Recent content by Arioch

:rolleyes: Maggie Thatcher hardly counts as an extremist. The Major government was at least as right-wing. Also Criminal Justice Bill - which right wing nutcase introduced that? Not Maggie as I recall. The 'appointed by god thing' is a relic from the past and only remains associated with...

I meant more in terms of advertising spend, I'm sure those TV commercials cost a fair bit to arrange. Besides, I'm not suggesting that money shouldnt be spent on electioneering - just a bit less money :)

As for the 'aspirations of the poor' I suppose the Kennedys and the Bush families are a fine example to the poor of America. Face it money always wins in a capitalist system and at least we don't waste millions on Presidential elections.

I think that the British population has the view that the current system works ok and doesn't want to risk changing that. It's taken a few hundred years to get this far and it would seem odd to throw away something that works because the 'principle' is wrong. As for you Comrade...What would...

:mad: Who cares if Pel wants to change his id? If you don't like him don't talk to him. The last 2 posts in this thread have been totally off topic...there oughta be some kind of rule against off topic posting and attacking posters. On Topic it looks like the currently banned posters list...

Ok...so...you have no real evidence and are guessing. How professional. If you don't like the newbie I suggest you ignore him until he breaks some rules AoA. On topic I like the idea of a ban list so that I could see who has been banned and why as it would warn people what to expect from...

Star Wars. I think Philippe said it best :D For all you sad Trekkies - 'This is not the poll you're looking for.' ...couldn't resist it sorry...

Blair can do what he likes because he was elected with a large majority. Say what you like about him but at least he knows how to get people to vote for him.;) Nobody knows how the EU will work, we currently have a commision which is appointed and an EU parliament with no real powers. I very...

AVN - Would love to give a link but the Telegraph website http://www.telegraph.co.uk requires membership to view articles and I can't be bothered to register. Curt- Interesting response, are you suggesting that Game Theory is incorrect? I thought a lot of U.S. defence plans utilised Game...

This thread is inspired by an article in today's Telegraph, short summary follows... In history ( or civ?) it always seems that the good guys always lose to those prepared to commit acts of violence but is this actually true? The maths of Game Theory was applied in an attempt to find the best...

All hail Emperor Greadius! Actually don't do that it's unconstitutional... I support everything Greadius has said so far. Starlifter, you can do better than this. As a non-American I would hope that I can be fairly objective on this issue as it does not affect me in any way, I'd just like to...

These comments worry me as Tony Blair is the head of a government which is as right-wing as previous Conservative admins. They were elected mainly on an anti-sleaze platform after adopting most of the Tory policies, for example privatised railway networks/London underground, Tory spending plans...

Not quite sure I get that, do you mean that Democrats can't afford computers or that they work longer hours? I didn't realise such class distinctions occured in the US of A. ;) I admit I voted for other also, heck even the UK 'New' Labour govt is more left wing than the Democrats and most...

M.E. = Piece of Junk. A hybrid ill-bred piece of junk at that. XP is the best overall, to those who vote 98 and ME I suggest you try XP it is a class above the previous incarnations. As for Linux. The day it runs some software I want to use I might try it out. As long as it is...

Never try to cross a busy road whilst listening to Portishead after 48 hours without sleep writing a 3000 word essay on 'gender in the Victorian novel' Sound and useful advice I'm sure you'll all agree.:)