Britain Sucks

POSTED BY: Wulfenstar
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KWICKO

Friday, September 19, 2008 4:13 AM

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...but you and I are assholes too you know.

WHAT?! YOU are an asshole?! I'm shocked to hear that assertion. I mean, I know *I'M* an asshole, but you too?

Say it ain't so!

Mike

This world is a comedy for those who think, and a tragedy for those who feel.

KWICKO

Friday, September 19, 2008 4:15 AM

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Britain would have been better off if the two had just gotten room and fucked each other...

Thanks a bunch, Rue. That visual is going to be a hard one to shake...[shiver]

Mike

This world is a comedy for those who think, and a tragedy for those who feel.

RUE

Friday, September 19, 2008 4:23 AM

I aim to please !

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Silence is consent.

MRBLUESUN

Friday, September 19, 2008 6:35 AM

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Originally posted by Fredfirma:
But frankly, we got one stinkin planet in all the universe right now, and all of us live on it - long as others live the way THEY want and don't come over here shoving it on us, we can sneer it at from a nice vague distance without undue concern.

It's when somebody goes into the land of another and tries to force their way of life onto another people that EVERYONE has cause for concern, and to be brutally honest right now two countries on this stupid little mudball are the worst for it, and the other one is just a technical bully kicking a weaker country no one seems to really give a shit about...

Thank you Fred for being the voice or reason in what was rapidly turning into a pointless shouting match.

'I am a marxist - of the Groucho persuasion' - Anonymous.

WULFENSTAR

Friday, September 19, 2008 2:17 PM

Thanks Frem,

Again, I don't usually have the time I'd like to be able to articulate as well as I'd like....that happens when you post while at work, or in between the million odd chores that need to get done.

So instead of taking the time to title this thread with something witty and well thought out which in effct says "Hey guys, look how bad its gotten in Britain, we need to watch out so that this kind of stuff doesnt happen here..." I just throw up "Britain Sucks"

Same goes with my posts. I kind of have to "shoot-from-the-hip".

Also, to those that doubt this monitoring stuff isn't getting worse over here....

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-09-18-bioscanner_N.htm

PIRATENEWS

Friday, September 19, 2008 3:09 PM

More insanity from Big Brother HQ:

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www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motoring/2008/09/15/mnspe
ed115.xml

Drivers could have speed limited by satellite devices

London Daily Telegraph
15/09/2008

Drivers could have their speed controlled by satellite to stop them from breaking the limit following a Government trial of new technology.

Cars fitted with the system would have their speed automatically monitored by satellites, which would also be programmed with the speed limits for different roads.

A motorist who tried to accelerate beyond the speed limit would find the system stopping the car from going any faster or issuing a warning instructing them to slow down.

The Department for Transport is set to back the system known as Intelligent Speed Adaptation. It follows lengthy trials conducted in Leeds in where cars have been fitted with the sophisticated satellite navigation system.

The Department for Transport said that the installation of the technology would be voluntary, but it is already in talks with the motor industry over how it could be made available for those who wanted to buy it.

Three types of the technology could be made available.

The first, known as "advisory", would stop short of actually slowing the car down and would instead issue a voice alert reminding the motorist what the speed limit is.

A second version would either apply the brakes or cut the fuel supply to the engine, slowing it down to the speed limit, but a driver would be able to override the system – either by depressing the accelerator pedal firmly or pressing a button.

The third would take over complete control of the car and the driver would not be able to override the system at all.

In related news, the Military Industrial Space Complex plans to lobotomize all humans with Mind Control Helmets. FOR REAL:

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Soldiers barking orders at each other is so 20th Century. That’s why the U.S. Army has just awarded a $4 million contract to begin developing “thought helmets” that would harness silent brain waves for secure communication among troops. Ultimately, the Army hopes the project will “lead to direct mental control of military systems by thought alone.”

If this sounds insane, it would have been as recently as a few years ago. But improvements in computing power and a better understanding of how the brain works have scientists busy hunting for the distinctive neural fingerprints that flash through a brain when a person is talking to himself. The Army's initial goal is to capture those brain waves with incredibly sophisticated software that then translates the waves into audible radio messages for other troops in the field.

“It’d be radio without a microphone, ” says Dr. Elmar Schmeisser, the Army neuroscientist overseeing the program. “Because soldiers are already trained to talk in clean, clear and formulaic ways, it would be a very small step to have them think that way.”

Yet it’s not as far-fetched as you might think: video gamers are eagerly awaiting a crude commercial version of brain wave technology - a $299 headset from San Francisco-based Emotiv Systems - in summer 2009.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080915/us_time/thearmystotallyseriousmi
ndcontrolproject

US Army Neurophysiology and Cognitive Neurosciences
Dr. Elmar T. Schmeisser, 919.549.4318, emailaro@arl.army.mil
www.arl.army.mil/www/default.cfm?Action=29&Page=190

"'They're hurting us. Get me out!' The Government was playing with her brain. They opened up her skull and cut into her brain. The only reason you do that is to lobotomize somebody. They did it over, and over..."
-Dr Simon Tam, Firefly

FREMDFIRMA

Friday, September 19, 2008 3:26 PM

Ah, but technology is a sword with TWO edges, my friend...

For every new way to pry into our lives cooked up by the tame hacks of the Feddies, there's already three or more to bollocks up the works cooked up by folks like me.

We've recently discovered a countermeasure to cell phone location tracking, although it has a limited range.

And our newest little toy is a plug in unit that overrides and scrambles all the data to your cars black boxes - all you gotta do is plug it and leave it there, as a plus it's removable if you wanna pull diagnostics on something.

One of the funniest things we did, was upon discovery of the transmission frequency of the camera the local cops were using to monitor an intersection, we ran a patch from the local cable companies porn channel to a second transmitter wired right into the cameras power line.

Even funnier is that the local cops didn't report that shit for MONTHS.

-Frem

It cannot be said enough, those who do not learn from history, are doomed to endlessly repeat it

WULFENSTAR

Friday, September 19, 2008 3:48 PM

To stop them from tracking your cell phone, the only sure way is to pull the battery.

Heheheh, traffic cameras that only show porn...now thats something.

CITIZEN

Friday, September 19, 2008 4:05 PM

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Seriously, he does have a point about Britain becoming such a surveillance state, and the whole somewhat ridiculous fear and banning of anything that could concievably be used as a weapon.

Yeah, and it's driven by worthless lying abominations like The Daily Mail, which was the basis for this thread I believe. It's an irony that seems to pass most people by, but the Daily Mail and other tabloids decry nutty government measures (most of which are either blown out of all proportion or simply lies), then on the next page they'll blow out of all proportion crime figures and call for all knives to be banned and tougher sentencing on 'louts'.

Point is if you want to know the real state of affairs in America, don't watch Foxnews. If you want to know what's really going on in Britain, steer clear of The Daily Mail for pity sake.

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Americans in particular are notorious for the mistake of not understanding the actions of other folk in their own country's cultural context, and this does seem to work both ways as most folk from other countries think of us as insane for actually preferring to risk violence and danger in exchange for a greater portion of such rarely used freedoms.

I think American's often look at things in terms of Ideology rather than pragmatism. It's expressed in the often called 'can do' attitude, but it's also expressed in the tacit belief that Iraqi's will be greeting American soldiers as liberators...

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Citizen has concerns about a bunch of cowboy maniacs so closely culturally, politically and economically tied to his own country, and probably more than a few concerns about his own Gov't but to his mind that's more his business than ours.

Some of us have concerns about a bunch of nanny state wanna-be socialists so closely culturally, politically and economically tied to our own country, and probably more than a few concerns about our own Gov't to our mind more our business than his.

You're partly right. Though if you were all right you'd still be part wrong. The actions of my Government don't have half the effects on your country as the actions of yours has on mine. Simply put I have a lot more invested in your Government than you do in mine.

However, I'd actually like to discuss British politics here, but the chances are slim to none. The vast majority of posters round here really don't give a shit, and if they do it's only to say "Britain Sucks". If I want to discuss politics in anyway shape or form it has to be American, because 90% of the posters here couldn't give a shit about anything else, if indeed they even realise there's a world the other side of the US border.

At any rate my countries interests are best served by strong international relations and alliances, they're served by a strong rule of international law and an open and trusted forum for the non-violent airing of international grievances in the shape of the UN. My countries best interests would be served by a strong, confident, pluralistic and democratic United States, with a commitment to international law and Western Enlightenment principles. All those things have been massively undermined by the current flavour of Republican politics, and the current US Administration in particular. Of course I'm going to take an interest, and you know what since your fuck ups are affecting me in a very real way, I have a fucking right too.

More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.

WENDYPOPS

Friday, September 19, 2008 4:57 PM

I find the best place to discuss/read/rant about British politics, as well as a bunch of other interesting stuff. is here: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/ and they've got all the different regions, plus the rest of the world.

Indymedia: "A network of individuals, independent and alternative media activists and organisations, offering grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial coverage of important social and political issues."

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Originally posted by Wulfenstar:
Its up to the English to fight back.
Will they?
I doubt it. The idea of the King/Queen/Parliment taking care of them is far too ingrained in their culture.

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