My only problem with coercion is when it's the go-to method, rather than plan-b.

In a perfect world it would be great if you could communicate and get across what your aims are and why you are doing for (for what, I assume is) the general good of everyone involved. But then I suppose we aren't in a perfect world, are we.

I see coercion is used, and in most cases, for the better. I use it myself, though I still find it kinda erring on the grey side of things

Their take on the Rosetta T-shirt "fiasco"

We are all well aware that while oppressing a comet — one of the most distant things the patriarchy has ever oppressed or tried to penetrate — we must remain ever vigilant for oppressive opportunities  and Matt Taylor has truly embodied that. We know  that the most powerful oppressive thing the average patriarch  can do is drape himself in images of attractive women while doing oppressive STEM work, and for this, we applaud Patriarch Taylor.

This site is fantastic.

I wouldn't say it will, or has exactly stabilised the region.

It was propped up by Western Democracy which is pretty counter-cultural to the East's norm, and not to mention the underlying racism in the area is certainly not helping Israel.

I'd say the existence of Israel has to some extent generated unrest. When the '67 war ended, Israel took a bunch of land from everyone as buffer zones, and has only maintained some form of stability by having far superior armies than everyone else. While Israel have every right not to be friendly with their neighbors, maintaining semi-neutral stances with everyone there isn't helping them improve relations either.

If they didn't have those, I reckon Israel would have been wiped off the map a while ago, and would have been absorbed into the various countries surrounding it. Not even West Bank - Gaza/Palestine would exist.

Quote from: SuperIrish on December 01, 2014, 12:08:47 PM

Good.

After not having a Sunday, completing and submitting my final essay work for this year feels good. Onward, to a Christmas party as Jesus!

As Jesus?

Yep, as Jesus.

Probably some form of socialism.

Yep, I've christmass'd up now.

Sea-sick Steve
Eels
Alt-J
Motorhead
UB40
Stone Roses

Hmm. Interesting, especially considering life *might have* formed on Mars before Earth was settled after the collision with Theia, and meteor impacts could have shot-off stuff from Mars to Earth... (Before Mars "died").

Plus, it always means we could send off DNA to planets too far away for us to reach but life-friendly, potentially start new life ourselves.

Quote from: SuperIrish on November 29, 2014, 07:58:03 AM

Quote from: BritishLemön on November 29, 2014, 07:54:21 AM

Chavs aren't people

Hence their language should be completely ignored.

Innit.

Innit bruv

Ja feel blud.

I agree OP.

Add the new impractical lightsaber to the rest of useless list.

Could you put "The Road" by Jack Kerouac under "Beat-nick?

The movie, though good, doesn't do the book justice (but then again apparently this book is impossible to put on film - somehow).

Quote from: Septy on November 28, 2014, 04:19:10 AM

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Quote from: Mega Sceptile on November 27, 2014, 10:33:51 PM

EU is retarded if they think that they have the power to dismantle a corporation based and under jurisdiction of the U.S.

>Google has subsidiaries
>subsidiaries and servers with EU data on EU soil
>subsidiaries that count as data controllers under the new Privacy Regulation
>subsidiaries and servers that are subject to EU law

Don't be so quick of making the mistake that just because Google is an American company, it is untouchable anywhere else. The fact that Google can be forced to amend their service in a way that they have to include the right to be forgotten in the EU, and that the company is actually willingly co-operating with these rulings and legislation, only furthers that point.

Of course, they can't simply choose to dismantle Google, which isn't what they're after in the first place, but it is entirely possible for them to severely dictate how Google can provide its service within the EU. And going by past copyright, privacy and policy cases affecting Google, and more importantly the company's compliance with EU legislation and court rulings, I wouldn't say that Google is just going to ignore this.

The only Google service that everyone uses is the Google search engine.

EU can't change anything, people will continue to use it.

I'm not really sure how that is relevant to what I said. Google isn't going to die, nor is that what the EU wants. I merely commented on the misconception that Google is untouchable and will just be able to ignore EU legislation because it's an American company. It doesn't work like that and Google has shown several times before that they are not too keen on jeopardizing their EU market.

Just thought I'd add in, IIRC Google's operations are in the EU are based in Ireland, and as such are subject to EU rulings (if we see any as Flee has pointed out).

Google US' operations in California(?) will run as normal.

I don't what to think. Judging by the (poor quality) footage, I can't tell how realistic that toy gun is. But seriously, walking around a park waving it around and pointing at people isn't helping him. He may be 12 but there has to be some common sense there.

As for the police officer, I can see why he had been prep'd in the event of a real gun, but Jesus, he did literally just drive right up to the kid and shoot him. I thought being a good distance away was better for these sort of things? Plus, if he was further away, maybe the cop might not have been so jittery (being so close to a potentially armed person) and it might have happened differently. But there's no point in "What-If"s.

All in all, it's a shitty situation. It came out bad for both "sides" here.

Quote from: SuperIrish on November 28, 2014, 02:48:03 AM

Quote from: Decimator Omega on November 28, 2014, 12:30:24 AM

Out of all of all the themes anarchy chose, why did it have to be this one?

You could interpret it as an analogy. Rapture, advertised as where the free can live freely without restriction or moderation. A paradise.

But then you enter Rapture, and... well, you already know what it's like.

Perfect theme choice.

I'm surprised you guys didn't go with Columbia.

Never played that one so I don't know what the theme is about exactly for that one. Same sorta premise I assume?

It would have to be a damn worthy cause or something the government did seriously bad to piss me off.

And by rioting, I don't mean stealing Tesco-value basmati rice. I'd probably join the rest of the saner rioters and bum-rush the Welsh Assembly or London if it's a more national thing.