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    Quote Originally Posted by Ruskiegunlover View Post
    over here, in the FREE states, you don't see rioters FIGHTING police very often, if at all, BECAUSE of their guns. Police here are authorized to draw and shoot, or another way, are allowed to defend themselves.
    Sure, the US is a more violent society than the UK, with a gun-murder rate five times that of Britain. Your cops are out of control - they're a paramilitary force.

    If British cops pulled guns on demonstrators there'd be bloody revolution. The Brits would raid the armouries and bring down the state. The whole nation would explode. The government, of course, knows that and treads carefully when it comes to shooting ordinary members of the public (much as they'd like to).

    So, yet again, we see poor old America tormented by your ludicrous 2nd Amendment. Perhaps you don't realise how much ordinary Brits, and others around the world, feel sorry for you? You've got yourselves in a pretty pickle.

    Which explains why you puff your little chests out and wank on about "socialism." You're like an addict who'll say anything to avoid confronting his addiction.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joey View Post
    Sure, the US is a more violent society than the UK, with a gun-murder rate five times that of Britain. Your cops are out of control - they're a paramilitary force.

    If British cops pulled guns on demonstrators there'd be bloody revolution. The Brits would raid the armouries and bring down the state. The whole nation would explode. The government, of course, knows that and treads carefully when it comes to shooting ordinary members of the public (much as they'd like to).

    So, yet again, we see poor old America tormented by your ludicrous 2nd Amendment. Perhaps you don't realise how much ordinary Brits, and others around the world, feel sorry for you? You've got yourselves in a pretty pickle.

    Which explains why you puff your little chests out and wank on about "socialism." You're like an addict who'll say anything to avoid confronting his addiction.
    I dont agree with your bashing of the second ammendment, however if the brits really are rioting due to lying, crooked politicians then i applaud them. Much better than here, where we just sit around bitching, moaning, and writing letters (which im sure our politicians pitch in the hearth) instead of taking action.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Solidus-snake View Post
    I dont agree with your bashing of the second ammendment, however if the brits really are rioting due to lying, crooked politicians then i applaud them. Much better than here, where we just sit around bitching, moaning, and writing letters (which im sure our politicians pitch in the hearth) instead of taking action.
    Good Lord, they're rioting because the British government dares to show a little fiscal restraint! Those in charge have read the tea leaves and realize that cuts in spending must be made. And for this, poor horse face Camila gets a stick in the ribs.

    And, Joey, I'm sure the revolution you speak of would be something, fought with sporks and naughty words. You serfs will take what you get and like it!
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    Say a report this morning that the tuition increase is not across the board. Right now the MAXIMUM tuition you MAY have to pay is $5,200. Not everyone student pays that much as it's the maximum. Under the new increase the MAXIMUM is $15,200 which again you MAY have to pay, not all will.

    The report also said you can get a student loan at 3% which does not have to be paid back until you are working and earning over $35,000 (might be off on that figure by a couple thousand). So in essence you MAY pay $15,200 but some or even many won't and you can get a dirt cheap loan no matter what you pay.

    The report also went on to say that at one time you could basically get paid to attend university as tuition was free and you would receive a grant for expenses. It's easy to imagine that with that history, todays students in the UK view higher education as a right and a free right at that and not a privilege.

    You reap what you sow. Wait until Californina goes belly up and see what happens in that state when the "entitled" get hit with a dose of reality.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Solidus-snake View Post
    we just sit around bitching
    That's what Brits normally do! The student anger has taken everyone by surprise. A whole generation's been radicalised. It's the lies what done it. It's far more than just rage at withdrawal of the government tit.

    Nick Clegg, the chief liar and now Deputy Prime Minister as a result of his lies, targeted students with his lies at the May election. Many of them, as a result, voted for him. Most were voting for the first time. It was their first experience of democracy.

    It's a dangerous thing for a politician to do. He's now reaping the whirlwind. Sure, politicians tell lies. But Clegg's lies were whoppers. There's a mound of video evidence which people play and replay.

    He's finished as a politician. But the damage has been done. An election stolen with lies. People don't like that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Richard Simmons View Post
    Say a report this morning that the tuition increase is not across the board. Right now the MAXIMUM tuition you MAY have to pay is $5,200. Not everyone student pays that much as it's the maximum. Under the new increase the MAXIMUM is $15,200 which again you MAY have to pay, not all will.

    The report also said you can get a student loan at 3% which does not have to be paid back until you are working and earning over $35,000 (might be off on that figure by a couple thousand). So in essence you MAY pay $15,200 but some or even many won't and you can get a dirt cheap loan no matter what you pay.

    The report also went on to say that at one time you could basically get paid to attend university as tuition was free and you would receive a grant for expenses. It's easy to imagine that with that history, todays students in the UK view higher education as a right and a free right at that and not a privilege.

    You reap what you sow. Wait until Californina goes belly up and see what happens in that state when the "entitled" get hit with a dose of reality.
    Yeah- they're rioting over an easing of government price controls that aren't socialism because the public can no longer afford subsidies that aren't socialism either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joey View Post



    I doubt rioters would burn Lord Nelson (name drop alert: a distant relative of mine). He's a national hero who bashed the French (always popular).
    I was standing with my family right where those photos were taken, just a few years ago. Sure looks different today.

    Attacking that big statue of Lord Nelson in Trafalgar Square would be like someone in the US trying to burn the Washington Monument in DC.

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    Looks like a bunch of spoiled brats having a temper tantrum when they don't get their way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joey View Post
    Sure, the US is a more violent society than the UK, with a gun-murder rate five times that of Britain. Your cops are out of control - they're a paramilitary force.

    If British cops pulled guns on demonstrators there'd be bloody revolution. The Brits would raid the armouries and bring down the state. The whole nation would explode. The government, of course, knows that and treads carefully when it comes to shooting ordinary members of the public (much as they'd like to).

    So, yet again, we see poor old America tormented by your ludicrous 2nd Amendment. Perhaps you don't realise how much ordinary Brits, and others around the world, feel sorry for you? You've got yourselves in a pretty pickle.

    Which explains why you puff your little chests out and wank on about "socialism." You're like an addict who'll say anything to avoid confronting his addiction.
    The UK has a much higher violent crime rate than the US, nice try though, as pathetic as it was.

    You apparently don't understand the term socialism either and how it is destroying your country. Tool.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joey View Post
    The Brits would raid the armouries and bring down the state.
    And exactly how do you take an armory without any arms to begin with? The guards will most certainly be armed, and will also have the advantage of nearly unlimited resupply, since they are guarding A FUCKING ARMORY YOU TWIT!

    That's like trying to hold up a gunstore. Actually, it IS trying to hold up a gunstore. The biggest, best guarded, and most secure gunstore on your Island.

    Do you actually think about this shit before you go off and post it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Gonzo GED View Post
    And exactly how do you take an armory without any arms to begin with. The guards will most certainly be armed, and will also have the advantage of nearly unlimited resupply, since they are guarding A FUCKING ARMORY YOU TWIT!

    That's like trying to hold up a gunstore. Actually, it IS trying to hold up a gunstore. The biggest, best guarded, and most secure gunstore on your Island.

    Do you actually think about this shit before you go off and post it?
    Did a handful of UK high school kids get together and sign up on Gunsnet? Seriously what is the deal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypher View Post
    Did a handful of UK high school kids get together and sign up on Gunsnet? Seriously what is the deal.
    Technically, yes.

    A 17 year old member of this forum :http://politicsworldwide.com/search....=active_topics came over here to troll. (in all fairness we started trolling there first, but most of us were banned outright for thought crime. While the mods and admins claim free speech and fairness, you will be banned for dissagreeing with them.)

    Anyways, the kid feeling outnumbered, asked some of his cohorts to log in here for backup. The only problem is, even the adult members of that forum are as dumb as teenagers. Better read, and well stocked with five dollar words, but no more wise than the silly child who came here in the first place.

    Other trolls have srouted up from over there, but they don't last long. Can't take the heat. They are a bunch of effite little pussies after all...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Gonzo GED View Post
    And exactly how do you take an armory without any arms to begin with? The guards will most certainly be armed, and will also have the advantage of nearly unlimited resupply, since they are guarding A FUCKING ARMORY YOU TWIT!

    That's like trying to hold up a gunstore. Actually, it IS trying to hold up a gunstore. The biggest, best guarded, and most secure gunstore on your Island.

    Do you actually think about this shit before you go off and post it?
    i would disagree with that. to compare it to "trying to hold up a gunstore" would, to me, imply that the perpetrator would actually have a gun himself to hold it up.

    this would be more like trying to use a knife to strong arm rob the biggest, best guarded (by highly trained guards), and most secure gunstore on the Island.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Gonzo GED View Post
    Technically, yes.

    A 17 year old member of this forum :http://politicsworldwide.com/search....=active_topics came over here to troll. (in all fairness we started trolling there first, but most of us were banned outright for thought crime. While the mods and admins claim free speech and fairness, you will be banned for dissagreeing with them.)

    Anyways, the kid feeling outnumbered, asked some of his cohorts to log in here for backup. The only problem is, even the adult members of that forum are as dumb as teenagers. Better read, and well stocked with five dollar words, but no more wise than the silly child who came here in the first place.

    Other trolls have srouted up from over there, but they don't last long. Can't take the heat. They are a bunch of effite little pussies after all...
    LOL, that explains a lot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by deth502 View Post
    i would disagree with that. to compare it to "trying to hold up a gunstore" would, to me, imply that the perpetrator would actually have a gun himself to hold it up.

    this would be more like trying to use a knife to strong arm rob the biggest, best guarded (by highly trained guards), and most secure gunstore on the Island.
    Much better example. Yes, it would be like trying to rob a gunstore with a cricket bat...

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    The UK isn't socialist?

    The US's gun violence is higher than the UK's

    The nasty student crybabies will break into the national armory and take over the government in the UK?

    You have got to be kidding me. What a self-deluded bunch of public hallucinations that is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joey View Post
    Sure, the US is a more violent society than the UK, with a gun-murder rate five times that of Britain. Your cops are out of control - they're a paramilitary force.

    If British cops pulled guns on demonstrators there'd be bloody revolution. The Brits would raid the armouries and bring down the state. The whole nation would explode. The government, of course, knows that and treads carefully when it comes to shooting ordinary members of the public (much as they'd like to).

    So, yet again, we see poor old America tormented by your ludicrous 2nd Amendment. Perhaps you don't realise how much ordinary Brits, and others around the world, feel sorry for you? You've got yourselves in a pretty pickle.

    Which explains why you puff your little chests out and wank on about "socialism." You're like an addict who'll say anything to avoid confronting his addiction.
    Your post is moot. You've never been to the US. If you had visited, you would know otherwise. You're posting your source from what you freely admit is a bias media.
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    Joey (Nelson),

    if you get a chance to shoot a Norinco, Maadi, Polytech, WASR, SSR, SLR, GP-75

    You're going to love them ! Might even join the 'Dark Side' ... like me.

    As for the crime rate:

    UK = 62 000 000 souls

    USA = 312 000 000 souls

    Seems like our crime rate ... is a tad lower than yours !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Schuetzenman View Post
    England, a poster boy for why Socialism does NOT work!
    Hahahaha!

    They are rioting because they have to pay for school? I thought they lost another soccer game!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joey View Post
    Sure, the US is a more violent society than the UK, with a gun-murder rate five times that of Britain. Your cops are out of control - they're a paramilitary force.

    If British cops pulled guns on demonstrators there'd be bloody revolution. The Brits would raid the armouries and bring down the state. The whole nation would explode. The government, of course, knows that and treads carefully when it comes to shooting ordinary members of the public (much as they'd like to).

    So, yet again, we see poor old America tormented by your ludicrous 2nd Amendment. Perhaps you don't realise how much ordinary Brits, and others around the world, feel sorry for you? You've got yourselves in a pretty pickle.
    Which explains why you puff your little chests out and wank on about "socialism." You're like an addict who'll say anything to avoid confronting his addiction.
    Oh, ok. That's fine if the rest of the world "pities" us for having the right to own, and use, firearms. I'll glady take all the pity you can send over. Every time I hold, or shoot, a gun, from now on, I'll try not to smile, out of deference to worldly opinion. But, I can't promise I won't be able to smile even a little bit. Damn, I can't promise I won't be able to stop laughing from now on. You've given me another reason to shoot! I owe you one. Thanks.

    As for being "tormented," it's too bad you are prohibited that "torment." It's truly sweet.


    Actually, your argument reminds me of, "The Fox and The Grapes" fable.

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