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    Re: Skål kosmonauter! House Wilpuri gathering

    Hmm, the house graphic wotsit needs some serious updating now.

    Krisu old boy, get out the graphics and hop to it!
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    Re: Skål kosmonauter! House Wilpuri gathering

    Bah, I'll just sit here with me stick
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    Re: State of the Union

    Certainly there's no way that Scotland by itself could survive outside of the Union, but bear in mind that we are talking here of a Scotland leaving the Union to become an EU member state, with...
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    State of the Union

    This year marked the tercentenary of the act of union between England and Scotland. 300 years on from that auspicious date of January 1st 1707, the union is almost unrecognisable from that which...
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    Re: 15 British sailors seized by Iran

    While I appreciate the point, I think you're overestimating the degree of connectivity between the Revolutionary Guard, the Iranian state media, the civil government and the theocratic government.
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  6. Re: If we were characters in "Rome" Who would we be?

    I would have been just as unsure tbh, the amount I've missed since my days on staff leaves me having utterly no clue what the devil is going on anymore. However, the tie in with Garb clued me in...
  7. Re: Asterix's Campagnian Villa: A meeting place for TWCs old timers

    In comparison to this old devil, Prof is an inestimably young whippersnapper
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    Good lord Bel, Cassius! You overstate my role, for certain. I merely served as a mild conduit of information. Besides, you imply that Garb needed any persuading :P
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    Re: 15 British sailors seized by Iran

    While I think there's perhaps something to be said for this in terms of the assessment of the danger posed by a decidedly mixed Eurasian diplomatic approach to Iran, the opening premise of the...
  10. Re: Asterix's Campagnian Villa: A meeting place for TWCs old timers

    Ahh, the good old days, the days of curial intrigues, great debate and furious tirades in the Hexagon. Those were truly the days of Numenor, when great men and women did sit and speak as the lords of...
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    Re: USA Invasions, Bombings, Military Aid

    It does point out that sadly, no matter what people like to think, human beings have always been an irrepresibly brutal race, a trait that is just as pronounced whether you are a Congolese Warlord, a...
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    Re: USA Invasions, Bombings, Military Aid

    I know, it's an illogical view, but it's just so embarassing to admit defeat to farmers, British or otherwise.
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    Re: USA Invasions, Bombings, Military Aid

    It was said more than somewhat tongue in cheek, I find it less embarassing to admit defeat to the French than to rebellious colonists :tongue:
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    Re: USA Invasions, Bombings, Military Aid

    I was thinking of the War of Independence, or specifically the post 1778 part of it. To be honest I very nearly wrote the UK, but fortunately 1707 and 1801 came to mind in the nick of time.


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    Re: USA Invasions, Bombings, Military Aid

    True if you set aside the Spanish rampaging up and down the Americas and the Dutch and Portuguese in the East Indies, we simply massacred people based on their religion or political outlook, didn't...
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    Re: USA Invasions, Bombings, Military Aid

    As the world's leading industrial and military force, it is expected that the US utilises its position and establishes order in the world. This is only possible if this 'order' meshes with the world...
  17. Thread: Milking it?

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    Re: Milking it?

    Given that spun, dishonest or simply fraudulent reporting is nothing new, I cannot say I'm particularly shocked by these tactics. Journalists exist to present the facts as their masters wish them to...
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    Re: the Problem of Politicians

    As Ironbrig said, there's a defining line between politicians, who exist for the sake of and serve politics, and statesmen, who act variously in the best interests of their constituents, the people...
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    Re: Welcome back Profler!

    By Popular Imperial demand...
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    Re: What doth your Custom User Title meaneth?

    Any Britisher watching Coup! last night will know exactly where my custom title comes from. Suffice to say, it's a codename.
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    Re: IDF enters Gaza

    "Disparage ye not the Lord of the Channels, for he shall smite ye and thy family down amongst hellfire, law suite and Reality TV documentaries."

    Murdoch 24:7



    As much as it's a reality that...
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    Re: An Analysis of the Black Prince

    Hah, you mean Francis Urquhart :tongue: perhaps not the most flattering comparison, I don't believe Sulla executed close advisors or invaded Cyprus to further his political ambitions, did you mate?...
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    Re: Welcome back Profler!

    Well salve, hello, good afternoon, bonsoir, bongiourno and buenos dias to all.

    Since I've recently finished my A-level exams and am notoriously lazy, I've found myself with an awfully large amount...
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    Re: An Analysis of the Black Prince

    Haha, how true. This thread is making me feel concerningly nostalgic and oldman-like, so I should probably abstain for the time being.



    Ahh, staff factionalism and infighting, those were the...
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    Re: US Guantanamo tribunals 'illegal'

    The conventions of war?

    War ceased to be defined by conventions in Tokoyo bay as the surrender was signed. Since that moment, and to a substantial degree prior to that moment industrial war...
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    Re: it's been real nice

    Toodleoo, enjoy life in the real world, one can become remarkably attached to it after a very short time.
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    Re: An Analysis of the Black Prince

    While my own memory of Curia events only extends up to about last september, I think it would certainly be fair to say that the most regular and recurring criticism of staff proposals came from tBP...
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    By-election mania

    It was a still and sunny day in Britannia's green and pleasant land, from the rolling welsh hills to the bustling metropolis. As the greater populace went about their normal lives, the voters of...
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    Re: what is the best hard a?

    Jameson's, Irish, fairly smooth but a tad rougher than most scotches
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    Re: IDF enters Gaza

    As complete and final a resolution to the confrontation that would be, I suspect that the eventual elimination of an Arab presence in Palestine might be viewed as ethnic cleansing or genocide and be...
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    Re: US Guantanamo tribunals 'illegal'

    Panels of judges are generally the best alternative to trial by jury to maintain a 'guarantee' of impartiality, but to get back to Erik's point, the Enron and Moussaoui trials demonstrate - to my...
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    Re: US Guantanamo tribunals 'illegal'

    Sadly changing though I feel, the Blairites have put shagging and drinking on the naughty list now, I expect no better from the Cameroons.
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    Re: US Guantanamo tribunals 'illegal'

    Blunkett, Prothumo, Mellor, Davies, Yeo, Caithness... (almost Prescott)

    Though having said that there's Alan Clarke (peace be upon him) and Paddy Pantsdown
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    Re: US Guantanamo tribunals 'illegal'

    To echo Ferrets, "Quelle surprise"

    It'll be interesting to see what alternative the Whitehouse presents, could it even (the lord forbid) involve trial by jury ?
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    It's one of my (many) regrets that while on staff...

    It's one of my (many) regrets that while on staff I never got to work closely with you Carousel, your work with ES really helped to keep the site going during some rather dark times and it is a great...
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    An extremely fititng eulogy for a moderator and...

    An extremely fititng eulogy for a moderator and administrator who most certainly deserved his rank. Smack was absolutely key to getting the site back up and running after the hack attacks, as well as...
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    No objections whatsoever to the bill, though I must side with ER in that if the staff prefer to work with the precedent, that should serve just as well.
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    :laughing: Prosciutto is italian cured ham, one...

    :laughing: Prosciutto is italian cured ham, one of the more famous varieties being Parma Ham :tongue:

    Not to be confused with Pancetta, which is a bacon.
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    Sim has very much hit the nail on the head in my...

    Sim has very much hit the nail on the head in my opinion, while there is certainly both the precedent and the capacity for ER to go off as a lone civitates or indeed transfer patronage, Crandar has...
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    Very much in agreement, tBP and I had considered...

    Very much in agreement, tBP and I had considered a single such 'pruning' bill ourselves, but eventually settled for a more piecemeal process for reform. However, this seems to have reached the end of...
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