Posts made by raphjd

While none of the 3 main parties aren't screaming for our blood, they aren't exactly "gay friendly".

There is still a vast amount of injustice under the law and by the way the law is enforced.

Here are some examples;

1.  Married hetero couples are guaranteed the right that both of them are placed in the same old folks home and get the same room.  Civil unioned gay couples are not guaranteed any of this.

2.  While both married and civil unioned couples get their partner's/spouse's state pension upon the death of the other, only married heteros have the guaranteed right to their spouse's work and private pension.  Some banks and businesses are now including it in their contracts, but this is few ad far between.

3.  Immigration rules are similar, not the same for hetero and gay couples.

The list could go on forever of the "separate and not equal" that Tony Blair talked about.

We had "U R A GAY BOY!!!" spray painted on our house 2 weeks before this past christmas and it took the police 11 days to show up to take a police report.  They came that soon because we kept complaining that they were taking so long.  Our Pakistani neighbors had "Paki scum" spray painted on their house over the summer and the police arrived within the hour of it being reported.  The council removed the graffiti from both houses.  Theirs was removed the same day, while ours took almost a month.  The had theirs removed for free and we had to pay £836.

Not surprisingly, the only references to his claims are that he is making them now.

There's nothing before his statement, which shows it's not true.  If it were true, then it would be all over the internet as homophobes would grab the bull by the horns and parade it it out in front of everyone.

Also as part of the bill, people who download copyrighted material so they can distribute it for commercial gain will face a maximum fine of £50,000.
Another provision in the bill is the granting to the business secretary, Lord Mandelson, of the power to amend the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, "for the purpose of preventing or reducing online copyright infringement". This power will provide the government with "a flexible approach to dealing with other online copyright infringement issues", according to a summary of the bill.

I really hate this part, especially since he isn't even an elected member of the government and he can make law unchecked by Parliament.

Another part is that my ISP is one of many that make you use their routers, with their software and setup.  So if someone is able to bypass their security, I get punished.

There's also the fact that many pirate sites put in fake IP addresses in their tracker.  I don't know exactly how it works, but PirateBay {as were many ohers} famous for having a lot of bogus IP addresses show up in people's torrent clients.

A "Flaming 8 Ball" is a way of smoking heroin.

The name breaks down as such; "flaming" because it's being smoked and "8 ball" is the size.  I don't know the exact details, but it's highly explosive.

Some of you may remember Richard Pryor catching on fire back in the 1980s while doing drugs.  Well this is what he was doing.

we speak english very well here in our country so that stereotype that asians don't know squat about english is dead wrong

I've lived in Japan and South Korea and I can say for a fact that a lot of people in both countries pretend not to speak english, even though it's taught very early on in school.

I'm the junior by 3 years.

but is it just a gay thing or a night club thing in general ?

It must be a nightclub thing because none of our friends use drugs, but we aren't nightclubbers.

I couldn't be in an open relationship.  That's just not me.

I would go with LG or Samsung.

The other "makers" {except supposedly Sony} buy their parts from them anyway.  This way you aren't having to pay the premium that other brands have on the parts.

The next three Republicans were all Southern white men, and all opposed to Mullen's view. After Sessions and Wicker took their shots at the admiral, it was time for Sen. Saxby Chambliss (Ga.). "In my opinion, the presence in the armed forces of persons who demonstrate a propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts would very likely create an unacceptable risk," he said, putting homosexuality in a category with "adultery, fraternization and body art."

I was in the Marine Corps from 85 to 89 and adultery, fraternization and body art were rampant and no one cared.

The UK pays extremely high taxes to have free medical.  We still have to pay for prescriptions, but at a reduced cost.

The sad thing is that Obama does not need the military or the Congress to repeal DADT. He could repeal it by executive order today if he wanted. He said of the repeal of DADT that "It's the right thing to do." If it's the right thing to do, why does he insist on continuing to do the wrong thing?

Even without an Executive Order, as Commander in Chief, he could order the military to stop discharging gays.

He has several options on how to end DA,DT, but so far he has refused to do anything.

Oh, I thought he already repealed DA, DT.  I mean he promised to do that last March, again in July and again in Nov.  That was sarcasm btw.

Notice he didn't give a time frame for when he planned on repealing it.

Firefox

Try googling the site names to see if anything bad shows up.

Also, see if the site has the age verification statement.

Every time you think about the guy, thump yourself in the nuts.

Aversion therapy for the win.  :cheesy2:

I've never been a fan of pre dvd/blu-ray uploads.

The harshest penalties have been going to people the upload pre releases.

I haven't got a clue as to what most of the choices are.

We have only bought 2 dildos over the years and both times they were the realistic types.

The main reason so many GLBTs use drugs is because of society always telling us we are evil.  Once we are normalized in society's eyes, then you can bet that the use of drugs will go do to the same sort of levels seen in heteros.

The physical part of it is long since gone.

The mental part of it is still there.  The mental triggers are still there, like when going out for drinks and what not.  Also boredom causes me to reach for the cigs that aren't there.

PS: My GP didn't allow me to go on the 6 month plan, because the stupid UK NHS rules.