Posts made by martini20
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RE: My list of irritations
I bet neither Ramsey nor Gordon are particularly upset about that one… has anyone uploaded it yet?
Yeah, I'm joking, but I am happy I still have a case and a half of Jolt left. It was two cases, but someone else here thought they needed to drink "that awful stuff" to get rid of it!
Good one ;D
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RE: Swiss court accepts that criminal HIV exposure is only ‘hypothetical’ on suc
"Ok, so Stevie Wonder can never be charged with attempted murder if he shoots a gun at someone because he's blind and the likely hood of him killing the person is low. "
Forget attempted murder, infecting the world with "I Just Called To Say I Love You" is reason enough to lock Stevie Wonder up for a long time.
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RE: Man says Parkinson’s drug turned him into gay sex addict
I know there's usually a list of side effects on drugs as long as your arm, but cross-dressing !
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"Ground Zero mosque leader says gay people were abused as children"
From pinkpaper.com :-
The imam at the forefront of the proposed Ground Zero mosque in New York says that homosexuality is mainly caused by emotional or sexual abuse.
During one of his frequent online lectures, Abdallah Adhami, 44, stated that being gay was a “painful trial” which results from past trauma.
He went on to say that “An enormously overwhelming percentage of people struggle with homosexual feeling because of some form of violent emotional or sexual abuse at some point in their life.
“A small, tiny percentage of people are born with a natural inclination that they cannot explain. You find this in the animal kingdom at some level as well.”
Furthermore he urged gays to fight this “propensity”.
According to the New York Post, Adhami also said that Muslims who leave Islam and preach their new faith should be jailed.
“If you look over the Koran from cover to cover, you literally have the right to reject God’s message. The only thing you do not have the right to do is spread this conviction, lest you, quote-unquote, ‘pollute’ others.”
“If someone leaves the din, leaves the path privately, they cannot be touched. If someone preaches about apostasy or preaches their views, they’re jailed . . . Many jurists have said they have to be killed.”
According to news channel NY1, the lecture is available to view on his website Sakeenah.org – along with other instances of Adhami’s extreme opinions. While the website itself is non-profitable there is an opportunity to donate $25 a month to the organisation.
Adhami joined the Park51 project this month. It is a planned 13-story Muslim community center to be located two blocks from the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan.
For the most part, the building will be open to the general public and it has been stated that the centre will promote interfaith dialogue.
It will contain a Muslim prayer space that has controversially been referred to as the 'Ground Zero mosque, but backers insist that the centre is designed to be “a platform for multi-faith dialogue, to promote inter-community peace, tolerance and understanding locally in New York City, nationally in America, and globally”.
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RE: Uganda gay rights activist David Kato killed
"We want the government to hang people who promote homosexuality, not for the public to attack them."
Phew, glad he's set the record straight, he was in danger of coming across as a murderous bigotted lunatic there
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RE: Airline cuts All Black gay kiss scene
Not offended in the slightiest. I wouldn't disagree with you over women being clearly used as commodities by men.
Not sure if there was a thread on the Owen Honors story, but someone uploaded the clips as torrent and I commented on that saying "You have to wonder if, at any point, he thought … this may be a bad idea " which, in my opinion, perfectly juxtaposes the two stories. In one you have a senior officer in the US Navy plus everyone else who was involved, who obviously saw no potential reprecussions in their 'moral boosting videos'. In the other you have an airline being ultra cautious over dire claims of suicide risks.
I would slightly disagree when you said that most companies wouldn't dare be ageist. Obviously it depends on the company and how well the laws (if any) on ageism are policed. Through a previous job I've been involved in the many complaints about older employees being marginalised and in some cases forced out their job. (Again, in my opinion) ageism in the workplace lags behind many other -isms, but uniquely it will affect everyone eventually regardless of gender, race, sexuality or disability.
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RE: ACS:Law could face £500,000 fine for porn list leak
Update : Law firm ACS: Law stops 'chasing illegal file-sharers'
A lawyer has dramatically withdrawn from pursuing alleged illegal file-sharers in the middle of a court case he brought. The patent court in London is currently scrutinising 26 cases brought by ACS: Law on behalf of its client MediaCAT. The law firm had sent thousands of letters to alleged file-sharers. Those who received such letters may pursue ACS: Law for harrassment, said law firm Ralli, which represents some of the defendants.
In a statement read to the court, solicitor Andrew Crossley said he had now ceased all such work. He cited criminal attacks and bomb threats as reasons.
"I have ceased my work…I have been subject to criminal attack. My e-mails have been hacked. I have had death threats and bomb threats," he said in the statement, read to the court by MediaCAT's barrister Tim Ludbrook.
"It has caused immense hassle to me and my family," he added.
In September, ACS: Law was the victim of a cyber attack and it accidentally exposed thousands of its e-mails online when its website went live again. These e-mails detailed all the people it was pursuing and the pornographic films they were accused of downloading for free. The data breach is the subject of an ongoing investigation by the Information Commissioner, and Mr Crossley could face a hefty fine.
ACS: Law hit the headlines when it began sending thousands of letters to alleged file-sharers, on behalf of client MediaCAT. Consumer group Which? has accused it of sending letters to innocent people, while some ISPs have refused to hand over details about their customers.
"It can be incredibly upsetting for people to receive these letters and they may well have a claim in harrassment," said Michael Forrester, a solicitor at law firm Ralli, which represents some of the defendants in the current case.
Groups such as the BPI, which represents music labels, have criticised its methods. Those methods hinge on a partnership between ACS: Law and MediaCAT, which in turn has signed deals with various copyright holders allowing it to pursue copyright infringement cases on their behalf. The court heard that copyright owners receive a 30% share of any recouped revenue while ACS: Law takes a 65% share.
Members of the public who received letters were given the choice of paying a fine of around £500 or going to court. Detractors have accused Mr Crossley of seeking to make money with no intention of taking any cases to court. In his statement, Mr Crossley denied this.
"It has always been my intention to litigate and, but for the fact that I have ceased this work, my intention was to litigate forcefully in these 26 cases," he said.
Mr Crossley is subject to an ongoing investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Even before Mr Crossley's statement, the court case had been highly unusual. ACS: Law's client MediaCAT wants to drop the cases, and letters have already been sent to the defendants informing them that action against them has been dropped. But Judge Birss said granting permission to discontinue the cases was not a simple matter, due largely to the fact that the actual copyright holders were not in court. This meant that, in theory, these copyright holders could continue to pursue cases against the 26 defendants.
"Why should they be vexed a second time?" he asked. Judge Birss also questioned why MediaCAT wanted to drop the cases.
"I want to tell you that I am not happy. I am getting the impression with every twist and turn since I started looking at these cases that there is a desire to avoid any judicial scrutiny," he said.The case was made more complicated by the fact that a new firm, GCB Ltd, had begun sending similar letters, including one to one of the defendants who had been told just the day before that no further action would be taken. Judge Birss said he was considering banning MediaCAT from sending any more such letters until the issues raised by the cases had been resolved. Doing so, he said, would be a highly unusual move but one made more likely by the fact that Mr Crossley had said in his statement that there were "no new letters pending" and that GCB Ltd had also halted its work.
The judge was keen to find out what the relationship was between GCB and ACS: Law, something Mr Crossley sought to clarify in his statement.
He said that he had no connection with GCB Ltd beyond the fact that the founders of the firm had previously been employed at ACS: Law.
The case has raised some serious questions about how copyright firms pursue file-sharers. Barristers acting on behalf of the accused questioned whether an IP address - a number assigned to every device connecting to the internet - could be used to identify the person who downloaded illegal content. Barrister Guy Tritton also questioned the nature of the letters sent by ACS: Law, asking why it described MediaCAT as a "copyright protection society" - a title that he said was "misleading".Judge Birss is expected to deliver his judgement on the case later in the week.
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RE: Airman Gets 8 Years in Prison in HIV Exposure Case
Very bizarre. Especially being charged with adultery, when his wife was also a 'swinger'
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RE: Common Household Products With Uncommon Uses
The best tip I was given years ago, was how to get oil off your hands after working on the car. Rub a small quantity of washing up liquid into you hands then add some sugar into your palms and rub thoroughly. The oil comes off easily while rinsing.
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My list of irritations
I'm surprised this topic isn't full of posts, here's my list of hates, I'm sure I'll think of more
Products (usually snacks or cereals) that I really enjoy disappearing for good without warning.
Absurdly lenient prison sentences
Gordon fucking Ramsey !
Endless wild speculation on 24 news programmes by reporters standing outside some house where something bad may or may not have happened
Z-list 'celebs' who whore themselves to be famous
Checkout workers in supermarkets who have lengthy conversations with customers in front of you
Soccer players … obscenely overpaid whiney drama queens
Test cricket ... yawn
Celery
Assistants in chemist shops who think they are doctors and start questioning you about symptoms when you ask for a packet of aspirin
Home makeover/property tv shows
Changing the duvet cover
People constantly slugging from bottles of water like they will shrivel up and die from dehydration
Shopping for clothes
Virtually every ending to horror movies where the killer/monster jumps up from the dead to ensure a sequel
People with ridiculously whitened teeth
Websites (usually porn) with those irritating floating pop-ups
Telephone scams, why exactly can't the government/telecom companies/police get their finger out and actually catch the cunts trying to steal from vunerable people instead of claiming foreign calls are beyond their control
Dog owners that let their animals crap on the pavement
Rap 'music'
Most things to do with religion, especially when God and politics are intertwined
Shakespear
When even natural disasters HAVE to be someone's fault in the eyes of the media
Facebook, what's wrong with keeping some things to yourself !OK I feel better for that
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RE: Butts and Balls
I can't take my eyes off that very first furry picture. I can almost smell it from here :hot2: