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Comment Re:PR (Score 1) 515

I still like the Now Show idea, becuase the BNP can't actually stop ethnic minorties joining (The equality comission said so) get as many people to join as possible then force an AGM to elect a new leader of the party, one of these new ethnic minorities that has joined. At that point most of the BNP "true" member will quit and leave and you keep the initals BNP but change what it stands for, no longer the British National Party but the Blue Nosed Pteradactayls, mostly as it'll upset many of the "true" BNP supporters as they won't figure out why Pteradactayl starts with a P...

Comment Re:The logic is obvious (Score 1) 554

Michael Savage was recently mentioned by the UK papers as appearing on a list of "undersirables" people that would actively be denied entry to the UK based on the grounds he is; "Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to provoke others to serious criminal acts and fostering hatred which might lead to inter-community violence." The Guardian had a full list here

Comment UK Law vs US Law (Score 1) 278

I can understand that the activity all happened within the US but i'm not quite so sure why there is the instance on extriditing him apart from presumably that a guy on his mom's computer managed to hack into supposedly the most secure computers at the time leaving them with egg on their face and a great deal of embarrasment.
The computer misuse act in the UK is pretty strong and would come with fines and imprisonment for up to 10 years.

Comment Re:Legal CYA (Score 1, Insightful) 311

"Doesn't the United Kingdom have a Bill of Rights-type document?" Nope, nothing like that at all. It's quite likely however the people that have been disconnected were doing something wrong, we aren't talking about the old granny who doesn't have the internet being served by the RIAA here this will be people that will have been using torents (possibly legally more likely however not) and have broken the service agreement with Karoo. Thus they were disconnected.

Comment Meanwhile in SWG (Score 0) 209

I'm not hugely impressive really look at the lumbering old Star Wars Galaxies (6 years old soon) that not only enables you to switch faction (2 week waiting period) but also enables you to completely change your career, bored running around with that glowstick just go speak to a dude and become a Officer or a Smuggler. It's not perfect but it beats grinding up an entirely new chracter.

Comment Re:Duh. (Score 0) 31

The pen and paper RPG used a varient of Phoenix Command including the excitement of 1/2 second combat rounds as you "roleplay" the trajectory of the bullet passing through objects (skin, bone, organs, etc...) it was pretty good game from what I recall but very 80's.

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