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Reply to Bang, Bang, You shot you Down in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I don't know what you said, Dr Guy, but if you're looking for the remix try iTunes and search for 'shot you down'.

Reply to Bang, Bang, You shot you Down in Blogging JoeUser Forums

The Audio Bullies remix of the Nancy Sinatra version is better. It becomes a rocking dance tune.

Reply to Hunger?WE Americans do not know what real HUNGER IS! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Wrong. It has PLENTY of effect on the people it's supposed to help. It finances those who oppress them. In spite of that, America now contributes close to 50 billion dollars in aid to sub-saharan africa every year. I used to believe in aid. And then I went to a country which received aid, and saw what it was used for. There's nothing so illusion shattering as seeing what aid really does to a country. If we must piss money against

Reply to Make Like a Tree & Leave? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I guess I should be flattered that you took my writing to be so well as that I must have plagarized it. Perhaps if yours was as well written, we would assume the same. Hehe. I"m getting paid for my writing so I'm totally comfortable with my style. My apologies for the unwarranted accusation. But you'd have to admit you tend to write with a more, shall we say, arcane style than what you wrote up there. It was remarkably lucid. More of the same i

Reply to Make Like a Tree & Leave? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

You might want to quote your sources in future, Dr Guy. It's clear you didn't write that. On what you quoted: I'm not too good at describing religious stuff. By aspect I meant the idea behind the trinity - 3 parts or faces of the same divinity. From what I understand in Hinduism each 'god' could be considered an aspect. Of course famous Hindu myths like the Ramayana and others disassociate these aspects, but then again so does the bible disassociate God from Jesus and, to

Reply to Make Like a Tree & Leave? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Mainstream Hinduism is monotheistic. The aspects or lesser gods - Shiva, Kali, Vishnu et al - are merely considered paths to understanding a single portion of the incomprehensible that is divinity. Catholics do a similar thing with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit and Protestants do it with God and Jesus. Only Jews and Muslims could really be said to be monotheistic if we reject the idea of aspect worship. For someone whose schtick is religion I'm very surprised you don't know this! <

Reply to Public Intoxication and Nanny State Insanity! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Wow that's crazy! What's the point of a bar if you can't get pissed? They may as well just outlaw fun! Now if they proposed outlawing alcohol consumption and then legalised pot I guess it would make sense, because pot is less likely to lead to the aggressive behaviour they decry and is probably less socially dangerous. But the way they're going the next law is going to be against fun in general.

Reply to here is what a palestinian is in Politics JoeUser Forums

becouse that is still what they want. The other Arab states? So? What does that have to do with the Palestinians? You're really not making yourself clear here. Why should the independence of Palestine necessarily involve Egypt, Syria Lebanon et al? as i have said on other posts isreal is defending itself Sure, but I don't think the Arab states have become any stronger recently. Israel is still the

Reply to here is what a palestinian is in Politics JoeUser Forums

before the Palestinians were called Palestinians. Israel offered them those two pieces of land. And the surrounding Arab states decided they wanted it all for themselves. We all know that. Why is that relevant to Palestinian nationality?

Reply to here is what a palestinian is in Politics JoeUser Forums

Wikipedia would suggest Golda was wrong - In the 5th century BCE, Herodotus wrote in Greek of a "district of Syria, called Palaistinêi In any case it doesn't matter. There was no such thing as an American until the 13 states united. There were no such thing as Australians until the 7 colonies united. There was no such thing as Britain until England was joined by Scotland, Wales and Ireland. All nationalities have to start somewhere.

Reply to Transformers was SUPERB! in Movie Reviews JoeUser Forums

I agree with you, the movie was way better than I'd expected. The only thing I didn't really like was the shape of the transformers - they were anorexically skinny. I was hoping for the more chunky old-school robots. But that wasn't a big gripe, it was still an awesome movie. There were no nudity thank heavens, but there were hints of a not blatantly so sexual nature. How dodgy was that final scene - you know, with Bumblebee and the two of th

Reply to is it right to write? in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Yeah, welcome back! it's good to have another aussie on the site. There's far too many godded foreigners here.

Reply to Suicide Bomb Teams Sent to U.S., Europe in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

If I was a moderate muslim, I would sign up to these training camps first thing and pretend I was all like, hardcore and shit... and then get a sponsored flight to Europe or the USA and never look back! Like the evil doctors in Queensland? I've always thought doctors were up to something, with their knives and suspiciously good knowledge about the human body's weaknesses.

Reply to Gitmo and the Detained Terrorist in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

seems to indicate that all is well if no one calls anybody on their shit if they don't call me on mine. Sure, but you're forgetting that we've all seen each other's sources in the past. Most of us have been on this site for ages; when we see something new we'll throw it in, but otherwise it really is just shooting the shit and arguing about nothing in particular. I don't think anyone really takes what we do here as serious debate. We all jus

Reply to Gitmo and the Detained Terrorist in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

3. For my casual observer, I'll ask this question: Did you actually see a single claim on this thread that was backed up by anything other than OPINION? I sure didn't. Not a single factual source for ANY of the dozens of radical claims made by Any Poster Here! Wow! That's just not how we roll. If we think something is questionable we'll ask about it. Otherwise there's an assumption that no one is making shit up.

Reply to I Did NOT Know This in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

I can't say this article is a revelation - you've always struck me as something of a naif, KFC. You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find Many ways to have a good time. ... They have everything for young men to enjoy, You can hang out with all the boys ... ... You can do whatever you feel ... It's possibly one of the most suggestive songs sung in the English language. If it was any more suggestive it'd be blatant

Reply to Gitmo and the Detained Terrorist in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

Most of the Gitmo inmates were released without charge. They were thus by definition 'innocent' and probably unlikely to be as vicious as you claim. If they were guilty of ripping babies out of western women's wombs the US government is criminally negligent. If they're not then you don't know what you're talking about.

Reply to Mutitjulu fear new stolen generation in Politics JoeUser Forums

There are a number of white people coming out to say that paedophilia is a traditional part of Aboriginal culture at the moment. However, they don't actually have any evidence of it. Robert Macklin wrote an article about this in the Canberra Times either today or a few days ago. Apparently there were reports of abuse of aboriginal children by both whites and aborigines going back at least to the times of Victorian missions in the mid-19th century. <br/

Reply to Guns and Children in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Still the idea that someone would want to solve a problem by pull out a gun simply because they just happen to have it kinda sucks. Yeah, but it's also true. Gang violence in Australia mostly involves samurai swords, bats of various kinds, chains, and the very occasional handgun. Gang violence in the US seems to involve pistols and uzis. Admittedly the US gangs probably don't use legally acquired guns either, but there must be a reason they have them.

Reply to Guns and Children in Current Events JoeUser Forums

A person determination to do harm will not depend on the weapon but on their mind set. True, but the techniques available to them will determine the extent of the harm they can cause. For example you can kill a couple of hundred with a carbomb and up to a couple of dozen with firearms, but a crazed knife-wielding lunatic only has the capacity to take out a couple before they tire or get mobbed. When I was a kid my parents never gave me any toy

Reply to Supremes say no Bong Hits for Jesus for students in Politics JoeUser Forums

It's not a free speech issue, it's a safety of the other kids issue. Maybe I've got a more optimistic view of kids, but I have serious doubts that anyone would see a banner like that and immediately go, "Wow, that's really persuasive! I'm going to go get stoned right now!" I reckon the other kids were perfectly safe to see a banner like that. After all, they almost certainly know about marijuana use around the traps anyway, whether through fri

Reply to Mutitjulu fear new stolen generation in Politics JoeUser Forums

The end goal has to be restoring social norms to indigenous communities, not imposing them. If self-respect is going to be restored in these communities, then the people will need to have opportunities to work and to strengthen their culture. I don't think that's a desirable goal at all. If anything child abuse, paedophilia and patriarchal tyrannies seem to be common features in 'traditional' aboriginal culture. What's needed is a change of culture, no

Reply to Paternalism in Indigenous Affairs in Politics JoeUser Forums

I would have expected something more practical from you cacto. Can you explain how in the hell your idea would actually work? I'm envisioning special camps, with slogans above the gates like 'Work shall set ye free'... Nah, just kidding. But really responsibility for these communities has to be laid at the feet of those who live in them. In the thirty-plus years since the government started being nicer to aboriginals nothing much has

Reply to this is what makes America great in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

which indicated to me you did not appreciate his post or felt above his post like it made him some how inferior by posting his opinion... Danny is totally inferior to pretty much anyone. Pumpkins have a greater range of expression and a better grasp on international and national affairs.

Reply to Paternalism in Indigenous Affairs in Politics JoeUser Forums

To be honest I think paternalism is necessary. But not the soft, saving the children kind. The 'grow the fuck up' kind is what is really needed. We need a leader - whether aboriginal or otherwise - to say they either clean up their act or their children will be stolen, their towns demolished, their people scattered and their culture of abuse and neglect eradicated. There are lots of Hollywood actors out there looking for black babies. If rural folk aren't willing to look after the