Quote: zooo @ November 8 2009, 11:10 PM GMTAhh. With spatulas and hair brushes.
We got that covered.
I prefer to defend myself against intruders in the proper English manner. With a frightfully witty put-down and a withering look of disdain. If they don't blush with embarrassment and skulk out of the house with their tail between their legs, only then do I punch them in the testes and run away screaming like a girl. 
Quote: Aaron @ November 8 2009, 10:45 PM GMTI don't understand the feelings behind anti-semitism.
I dunno but I find it terrifying. I can't watch old footage from death camps, I physically can't do it, it's just too much for me. This is the kind of thing that happens when people turn on a religion because of things that are happening politically. I fear for muslims who're just like you or me, trying to lead normal lives, doing the same things. I've seen the feelings coming out in the Griffin thread and it really really worries me. This 'terrorism' is entirely political, it has nothing to do with religion. These people are angry because they have seen pictures of Arab children with missing limbs, families destroyed and tortured - their homelands being invaded and taken over by foreign troops who're doing all this damage and killing their people. You bet they're pissed off! If England were invaded by a power we had no chance of fighting and our people were treated this way I'm pretty sure we'd be pissed off too. It's about politics, not religion, and it's absolutely by no means one-sided, as we all seem to suppose, like we are noble, Jedi knights who've done nothing wrong fighting the dark side. Also, amazing how almost all of the 'big guns' amongst these 'terrorists' are known to have had dealings of one sort or another with western governments prior to these fall outs. Bin Laden is an obvious and well-known example of this. To start blaming a religion and all who follow it is madness, it's ignorant, it's irrational, and, speaking personally, it's very frightening.
I think if someone attacked you or broke into your home, you do have the right to defend yourself and like a lot of single ladies, I do have "something" nearby my bed well hidden but acessable in the unlikely event someone nasty broke into my home or worse, came into my room. However I still don't believe it justifies legalising guns because people are stupid and quick to react plus we have enough gun crime problems as it is.
Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ November 8 2009, 11:51 PM GMTI think if someone attacked you or broke into your home, you do have the right to defend yourself and like a lot of single ladies, I do have "something" nearby my bed well hidden but acessable
You're going to be beat them to death with a vibrator? 
Quote: Timbo @ November 8 2009, 11:53 PM GMTYou're going to be beat them to death with a vibrator?
Is that some kind of cuddly toy?
Quote: Moonstone @ November 8 2009, 11:26 PM GMTTo start blaming a religion and all who follow it is madness, it's ignorant, it's irrational, and, speaking personally, it's very frightening.
I don't think you'll find anyone here who has "blamed a religion and all who follow it." I also think you'll find that religion is the key ingredient in most terrorist atrocities and that it's been used in places which haven't been invaded by western nations.
There was strong support for Al Qaeda in Iraq until they started killing Iraqis at an alarming rate. Once that happened public opinion turned against them and they were mopped up. The same thing is happening in Pakistan - the people were big supporters of the Taliban as long as they were killing people in Afghanistan, but once they started massacring Pakistanis they lost most of their support.
These fundamentalists will always come up with a reason to hate America and the UK, even if it's merely because we have good relations with Israel. A lot of Muslims are perfectly happy to see Israel's allies on the receiving end of a terrorist attack, but they get a little more hesitant when Taliban-style "justice" is directed at themselves. That taste of their own medicine will be how our current terrorism problem is solved, if it ever is.
Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ November 8 2009, 11:56 PM GMTIs that some kind of cuddly toy?
A cuddly bunny just for you:
Quote: Timbo @ November 9 2009, 12:07 AM GMTA cuddly bunny just for you:
That's wierd. It looks a bit like the lollypop I was offered at the docks.....
Tasted grooooooss. I hate aniseed.
Quote: Timbo @ November 9 2009, 12:07 AM GMTA cuddly bunny just for you:
Are those gumballs in the middle?
Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ November 9 2009, 12:09 AM GMTThat's weird. It looks a bit like the lollypop I was offered at the docks.....
Tasted grooooooss. I hate aniseed.
Quote: DaButt @ November 9 2009, 12:09 AM GMTAre those gumballs in the middle?
I think it's a tiny little Lottery draw machine, just to make everything that little bit more exciting. 
Quote: DaButt @ November 8 2009, 10:46 PM GMTYou're f**ked if your elected officials are afraid/unwilling to give the voters what they want.
Google the Lisbon Treaty.
Quote: sootyj @ November 8 2009, 10:58 PM GMTWe should give blind people guns.
The fear that one of them would become panicked and start shooting randomly would help reduce violence. And stop people petting their guide dogs when they are working.
I approve of this plan.
Quote: DaButt @ November 8 2009, 11:14 PM GMTNice table. I've read that a lot of baseball bats are sold in the UK, but there isn't a whole lot of baseball being played.
To teenage scum who go and beat widowed pensioners to death, yes.
*RC walks into thread late - realises the party has been taken over by Terrorists - this is it RC, this is it - just like frikkin' Die Hard.*
*RC grabs gun and runs around in his vest*
Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at Large @ November 8 2009, 11:51 PM GMTI do have "something" nearby my bed well hidden but acessable in the unlikely event someone nasty broke into my home
You'll orgasm them to death?
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ November 9 2009, 12:37 PM GMT*RC walks into thread late - realises the party has been taken over by Terrorists - this is it RC, this is it - just like frikkin' Die Hard.*
*RC grabs gun and runs around in his vest*
RC, I like to imagine that you're the sort of person who will silently and carefully evaluate and judge the innocent pedestrians on Grand Theft Auto before killing most of them, as "scum". 