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#661 Re: The Garden » The United Kingdom General Election, 2nd May 2024 » 538 weeks ago
Yea democracy's been hijacked by the rich. One of the reasons I was a bit pissed off at people sayin holding a 2nd referendum or not triggering article 50 would be undemocratic. One of the reasons, there's plenty more!
Honestly, you's should just put me in charge.
#662 Re: Guns N' Roses » The Set-List » 538 weeks ago
Are they still doin the Layla coda to NR? That's pretty sweet.
Love it. Greatest British rock band of all time.
I used to bitch like fuck about the setlists but I exhausted myself. It's a drag when you're going to multiple shows on the tour & you get the same set/same show just in a different building. Detracts from the whole thing. & don't give me about how easy it is for armchair fans reading sets online. Used to have my piss/bar breaks timed to coincide with the blues. Or rather streets of dreams, it was a better song when it was the blues & I would hung around for it..
#663 Re: The Sunset Strip » The Video Game Console Thread » 538 weeks ago
Typical. Mainstream coverage of video games is a disgrace. In fact the way the industry is treated as a whole is appalling.
You'd have thought in this day and age, with people in their 30's/40's having grown up with video games there would be something approaching decent commentary & debate. Ah well..
Not able to play much myself atm. Got a hyperextended elbow + a massive gash on my right palm which makes holding the controller difficult, plus I sweat like a pedo in Thailand & that irritates the wound too much. So I've taken to playing Steins Gate (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steins;Gate) to get me thru, I can just lie back and push the odd button here and there. It's good fun so far. The voice acting is doin my head in tho.
Gotta massive backlog of stuff to play & there's some new stuff coming soon(ish). Maybe once the football's over I'll have recovered. Looks like the sun isn't going to interfere too much for the rest of the summer so should get some stuff cleared away.
#664 Re: Guns N' Roses » Slash says its surreal that they are all getting along so well » 538 weeks ago
Aye, they're boring bastards now ^
#665 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 538 weeks ago
Green Room.
Top stuff. Really good fun. Sad that anton yelchin guy is dead irl he was good in this & probably the only good thing about those Star Trek films. Fun film, plenty of funny gore & wasn't too long.
#666 Re: The Sunset Strip » What Are You Listening To? » 538 weeks ago
#667 Re: The Garden » How Realistic Do You Think A 3rd World War Is? » 538 weeks ago
The major powers(Us, Russia, EU, and maybe even China) are going to have to unite to deal with this problem. One country tackling it clearly doesn't work.
This is where I come from. I live in a post-nationalist world in my head, for the most part. I'm a citizen of the world(!)
It's asinine to me how people don't come together to help each other & help evolve. Instead of bickering & bombing ourselves to extinction we should be trying to preserve this place & also looking to get off it to colonize somewhere else, to make room for us all. We've got it the wrong way round, fighting over a piece of ground, or a religion(!). Madness. Of course people are entitled to their beliefs, it's just they're wrong & stupid for doing so!
#668 Re: The Garden » The United Kingdom General Election, 2nd May 2024 » 538 weeks ago
Should the UK just override this decision or would such a measure make it worse? This gives new meaning to the term between a rock and a hard place ]
This is one of the questions we're faced with now. The general consensus seems to be accept it & start to build again, that overriding the decision would make matters worse.
The theory behind this is: such a large percentage of the leave vote was in effect a protest vote against the political class/elite, & if you're to go against their wishes under the guise of a second referendum or parliament not triggering Brexit then you simply give more ammunition & anger to these people who feel they are disenfranchised already & distrustful of the political machinery.
The logical progression for these people is to vote right wing & fringe groups. It's like the lesser of two evils is to accept Brexit & now start addressing matters, such as these deprived sections, rather than run the risk of far right/extremists getting into government.
I don't subscribe to that. I think it's just giving in & giving up.
Imo leaving the EU is only going to embolden these people anyhow. More than that, leaving the EU presents us with [trade] solutions which will leave us deeply worse off in the short to medium term. There are literally NO immediate [financial or otherwise] benefits to be gained from leaving.
I think it is worth risking the rise of the right to try and prevent Brexit.
Of course there's no guarantee that leave wouldn't win a second referendum or eventually force through Brexit through parliament. But it's better than just admitting defeat.
Admitting defeat to only 52/3% of those that voted on that given day on such a profoundly significant subject - I know some of you criticise this as undemocratic, compared it to voting for Obama & trying to reverse that, but you only get a president for 4 years before you can vote him out, this Brexit is for keeps, forever. The democratic process needs to be exhausted before this can be totally decided, imo.
If the majority had been larger maybe defeat would've been easier to accept. Also, it goes against the wishes of the majority of voters in Northern Ireland & Scotland. The manner the vote was conducted also raised serious questions, never mind the stupefying reaction & turmoil it's immediate aftermath caused.
I would override it in a heartbeat, but that doesn't seem to be the direction the general public or the politicians are going in.
I said before I'm pro-EU, pro-Europe, & this hasn't changed my mind one bit. I'd forge stronger alliances if I had my way. I know the EU needs massive reform & a lot of powers taken from it & given back to the individual states, but I also see the EU as a work in progress. We've had centuries upon centuries of war in Europe, we haven't even had 100 years of the EU & already people are writing it off as a failed experiment. It's crazy to me people won't give it a chance. Hell there's people on here that won't give it a chance!
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#669 Re: The Garden » The United Kingdom General Election, 2nd May 2024 » 538 weeks ago
See I don't think that's the case. Think that's misplaced opprobrium. Boris didn't fuck off, he was pushed overboard, outmanoeuvred. I think he wanted nothing more than to be the PM who was responsible for Brexit. It's just he couldn't carry the support of Murdoch or the Daily Mail guy & got outflanked by Gove.
If Boris has his way he'd still be in the Tory leadership race.
#670 Re: Guns N' Roses » Guns N' Roses to headline Glastonbury 2017? » 538 weeks ago
Aye I get that, I just think guns n axl are a lot more divisive than those acts. There's a lot of love & respect for even the likes of Kanye that I don't see generated from the Glastonbury crowd.
Tho the goodwill engendered by Axl/DC may have changed opinions..? Plus people do love Slash..
If they do do Glastonbury I don't think it would be one of those exclusivity deals where they couldn't play other venues in the UK.
& if it were they could always do Slane over here as well..
Tbh I'm not convinced I want a stadium tour over here. It's different in the USA the way crowds are segregated & seated. Over here there's a fair chance you'll be miles from the stage..
