SeanMacGabhann

I am like Santa Claus - I know EVERYTHING about bad boys and girls!

I had to re-read the messages myself to be sure it wasn't la Been they were talking about, quids.

come on BBW - you crave attention and if the only kind you get is negative then you'll take it. Hence starting threads about yourself. It's a bit like Madonna saying she never gets any privacy and then goes jogging with 4 bodyguards and looking like THAT

Hmmm - so I'm going to a gig on Friday and the support act is not sure about that - still, gotta love the main act Tindersticks - Tiny Tears

oh for sure FO - nothing wrong with the food at all and I can't wait. But you say "curry" and people have expectations

Was in FHT last week for first time in aaages - still looks to be a great spot for drinks. But I won't be at this one - have a great night y'all

I'm looking forward to Buddah but perhaps Dining CLub would now be more accurate than Curry Club? Anyone coming looking forward to a jalfreizi and bread will be disappointed

Ill need to check my facts mm but im fairly sure her majesty s opposition supported blair and brown in several of those ventures

Well, i laughed mike

So who has gone squealing and what did they say ? Or are you just presuming ?

If the implication is that Howard/Hague/IDS or Cameron would have behaved any differently then I am going to have a hard time buying it

I'm not saying suspenc cynicism and I'm not saying your rationale isn't justified - but on this specific thread, as a scheme that might actually hellp and do something on the buses, let's run with that. If we want to talk down politicians endlessly let's start a specific thread in the lounge but for the love of all that's good and holy allow SOME room for dialogue. Otherwise "they" on that side of the fence are completely justified in saying the public deserve what they get as we are a bunch of unhelpful, mean spirited ungrateful little bollixes

trial means just that tho surely - you are unlikely to see mass-advertising across all of the buses

Blimey - once again, I can see why no politician would want to help anyone, given the cyncism displayed there snoozequeen Given the specific nature of the problem can we deal with it rather than all of societies ill. Most of the little maggots acting up on buses are blissfully unaware of what does or doesn't happen chez Tessa Jowell or anyone else TJMP - what sort of steps are in place to stop the scheme being abused - eg if some gang decided to text lots of messages about a specific problem on bus A purely to divert police/TFL resources, this enabling them to get up to whatever on bus B?

And every private corp i have worked for too. In the interest of fairness

Brendan & candj Absolutely agree with you but I'm not trying to make the case that it came exclusively from religion nor white society - i am merely countering Tony Burbs argument that only the black community have such attitudes - I was just widening the target area

I didn't say it was a white invention. But what I meant was, and it's fair to say when I get time I'll need to back this up, my understanding is that the evangelical churches which took root in those communities a couple of centuries back are largely responsible for the current rooted culture of discrimination. I'm not saying there wasn't inherent homophobia anywhere before then, nor that a white church invented it - I'm saying it has taken root as a justifiable social norm in some communities (black and white) because of faith

Agreed re: Bentley but it's not like we are showing him what he's been missing is it? Good game yesterday I thought - Man U probably juuuust about shaded it overall but please do not let them win everything this year!

oooh thanks jimbob - I think someone (possibly you) has pointed that out to me before. My indolence means I may never get around to doing it, but good to know it's possible.

Nail on head. Never mind that the homophobic attitudes ascribed to that part of the world are largely the result of the fundamentalist white settlers, but if you were to move the circle Tony has drawn around those caribbean islands up a notch and have it circle the largely white mid-westerns states of the USA, a similar fundamentalism gives rise to the same homophobia. Nothing to do with race Tony

Not sure about that one Tony. Cultural differences can be vast, wrong and incendiary. But racially all humans start from a broadly similar place. Confusing race and culture is one of the main mistakes racists make I would argue. Could be a typo on your part tho

You may have reasons against the following but works for me Dab radio. Or online streaming at home. I rarely. . Meaning never. . Listen to fm anymore Im aware of the cons but overall i prefer the methods above

You can click EDIT POST underneath the original post and change the title to NOW SOLD or whatever

@BBW It's an age old debate - gameplay v realism. I've been gaming since 82 or so and can honestly say I haven't had as much fun as I have had since the 360 came out (caveat: idiot count online at XBOX live is too high and some of the blockbuster games of today are aimed at them. But when we have had Braid, REZ HD and others to delight in recent months, we can't complain either)

Clearly a few of us do BBW (albeit not enough IMO) EDF Gaming Room Probably best to continue this discussion there?