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    Re: How many nations would it take to beat US?

    I don't know of many British soldiers who would fight alongside Europeans against the Americans. I think in the unlikely event of the EU declaring war upon the US, they'd find that Britain prefers...
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    Re: Should Scotland be Independent

    Do you think that just because everyone traditionally votes along religious lines in Ulster that they automatically want to become part of your country? In the 2007 elections people are voting for...
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    Re: Should Scotland be Independent

    They would'nt let your grandfather be called Sean! Yeah, ok, what fantasy books have you been reading, your not just another Irish - American with schoolboy Gaelic who's been logging on to the NORAID...
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    Re: Should Scotland be Independent

    Quite untrue, in the last major poll in Northern Ireland taken in 2005, 58% of the population were in favour of the Union in the lomg term, whilst only 23% expressed a preference for uniting with the...
  5. Re: Chic Burton stocks up on 6000 tshirts with neo Nazi slogan

    That is very true! Although I think the average t-shirt wearer is probabley very ignorant of the history behind the symbol, apart from the odd student, trying to be a cool, radical, rebel!
  6. Re: Why won't the Israeli Government try Non-violent Integration

    Big difference, the British were a colonial power who had every intention of leaving India with or without Ghandi. We did'nt want to fight for it and the Brits who ran India, plus the army, simply...
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    Re: Should Scotland be Independent

    Do you think protestant Scots would want a Union with catholic Ireland? I'm sure you must have seen the odd Rangers-Celtic match!
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    Poll: Re: Fantasy Football

    Well, they're two completely different games, so I don't know why we Euros/Us always argue over them. We gat similar injuries in rugby though.

    Back to your original idea, cheers for the website,...
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    Re: Death penalty Yes or No

    We have manslaughter for that, usually much shorter sentances.
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    Poll: Re: Fantasy Football

    Ha Ha, You mean the padded up and protected like a bunch of poofters football. Rugby for the fragile!

    Seeing as you Yanks reckon it's the greatest game on earth, I'll give it a bash. If someone...
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    Poll: Re: Fantasy Football

    Bloody hell! Voted yes before I realised you were talking about Gridiron. Better discount my vote.
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    Re: Death penalty Yes or No

    You already have the death penalty in the US, don't you? :smile:

    There are plenty of people I would like to see strung up, but we don't have the death penalty in Britain and it's never coming...
  13. Re: Who Won The War: Britain, the US, or Russia

    Wow, your quite the historian! :yeahright :youwish:
  14. Re: Should You Charge Your Allies For Your Own War??

    We have, Britain. We made our last payment of £45million, under the second world war lend lease bill, in december last year. We don't owe a bean.

    ERIK

    We're not anyones lapdog, we just prefer...
  15. Re: One Man's Justification for Voting for the (racist) British National Party (BNP)

    Interesting to note that you obviously have'nt bothered to read the whole article then. He does'nt agree with you. He makes some very clear points. I can link you up to dozens of similar articles by...
  16. Re: One Man's Justification for Voting for the (racist) British National Party (BNP)

    Are you sure, what evidence is this, I'm not the only one to disagree with that statement. How about the governments Minister for Immigration, Liam Byrne.

    "laissez-faire migration runs the risk of...
  17. Re: One Man's Justification for Voting for the (racist) British National Party (BNP)

    How can estimated 300,000 new arrivals a year not have any effect on all aspects of our environment/infastructure etc. Do you honestly believe that we can carry these numbers indefinately?
    And no...
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    Re: For all fans of the prem...

    You can have Dennis Wise back, we don't want him at Leeds!

    Ha Ha, Great!, Sheff United are down. At least Wigan can stop moaning now.

    LEEDS UNITED _ YORKSHIRES NO.1!
  19. Re: One Man's Justification for Voting for the (racist) British National Party (BNP)

    I am replying to some of the earlier points but this has no bearing on voting or support for the BNP.



    We do need some skilled workers and always will do, but not at the levels of almost 300,00...
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    Re: Will the war on terror ever be won?

    [QUOTE]umm.. yeah I'm kind of wondering the same thing? where did I even mention the american civil war? again, stop trolling and try to read my posts before you respond.
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    Must have read...
  21. Re: Who Won The War: Britain, the US, or Russia

    Did it! Never heard of Burma or Papua New Guinea? The Brits and Anzacs fought the Japanese longer than anyone. We never surrendered to them! The biggest single battle in terms of men lost by Japan in...
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    Re: Will the war on terror ever be won?

    No your not talking to a wall, just an averagely stupid Yorkshireman, so no I have'nt read all 10 pages of this debate, but merely wished to answer that particular post of yours.

    Like I stated...
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    Poll: Re: So Much for the New European Century

    Reply to the Serb/Swede

    Just because multi-national corperations operate around the globe you seem to feel that the average citizen of a nation will accept mass immigration? Strange concept! Most...
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    Re: Will the war on terror ever be won?

    Explain to me exactly what social change was the USA supposed to have enacted and where before a group of foriegn terrorists decided to fly planes into several buildings on their soil? I seem to...
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    Re: Film jumping

    The Italian Job, original one of course, and tell the guy driving the coach at the end, to slow down at that bend! The end of that film always drives me mad, did they make it or not?
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    Re: Will the war on terror ever be won?

    I'm sure people think about these problems, but in the meantime we still have to physically fight, the real terrorists committing real terrorist acts as opposed to the idea.
    Do you think if we...
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    Poll: Re: So Much for the New European Century

    The mods don' react because this site holds to the tennants of free speech, everyones opinion is respected and allowed to be heard not just the one's that you agree with. I can't see why you don't...
  28. Re: "Citizens more ambitious than leaders on future EU policies"

    I agree, especially as the article relies on the views of only 1,800 "randomly picked" participants to form a view of what Euro citizens apparently want from the Union. Hardly representative of...
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    Re: For all fans of the prem...

    Totally agree, It looks a bit like sour grapes to me when they seem to be able to blame their possible relegation not on their own club and it's inability to win matches but on the premier leagues...
  30. Poll: Re: Should the US military bring back the firing squad?

    I voted no, but not because I think shooting someone is barbaric. The US military should just continue with the rules and regs that it thinks best, I would hope they would'nt change anything to prove...
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    Re: Biggest Upset in Sports history?

    Ha Ha, so true! God, I hate that little wazzock.
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    Poll: Re: So Much for the New European Century

    I voted too soon to tell, the pessimist in me leads me to believe we're too far gone down the road, but the optimist hope's that future generations will have the sense and courage to haul us back...
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    Re: Revolutions: For or Against?

    I think the point that was made was correct in some ways. It could be said that it was a revolution for the American colonials but a rebellion for the British. The colonies became a republican...
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    Re: Blair to stand down on June 27th.

    That was actually a comment in defence of the Labour govt and the kissing of US "ass". I might not be a supporter of Blairs govt but I tend to defend anything of ours to an outsider. "They're fat...
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    Re: Blair to stand down on June 27th.

    I'm sure the whole cabinet could kiss the average Yanks "ass" and all at the same time, they're fat enough.
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    Re: Blair to stand down on June 27th.

    Not entirely correct, the organisation we joined in '73 was called the European Economic Community and we were one of only 9 member states, all of which were reletively wealthy western European...
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    Re: Madeleine McCann

    I can agree with some of the criticism of the parents but I was'nt there, so cannot be aware of the full facts of what happened. I'm not a parent myself so I don't like to pass judgement on something...
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    Re: Who were the leaders who fell in combat?

    A couple of notable British deaths in battle.

    General James Wolfe

    Died from musket wounds, Battle of Quebec, 1759.

    http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3898/400pxdeathwolfeki4.jpg


    Maj...
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    Re: Blair to stand down on June 27th.

    According to Andrew Neil on the Daily Politics, his was the longest resignation speech ever.

    His next 7 weeks will probably be used to arrange all of his speaking tours of the US and finalise his...
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    Re: Military violence ?

    Watched the video, could'nt understand the commentary anyway! :smile:

    I don't think they were overtly violent. We used the same tactics against demonstrators in N. Ireland. It is frightening...
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