
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 21:49, Reply)

A whore can wash her crack and sell it again!
I'll get my coat
( , Sun 1 May 2011, 13:01, Reply)

SCHOOLED classics style!
( , Sun 1 May 2011, 2:10, Reply)

sexy. my henry vacuum cleaner is all like "hey can i just use the computer for 10 mins, i really have to send an email" and when i went to close that youtube page he said "no dont, ill close it"
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 21:50, Reply)

I've made a short little video for a track I made from a body popper I found on Youtube. I've taken short clips of his moves and cut them together in this cheeky animation.. hope you enjoy!
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 21:40, Reply)

BBC posted a huge picture from the royal wedding of the crowd, including this picture of a ghostly policeman.

See what else you can find!
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 21:20, Reply)

without any errors
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 21:35, Reply)

this was pretty much the only area I found mistakes on at first glance, there were two others in the same area but on the whole it was pretty good.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 21:47, Reply)

Couldn't be arsed screengrabbing though. :p
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 21:43, Reply)

Philip Scofield is pissing himself laughing at something
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 22:19, Reply)

on the other side of the lamp post there's a headless policeman. And then another few feet behind him is a floating head and a pair of feet.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 23:04, Reply)

is laughing at him for having no legs. Sick bloody woman.
( , Sun 1 May 2011, 0:17, Reply)

Just a little furry tribute I made some time back.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 21:05, Reply)

But in any case, that musical abomination has cheered me right up!
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 22:00, Reply)

( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 22:13, Reply)

Could be fake, I will let the hivemind judge.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 20:14, Reply)

there is also a great deal of water around which would amplify the effect - he would be in a very sorry state if this was real.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 20:32, Reply)

"where are the burns". I was half expecting something along the lines of this tbh
www.milesteves.com/gallery/d/443-4/Melting-man-72.jpg
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 20:35, Reply)

there is also the fact that nobody runs to help this man even though he's being filmed, that also leads to the question why is he being filmed and in such shit quality, what is the context and purpose of this video?
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 20:39, Reply)

I often wonder that about videos; in the context of this video, why would you be filming an old man crossing the street?
Are we calling shenanigans then?
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 20:49, Reply)

is perfect for that. And quite hot in a very proper, school mistress kind of a way.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 20:38, Reply)

Oh, and his heart stopped
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 20:41, Reply)

( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 20:44, Reply)

All the water probably saved his life.
Him being wet, the electricity would prefer to pass over his body, through the water, rather than through his body, causing burns.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 21:10, Reply)

I call fake.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 21:15, Reply)

It was an advert for the Catholic Church. The previous 5 seconds was him in a pharmacist buying condoms and muttering 'fuck the pope' under his breath then walking out to be struck by lighting (signifying a higher being). The people helping him are Catholic Priests just back from a boy scout jamboree.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 21:34, Reply)

funny drug addict. they always make me laugh them and their severe social problems.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 20:17, Reply)

IN THE NAME OF GOD, WE'RE GOING INSANE!
Massive tune.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 20:40, Reply)

Makes you think who Sony are really trying to protect; their customers in the home, or the developers who are selling through them.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 18:04, Reply)

The other theory I've heard was that the update server may have been compromised as part of turning all the PS3s into a massive botnet (once you have control of the updates (the VERY hard part), not all that hard to do, just make them look somewhere else for new patches and the only thing Sony can do is to make everyone actually do something on the machine to fix it).
This is already enough of a complete fuckup without the extra theories flying around.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 18:11, Reply)

I've seen enough forums to see everything blamed, from Microsoft to Doctor Who for the PSN being down.
It's just that with this case, wouldn't the 3rd party developers etc be just a bit completely pissed if they knew Sony were aware of them allowing free software to be accessed by the hacked-ps3 community? Unless Sony sort this out (among all other probs they got) they won't be able to put the PSN back on.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 18:15, Reply)

whilst plenty of piracy happens, and always will, the people interested in it and able to take advantage of it, are fairly marginal. Compare this to the loss of revenue and face from making it unavailable to the VAST majority of users who wouldn't abuse the system either by morals or by knowledge, it's no way enough to make them take such evasive action. Sounds like some hackers just trying to big themselves up for the sake of it.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 18:20, Reply)

If that was the case, why would you shut down the entire network and not just restrict access to the dev servers? Why take it down for so long? Sony's losses from not having the PSN Store up and running for the last couple of weeks would surely vastly outstrip any losses from the piracy scenario.
The botnet thing sounds far more likely to me. If you think the update servers are compromised you've got to do a massive code review to ensure that nothing got added on the sly.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 18:27, Reply)

Oh look, a song I did about the PSN outage!
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 18:36, Reply)

at least for the usual illiterate kids who just want to pirate games. It was a tiny minority of a tiny minority using the free games exploit.
The best thing about this whole fiasco was the glorious, phoenix-like ascendancy of UK:Resistance.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 18:49, Reply)

that's aimed at whoever is to blame for making Sony switch off what was a perfectly wonderful and free service for us normal happy to play games type people.
cunts.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 19:03, Reply)

I love this site. It's no wonder I get hate mail.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 19:07, Reply)

just having a larf re:our discussion. no one has said it about you - blimey, lay off the speed dude, it makes ya paranoid ;)
i could start a rumour that you have a "wedding dress" fetish, and that's why you were so into the royal wedding if you like?
(i knew a girl once who went out with a guy from where i worked, and she told me he had a wedding dress in the wardrobe which he told her he liked to wear occasionally while at home. nothing wrong with x-dressing imho, but still, he was a very manly man, stubbly, dark, chubby etc.)
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 19:11, Reply)

I was happy shooting random people in the head on RR Undead Nightmare. No more of that for the time being.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 19:09, Reply)

admittedly I thought you had to pay for the Gold package at £5 per month so initally did that but apparently you don't although it was a monumental pain in the arse to get Microsoft to downgrade my account from Gold to the free service.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 21:03, Reply)

All of the games online are filled with sick & hateful kids who OD on Haribo and rape their mothers. I didn't want to have to share that with you but I've seen it, as I am one.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 19:18, Reply)

why wouldn't they have come up with a better cover story than "all your personal details have been stolen".
Maybe with one saying... oh, I dunno... "we're trying to stamp out piracy and protect the intellectual property of our developers by taking the PSN network offline for a week or so. Please bare with us as we believe this is necessary and beneficial to the industry as a whole."
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 19:20, Reply)

No, pretty lady, you can't come up to my flat for coffee... my kitchen is full of erm... dead bodies... yeah that's it... messy? no no, I'm just a mass murdered, a very neat one, I assure you.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 19:30, Reply)

This allows you to play Black Ops online even tho PSN is down.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=69s02spOSnk&annotation_id=annotation_769019&feature=iv
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 19:37, Reply)

A couple of years ago me and a friend used to run a webcomic which was basically just crude puns and penis gags. I posted the odd comic on b3ta, so you might have some vague, sour memories of it. Anyway, we're deciding to give it another chance at the bat. It's still pretty much just about crude puns and penis gags.
(Sorry if this is considered spam or anything, I'll take it down if so)
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 17:52, Reply)

He only terminates organic lifeforms - and hates humans for being too "mainstream" - amusing Tumblr and Twitter account
Search says no
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 17:34, Reply)

I can now claim to have liked this tumblr before it became popular, in the event that it goes viral amongst Doctor Who fans
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 18:55, Reply)

But I actually consider this a reasonable version...
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 17:02, Reply)

What actually makes it sound good compared to the original is the fact that he's doing something called "singing", instead of being autotuned.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 18:14, Reply)

Forrin president on talk show straight up gives no fuck about your questions.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 15:26, Reply)

freespace.virgin.net/mike.spezzano/FASTSHOW/problem.wav
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 15:49, Reply)

but is "bambini" something on the lines of "childish"? I just imagined her saying "Now Mr President you're just acting childish!"
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 17:01, Reply)

Close translation is something like: What future due you expect and what future do you wish for today's children?
The after the pause she follows with: What future do you hope for our children? President. President, President...
( , Sun 1 May 2011, 2:28, Reply)

( , Sun 1 May 2011, 8:02, Reply)

...you might like this?
A day late - but this game made me feel STUPID!
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:50, Reply)

It's your fault I'm hooked on Minecraft.
*Sobs*
*Digs a bit more*
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 15:01, Reply)

brilliant. Want to have a poke around on our private server?
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 15:02, Reply)

Actually, cheers. That might be a laugh as I haven't really got into the multiplayer side of things yet. Gaz me details if you trust me not to flood the place with lava.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 15:27, Reply)

( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:56, Reply)

www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/29/facebook-activist-pages-purged
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:58, Reply)

this is why people use services like riseup.net i reckon. still a bit scary and annoying.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:02, Reply)

no doubt they know how absurd it is, but do it because they get more attention and hits on facebook. A necessary evil to spread awareness. Or perhaps the idea of using the machinery of control against itself appeals. I'd be surprised if they gave detailed personal info on that site
also the timing of the deletions seem to coincide with the other heavy handed crackdowns and pre emptive arrests around the royal wedding
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:14, Reply)

Click Like if you Don't Like this
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:04, Reply)

is it cos anarchists are cunts or cos their slackivists or what?
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:07, Reply)

( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:10, Reply)

but if they are anarchists surely they should approve of the system (facebook) being overthrown and their pages being shut down causing disruption and confusion?
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:12, Reply)

You can be an activist and not an anarchist, dontchaknow.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:27, Reply)

I sincerely apologise with all my heart that my misreading has caused such offence.
The fact that at least one of the sites shut down mentions Anarchists should not be taken in to account.
Also, I said "if they are" not "these people are all anarchists"
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:31, Reply)

Might take me a while to find my special over-the-top-sarcasm-piercing bullets though.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:34, Reply)

i recall that only 3 or 4 years ago active peoplei know were much much more wary of coporate email even.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:27, Reply)

Anarchism just means individual freedom opposed to a single ruler
to that end facebook as an idea is quite an anarchist one, or at least it should be.
I think theres a bit of a disconnect between peoples image of anarchists and the actual political ideology surrounding anarchism.
According to george orwell "../said anarchists are not against organisation as such; they are only against organisation based on authority, i.e. a hierarchical form of organisation"
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:41, Reply)

an·ar·chist (noun) a person who promotes disorder or excites revolt against any established rule, law, or custom.
Facebook can easily be described as a custom in this day and age, and more importantly one that profits from the sharing of information, bad advertising etc etc the stuff that in the old days anarchists would be fucking furious about.
I find anarchy very odd when it is only aimed at specific things, doesn't seem like anarchy to me, more just displeasure with one company/organisations success.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:45, Reply)

www.jonworth.eu/over-50-political-accounts-deleted-in-facebook-purge-its-much-more-complicated/
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:09, Reply)

Did they shut down pages created by Egyptians, Libians and Syrians to help communicate and organise?
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 19:20, Reply)

arstechnica.com/business/news/2011/04/facebook-shoots-first-ignores-questions-later-account-lock-out-attack-works.ars
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 20:41, Reply)

we are voluntarily privatising our private lives, handing over so much personal information and ultimately control over our private lives to private companies.
If states were running facebook, twitter etc they would be seen as totalitarian regimes, but since people click a checkbox for 'terms and service' that few read, it's all ok.
The fact is that websites like Facebook, eBay, Google, Paypal, Twitter have enormous power, a de facto monopoly even. It is hard to maintain a normal online life without their services. They act as modern day virtual utilities. Once upon a time, important utilities were regulated up the arse to ensure they didn't abuse their power.
I imagine governments like this to some extent, instead of getting warrants and court orders etc, they can just ask these major players to bar a particular user or organisation.
FaceBook, Google, Amazon, eBay, whatever private website, is ultimately acting for its own interests. They can do whatever the fuck they want. If you have a problem with this, then change the law, but good luck organising that online.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 15:05, Reply)

first comment from the grauniad FTW:
"The day that free speech officially became a crime against the state and that legitimate forums for protest were closed. It is an exercise of power on the day that the idle rich chose to rub our faces in their centuries old inherited privilege. Drive any form of opposition underground and criminalise it. It feels a bit colder and darker today."
b3ta is getting a bit right wing these days. The student protest threads were way depressing, mostly people blamed students for protesting! Even in the bristol tesco thread people seemed against the protestors and pro tesco (which avoids tax big fucking time - all in it together huh?)
and then last night a thread on here about the royal wedding - well it read like a bunch of fucking daily mail comments.
The rich have won. They own the conversation, and have couched it in their terms - all dissent is bad, all protest is bad; look at these yobbos smashing things up - get a life, etc etc. and now people on b3ta are sticking up for the rich and powerful, standing against the protestors. Yet when they saw it in egypt, they cheered on the protestors!
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 17:54, Reply)

oh god, i've just read the depressing thread down the page. fcuk.ing.hell b3ta. seriously, some people here are closet mail readers.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 18:01, Reply)

Whenever political links are posted on here, the ones with the strongest opinions are always the ones who'll stop and speak their mind. The rest just shrug and scroll past to the videos of kittens.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 18:51, Reply)

but in a strange "right on" kinda way.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 19:08, Reply)

It's more like b3DL these days.
I don't come here much anymore for that reason, once that type turns up artistic expression takes a holiday.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 23:28, Reply)

Featuring such stars as the Predator, Batman, and Freddy Krueger.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:51, Reply)

with my home made royal wedding tee shirt. Here's the newspaper cutting.

It cunningly hides the actual display behind my bulky form. Note also the expert camera work in capturing all of my chins.
Interestingly the quotes there from my wife are entirely made up. She never said any of those things.
What we actually said was we felt vindicated by our victory. He also asked which bit we found most exciting and we said when they left the church because that's when we thought the terrorist snipers would get them.
Anyway, as the paper doesn't show our EXCELLENT and CLASSY revolving window display, I will:
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:51, Reply)

If you are going to be insulting, check your punctuation.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 23:36, Reply)

You're pretty, Fat Paul and you seem weird.
Problems of syntactic punctuation plague anglophonz!
( , Fri 6 May 2011, 19:22, Reply)

That or Alan Carr. especialy if I grin.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 15:16, Reply)

Is that apart from my goatee, you and I look startlingly alike.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:55, Reply)

But my anus is shaped like the isle of wight
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 15:15, Reply)

cool. so you can legitimately say "oy, wife, get me a beer!"
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 17:56, Reply)

is so much better than believing the royalist hype!
At least I hope you were trolling!
( , Sun 1 May 2011, 17:34, Reply)

Maybe the paper will agree to print the real quotes and an apology.
( , Sun 8 May 2011, 0:19, Reply)

Canadian railway worker does track inspection, wrongly thinking that the line has been shut down for him to do it...
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 12:43, Reply)

exact same thing happened to me last time I was inspecting the Canadian railways.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:02, Reply)

Snopes thread
How could he have failed to notice a train bearing down on him? The rails he's staring at would be vibrating like a bastard.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:04, Reply)

Should you ever find yourself anywhere near a Pendolino at full speed it will be too late for you to do anything, not even kiss your arse goodbye www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZEU78Stvx4&feature=related
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 15:12, Reply)

...more like.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:05, Reply)

saw one with a car on a railway crossing t'other day, I guess it's one of the easier things to fake, especially when at this quality, and yet, still pretty easy to spot!
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:08, Reply)

it's very easy to fake if the camera was in the same position for the train pass and the inspector stunt.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:29, Reply)

I can tell you that the trains in no way go anywhere near that fast. It took me four hours to do a 2 hour car journey...there were no delays or hold ups, it was just slow.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 21:45, Reply)

The wife and I recently rescued a starling from another less well mannered cat than our own, but the injuries were too great and it died, leaving us feeling helpless and bereft. So when this little chap became available from a breeder how could we refuse? Sadly he was the least wanted one because he has a slightly damaged wing, but with time this should heal up.
NSFW due to mild swearing when my hands get clawed!
Meet Alby the Barn Owl (Tyto alba) also known as a screech owl or white owl. The silent death from above for small rodents, however our cat is scared of Alby too!
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 11:58, Reply)

This is because I am special!
Alby is gorgeous though.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 12:01, Reply)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOL8cCpOQuo
not the shorter youtu.be one
:)
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 12:21, Reply)

reminds me of the lovely Einstein I met at an environmental expo two weeks ago.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 12:27, Reply)

I found a baby owl on the woodland floor once, I was told to leave him where he was because owl parents continue to feed the wee uns even when they leave the nest :-)
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 12:41, Reply)

I found a baby sweetcorn on the woodland floor once, I was told to leave him where he was because sweetcorn parents continue to feed the wee uns even when they leave the nest :-)
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:01, Reply)

I found a baby chav on the woodland floor once, I was told to leave him where he was because chav parents continue to feed the wee uns fags even when they leave the nest :-)
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:16, Reply)

Chavs learn to steal their parents fags, it provides them with valuable skills out in the wild
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:24, Reply)

Well done you for taking on the fella. When do they start saying wise things though?
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:42, Reply)

Sorry if GC
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 11:36, Reply)

stop saying 'sorry if gc' or any of the known or yet to be tried variants. Things are sometimes posted multiple times, usually because the item in question is hosted at several different web addresses, or because something is so awesome you forget to check the preview in your haste to share the wonderful thing you've discovered.
It's like watching a decent looking film trailer and then having the 'Also in 3D' bit tagged on at the end, or having a somebody start singing 'I know a song that'll get on your nerves' everytime you see them passing you on a street.
Incidentely, this is gc because somebody posted the mirror site for the daily fail link, we try not ot give them increased site traffic because they are a bunch of twats.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 11:54, Reply)

hadn't bothered to watch www.b3ta.com/links/Adam_Buxton_reads_out_YouTube_comments until now!
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:08, Reply)

and damned if you don't. If you can't be arsed trawling through pages of startled foof, self promotion and, I must add, some genuinely hilarious stuff, just to share something that tickled you, if it is GC you get ranted at, and now it appears that even a polite pre-emptive apology gets you ranted at and patronised to boot. Yay!
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 12:35, Reply)

is not to play it. People shouting GC when a link is reposted maybe once are in the minority, and I will hunt them all down and kill them. It is a term that should be reserved for links that are done to death, especially as this is the actual meaning of the phrase.
Nobody expects you to trawl the site, just a quick click of 'preview' should suffice. Mistakes happen, I've done it myself, nobody really cares.
I'm not having a go at you specifically by the way, just the sillyness of the situation in general.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 12:51, Reply)

Their "Street Theatre" was probably about the Queen's balls. Will someone please think of the Rabbits?
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 11:34, Reply)

if I was getting married tomorrow and rumour had it that my ex was going to turn up and spoil the day for myself and my guests and then he was actually found outside the church rehearsing how he was going to spoil my day, I suppose I'd expect him to be arrested before he had actually commited any crime. There is every chance that before the above filming started these people were asked nicely to move along, but started banging on about their rights. Rights I believe in too, but there is a time and place to make a point. That wasn't it.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 12:22, Reply)

rights are not rights if others decide when you can have them and when you can't, If you do nothing unlawful
also if your ex turned up at your wedding, if he did nothing unlawful he could not be arrested. your suspition would not be grounds enough. If there was an injunction and proof of previous then it would be different. But to arrest purely on the thought of someone deciding they 'may' commit a crime is called the abuse of power. The implications are staggering.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 12:53, Reply)

and yet supposing a man was in my garden at 3am in dark clothing with a sack and a screwdriver. None of these are actual crimes. 'Going equipped' is a pretty catch all thing when you think about it, but surely he would be arrested for conspiracy to rob or going equipped. I'm just saying it isn't black and white.
As to my wedding, it would be obvious that there would be trouble; there is history but no injunction. So the police could a) arrest him the day before on suspicion of intent; b) attend the wedding to prevent anything or c) wiat to see if it kicks off then make 7 arrests and deal with the ambulances.
a) may not be the most moral course, but the most sensible, surely?
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:39, Reply)

www.yourrights.org.uk/yourrights/the-rights-of-suspects/stop-and-search/reasonable-grounds-for-suspicion.html
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:55, Reply)

to make arrests /before/ a crime is committed, at least it didn't used to be. And for fucksake, is 'street performance' really a crime.
It would seem, superficially, that there was a political element to what they were doing and in a democracy freedom of political communication is, well, it's pretty fucking central to democracy.
The root issue here is that the monarchy is a major part of the political system. Some people would like to think there shouldn't be a group of people with special rights simply due to an accident of birth.
By cracking down on free speech, the monarchy is doing exactly the kind of thing that people don't like about monarchy.
They are going to need to be rather more thick skinned than that if they want to be the future King and Queen...
This is why the lizard king killed Diana. Some people just don't know their place.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:09, Reply)

may not be a crime, but if they were annoying the people around them on the day, it could lead to trouble. That is why they separate people at football grounds; it pre-empts a situation that will probably happen. I admit I'm playing devils advocate a little here, but the point still stands. Is it better to stop a crime or just hoover up after the carnage?
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:47, Reply)

But it doesn't seem like these people were out to cause carnage. If the police have credible evidence of imminent violence, then sure act. But we shouldn't be locking people up, because they might be annoying to someone who might be violent, and then violence might occur.
The logical conclusion of pre-emptive policing like this is to lock everyone up until the can prove that they'll never do anything wrong.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:51, Reply)

carrying an offensive weapon should not be a crime? I should be able to carry a loaded gun but only be arrested if I use it to intimidate or shoot someone. But just having it should be legal. If I use it, then you arrest me. I'm confusing myself now...
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 15:03, Reply)

I've seen some "street performance" that was so bad it could have bordered on illegal
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:01, Reply)

( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 16:24, Reply)

if their rights are being abused. when is the time and place to protest our tax money being spent on a wedding for people who all ready have lots of our tax money if not at the wedding?
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:48, Reply)

at the polling booth. Vote for a party that wants to abolish the monarchy. If enough people agree, and looking at the interest shown yesterday, they don't, then you will get your wish. That is democracy.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:53, Reply)

a democracy isn't just about voting. there are lots of ways to be politically involved and the idea that extra-parliamentry political activism is in any way illegitimate is a bit odd to be honest.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:58, Reply)

is very important to raise awareness of issues that people might be ignorant about. But sadly it all too often is people with a minority view throwing bins through windows.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:03, Reply)

all to often? nonsense. the over whelming majority of extra-parliamentary political activism is pretty dull and law abiding. look at the protest in march. half a million people being dull and law abiding and a couple of thousand not. trade unions, the civil rights movement in the usa, the countryside alliance, the suffragettes, oxfam, the national rifle association, solidarity in Poland, gay pride and the RSPB are what most extraparliamentary political activism is far more about. but enjoy your daily fail perspective anyway.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:23, Reply)

over the meaning of activism. You are dictionary correct, and I was taking the modern media usage, so I will hold my hands up on that. The daily fail was a low blow, though.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:35, Reply)

there are checks and balances in law for a reason. there is something called presumed innocence before being PROVEN guilty. it stops the abuse of power. Which is clearly taking place here.
There was also a big crackdown on facebook, deleting anti cuts groups etc. The worrying thing is how people are apathetic to the point of actually seeing nothing wrong in this.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 12:31, Reply)

do you know if any edl/bnp/nazi type groups were deleted or only vaguely leftish ones? the media propaganda that anti-cuts activists are all violent thugs and criminals is definitely working on a lot of people.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:53, Reply)

About 2 blokes and a woman started harassing a pasty on the floor just minding it's own business. The fatter one, Colin Fatfingers, bit it's corner piece off causing extensive gravy seepage. A witness rang the police and the cowards just started kicking it in. Potato and swede went everywhere. He was taken to a local bakery where he was put in a intensive oven but sadly was confirmed tasty later on.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 12:37, Reply)

( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:08, Reply)

Another rights activist with a mobile phone and a chip on their shoulder.
If you're planning to go and protest at the wedding, its reasonable to assume that would fall under conspiracy to cause a public nuisance.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:12, Reply)

locking people up because they might do something a bit annoying is hardly fair.
It is no more inconvenient than the 53,000 people deciding to have street parties, but their actions are somehow ok.
If freedom isn't the right to be annoying, then it isn't really freedom.
I can understand if they're planning on catching the number 23 with a rucksack full of nails and fertiliser, but they're just going to stand on the street being a bit boring...
If we aren't prepared to defend other peoples freedom, then we can hardly expect others to defend ours.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:39, Reply)

It's looks to all intents and purposes like the the Police were being overhanded and overreacting to a potential breach of the peace, whatever that means, but maybe they did have what is called "reasonable cause for suspicion" - it all looks very facist from this video but it's also hard to make a judgement call without knowing what evidence the Police were reacting to.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:22, Reply)

I'm sure filming didn't just start when the numerous police arrived but that's when this YT vid starts. Why did the police arrive there in the first place? Just wondering..
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:08, Reply)

rumour has it they were going to be-head a dummy that looked like the Queen, while surrounded by a million excited Royalists. That is like me walking into the mess hall of the Parachute Regiment and saying "I thought only faries had wings". It will lead to trouble and should be prevented if possible.
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 14:10, Reply)

( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:29, Reply)

Skype? ;)
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 13:51, Reply)

well except the WPC...
( , Sat 30 Apr 2011, 17:10, Reply)
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