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Posted in: WMD Weapons of Mass Deception
  toms
10-18-2004, 8:58 AM
#106
so we are now on bush's crusade to bring democracy to these countries, whether they want it or not? Tony Blair publicly said that Saddam could stay IF he turned over his weapons... so (at least on the british part) bringing democracy and humanitari...  [Read More]
Posted in: WMD Weapons of Mass Deception
  toms
10-12-2004, 6:49 AM
#102
Most of the evidence the CIA, MI5 etc.. gave to the governments was flimsy, unsubstantiated, uncorroberated and most definately not certain. That is fine. Most intelligence is. That is their job. The problem is that somewhere between it leaving the...  [Read More]
Posted in: Heads up: BBC2 series - The Power of Nightmares
  toms
10-18-2004, 7:04 AM
#1
There is a cool looking series starting on BBC2 on wednesday 9pm (GMT) called The Power of Nightmares - about the culture of fear in today's politics... "In the past our politicians offered us dreams of a better world. Now they promise to prot...  [Read More]
Posted in: FDA OK'S implanted medical info chip
  toms
10-18-2004, 7:14 AM
#29
Originally posted by Shok_Tinoktin IMO, it is very difficult for a Democratic-Republic to take over complete control of its citizens. I think that people are just paranoid, because there have been so many stories about government oppression, not unl...  [Read More]
Posted in: FDA OK'S implanted medical info chip
  toms
10-15-2004, 8:18 AM
#20
Originally posted by Nairb Notneb If you want to be a school teacher and your father was a pedophile, would they, could they, make an argument that you "could" have been abused by him therefore you too could potentially be a pedophile your...  [Read More]
Posted in: FDA OK'S implanted medical info chip
  toms
10-14-2004, 8:07 AM
#15
Originally posted by Alegis I wouldn't mind. I wouldnt mind that everyone has an ID under their skin that can be scanned. Once read a book when i was very young, think it was called "Vechten voor overmorgen" (fight for the day after tomor...  [Read More]
Posted in: FDA OK'S implanted medical info chip
  toms
10-14-2004, 4:25 AM
#9
Originally posted by Loopster Heh, thanks but no thanks. The only chips that get put under my skin are the ones I put there. Yeah right, but then you will find that although it isn't "mandatory" you will get faster medical service when y...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ethics of Fox Hunting and Pest Control
  toms
10-18-2004, 8:04 AM
#39
I get that you think this ban is a political move, and are against it for that reason. But that is true with most politics and (be they right or wrong) you could actually say that MORE labour politicians believe in this than a lot of other things the...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ethics of Fox Hunting and Pest Control
  toms
10-14-2004, 4:53 AM
#22
Originally posted by iamtrip Debating the morals of fox hunting is pointless. It may be pointless, but it is the point of this thread ;-) When did battery farming last make the front pages? When was the last rally against hare hunting? Or deer hun...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ethics of Fox Hunting and Pest Control
  toms
10-13-2004, 9:26 AM
#19
Fox hunting is a kind of "gulf of understanding" issue, split largely across the Town vs Country divide and the Rich vs Poor divide. Having said that, i grew up in the country and i have no time for fox hunting. I understand that i would...  [Read More]
Posted in: Kids and Media Voilence
  toms
10-11-2004, 6:26 AM
#14
I'd thought we were past this after GTA, but this brought it all up again. The actual facts of the case bore no relation to those reported in the UK press. 1 - the game belonged to the VICTIM, not the killer as they reported 2 - the police said th...  [Read More]
Posted in: Simple solution to Federal Government Problems?
  toms
10-13-2004, 9:13 AM
#11
capitalism is an economy, not a government process. Even as far as a democratic government goes money SHOULDNT talk. THat is the whole point of democracy. A guy with a billion in his pocket should have exactly the same say as a guy with a fiver. Of...  [Read More]
Posted in: Simple solution to Federal Government Problems?
  toms
10-08-2004, 5:13 AM
#6
I'm not sure how donating money would be covered by free speech. The reason i'd suggest a cap is that if everyone was donating the same ammount then everyone's opinion would count equally. If i can donate $100 but donald trump can donate $1,000,000...  [Read More]
Posted in: Simple solution to Federal Government Problems?
  toms
10-06-2004, 9:33 AM
#4
Interesting ideas. Might work. I do think that you need to connect voting with another activity, such as paying taxes, in order to both raise it's profile, and make people think about what it is that they want to prioritise. As for te main problem...  [Read More]
Posted in: Raise your hand if you hate spy-ware and popups!
  toms
10-11-2004, 6:50 AM
#33
Originally posted by Cosmos Jack [B]Leaves you sounding like the spokesperson for the Spyware guys. What ? How? WHy? do you understant the words that are coming out of my mouth? :confused: :eek: What i am saying is that you need somthing more th...  [Read More]
Posted in: Raise your hand if you hate spy-ware and popups!
  toms
10-08-2004, 5:43 AM
#28
Originally posted by Cosmos Jack Kind of like the law in consideration to make DVD/CD burners, Tape Recorders, and such illegal? Not really, more like the can-spam law. (which ok, was a load of rubbish, and actually had the effect of legalising s...  [Read More]
Posted in: Raise your hand if you hate spy-ware and popups!
  toms
10-07-2004, 8:54 AM
#24
There is actually a US law in consideration at the moment to ban spyware... the problem is that it can be hard to define (as many software packages actually contain other sub programmes) and that they can hide behind the "but we warned you in th...  [Read More]
Posted in: Bush got OWNED!!! (Presidential Debate)
  toms
10-14-2004, 4:58 AM
#97
I put this in the election thread, but i guess it applies here too: Youth Debate Q&A with main 3 candidates are available here: http://youthdebate.newvotersproject.org/the_candidates_respond.html Unasked questions important to young voters, plus...  [Read More]
Posted in: Bush got OWNED!!! (Presidential Debate)
  toms
10-11-2004, 3:34 AM
#92
so who won the second one?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Bush got OWNED!!! (Presidential Debate)
  toms
10-08-2004, 5:33 AM
#85
As far as i can tell spider isn't what i would call liberal... not even close. ------------------------------ Edwards was style, Cheney was substance. Factually, they were both ... um ... lax If cheney was factually lax, then how was he "subs...  [Read More]
Posted in: Bush got OWNED!!! (Presidential Debate)
  toms
10-07-2004, 9:06 AM
#76
yeah, i heard that last night as well. THe odd thing is that soon after the debate when i looked on google news the news was al indicating that, if anything, cheny won. I'm not sure if that is because google ended up picking pro cheny sites, or bec...  [Read More]
Posted in: Bush got OWNED!!! (Presidential Debate)
  toms
10-06-2004, 9:50 AM
#71
I saw some research somewhere that showed that people who watched that "Daily Show" (whatever that is) were better informed than people that watched serious shows, people that watched nothing and people that read the newspaper. I'd guess...  [Read More]
Posted in: Guns. Please vote.
  toms
10-18-2004, 7:51 AM
#90
this is crazy! You just have to watch ANY western ever filmed to see why this strange theory of "give everyone guns and there will be no criminals" is such nonsense... All that does is legitimise the violence. Next time a mugger shoots so...  [Read More]
Posted in: Guns. Please vote.
  toms
10-11-2004, 4:30 AM
#68
yeah, cos i watch westerns and the world was so much safer when everyone walked around with guns on their hips.... :confused: Just because everyone has weapons doesn't mean that violence will go down, or that "ordinary people" will better...  [Read More]
Posted in: The real Threat to American safety?
  toms
10-07-2004, 8:37 AM
#23
Originally posted by Spider AL [The apathy of the public is not self-induced, nor would it be entirely blameworthy if it were. As countries mature, naturally the population becomes more aware of the fact that most of the people available for them to...  [Read More]
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