I dont give a flying monkies about what people think about Vice.
........its just excellent, full stop.
Clickage
(, Sat 28 Jul 2012, 23:04, Reply)
True
but it's a shame he's a podgy guy with a rapist beard who seems to refuse to wear a suit; the first thing the Norinco representative asked him was words to the effect of 'where's your suit?' and the conversation stopped there.
(, Sun 29 Jul 2012, 9:35, Reply)
I rather got the impression
that was more of a "where's your uniform" kind of question. I.e: If you're not interested in buying, don't waste my time.
Still, if he wanted to see some of this stuff, he didn't have to go to Jordan, he could easily have just gone to Farnborough.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Sun 29 Jul 2012, 10:43,
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I was gonna say
not all those interested in buying have to be wearing uniforms, especially not when it comes to western governments where our militaries are usually headed by civilians (e.g. MOD).
Then I remembered the sort of governments Norinco is probably selling to and remembered that even the civilian politicians like to wear military uniform.
So yeah, I think you have a point. Still, couldn't have hurt to play the part a bit more, could it? Theremin's post further down is fantastic when it comes to that; should probably be posted as its own link, methinks. Hilarious in a very uncomfortable way.
(, Sun 29 Jul 2012, 10:48, Reply)
Mark Thomas has done some great stuff about the arms trade
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bItVG0HeJw0
His book on the subject, 'As Used On The Famous Nelson Mandela' is a great read.
(, Sun 29 Jul 2012, 10:06, Reply)
I used to love that show
When did comedy change from this kind of politically active style with an actual message, to the stultifyingly dull stadium rock version we have at present? What's the point of standing in front of a microphone if you don't have anything worthwhile to say?
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Sun 29 Jul 2012, 11:05,
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