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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: European polls
« on: May 26, 2014, 01:27:04 AM »
It's okay, guys. The European Parliament cannot actually accomplish anything UKIP wants to accomplish, and now that they have seats there, they're likely to take a 180-degree turn on their "we'll take power away from EP ourselves" policy. And then the Thorks will get angry and vote Labour like they always should have.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: European polls
« on: May 25, 2014, 11:09:31 PM »
Does all of Europe vote at the same time? To me the EU is starting to look more and more like the US. With a Federal government overseeing many smaller state governments.
Yes, that's the general aim. Unfortunately, some backwards tardlets are preventing the rise of the glorious United States of Europe.

I hope PP has gone quiet because he is gathering his piss stained mattress and his pet lice.
No, I'm trying to figure out how to carpetbomb the UK so that the debris makes a perfect depiction of Ed Miliband's face in stratellite photos.

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Flat Earth Community / Re: Astronomers found a star colder than ice
« on: May 25, 2014, 10:50:00 PM »
Pardon my dullness, but the above three posts are satire, correct?
It is fair to assume that whenever fappenhosen is involved.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Watch_Dogs
« on: May 25, 2014, 10:49:16 PM »
You can torrent the game now. People are giving the writing pretty high praise.

I've paid for the game already. I wonder how that  would work in court, though. If you paid for the game, then downloaded it, is it still piracy? I suppose it would be because I bought it specifically from Steam.
I dunno about American law, but in many countries this would be a no-no because torrenting has an upload component to it. Distribution of pirated software is usually more srs than downloading it anyway.

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Flat Earth Community / Re: Dealing with Conspiracy Theories
« on: May 25, 2014, 10:40:46 PM »
The REer need only point to one counter-example, such as the use of FligthAware (See http://flightaware.com/ .) [...]
Why do you start new threads about things you've already been shown to be wrong about? I second jroa's proposal. Please explain the purpose of this thread, other than it being your personal blog.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: European polls
« on: May 25, 2014, 10:39:20 PM »
So, should I get popcorn and watch BBC or something?
Spam F5 here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/events/vote2014/eu-uk-results

It's the Brits' idea of a good time.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Transgenderism
« on: May 25, 2014, 10:38:30 PM »
Sitting down while having a wee?
That's just convenience, isn't it?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Transgenderism
« on: May 25, 2014, 10:28:23 PM »
Umm kind of. Just because I want to know what things are percieved as feminine.  :-*
Don't worry, you'll find out when you're older. Suffice to say that I have occasionally been "misgendered", albeit admittedly too rarely for it to mean anything.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: European polls
« on: May 25, 2014, 10:27:24 PM »
I can confirm that Thork is being fairly serious.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: European polls
« on: May 25, 2014, 10:04:30 PM »
I thought pizaaplanet was african-american!!??  ??? ??? ???
This doesn't stop me from being Polish.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: European polls
« on: May 25, 2014, 09:39:48 PM »
Go back to Poland, pizaaplanet.
Never! If the immigrants are going, you're all going down with us!

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: European polls
« on: May 25, 2014, 09:34:40 PM »
Not before I blow up a few buildings!

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: European polls
« on: May 25, 2014, 09:29:59 PM »
Boo! Electoral fraud! Marxism!

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: European polls
« on: May 25, 2014, 09:27:17 PM »
Hopefully we can at least both relish the fact that Lib Dems and Tories seem to be tanking it so far.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: European polls
« on: May 25, 2014, 09:23:34 PM »

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Transgenderism
« on: May 25, 2014, 09:20:48 PM »
Such as?
You'd like to know, wouldn't you? :-*

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: European polls
« on: May 25, 2014, 09:20:20 PM »
Wooo, go Labour!

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: European polls
« on: May 25, 2014, 08:40:23 PM »
tl;dr:

vs.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: European polls
« on: May 25, 2014, 08:34:31 PM »
Indeed. Somehow taking money to educate foreign students is seen as a good idea. Never mind many go back to China having occupied a place at Uni that an English youth could have had.
I think the reasoning is that it brings a shitton of money to the country. Before the Tory-Lib Dem coalition, a UK/EU student would pay about £3,500 per year of study (still the case for those of us that started their courses early enough, like myself. I think my bill for next year came just under £4k), while a non-EU international would bring in some £26k. Now the balance is a bit closer (9k/26k), but it still means that bringing an international student in == bringing in boatloads of money. That combined with the fact that they are only allowed to work up to 20 hours a week means that they're largely forced to put much more money in the economy than they can possibly take out.

Now, I don't necessarily agree with this system, but it's not completely nonsensical.

Not now, but 4 years ago they were the king makers. They picked Conservatives over Labour and formed a coalition with them instead.
But they were forced to basically ignore their own policies for the sake of the Tories. Do you think UKIP is going to be anything else? They're even more of a bunch of populists than LDs.

Labour left Britain in the worst financial mess it has ever been in. I would never vote Labour as long as I lived.
Meh, I doubt Labour had all that much to do with Lehman Brothers going bankrupt. They didn't handle the financial crisis well, but a party like UKIP (i.e. one that doesn't have a financial policy at all) is not the answer here.

I never voted for them in the first place. But enough is enough.
Give Nick a chance. :'(

I work in a town where I see raids every other day. A party van rocks up, out jump 20 guys with ear pieces and half the fast food shops and market stalls are evacuated as staff scarper in all directions. Really, get closer to London. even you will agree we have a serious problem here.
I've spent some time near London, both in areas like those you described, and some towns near Croydon where the Jobcentre Plus is located on the other side of the road from Wetherspoon's, filled with Brits who do very little with their lives other than claim benefits from one of these buildings, and then cross the street to spend it in the other.

Certainly, this country has a number of problems. I simply do not believe that immigration is the root cause.

If you weren't here, do you not think anyone else can do that job? If you are so skilled, go get a job worth £10GBP in Poland. If the Poles are that smart, you must have dozens of businesses like that.
I fail to see your argument. You said that immigrants disadvantage the inexperienced. As an inexperienced person, I have not found that to be the case.

Poor guy. That's what happens to people when opportunities are few.
The problem is that he's uneducated and fucked his life up, so now he has to pay alimony while struggling to make ends meet.

Of course I do. Graduate unemployment has never been higher. and its never been higher because there are so many foreign graduates competing for opportunities. You are taking a job an English youth could have had. It doesn't matter you might have slightly better grades. I'm sure your £10/h job isn't that specialist.
You might have a point if you ignore the fact that the international opportunities are now plentiful, especially to UK graduates. Leaving the EU would eliminate those.

[...] Why would I want that for my country? I want it protected from that.
Then vote for a party that might actually do something about it. UKIP has no interest in reducing immigration, and they've made it clear on many occasions. In fact, their policies aim for a net increase of immigrants. There are parties out there (notably, Tories and Labour) who seek to cut down immigration while increasing the minimum wage, but without the political and economic suicide of leaving the EU.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: European polls
« on: May 25, 2014, 07:32:47 PM »

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