Ye New Galactic Bar & Grill & Phong's Head Cantina - After Hours - Page 43

tesco samoa · #**421** August 15th, 2002, 02:55 PM

http://www.latimes.com/la-oe-turley14aug14.story

Growltigga · #**422** August 15th, 2002, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by geoschmo:
Waaa? Why are you wanting to shoot me Gt? What did I do?

mumbling as his mouth is around 4 shotgun 'flechette' cartridges, Growltigga says to Geo "cos you cracked that bloody awful joke about Atrocities not minding Taz putting his feet in the beer after the step on it remark', ka-chung, first round is loaded.

KAABLLLLOOOOOOOOIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Hmmm, we may not have chicken wings in the cantina but does anyone fancy Kentucky Fried Moderator? only $0.99 for your choice of side dishes?

ka-chung, second round is loaded......

you want them well done? hang on

KAAAAAABBBLLLLLOOOOOOIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

ka-chung, third round is loaded.......

hold it Taz, the Kentucky Freid Moderator Wings are still moving

KAAAAABBLLLLOOOOOOOIIIIEEEEEEEEEE

ka-chung, fourth round is loaded

Oh, you want it tenderised

KKAAABBBBBBLLLOOOOOIIIEEEEEEEEEEEE

[ August 15, 2002, 14:13: Message edited by: Growltigga ]

dogscoff · #**423** August 15th, 2002, 03:27 PM

Tesco - that is some scary shiznit. The scariest thing is that most people just don't see how wrong it is...

Trajan · #**424** August 15th, 2002, 04:01 PM

Gentlemen,

I agree with Dog, that this is scary -- if indeed it is completely true. Recognizing the fallacy of modern media outlets, I do not think that the story is precisely accurate. I do not, however, have any reason to believe that Ashcroft and his Department plan to create anything less than a police state.

Part of me -- the still icky about september 11th portion -- would like to see suspects removed from society if it meant a comensurate increase in saftey.

The MUCH more rational part of my brain is screaming at the growing police-state and abridgement of basic constitutional liberties.

This is a tough brain vs. heart argument. Nobody likes to be threatened, unless you are a regular in the cantina and are unprepared for the usual high-jinks that make up daily life here.

<Trajan walks back to the bar, orders a cool Bass Ale from the indomitable Taz, finds a comforatble bar stool and relaxes while watching the jiggly FBW's>

Cheers!

Trajan

geoschmo · #**425** August 15th, 2002, 04:31 PM

Yes, I suspect that this "camp" thing is at it's root an intellectual exercise. Much as people on the other end of the political spectrum from Ashcroft et al would speculate about how communism would be the ideal social situation if not for the tendency towards totaliarianism, or that free universal health care for all is a noble cause worth fighting for. Hopefully the checks and balances inherant in the system, of which the press is an very important one, would over time keep these excesses on either end from becoming accepted. The mere fact that Ashcroft would contemplate whether of not such things would be good to do does not invalidate him for office as the author of the article suggests. Contemplating something and doing it are two very different things.

Geo

Trajan · #**426** August 15th, 2002, 05:20 PM

Geo makes a good point here...

They (Ashcroft and friends) may be speaking out of a desire to show strength by spouting off possible solutions to the many many problems they face. These solutions may only be theorhetical and not practible. Somewhere between a cold police-state and a free-love mobocracy is our democracy.

Cheers!
Trajan

tesco samoa · #**427** August 15th, 2002, 06:59 PM

I am sorry here are two more links ...

http://bostonreview.mit.edu/BR27.3/bollier.html

http://www.law.com/servlet/ContentSe...st=1&pc=0&pa=0

These are a little different .... but a very interesting topic... worthy of a thread itself or dicussed out on the patio... or while sitting on the wood..

tesco samoa · #**428** August 15th, 2002, 09:03 PM

OK Bash GAME...

Are we ready to upgrade to 1.78 Let me know... saxon....IF so the next turn will be 1.78...

Gryphin · #**429** August 15th, 2002, 11:58 PM

Bash Game Upgrade?
I'm Ready and Willing
I'm just not able.
I can't find my Gold CD
I thnk it dissapeared about the time my sweetheart moved in.

Growltigga · #**430** August 16th, 2002, 01:15 AM

Mac, we specifically wait until you are absent from the Cantina AND then talk about bouncer and woobly dangly bits. It is to stop you having a cardiac you know, we are thinking of your health and well being.

Gryph, what on earth is up with you old boy? you dont seem shipshape and bristol fashion at all?