else remember the SNL skit with Bill Clinton in McDonalds discussing the conflict in Somalia?). And congratulations on the child, DogsHead!

[Mokey Fraggle]

Yes! Hooray for your baby! How much longer until we have a new, little PPC member?

It's never too young...