Savor Dam wrote:Good to hear from you, Lore...even if you are not coming. Glad you were here last time; was a pleasure to meet you.

Thank you for noticing, Savor.

I must apologise not being able to make it; my phd is taking up all my time.

Avatar wrote:That's what I'd think too. Which is why Murrin's comment makes sense to me. More political autonomy, but continuing economic co-dependence.

--A

Which is pretty much what they have got. If Scotland breaks away, watch the country's economy tank.

So here's the latest doomsday craze: Nibiru, part of our binary solar system, has been prophesied by the ancient Sumerians to intersect our own every 3,200 years creating catastrophic events and will shift our polar axis-right around, you guessed it, July to December 2012. They're saying the first ...

As for the question Ex brings up: is humanity worth saving? Can they be saved? No one asks this question of lions or sharks. We can see the value in saving them no matter how violent they are. To think for one second that humans might not be worth saving because they have a strong survival instinct...

Only two groups of people seem to be getting a kick out of the rioting in England. Firstly the rioters themselves, the nihilistic urban youth who are getting cheap thrills from looting shops, bashing bus stops, and burning down houses. And secondly middle-class radicals, trustafarians who live off ...

Put yourselves in the shoes of someone who is on the reciving end of some of these comments and ask yourselves what your reaction would be. Well, because of what they have done there's now less money to spend on these so-called unfortunates. Burning stores, cars etc, and attacking the police is now...

Thanks everyone!

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Loremaster wrote:let's not forget that anarchist groups are <...> co-ordinating the violence.

I know it sounds weird. If it means that anarchy will increase more so than the effect of co-ordination, then it's a means to an end.

...anarchist groups are taking advantage of the situation and co-ordinating the violence. Anarchists co-ordinating something strikes me as funny. But obviously, this situtation isn't. Tough times don't justify violence, arson, theft, etc. There will always be people who have it better than you. Tha...

There's certainly a complex background to what triggered the events, from tensions between police and residents, to the unemployment and cuts; but the scale and severity of the riots that have followed does appear to be largely down to people taking advantage of the situation to engage in looting a...

Exnihilo2 wrote:BTW, in case it isn't clear, my assertions are 50% tongue in cheek. But no more than that.

Thought so Look if you are right, I'm eating my hat.

A boy, called John Blake, has a piece of paper taken off him by the Joker, and that proves your theory? All it proves is that Nolan is as much of a fan of the comic as he has always said. You're coming into this stating that the Joker is back in the movie, and instead of using evidence to support yo...

Smokescreen! (JO hn bla KE) So, all your evidence comes from Levitt looking similar to Ledger, and isolating J O and K E from John Blake. Despite the enormous evidence that he's playing another character. John Blake . . . Hmmm. Two names that sound like first names. Oh my god, he's playing Two Face...

Orlion wrote:Christopher Nolan has stated in very clear terms that the Joker will not be returning. Also, Levitt has been casted to play John Blake.

It's starting to remind me of the theories that Two Face never died at the end of the Dark Knight. Which is a theory of equal validity to Exnihilo's

Sorry, but he's not playing the Joker. He's playing a cop called John Blake. cdn.wwtdd.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/christian_bale_batman_fights_tom_hardy_bane_joseph_gordon_levitt_john_blake_dark_knight_rises_set_court_house_steps_pittsburgh_july_31_2011_5-450x686.jpg This was taken from Dark Kni...

Avatar wrote:Hey wow...I missed my 7 year anniversary. It was a few days ago.

Congrats me.

--A

Missed mine, too! I've been here nine years.

Wow, I missed my anniversary. I've been here nine years.

THE JOKER WILL RISE AGAIN celebritystatus.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/heath-ledger-joseph-gordon-levitt.jpg After all... how can you finish the story of Batman without finishing the story of Joker? While that is a very very good observation, there are some flaws to it. First, there will be too m...

Orlion wrote:

Oh god, that's funny.