Mangani
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Hi Big Dan , Mangani
I happen to agree with what both of you are saying but in fairness to Ronniedawg, I think that he was basically saying the same thing with his referrence to Braveheart.
Yeah you're right. I tried to not be too harsh to him after as he didn't seem to be saying anything bad. It was just the 'I saw it in a movie' thing.
It's all in the past and everyone has history that is less than flattering but to continuely use that ancient history to fuel hatred is just stupid and counter productive.Quite right. I don't think there is any country in the world without any skeletons in the closet, although I'm not so sure about Switzerland.
Canada nor Quebec itself need or want sectarianism. Canada is a diverse society that is made up of people who have chosen to move forward and leave those old hatreds behind. Outside of the separatists, nobody is interested in fuelling those old way's.Good to hear that. Those in the minority tend to shout and scream the loudest unfortunately so you can get a wrong perspective when you listen to them.
Political reform is a seperate issue. That is something that needs to happen but it doesn't need to be done by the sword. At least, not in CanadaI say scrap politicians and let rock stars run the planet.
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Amanda Lamb (English t.v presenter in her late 30s).
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Hi Mangani, and all,
The more i read your posts the more i like them.
I thank ye, my friend.
The one thing that the small minded, biggoted, god-botherers on this forum dont like or want to hear is a witty, well educated know it all like yourself (or me) giving them a lesson in history. They would rather believe all the intentionaly misguided crap that their family, friends, and thier society in general spews out to justify their petty war on what keeps them in their place and what made the English speaking world so great.I couldn't agree more. I was trying not to be too harsh on the other poster but the minute I hear "I saw it in a film what so and so did" it gets my goat. And though an entertaining film I guess, Braveheart isn't exactly reknowned for sticking to the facts. Even many Scots who like their history don't care for it much.
I have no time for the whinging minnows who keep going on about how hard done by their ancestors were treated by the English, as you said they all did it themselves, raping, pillaging, slavery, land grabbing, centuries before the English turned the tables on them, just like Corporal Jones said in Dads Army, "they dont like it up em do they Mr Mainwaring?"Hehe, bit of cold steel for the fuzzy wuzzys (joke).
Seriously, it would seem that all the crap the English (or those in the land that is now England) have had to take over the centuries is ignored. The Romans, the Vikings, The Normans etc etc all tried to rampage and pillage their way across England long before the English hid poor Paddy's potatoes. It's as if the Celts like to have the monopoly on being hard done by and have convinced themselves it's a fact. If you yourself haven't been hard done by then it's irrelevant what happened to your ancestors. If not, then how about I start feeling aggrieved about the Danes and Swedes because of what the Vikings did to my ancestors?
Now before you get all shirty with me let me say this, without the Scotch, the Irish Paddies, the Welchers, and all, we wouldnt be called "Great Britain" would we, we need each other. However much we detest what we did to each other in the past we can only stay "Great" if we put aside our differences and get along, because together we can rule the world again, but if we let the separatists have their way we will all be consigned to history as a bit part player in world politics, and as England is the centre of the the modern worlds civilisation we must not let that happen must we.I agree totally. I am part Welsh, a smaller part Irish and have had many good times in Scotland on holiday. I have nothing against any of the other nations which make up Great Britain/United Kingdom. I don't even have any kind of grudge whatsoever towards the Germans. In fact Mrs Mangani is one (a German).
It wasnt the Queen of England who opened the floodgates of immigrants to this country of ours, nor did she give away jobs to eastern european migrants over her own subjects, nor destroy our coal or manufacturing industry, nor sell of our utilities to foreign companies, nor sell our gold reserve, that was the political traitors that we elected, rich, unscrupulous, profit hungry, TRAITORS.Here here. 100% correct. It wasn't the 'Crown' who did all that. That would be the fault and responsibility of lying and cheating POLITICIANS. In my opinion the world needs more monarchs and less scumbag politicians who lie and cheat their way into getting their votes by default.
The French have always been our Old Enemy, the Germany envy our Greatness and beating them in 1918-1945-1966, the Spanish cant forgive us for the Armada and nicking their Gold that they nicked from the Incas and Aztecs, the Scotch, Irish and Welchers have always forgot that they started this centuries old conflict with the English and have always joined our enemies out of spite,Arses kicked but conveniently forget why they got their arses kicked.
still we can forgive them all, because to be Great is to be benevolent to all, however much you hate us we will not recipricate your hatred but rather feel sorry for your misunderstanding and intolerance of our mission to bring peace and wisdom to your barbaric lands.Deep fried Mars Bars, it's horrendous I tell you!!!!!!!!
Ok, back to the Canada talk and why the 'Crown' isn't anymore archaic than the idea of organised religions.
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Sit down this weekdend with a copy of Braveheart and you can see what they did to my ancestors -
Oh for cripe's sake. Braveheart was a movie. It was a bastardisation of history. What about what the Scots did to northern England before? Northern England suffered centuries of rampaging and pillaging by those from the land now known as Scotland. Who makes films about that? Nobody.
Mel F-uckin' Gibson. Anti English, Jew hating, drunk driving religious nutcase. Next thing you know he'll be appearing in films which make English Redcoats in the American Revolutionary War act like Nazis. Oh wait........................!!
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It's about time we get rid of this archaic thing that is the Crown. We're not in 1558 anymore.
Ok then get rid of the Pope as well while we are at it. Isn't he (and religion in general) just as archaic and as medieval as the 'Crown'?
Part of the reason why this damn world is in the mess it is is because of archaic folks with archaic beliefs. The 'Crown' is the least of them. It actually does little harm.
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When I was driving home from work tonight the moon was rising on the horizon. When it is low the atmosphere tends to enlarge its appearance and there was a thin cloud layer that it was shining through. It made an errie looking scene in the sky. Don't see it like that very often.
I had the same feeling here a couple days ago. I saw the moon coming up over the sea and it looked orange and glowing. It looked weird. I thought I was looking at the sun at first but seeing as I had just seen the sun disappear beneath the opposite horizon I quickly came to my senses.
Awesome sight. I had never seen it that colour before. It quickly changed to it's usual light colour a few minutes later though.
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Sunny and still mild and not very autumnal at all.
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Liverpool beating Manchester United 2-0.
Come on you Reds. Nice to get one over on the old enemy (again).
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Not a big fan of Pink Floyd but respect to them for going to Liverpool F.C's Anfield stadium in 1971 and recording the Kop (Liverpool fans) singing You'll Never Walk Alone and including it in their song Fearless on Meddle.
Thumbs up!
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Ted Nugent is anti-drugs, anti-alcohol, anti-nicotine, & anti quite a few other things.
But he has no problem with gun tottin' buffoons. He's weird.
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Madness at Carisbrooke Castle (Isle Of Wight) just over a month ago.
Stonkingly good gig.
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Sunny and warm. Still t-shirt weather. It's supposed to be autumn. The leaves on the trees haven't even begun to turn brown yet, nevermind fall off.
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Buddy Rich from Modern Drummer 1982:
"Listen, I had a surprise the time Kathy, my daughter got me out to see Led Zeppelin, when they played Madison Square Garden. I wasn't to anxious to go, but I went, to please Kathy. We sat fairly in the front, and for what seemed to be the first year that they were on there, I endured it - not a change of tune, not a change of melodic line, but the heavy organ, the heavy guitar and the drum. The finale was a drum solo - and he had maybe 2 million dollars worth of drums' up there; I think Carl Palmer's the only other guy I've seen with so many drums. He started playing and during the course of his solo a cat came out in a loincloth, with a torch; he started dancing and the drummer was playing the tom-toms, or whatever he was doing. I had no idea what was going on or whatever he was doing. Obviously he had asbestos in position, because this cat set fire around the drums. Now, I don't know what this does for a drum solo, but it scared the hell out of me - I thought the joint was on fire! I'd no idea what was going on. But when you have to resort to that, you're saying in essenve to the audience: 'I don't really play that well, but look how brave I am'."
What a goose. Buddy Rich really said that??? Sounds like he was an old fogey not able to comprehend anything outside the staid jazz concept.
Bonzo didn't really even have a big drum kit. I suspect ol' Buddy was a bit out of it at the time and his recollection is off.
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I'm sure he meant that in all sincerity but, Jesus, what an inane quote!
Well Bonzo did kinda OD...........on booze. Quite frankly if you don't 'overdo' it then you don't puke up. It's as simple as that.
I love booze and get drunk often but I never puke up because I never 'overdose' on it. I only used to puke up when I was a kid, when I drank too much.
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Yep - but at least we won't be seeing any more 15 year olds posted here, anymore?
Actually, I enjoyed the one's you put up, quite some time ago...
I've forgotten which ones they were.
Were they something like this?:
Lydia Fixel.
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Too many scrawny half starved little GIRLS in this thread. I thought it was supposed to be about "beautiful WOMEN."
I give you the one and only Liz Taylor.
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Best news i've heard in years, make you thing that there really is a "God" dunnit?
Hmmmmm, what by letting terrible things happen in the first place?
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Coral Watts was amongst the worst.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_Eugene_Watts
Also, that Aussie called Ivan Milat who went around killing backpackers did so in a very very nasty way.
http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/famous_criminal/23/home/1/Ivan_Milat.htm
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everytime i watch the young ones dvd ( which is often
) i see madness doing house of fun. yeah, i liked em in the 80s too.Wow, you're going back a bit. I remember that episode. I think I have that on an old VHS somewhere. The Young Ones even had Motorhead doing Ace Of Spades one time, as I'm sure you know.
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I mean it should be in ya YEAH BASH!
BASH will probably occur at around 11.30 p.m tonight when I trip over the coffee table. I'm already not looking forward to that.
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i've often wondered .... just how many drinks does that take, exactly?
More than ten but less than twenty, slave.
Babs, you are welcome to have one on me.
Oh and I forgot. I'm going to see the band Madness on Sunday. I used to be a big fan in the 1980s. Great fun band. Very much loved in England. I'm also happy about that too.
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The knowledge that tonight I'm gonna get as pissed as a fart.
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^that's very cool.
I've been trying to get MY BOYFRIEND to do anything except be a couch potato, and he's killing me. I wanted to get him to do a camping trip, but he's just not that into it.
LOL, maybe we should swap partners and go out with each other?
I'm surprised though. Usually it's the guys who want to camp and hike.
We are going on a hiking/camping holiday to the Bavarian Alps in September though. That's why I'm not badgering her to do too much here on the weekends. She works hard all week and likes the weekends to relax and do nothing. She has a 12 hour working day (from when she leaves to when she comes home) so I do understand.
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Finally my girlfriend has agreed to go on a cross island hike (the first of the summer) today. It'll be about a 20 miler or so (so nothing too strenuous) and there will be a few stop offs at some country pubs along the way for refreshments.
So I'm happy. Usually I hike alone. It doesn't usually bother me but it's nice for a change to have my girlfriend along.
Oh CANADA!
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Hehe, good one mate.
Forget what I said earlier. You're ok.
Hehe this is what should be done to Mel Gibson. Big Dan will like this too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RCvdm8-vTM&feature=related