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Ozymandias · Postby **Ozymandias** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 3:49 pm

that many clams must be at least a couple of truck loads... And personally I'd sell them to overpriced French restaurants! I hate seafood (except fish)

Softpaw · Postby **Softpaw** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 4:48 pm

<a href='http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/STRANGE' target='_blank'>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/STR ... > Enjoy <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Gizensha · Postby **Gizensha** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 6:07 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (VisibilityMissing @ Jul 31 2004, 03:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'>  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Gizensha @ Jul 31 2004, 01:42 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> <a href='http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0730/p11s02-bogn.html' target='_blank'>http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0730/p11s ... > I do love us law at times. But only because I dun live there. </td></tr></table>  I don't think this is necessarily illegal, but at this point I think it must be pretty unethical to publish a book discussing the assination of a sitting president. I'm sure Mr. Baker has the Feds camping out at his doorstep to either watch him or protect him now. I am definitely no fan of W, but I wouldn't consider murder as a solution.  </td></tr></table>  As I've said somewhere before. It's just fiction. While he's obviously using fiction to make an arguement, the arguement he'll be trying to make isn't 'Bush should be killed', it will be 'Bush is a bad president'. The reason the book deals with one of the characters deciding to kill Bush will simply be to make the book interesting to read. This isn't to say that there isn't a level of responsability writers (of books, tv programs and movies) have, and violating this responsability is unethical. 'Not making homelessness seem cool' is a very big one, for example. Without actually reading said book, I can't tell if it crosses a line between responsable fiction and irresponsable hatred. If it does cross the line, I still say it should be legal on principle. However, if it crosses the line, it shouldn't have been published in the first place. As for Felix's link... Heh. <a href='http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/ ... TE=DEFAULT' target='_blank'>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/ ... DEFAULT</a> reminds me of an interesting point, the uk law is hypocritical on clothing. VAT only applies to luxury items. There is VAT on all but children's clothing. Public nudity is illegal. Which makes it illegal to not possess luxury items.

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 7:28 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Gizensha @ Jul 31 2004, 01:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> There is VAT on all but children's clothing. Public nudity is illegal. Which makes it illegal to not possess luxury items.  </td></tr></table>  Brief question: Does the VAT apply to unworked cloth? Perhaps the luxury tax is on the labor it takes to make the clothes . . . Some people probably still make their own. Just a thought, may be wrong. <a href='http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/ ... TE=DEFAULT' target='_blank'>Webster Adds'MP3,''Pleather' and Others</a>: The Webster's dictionary may be getting a little diluted . . .

Gizensha · Postby **Gizensha** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 4:50 am

heh.. I forget what there is VAT on that there shouldn't be. I know there's none on food, but I think there's VAT on fuel. Basically, a combination of the government and the EU don't seem to get that VAT isn't meant to be on everything, just luxury items (as in, items not neccisary. Computer, sure. Clothing... Umm... Nup). I think it's one of the reasons the cost of living over here is so much more expensive than in the US.

Sky · Postby **Sky** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 4:52 am

I don't know how many UK people will get this but from the perspective of American slang, its very amusing. I thought it was pretty funny. <a href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2698507.stm' target='_blank'>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl ... 507.stm</a>

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 4:58 am

I'm not sure we want to let on what that means in American slang . . . And it just gets worse, doesn't it?

Gizensha · Postby **Gizensha** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 5:06 am

Trust me. We get that. Or at least I do. ...Not as bad as the fact UK slang for a cigerette is a fag, though. "I'm just going off to smoke a fag." has a stupidly coherant double meaning.

Ozymandias · Postby **Ozymandias** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:19 pm

I do. Sum kid called me it on the bus once. I had to make it known to him that doing such a thing was socially unacceptable. In a non-zen way, i must admit. And thats cruel - they promote your product and u make them wear saches saying "Im part of the faggot family"

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:10 pm

The Doodey's are the Faggot Family . . . It's just so utterly wrong . . .

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 1:22 pm

<a href='http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/J/ ... TE=DEFAULT' target='_blank'>Man Sentenced for Obscene Notes to Judge</a>: Not very bright . . .

Gizensha · Postby **Gizensha** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 6:52 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (VisibilityMissing @ Aug 4 2004, 01:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> <a href='http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/J/ ... TE=DEFAULT' target='_blank'>Man Sentenced for Obscene Notes to Judge</a>: Not very bright . . .  </td></tr></table>  Dude. That sounds like the adult equivilent of detention. The real world's not meant to work like high school <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' />

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 10:53 pm

<a href='http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/ ... TE=DEFAULT' target='_blank'>GOP Picks 19-Time Inmate for State Race</a>: Criminals running for elected office . . . No, couldn't happen . . . Really embarassing, though. <a href='http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/ ... TE=DEFAULT' target='_blank'>Md. Courthouse Employees Hunt Ghost</a>: Where are the Ghost Busters when you need them?

Gizensha · Postby **Gizensha** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 11:21 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Kent County Sheriff John F. Price said he doesn't believe in ghosts. "There has to be a logical explanation," he said, adding "I'm keeping an open mind."</td></tr></table>  I'm sorry. Doesn't that seem somewhat hypocritical to you? 'I'm keeping an open mind but I don't believe in ghosts.' Besides, the parranormal is a perfectly rational explanation <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... lleyes.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rolleyes.gif' />

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 11:41 pm

Would you re-elect a sheriff that openly admitted that he believed in ghosts? Remember, in the US sheriffs are elected in most places, so this whole thing is already a mess for him! <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />

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