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Offline Flipside

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Yeah, I used to play on the Red-Ash stuff :(

Well, the Supermarket has the right to refuse to serve you, however, a letter to their head office saying how your girlfriend is in pain, and with a Photocopy of the note the doctor scribbled, together with stressing how rude and useless the staff were well at least land them in trouble.

CCTV : For them in public places only.

Playgrounds : I do agree that our children are kept too 'sterile' these days, I concern as to how little natural disease/injury tolerance they are building up.

Sports : Never had a ploblem with competition as such, as long as the little bastards have it drummed in from the start that it is a game and whilst winning is good, losing is no reason to hate the winner, his school, hid race and anyone within 20feet of him.

School transport : I am certainly in agreement that something needs to be done about SUV's. London's roads were mainly designed to take cart and small vehicles, SUV's are increasing the Gridlock problem 300 fold.

 

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4x4's: SUV's should be made illegal on roads. Seriously, they're too dangerous compared to other personal cars. If you need to transport lot's of stuff, get a van..


This is exactly the BS I've come to expect from the Left.

The reason that SUV's are as popular as they are is because they are safer in an accident than almost any other vehicle on the road, save a Police Interceptor/Cruiser.

What should be banned are the Tiny Metal Death Traps that fold up like tin-foil in an accident, and the overall consumer cost of everything reduced.
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The reason that SUV's are as popular as they are is because they are safer in an accident than almost any other vehicle on the road, save a Police Interceptor/Cruiser.


Safer for the idiot in the SUV. F**ks up the poor sod you crashed into though.
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Originally posted by Liberator


This is exactly the BS I've come to expect from the Left.

The reason that SUV's are as popular as they are is because they are safer in an accident than almost any other vehicle on the road, save a Police Interceptor/Cruiser.

What should be banned are the Tiny Metal Death Traps that fold up like tin-foil in an accident, and the overall consumer cost of everything reduced.


FFS, think before you post.

Safer for the person in the car.  Lethal to the person it hits, or the small car.

Seriously, a tank is safest of all in a collision, but you don't license that for the road, do you?

EDIT; "from the left"? What in the name of **** are you on about?

 

Offline 01010

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Originally posted by aldo_14


FFS, think before you post.

Safer for the person in the car.  Lethal to the person it hits, or the small car.

Seriously, a tank is safest of all in a collision, but you don't license that for the road, do you?

EDIT; "from the left"? What in the name of **** are you on about?


It would seem any idea that has had more than a second of thoughtful consideration is considered to be from the left from the more extreme Republicans. Just an observation mind.
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Offline Martinus

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Originally posted by aldo_14
"from the left"? What in the name of **** are you on about?

[color=66ff00]Probably banding you in with all those John Kerry, tree hugging, peace-nic, liberals.

In other words: :wtf:

BTW I was hoping you were taking the piss about the ash thing but to be honest, I can see them doing that.
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Offline aldo_14

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Originally posted by Maeglamor

[color=66ff00]Probably banding you in with all those John Kerry, tree hugging, peace-nic, liberals.

In other words: :wtf:[/color]


Yeah, those damn dirty pacifists.  wanting an end to massive killing and vast areas of land being destroyed - what a bunch of weirdos.  Next they'll be saying we should help people in need!!!!111oneoneone

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BTW I was hoping you were taking the piss about the ash thing but to be honest, I can see them doing that.
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Doing what?  Using ash for footie pitches?

 

Offline Martinus

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[color=66ff00]Yeah.
Bloody maniac P.E. teachers probably demanded the stuff.
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Offline aldo_14

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[color=66ff00]Yeah.
Bloody maniac P.E. teachers probably demanded the stuff.
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They're evil, I tells you, evil.

What worse is that the football pitch at my old primary school was surrounded with grass!  Grass, sweet soft, pleasant, non-cutting grass!  The torture!

 

Offline Liberator

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Originally posted by aldo_14


Yeah, those damn dirty pacifists.  wanting an end to massive killing and vast areas of land being destroyed


You're mischaracterizing aldo.

I don't know a single Conservative/Republican/ect who's for a dirty enviroment or a continuation of the violence indicative of humanity.  The Left/Liberal/ect has used these things as a political tool for so long  that people automatically assume that the other side is opposite.  We differ on cause and solution only.
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Offline aldo_14

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Originally posted by Liberator


You're mischaracterizing aldo.

I don't know a single Conservative/Republican/ect who's for a dirty enviroment or a continuation of the violence indicative of humanity.  The Left/Liberal/ect has used these things as a political tool for so long  that people automatically assume that the other side is opposite.  We differ on cause and solution only.


So you're now saying that the right also dislikes SUVs, because they are heavier polluters and thus damaging the environment when their use is unecessary in urban environments?

Or is your characterisation that the 'left' seeks some form of solution to said problems as policy when involved in political campaigning, whereas the right just ignores them?

EDIT; oh, and the political meaning of conservative is 'resistant to change' or 'opposing liberal reforms'.  So...by your definition, a conservative recognises the problem, but doesn't want to change anything to fix it?

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SUVs are safer? - I think not:

http://www.jsonline.com/bym/news/aug04/251698.asp


I'd forgot about that :)  SUVs, and indeed proper 'UVs' like Range Rovers have tendency to roll... IIRC there was a Top Gear thing on it.
« Last Edit: September 18, 2004, 05:41:39 pm by 181 »

 

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Offline Shrike

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I thought my comment was fairly clear.
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It is, but I don't quite understand your reasons for it :D
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Understanding is unneeded.  Only obeisance.
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How vorlon of you...
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Offline Shrike

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I was thinking Stalinist, actually.
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