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Post #7406282 Wouldn't most wars be justified from the perspective of the invaded or suppressed? I don't see why, say, the American or especially the Dutch revolutionary wars would be significantly less justifi ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Battle of Britain rembered	Oct 19 2010
Post #7405842 He did have genius - even the evil can have it which is a good description here for him. The german war machine was quite incredible but Hitler himself wasn't that smart. Surrounded by smart pe ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Battle of Britain rembered	Oct 19 2010
Post #7399212 So many lives wasted because of one loony. well that's a gross underestimation... Hitler was a product of what was going on at the time, a sad stupid little man who's head needed acquainting wi ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Battle of Britain rembered	Oct 18 2010
Post #7339622 The EDL are a strange bunch. Ultimately there a group of football hooligans that have been organised quite cleverly into more political issues. Most of them other then the combat 18 and such like ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	The English Defence League. Discuss.	Oct 13 2010
Post #6934602 [author] Seem to be hearing a lot about this company in the UK at the moment. Trying to build all over the place. At the council meeting on tuesday there was a petition to stop the new one their building o ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Hooters	Sep 9 2010
Post #6130392 In the long run it might've been more sensible to form an unstable government? For them, as a party. They have alienated there core vote by joining with the Tories, so they may see there small ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Clegg, the wanabe Tory how long will it last?	Jul 7 2010
Post #6107332 It doesn't, and as I said, avoiding government responsibility is punished by voters. At least in countries like the Netherlands and Belgium. Ha, it's like watching the news :lol: the key is mos ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Clegg, the wanabe Tory how long will it last?	Jul 5 2010
Post #6100112 Happy side stepping from being Oppressed by the British ruling classes to your own, progress! :D :lol: …	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Happy 4th of July!	Jul 5 2010
Post #6100072 Baby steps are better than nothing. Besides, what's best for the Liberal Democrats shouldn't necessarily matter to them regarding what they think is best for the country. Voters don't vote for a p ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Clegg, the wanabe Tory how long will it last?	Jul 5 2010
Post #6092012 A coalition is about giving some things up and finding middle grounds in some other places. That's not the same thing as "giving up everything they stood for." Besides, parties that avoid responsi ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Clegg, the wanabe Tory how long will it last?	Jul 4 2010
Post #6090972 [author] It baffled me for a while why the Lib Dems gave up so much to make a pact with the devil. Although I suppose it's obvious the Ruling classes wanted a stable government to put through the savage cu ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Clegg, the wanabe Tory how long will it last?	Jul 4 2010
Post #5769352 Capitalism will look for the cheapest labour, no rich nation can provide as cheap labour as the third and developing world (aside from the prison population in america...), one big race to the bot ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Where did Japan go wrong?	Jun 8 2010
Post #5728492 Does it matter? Clearly Eurovision is ridiculous, have you seen the music scene on the continent it's laughable on the most part...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Not Sounding So Good: UK Last At Eurovision.	Jun 4 2010
Post #5728462 Capitalism will look for the cheapest labour, no rich nation can provide as cheap labour as the third and developing world (aside from the prison population in america...), one big race to the bot ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Where did Japan go wrong?	Jun 4 2010
Post #5728442 well personally I agree with the right to bear arms. Wouldn't want a gun myself, i'm a terrible shot at any rate. Although perhaps I'd agree that making sure people are mentally balanced before gi ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Should firearms be legalised in the UK for householders' protection and Zombie attacks?	Jun 4 2010
Post #5610042 Could you expound on that, please? Yes, I'll try to sumeries but I suggest reading: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1884/origin-family/index.htm which explains it much better. Bas ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Is it right 4 a woman to talk while men are talking	May 24 2010
Post #5549551 this thread starts with some very flawed premises, so not sure where to start...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	The War on Globalisation	May 18 2010
Post #5549481 Is that women-specific? prodomently, I'm not blaming men, Im blaming capitalism, sexism is a essential tool to keeping a property system in place.…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Is it right 4 a woman to talk while men are talking	May 18 2010
Post #5544781 Porn industry, the whole glamour model raise and what not, just advertising generally…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Is it right 4 a woman to talk while men are talking	May 18 2010
Post #5544751 or if the top 100 richest people in the Uk are able to increase their wealth by a third in a year alone and avoid paying 120 billion in tax, why of earth are we seeing massive cuts in education an ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	UK '09 or '10 Election Update	May 18 2010
Post #5544711 It's not about responsibility, most people don't want these cuts, and even more so when it was a small minority that caused the mess yet they get bonuses and we get cuts. To paraphrase a Tony Benn ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	UK '09 or '10 Election Update	May 18 2010
Post #5544141 ha, as my signature link suggests I'd like to (if possible) put it off for as long as science allows!…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Death	May 18 2010
Post #5544121 Ha, odd thread, tis strange, in the west certainly we are defiantly going backwards with women's rights. It's amazing the exploitation you see now and it's considered 'liberating' or the norm...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Is it right 4 a woman to talk while men are talking	May 18 2010
Post #5544041 I haven't read everything in this thread, so excuse me if I repeat anything but my thoughts on the result: a lib/con ciolliation seems a very odd move, to me anyway, by the lib dems. Considerin ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	UK '09 or '10 Election Update	May 18 2010
Post #4891701 I thought I'd resurrect tis topic, as it seems to be something I have been thinking about on and off recently. I am now fully convinced the baby boomers are a terrible generation. This probably wo ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Baby Boomers, good or bad?	Mar 29 2010
Post #4171961 well I don't think doctors are allowed to treat loved ones are they? If a doctor begins going out with a patient they should probably refer them to another doctor, yes.…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	should doctors marry there patients	Feb 11 2010
Post #4171911 I think most chip shops i know here use haddock. Usually done in batter you can also have 'special fish' where it is done in bread crumbs instead. ah, i wish they did 'special fish' here I muc ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Fish n' Chips love affair	Feb 11 2010
Post #4161161 Meh, the BBC do, but they all do, there probably not the worst offenders. Murdochs rags are just ridiculous, vile vile man.…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	BBC Manipulating Public Opinion	Feb 10 2010
Post #4161141 Too lazy to rifle through the whole thread to see if it was mentioned. What is the most common fish used in UK fish shops? Traditionally it's Cod, you can get others though, like plaice and h ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Fish n' Chips love affair	Feb 10 2010
Post #4161121 I have grown to dislike fish and chips over the years I have to say, I like cod, I like thick soft chips (I know very odd...) and who doesn't like the curry sauce they give you but just not the ba ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Fish n' Chips love affair	Feb 10 2010
Post #3786251 get a job, get out of devon...hmm same resolutions as last year, depressing... Although I did have a job until the end of november!…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	New Year Resolution	Jan 5 2010
Post #3786201 Thing that concerns me is that all this time and effort is being put into opposing this fundie Muslim loony group which I agree with, but what about the other groups? The EDL also plan to march, a ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	"A Town defiant"	Jan 5 2010
Post #3559231 It's cerainlty taken it's tole the man, you can see it in how he has aged. His leaning on faith, etc. I think Blair was merely a pawn in a game. Not that he doesn't deserve to be in front of a tri ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Liar Blair. A man despised?	Dec 14 2009
Post #3413411 My mistake street - I thought the thread was about Christmas and the place of Tradition in it. it is about many things, to many people, on many plains... ;)…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Here comes the usual you can't call it christmas...	Dec 1 2009
Post #3365031 No I don't think I missed the point street. well I am confused then, I don't really see how being poor is just a silly thing, it's a very real state that most of the world find themselves in wi ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Here comes the usual you can't call it christmas...	Nov 30 2009
Post #3355591 ..... or commies or PC maniacs or people who don't like dogs or people who can't spell properly or the shiftless poor or figs or bubblegum or people who look like terrorists or people who earn mor ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Here comes the usual you can't call it christmas...	Nov 29 2009
Post #3353421 Or explain what's so great about tradition for the sake of tradition, seems very silly to me, and just keeps bad things going, the Royal Family, fox hunting for a while, racism, orange order :p, o ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Here comes the usual you can't call it christmas...	Nov 29 2009
Post #3353391 [author] Does it matter? I couldn't give a toss what people call it, it's just a word, isn't it more about what you do then what you call it? Gods been dead for decades, Christmas has nothing to do with Ch ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Here comes the usual you can't call it christmas...	Nov 29 2009
Post #3279891 A little over €200/month? You might just be able to pay the rent on the tiniest student room with that. I understand that in the Netherlands it's more like €700-800/month, which may just be enough ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	The BBC irritates me but...	Nov 23 2009
Post #3275371 I know plenty of people of benefits, I was on them myself for a while and will be on them again at the end of the month when I lose my jobs and the picture you paint, well I'd rather not say it bu ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	The BBC irritates me but...	Nov 23 2009
Post #3245241 Well I wouldn't put it like that, obviously... I think the majority, to a certain degree, most of the time, have always been apathetic towards politics. It's just the way people are, as because ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	The BBC irritates me but...	Nov 20 2009
Post #3232072 Bush had a lower approval rating at Nixon didn't he by the end or something like that? So probably yes...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	David Frost/Richard Nixon interview and a possible modern-day ???/George W. Bush interview?	Nov 19 2009
Post #3232032 I think street spirit that your hope that people might swing back to Labour at or after the General Election due to remembering the 80's is a bit open to challenge. It's not really wishful thi ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	The BBC irritates me but...	Nov 19 2009
Post #3210212 RJ Is it fair to compare actual above board salary? I understand the PM will be paid quite well by corporate board seats, (where attendance is not required) and with outlandish sums for speeches t ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	The BBC irritates me but...	Nov 17 2009
Post #3209812 Yes England; the master plan is to loose our very first game but win in the end on a penalty shootout. We've been practicing the tactic for a long time. :lol: to true, odds wise we have to w ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	2010 FIFA World Cup	Nov 17 2009
Post #3209772 Bays, Tribute, Red Rock and Sharps, all good south west breweries though, if you're down here!…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Beer	Nov 17 2009
Post #3209722 I fancy an Otter :right: Wine wise, I seem to like red Spanish wine, Rioja is nice, although I don't know that much about wine other then the more you spend the nicer it usually tastes...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	Beer	Nov 17 2009
Post #3209642 England of course! :D but only we can can come up with an anthem as good as this classic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T1pXsJp_go…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	2010 FIFA World Cup	Nov 17 2009
Post #3209582 I would offer up the point for discussion that the public opinion has a greater effect on the press now, rather than the other way around. Papers are so desperate for sales that they are keen to t ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	The BBC irritates me but...	Nov 17 2009
Post #3209532 I dont know I still think it's strong, what other source do people have? Ultimately there isn't much choice but to believe it, is there? Of course depending on the newspaper you speak about, they ...…	street_spirit	Debates & Discussions	The BBC irritates me but...	Nov 17 2009

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