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Title: Whats the point?
Post by: leefer on Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 18:22:42
Sorry if this is abit heavy,but was reading today that a student in Afghanistan has been sentenced to death for downloading material of the internet!..this wasnt dodgy stuff but western material which may have helped his studies,ime all for respecting peoples religion but this is shocking,but whats even worse is that the new regime which has been sanctioned by the west has upheld the decision when he appealed,so what is the point in getting rid of the Taliban if the new leaders just continue to be just as barbaric.


Title: Whats the point?
Post by: BANGKOK RED on Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 21:22:24
If you where to post a link to this info, the it may help others to form their own opnion.

 :shock:


Title: Whats the point?
Post by: ST_INC on Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 22:24:48
I think he means this

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7204341.stm

Story here as well

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9856107-7.html


Title: Whats the point?
Post by: axs on Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 22:31:58
fucking ridiculous.


Title: Whats the point?
Post by: Sussex on Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 22:39:39
Fill your boots..

http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&q=Afghanistan+student+death+sentence&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=news_result&resnum=1&ct=title

(hope the link doesn't stretch your screen too much!


Title: Re: Whats the point?
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 22:42:30
Quote from: "leefer"
Sorry if this is abit heavy,but was reading today that a student in Afghanistan has been sentenced to death for downloading material of the internet!..this wasnt dodgy stuff but western material which may have helped his studies,ime all for respecting peoples religion but this is shocking,but whats even worse is that the new regime which has been sanctioned by the west has upheld the decision when he appealed,so what is the point in getting rid of the Taliban if the new leaders just continue to be just as barbaric.


 Well the point is under the Taliban, Afghanistan was a training camp for terrorists....they could have quite happily carried on contravening human rights, if they supported the West.....plenty of other regimes in recent times have and many still continue to do so.

  After the twin towers attack,  Afghanistan became ripe for regime change, as long as the new regime, are pro western in foreign policy they'll get a free rein in domestic policy.

 A policy best summmed up bythe term realpolitik


Title: Whats the point?
Post by: redbullzeye on Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 22:49:19
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around me
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss...........


Title: Whats the point?
Post by: Gazza's Fat Mate on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 12:20:23
Perhaps if we stopped tying to export or force our west views on other nations the world would be a better place. Why do we feel as a country that we should act as a moral arbitrator for the world? We in some respects are no better what with detation without trail, police who haev the power to hold football supporters without reason for up to 9 hours, fuck me our police can even close down a party based purley on the BPM of the music being played! We even reward stupid people who get pregant at a very young age by giving them benfits and a house yes yes we turely are so superior!


Title: Whats the point?
Post by: red macca on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 12:21:53
Quote from: "Homer"
Perhaps if we stopped tying to export or force our west views on other nations the world would be a better place. Why do we feel as a country that we should act as a moral arbitrator for the world? We in some respects are no better what with detation without trail, police who haev the power to hold football supporters without reason for up to 9 hours, fuck me our police can even close down a party based purley on the BPM of the music being played! We even reward stupid people who get pregant at a very young age by giving them benfits and a house yes yes we turely are so superior!
Rightly so in my opinion


Title: Whats the point?
Post by: Gazza's Fat Mate on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 12:25:22
Quote from: "red macca"
Quote from: "Homer"
Perhaps if we stopped tying to export or force our west views on other nations the world would be a better place. Why do we feel as a country that we should act as a moral arbitrator for the world? We in some respects are no better what with detation without trail, police who haev the power to hold football supporters without reason for up to 9 hours, fuck me our police can even close down a party based purley on the BPM of the music being played! We even reward stupid people who get pregant at a very young age by giving them benfits and a house yes yes we turely are so superior!
Rightly so in my opinion


wrongly so in mine! rewarding the stupid and sick etc with benfits has created an underclass of people who think it is fine not to work to steel, rob and generlly act like cunts!


Title: Whats the point?
Post by: red macca on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 12:28:54
Quote from: "Homer"
Quote from: "red macca"
Quote from: "Homer"
Perhaps if we stopped tying to export or force our west views on other nations the world would be a better place. Why do we feel as a country that we should act as a moral arbitrator for the world? We in some respects are no better what with detation without trail, police who haev the power to hold football supporters without reason for up to 9 hours, fuck me our police can even close down a party based purley on the BPM of the music being played! We even reward stupid people who get pregant at a very young age by giving them benfits and a house yes yes we turely are so superior!
Rightly so in my opinion


wrongly so in mine! rewarding the stupid and sick etc with benfits has created an underclass of people who think it is fine not to work to steel, rob and generlly act like cunts!
I disagree i find the higher class person is more than a cunt


Title: Whats the point?
Post by: Barry Scott on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 12:39:03
The whole thing is laughable and typical of a "new religion".

Let 'em fucking get on with it i say, who are we to judge? Who says we are more morally right? We shouldn't really try to police the world. Freedom of speech and the so called democracy are things we take for granted and allow us a certain amount of unwarranted condescension.

What nations put there foot down to us before now? We've (the English) raped, killed and destroyed our way around the world. Our horse isn't as high as we like to believe.


Title: Whats the point?
Post by: BANGKOK RED on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 13:54:39
I'm inclined to agree with Barry to a degree.

Was the guy aware of the consequences after what he was doing when he did it? Considering that he is a reporter I would suspect that he knew full well what the implications where yet went right ahead and did it anyway, and got caught.


Title: Whats the point?
Post by: Colin Todd on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 13:55:19
lets be honest here, he was watching porn wasnt he?


Title: Whats the point?
Post by: flammableBen on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 14:04:33
I know I am. Right now. It's got a Japanese bird in it. She doesn't look like she's enjoying it much. Oh it's ok, she's changed her mind.

All is good in the world.


Title: Whats the point?
Post by: BANGKOK RED on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 14:06:37
Quote from: "red macca"
Quote from: "Homer"
Perhaps if we stopped tying to export or force our west views on other nations the world would be a better place. Why do we feel as a country that we should act as a moral arbitrator for the world? We in some respects are no better what with detation without trail, police who haev the power to hold football supporters without reason for up to 9 hours, fuck me our police can even close down a party based purley on the BPM of the music being played! We even reward stupid people who get pregant at a very young age by giving them benfits and a house yes yes we turely are so superior!
Rightly so in my opinion


If is a case of supporting a young person, who has made a genuine mistake and needs support then I am all fot it. After all we are in a position to do so.

The sad thing is that there are so many out there who wish to exploit the system, popping out as many kids as possible in order to get as many free handouts as they can and sitting on their fat lazy fucking arses for their whole lives whilst folk like us work and pay taxes.