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Offline DREDIOCK

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« Reply #30 on: January 31, 2006, 04:03:41 PM »
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« Reply #31 on: January 31, 2006, 04:56:55 PM »
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I would also like to note that the title of this thread amounts to a false statement:



... wondering if it might be characterized as a biased, partisan statement?  It seems like misdirection to me...
:aok it's called media spin... something the liberals do every day and people fall for it
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« Reply #32 on: January 31, 2006, 05:49:24 PM »
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:aok it's called media spin... something the liberals do every day and people fall for it


Given that the original story posted on this thread was from FoxNews, you'r comment on the liberal media spinning this is, of course, without merit.

unless, FoxNews is too stupid to tell the difference between spin and reporting...which is probably always the case :aok
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« Reply #33 on: January 31, 2006, 05:52:51 PM »
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Given that the original story posted on this thread was from FoxNews, you'r comment on the liberal media spinning this is, of course, without merit.

unless, FoxNews is too stupid to tell the difference between spin and reporting...which is probably always the case :aok


I think he's more alluding to Chairboys spin, more or less.  Fox does spin things but the article sounded pretty cut and dry to me.  Again I disagree with making harsher penalties part of the patriot act.  The act needs to be trimmed not fattened up.
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« Reply #34 on: January 31, 2006, 05:54:37 PM »
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Pretty scary, Arlen Specter is proposing an amendment to make political protests a felony if they're performed outside of the designated 'free speech areas' which are usually located a mile or so away.
Already happening here. A new law makes it illegal to stage a protest within 1km of Westminster. A woman was recently tried for breaking this law. Her crime? Reciting the names of British servicemen killed in Iraq.

Story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2005/12/11/dl1103.xml

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Last week, a 25-year-old vegan chef named Maya Evans was fined and given a criminal record, having been prosecuted under a new law banning unauthorised protests within a kilometre of Westminster. Her "crime" was to stand by the Cenotaph and read out the names of British soldiers killed in Iraq, an offence for which 14 police officers were sent to apprehend her.

It was also announced last week that victims of crime who suffer minor injuries may now be deprived of compensation: instead they will be offered counselling, cosmetic surgery, and even "panic rooms" in their homes. What such victims would really prefer, of course, is the assurance that such crime will not happen to them again - but unfortunately the police are often much too preoccupied with other matters to provide adequate protection.

Perhaps - since very few of us are at risk from vegan peace protesters - our Government could be prosecuted on a charge of wasting police time.
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« Reply #35 on: January 31, 2006, 06:14:30 PM »
Yech, i dont us geting any more like the brits.
I'm going to the dentist ASAP
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« Reply #36 on: January 31, 2006, 06:25:15 PM »
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Yech, i dont us geting any more like the brits.
I'm going to the dentist ASAP
Buy a book on spelling and punctuation while you're out. :aok
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« Reply #37 on: February 01, 2006, 08:43:46 AM »
Oh right.... from people who can't even spell tire or color or even aluminum and have lost the ability to pronounce an H (probly the last has something to do with the lack of dental care.)

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« Reply #38 on: February 01, 2006, 08:57:15 AM »
oh yeah? I use an H when pronouncing "herb". How do Americans say it? :p
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« Reply #39 on: February 01, 2006, 09:02:25 AM »
Herb?  

We pronounce it "throat-warbler mangrove."
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« Reply #40 on: February 01, 2006, 09:35:12 AM »
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oh yeah? I use an H when pronouncing "herb". How do Americans say it? :p




"You say 'erbs', and we say 'herbs', because there's a f***ing 'H' in it!" - Eddie Izzard
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« Reply #41 on: February 01, 2006, 10:12:32 AM »
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oh yeah? I use an H when pronouncing "herb". How do Americans say it? :p


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« Reply #42 on: February 01, 2006, 10:32:02 AM »
if you bought herbs from a guy named Herb, they could be called Herb's herbs.
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« Reply #43 on: February 01, 2006, 12:46:20 PM »
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Oh right.... from people who can't even spell tire or color or even aluminum and have lost the ability to pronounce an H (probly the last has something to do with the lack of dental care.)

lazs


Feel free to use a different language than English   (Laz goes to get his guns) ;)
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« Reply #44 on: February 01, 2006, 01:20:47 PM »
Hurbz erbz
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