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Rest in peace...

"May the forces of evil become distracted on the way to your house." George Carlin. Wherever you are man, I hope it's better than here. But not too nice because then you'd have nothing to complain about. And that'd be a cunt of a place for you.

I have a question...

Perhaps you can answer it. The question is; "When did we start pandering to namby pamby arseholes?" The reason I ask is that I stumbled across this story in the online edition of the Guardian newspaper today... A TV ad for a shoot-em-up video game has been banned for "encouraging and condoning violence". The ad for the Stranglehold game, which is rated 18+, had been cleared for broadcast after 7.30pm by Clearcast, the former Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre. The ad showed a prolonged shoot-out between four men and the voiceover stated: "Honour is his code. Vengeance is his mission. Violence is his only option." The ad attracted two complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority, one from the parent of a three-year-old boy who viewed it before the 9pm watershed. The other viewer complained that the ad glorified violence and gun crime. The producer of the ad, the Picture Production Company, argued that it had edited the footage to ensure bullets we...

State sponsored?

I'll be the first to admit that I'm a cynical bastard when it comes to the workings of world governments, I still think JFK was assassinated by the hawkish fucks who now control the upper echelons of the White House. And subsequently I believe that certain high powered people were behind the death of Benazir Bhutto early today in Pakistan. Am I the only person who thinks that any high ranking politico could now arrange the murder of their opponents and blame the coverall enemy that is terrorism ? Behold the new boogieman folks... He is a shadowy type who will never be found. He is everyone you've ever known who speaks out against tyranny of any kind. He is a child snatcher, a life taker and a danger to your freedom. And he's coming to kill us all. Be afraid. Be very afraid.