Posts by Gargamel

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Will the Brexit Trigger ever be pulled?
by Slidin Fast in
1. social
2. current
since david cameron has bowed out, his successor is not going to pull the article 50 trigger any time soon.

we don’t even have a successor yet.. bojo looked sheepish and chastened at having won the leave vote, i don’t think he really believed he would win.

he was at best flying a flag of convenience in heading up the brexit camp, was his heart really in it?.
Gargamel

In spite of the public posturing, I reckon that people are doing a lot of talking behind the scenes about how to wriggle out of Brexit.
There will be scapegoats - those who are not able to save their arses and their faces at the same time - the ones regarded as more expendable.
My greatest concern is that as the politicians fudge, a new champion of the extreme right will emerge (Farage?). He would probably trigger Article 50 but the new isolation wouldn't be the Promised Land, it would more likely be a slow descent into pre-war Germany.
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One Thing I Don't Get About Brexit
by JW_Rogue in
1. jw
2. experiences
how did such a weighty decision get put directly in the hands on the average citizen?

and with only a simple majority required?

in the usa the biggest thing that people vote on directly is city building projects or infrastructure.
Gargamel

:) I know. Before polling day, everyone must have an IQ test. Whatever a person's score would be the number of points his/her vote would be worth. Not only would this ensure intelligent government, it would also be a good incentive to subsidise education for people who are more likely to vote for the government.
It would save a lot of salamanders too.
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One Thing I Don't Get About Brexit
by JW_Rogue in
1. jw
2. experiences
how did such a weighty decision get put directly in the hands on the average citizen?

and with only a simple majority required?

in the usa the biggest thing that people vote on directly is city building projects or infrastructure.
Gargamel

Many people's "research" consists of skimming through a highly-opinionated tabloid newspaper whose owner has a history of jumping into bed with right-wing governments.
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One Thing I Don't Get About Brexit
by JW_Rogue in
1. jw
2. experiences
how did such a weighty decision get put directly in the hands on the average citizen?

and with only a simple majority required?

in the usa the biggest thing that people vote on directly is city building projects or infrastructure.
Gargamel

Although huge swathes of the British electorate don't take the trouble to inform themselves, it's also true that polarised media coverage hampers such attempts anyway. But what is the alternative? We once had a society where only male land-owners above 35? could vote. Before that it was even worse. Gradually, more and more people were allowed a vote; there would have been revolution if, having made massive sacrifices in wars, the ordinary person had no say in who ran the country.
To make a basic IQ test to determine who can vote would be a slippery slope back to the dark ages.
Leaving the EU could cause me even bigger financial problems than those I have already, but that is what the people want and I must find a way around that. I also believe it is a massive blunder ideologically speaking, but my visions are different from the majority.
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Dodgy poetry
by Gargamel in
1. social
2. entertainment
it is a stretch to call my dodgy poetry 'entertainment' but i wasn't sure where else to put it.. .

self-fulfilling prophecy.

precipitation.
Gargamel

Spare ... Child
'Spare the rod, spoil the child,'
smiled the suited man
behind his Bible,
leering,
peering
through bottle-bottom glasses.
Congregation nodded, staring,
preparing for the after-meeting beating.
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Dodgy poetry
by Gargamel in
1. social
2. entertainment
it is a stretch to call my dodgy poetry 'entertainment' but i wasn't sure where else to put it.. .

self-fulfilling prophecy.

precipitation.
Gargamel

[no more roast beef]

lemmings admire view

atop white cliffs of Dover
long jump to freedom
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Serena Williams provocative with Beyoncé.
by 2+2=5 in
1. social
2. entertainment
anyone seen sister williams working her assests on the latest beyonce video?

what's the go, surely she is not a declared jw?.

she needs some serious council from jehovah, and i'm guessing bro sammy herd wouldn't mind being on that little committee.. the song is called "sorry".
Gargamel

I can't vouch for this, but the poster was a respected JWR member.
It appears that the Williams sisters, although still religious, walked away from being active JWs many years ago. It was a childhood thing that became redundant for them in early adulthood.
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Dodgy poetry
by Gargamel in
1. social
2. entertainment
it is a stretch to call my dodgy poetry 'entertainment' but i wasn't sure where else to put it.. .

self-fulfilling prophecy.

precipitation.
Gargamel

[tightrope walker]

equilibrium
delicately unbalanced
chips on both shoulders
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Do flat earth beliefs deserve respect?
by azor in
1. jw
2. friends
what say you.

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Gargamel

I say 'no!', but someone's right to believe it deserves respect so long as it harms no other.
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Dodgy poetry
by Gargamel in
1. social
2. entertainment
it is a stretch to call my dodgy poetry 'entertainment' but i wasn't sure where else to put it.. .

self-fulfilling prophecy.

precipitation.
Gargamel

Sir82. Is that by the Vogons? :) Looks vaguely familiar.
Don't want people gnawing off their arms, do we now?