Njugle Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Just as a slightly cynical aside, i found it something between ironic and contradictory that our gallant leader Mr Blair was on the news tonight outlining how deplorable it was that Iran was using the servicemen for propaganda, whilst himself using the servicemen for anti-Iranian propaganda, if you see what i mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorit Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 .........................if you see what i mean. No, sorry I don't get that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Yeah, does make sense in one way. Blair is a degree removed from the exact same behaviour that Iran is displaying; he's no better. It's playground style yehunuuh at it's most dangerous. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFly Posted April 1, 2007 Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 No, sorry I don't get that. Read it again, it's not a riddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twerto Posted April 1, 2007 Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 Not sure if this is worthy of another thread or not.. but i just couldn't believe my ears last night.. I had been out to see optimo ( which was pretty sharn IMO ) and now that it has become traditional.. I went for a kebab after it.. been standing in the queue for some time.. just to be woken out of me daze by some pissed up freak shouting abuse at Mr Turkish delight himself.. Not really believing the stupidity of this guys comments I payed more attention.. and to my astonished amusement he was shouting to Mr "Turkish" delight to "let our troops go and stop holding them prisoner.." Left in complete disbelief at someone stupidity even when drunk, I was left think god no wonder the world is as troubled as it is when you have pricks like that mouthing off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted April 1, 2007 Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 Yes, I remember being in a shop owned by a very cheery and helpful Pakistan family in Edinburgh when this auld drunken squelchy booble pop rumbles in just to shout abuse at the shopkeeper and his family about the 9/11 attacks and subsequent Gulf War and the like - basically culminating in they should all be shot and / or go back home etc. etc. Arab b'stards etc. etc. The shopkeeper just sat there and took it ... but the auld squelchy booble pop hadn't reckoned on me delivering an absolute tirade of abuse back at him - carefully nitpicking out his utter stupidity. Needless to say he just stood there in shock and didn't know what to say! Me towering above him as well must have been very disconcerting too and demanding he get the fopp out of the shop! Ignorance is no excuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dB Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 Just as a slightly cynical aside, i found it something between ironic and contradictory that our gallant leader Mr Blair was on the news tonight outlining how deplorable it was that Iran was using the servicemen for propaganda, whilst himself using the servicemen for anti-Iranian propaganda, if you see what i mean. See exactly what you mean. Cynical me finds it hard to believe that some people still accept as the gospel truth anything that the British and American governments declare. They're politicians FFS, wha wid believe onything dey say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorit Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 .......our gallant leader Mr Blair was on the news tonight outlining how deplorable it was that Iran was using the servicemen for propaganda, whilst himself using the servicemen for anti-Iranian propaganda, if you see what i mean. What did he say ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 Before the release of the second letter Prime Minister Tony Blair said Iran's decision to show footage of LS Turney was a "disgrace". "I just think it's completely wrong, a disgrace actually, when people are used in that way," he said. "That's contrary to all international laws and conventions, and is not going to make any difference to us." He added: "The important thing is we just keep making it very, very clear to the Iranian government it is not a situation that will be relieved by anything but the unconditional release of all our people." Whilst the UK media, i assume with the governments approval, shows pictures of the apparantly happy, healthy, well fed prisoners tentatively awaiting a political resolution. Cripes she was even smoking a fag, that would be illegal in a TV studio here, it would be forbidden and she would be prosecuted! Meanwhile the context of the stories portrays an escalation in tension between the two sides. If it is so wrong for people to be used in that way, moorit, Blair should not have submitted a public statement on interview about the footage. He should have merely commented on the ongoing diplomatic process, for instance, or accepted that the prisoners appeared to be in good fettle. But i don't mind in the slightest if you don't agree with me. I have to ask myself, what would happen if 15 khaki clad, gun-wielding iranians spent all their time navigating up and down our coastal boundaries in high-speed small vessels, with some doubt as to their actual location.I'm not endorsing the behaviour of the Iranians, but a suspected aggressor is not met with much geniality here, or in the US either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Para Handy Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 I notice that with all the news and press attention on the RN personal one cant but wonder what was on the ship and what it was carrying that Iran wanted to draw everybody attention from it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crofter Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 I notice that with all the news and press attention on the RN personal one cant but wonder what was on the ship and what it was carrying that Iran wanted to draw everybody attention from it It was cars I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOYAANISQATSI Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 penfold wrote;I do not feel we as a nation should shy away from blatant acts of aggression for fear of making things worse or upsetting people at home. Just as sexual repression can lead to aggression,a culture of war can equateintimacy with violence. Lethal weaponsare described in loving, phallic termsWe have transposed genital sexualityonto a non-sexual object - the gunThis is pure fetishism. AH HA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestJohnDoe Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 KOYAANISQATSI wroteJust as sexual repression can lead to aggression, a culture of war can equate intimacy with violence. Lethal weapons are described in loving, phallic terms We have transposed genital sexuality onto a non-sexual object - the gun This is pure fetishism. AH HA!KEEP TAKKIN DA TABLETS. I KEN ITS NO DOIN DEE ONY GOOD BUT IT MIGHT TAKE DY WYE AFF O DEE EVENTUALLY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOYAANISQATSI Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 honestjohndoe wrote KEEP TAKKIN DA TABLETS. I KEN ITS NO DOIN DEE ONY GOOD BUT IT MIGHT TAKE DY WYE AFF O DEE EVENTUALLY I'm no on tablets and you'll have to explain the way of me you wish removed. If my last post caused you any offence then my sincere apologies it was in no way meant as an attack or slur on those who are gay and I'm sorry if you see it that way. I totally respect your personal choices and wish you the very best whatever way you take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 KOYAANISQATSI wroteJust as sexual repression can lead to aggression, a culture of war can equate intimacy with violence. Lethal weapons are described in loving, phallic terms We have transposed genital sexuality onto a non-sexual object - the gun This is pure fetishism. AH HA!KEEP TAKKIN DA TABLETS. I KEN ITS NO DOIN DEE ONY GOOD BUT IT MIGHT TAKE DY WYE AFF O DEE EVENTUALLY I thought they had a uniform fetish as they kept the sailors uniforms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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