Quote: Matthew Stott @ May 9 2010, 5:10 PM BSTReally? If anything, what tends to characterise this country is a general state of apathy, it seems to me.
As somebody who has been caught up in trouble between the English Defence League and various anti-racism protesters, I beg to differ.
Quote: chipolata @ May 9 2010, 6:38 PM BSTAs somebody who has been caught up in trouble between the English Defence League and various anti-racism protesters, I beg to differ.
Well of course there are going to be some protests, and violence, and what not, I was talking generally. Most people won't have been involved in anything of the sort.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ May 9 2010, 6:42 PM BSTWell of course there are going to be some protests, and violence, and what not, I was talking generally. Most people won't have been involved in anything of the sort.
I'm sure if they cancelled Doctor Who you'd take to the streets with the other acne-speckled beige-toothed virgins of Britain!
Quote: chipolata @ May 9 2010, 6:53 PM BSTI'm sure if they cancelled Doctor Who you'd take to the streets with the other acne-speckled beige-toothed virgins of Britain!
Hey, I've had sex! I had to pay for it, but it counts.
Quote: chipolata @ May 9 2010, 6:38 PM BSTAs somebody who has been caught up in trouble between the English Defence League and various anti-racism protesters, I beg to differ.
I bet I know what side you were on 
Quote: Kevin Murphy @ May 9 2010, 6:56 PM BSTI bet I know what side you were on
I was caught in the middle.
Quote: chipolata @ May 9 2010, 6:58 PM BSTI was caught in the middle.
Like A1.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37101705/ns/world_news-asiapacific
So an unpredictable nuclear power is selling arms to be used against another unpredictable nuclear power.
And a few weeks ago torpeod one of it's neighbours boats
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8679922.stm
Imagine being that boy - the sole survivor.
Quote: EllieJP @ May 13 2010, 12:19 PM BSThttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8679922.stm
Imagine being that boy - the sole survivor.
You'd feel invincible.
Or Slighly sad. Mostly invincible though.
Maybe it's like the film Unbreakable for real.
Shame it didn't land on that terrorist with cancer.
Quote: sootyj @ May 13 2010, 12:56 PM BSTMaybe it's like the film Unbreakable for real.
Shame it didn't land on that terrorist with cancer.
How would seeing dead people help him?
Quote: Gavin @ May 13 2010, 12:21 PM BSTYou'd feel invincible.
Or Slighly sad. Mostly invincible though.
A Pam Ayres jet has gone missing over Afghanistan, according to Sky News.
Who would have thought a missing aircraft would raise such a chuckle?
Peter Serafinowicz: "Why I Steal Movies... Even Ones I'm In"
Interesting read.
http://gizmodo.com/5539417/why-i-steal-movies-even-ones-im-in