This book changed my lifeThe Goat writes, "Some books have made a huge impact on my life." It's true. It wasn't until the b3ta mods read the Flashman novels that we changed from mild-mannered computer operators into heavily-whiskered copulators, poltroons and all round bastards in a well-known cavalry regiment.
What books have changed the way you think, the way you live, or just gave you a rollicking good time?
Friendly hint: A bit of background rather than just a bunch of book titles would make your stories more readable
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chthonic, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:11)
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Speaking as someone......with a huge axe to grind when it comes to the current government and privacy, I do not agree that dropping out of the system or what amounts to common room bravado about dropping off the radar, not paying taxes and living off everyone else is the way to shake the system.
It just makes you look like Rik from The Young Ones.
We pay taxes to ensure that there are police on the streets, trains to take us to work and an army to defend us. We might also pay taxes to ensure that those in society less fortunate than ourselves are looked after to some extent.
If you want to make a difference, join Privacy International, or No 2 ID, or even the Taxpayers Alliance - all of whom engage with Members of Parliament to raise objections toward policies that some people might find contrary to their beliefs in liberty and justice for all.
Living in the woods and not washing didn't get
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