Politics would be great
were it nor for politicians
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applehead herp derp, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:39,
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Life would be great if we were allowed to get on with it
I am finally managing to live self sufficiently, growing my own veg, brewing my own very nice beer, earning a tiny amount of money for bills and mostly being massively happy.
You would not believe how much my quiet little lifestyle seems to enrage some people in local government, the tax office, and the police.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:46, Reply)
I'd hazard that it's more the masturbation that enrages them
than the self-sufficiency ;)
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applehead herp derp, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:58,
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only the public masturbation
don't see the problem with it myself, everyone does it, why hide it?
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:30, Reply)
Explain in more detail
precisely how it enrages them? I can see how it would annoy the taxman.
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M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:14,
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When you earn under the tax threshold, and are not on benefits or disability
that sure pisses them off. I'm under constant scrutiny to make sure I'm not earning extra on the side, they just can't believe that I'm living a happy life on so little money.
Fairly soon there'll be the "pitter patter of tiny feet" and then I'm sure we'll start enraging social services as well.
Seems the whole establishment can't stand if when you refuse to fulfil your function as a cog in the capitalist machine.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:19, Reply)
But the police?
unless you sell the homebrew!
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M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:23,
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well to be honest these days it seems like the police are enraged with everyone
but my own experiences aren't great, and that's just because I went to them as the victim of crime, but when they found out my lifestyle they decided to put me under the microscope and make assumptions that I was a lawbreaker until I proved otherwise.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:26, Reply)
Not worth posting in a new thread but this whole conversation reminded of this too.
www.noliberties.com/index.htm
I saw it the cinema a year and a half ago - very good documentary detailing exactly how we were systematically dicked from all sides leading up to the Iraq war, if you're interested.
-"Right to Protest, Right to Freedom of Speech. Right to Privacy. Right not to be detained without charge, Innocent Until Proven Guilty. Prohibition from Torture. TAKING LIBERTIES will reveal how these six central pillars of liberty have been systematically destroyed by New Labour, and the freedoms of the British people stolen from under their noses amidst a climate of fear created by the media and government itself."
However, who else do we have? I don't think the first time I get to vote could be for tories. I would feel eternally dirty.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:35, Reply)
watch the old movie Passport to Pimlico
That gives me ideas, I'd like to declare myself independent from the UK.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:38, Reply)
We need to get the following to form a coalition government
•Patrick Moore
•David Attenborough
•Charlie Brooker
any others you'd like to see on the front bench?
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applehead herp derp, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:40,
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Martin Lewis - Chancellor
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:42,
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Hell no, the guy is a maniac
good for tv explanation, but no good in the real world, he's not even a building designer by trade
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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:48,
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Can Abu Hamza please
be minister for racial integration or something?
Just for shits and giggles obviously :D
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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 13:04,
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Can we get Ben Yahtzee Croshaw
reverse deported? Or maybe he could be remotely in charge of things, I can agree with him a lot more when I can't see his face.
(, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:59, Reply)
What would he do?
Apart from reviewing games, having a sharp hat and a funky sense of humour, what part of britain could he actually run?
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H.B.Mupps, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 15:42,
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Dunno
I tend to vote for people that amuse me and that I don't massively disagree with rather than people who could actually run a country capably. This has got me into trouble before. This is why a plastic bird in a top hat that nods as if drinking from a glass of water is currently my local MP.
(, Thu 5 Mar 2009, 9:56, Reply)
^what he said^
he's such a dick. He's got no training and when he tried to dip his toes in real building, he fucked it all up (ala here).
I enjoy Grand Designs but when he presents the Stirling Prize you can almost feel the room throwing him daggers.
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thiswasmyclone, Wed 4 Mar 2009, 12:59,
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