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andrewducker

Interesting Links for 21-06-2013

Jun 21, 2013 12:00

Offensive, iconoclastic internet trolls will NOT be prosecuted, says DPP
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The Gov.uk website's design principles
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Naked rambler Stephen Gough jailed for flouting Asbo
(tags: law uk nudity )
Violent men won't change until they accept they are the problem
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Comments 34

octopoid_horror June 21 2013, 17:35:46 UTC

"Finally, a use for living in a universal surveillance state"

Also that one music video made with CCTV footage.

The wedding stuff channelpenguin June 21 2013, 18:02:37 UTC

As someone mildly appalled even at wedding lists, this was a new level of insane to me.

In my mind, you throw the party you can afford, take what you get or don't get for presents, thank everyone anyway, and enjoy the day.

Not that I'll be doing anything of the sort ever again but that was how I did it when I did.

Re: The wedding stuff andrewducker June 21 2013, 20:35:37 UTC

Totally in agreement there!

alextfish June 22 2013, 00:29:37 UTC

That Conservative party alternate Queen's Speech... it's a joke, right?

Right? :-S

andrewducker June 22 2013, 10:21:12 UTC

Nope, it's the government we would now have, if it was a pure Conservative one.

del_c June 23 2013, 08:53:31 UTC

I'm impressed with the dedication of the conservative MPs who camp out in front of the office to be first in the queue for Private Members Bills. Why can't liberals or socialists show that sort of fire?

doubtingmichael June 24 2013, 20:39:18 UTC

That's hardly proven. It seems pretty clear from the article that this was one particular group of MPs laying out their wish list. Some of these items a purely Conservative government might have gone for, but I think that privatising the BBC (for instance) is not something they'd have tried to pull off.

Key point to note: Peter Bone is named. I've seen him on television, and he's obviously the kind of right-winger who delights in winding up everyone, especially moderate Tories. I suspect Margaret Thatcher Day is actually a joke, in some senses.

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bart_calendar June 22 2013, 11:04:36 UTC

The wedding item shows that marriage equity is here.

andrewducker June 22 2013, 18:54:33 UTC

Well, it's in some places. This would tend to show it's not quite everywhere yet:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samesex_marriage_in_USA.svg

This even moreso:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:World_homosexuality_laws.svg