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UK/R.O.I GAF - Thread of geopolitical confusion
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Todays paper, Yesterdays news.
I don't see the point in a paper anymore. I use my smartphone to browse news/internet on my lunch breaks.
You old gaffers are stuck in the 60s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6gIc_8pXUI
There you go! I forgot that Bale didn't normally speak in an American accent.
Happy Friday y'all! 2 more hours until work is done and then I'm heading out for my usual weekend White Cafe Mocha sessions.
That was actually playing while I read your post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHiVid_fpGg
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
About time too. I am tying to get hold of the judgment, but apparently so is everybody else, as the judiciary website has crashed.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Hold the fuck up right now... there's actually an airport called Robin Hood Airport?!
Who in the fuck named that, a bunch of P1 students?
Who in the fuck named that, a bunch of P1 students?
blahblah...blah
Member
Amazing.
It is a video clip that will be aired during the opening ceremony at some point. Don't think any more is known about "when" exactly.
What I read from that is that they'll play this thing to the global audience whilst they undertake changes to the stage/field.
Musha_Soturi
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Ugh, why do Friday's always go so slow??? Isn't it hometime yet? Damn it's not even lunchtime.
phisheep
NeoGAF's Chief Barrister
The Twitter Joke Trial judgment is available here.
Mostly it is a good strong common-sense verdict and, reading between the lines of the polite judicial language, a scathing rebuke to the Crown Court.
I'm a little worried about the latter bit of the judgment where the court, I think, gets it wrong about the mens rea required for the crime. That's not something essential to overturning Chambers' conviction and I rather wish they had avoided dealing with it rather than lay up potentially more trouble later. The court's interpretation could mean that perfectly innocuous statements like "I'm coming after the Queen" (in the context of a game of chess) might still be criminalised - but that is a battle to be fought another day. Or not, if CPS and the lower courts get their heads screwed on right.
Mostly it is a good strong common-sense verdict and, reading between the lines of the polite judicial language, a scathing rebuke to the Crown Court.
I'm a little worried about the latter bit of the judgment where the court, I think, gets it wrong about the mens rea required for the crime. That's not something essential to overturning Chambers' conviction and I rather wish they had avoided dealing with it rather than lay up potentially more trouble later. The court's interpretation could mean that perfectly innocuous statements like "I'm coming after the Queen" (in the context of a game of chess) might still be criminalised - but that is a battle to be fought another day. Or not, if CPS and the lower courts get their heads screwed on right.
MmmSkyscraper
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Seems like everything is going wrong with the Olympics lol, Glad England is being made to look like a incompetent nation. Can't wait till more fuck ups unfold.
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
just some jeremy having problems with his bellend
He shook that bell quite hard...
Keep a hold of that suit for court, I'm sure meadows will grass at you for having drugs at a future gaf meet up.
i KID
Summer has hit scotland yo
There ain't much beer in my beverage fridge.. that will change Monday morning.
StealthGoblin
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From what I have seen/read of this opening ceremony, it sounds shit. Won't spoil it for anyone, but damn. Not sure where the money has gone really.
MmmSkyscraper
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Kentpaul, I think you need more Irn Bru.
StealthGoblin
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If this picture were any more Scottish, it would be starting street fights while moaning about England.
I imagine it'll be like that advert with Harry Hill narration, can't remember what it was for, some mobile company I think. Had a bloke running after a dog in it.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Keep a hold of that suit for court, I'm sure meadows will grass at you for having drugs at a future gaf meet up.
i KID
Summer has hit scotland yo
There ain't much beer in my beverage fridge.. that will change Monday morning.
I fucking love Irn Bru. Not only is it delicious, but it's also very reasonably priced.
This is a British mark of approval if I ever saw one!
Musha_Soturi
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Just got weighed, lost 4 pounds! Will stick to eating salad and drinking water for the near future....
StealthGoblin
Banned
Seeing as people would take part in this for nothing, a lot of amazing things could be achieved for cheap. I would have had (among other things):
The stadium lights go out, it be pitch black, A Roman Leigon marches in and battles Britons with a focus on Boudica riding around triumphantly on a chariot, she is defeated. Cheap to do. History.
Stadium lights go out. Long, long pause. Build the tension. Searchlights start scanning the sky. Air raid sirens go off. Planes fly over head. Pyrotechnics go off in the stadium, buildings are ablaze. Re-enactment of the Blitz.
Battle of Hastings (done by re-enactment specialists, cheap to do).
Shift to our literary history and our greatest export - our language. A specially made puppet (like warhorse) of Aslan, that moves around and roars while the battle continues.
Etc
MmmSkyscraper
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I'm sure ze Germans would appreciate that one.
StealthGoblin
Banned
History is history. We bombed the fuck out of each other but the fact that it is a landmark point of history for London is inescapable.
Dude, those are proper self-hating and I know that self-hate is a British past time but come on, there's no need to show how many times Britain's been bent over a barrel by invaders.
Civil war
Shakespeare
Rain
English language
Green and pleasant land
Rain
Industrial revolution
All the best inventions ever
Rain
Pop music
Done.
Civil war
Shakespeare
Rain
English language
Green and pleasant land
Rain
Industrial revolution
All the best inventions ever
Rain
Pop music
Done.
Hot Coldman
Banned
OK, finally got my avatar back, but is it just me or does it look a bit... smushed
StealthGoblin
Banned
Those times where we have been bent over a barrel have been the times that have formed our national and national psyche. We would not be anywhere without the Roman Invasion, we would be nowhere without the Norman invasion etc.
Immigration has formed a crucial part in the history of Britain and I think that given that this is the Olympic games and one of the message is about welcoming people and integrating them, why not?
I'd also have an army of Cybermen march in as a TARDIS materialises in the center and have a little Doctor Who fun.
S3 breaks the space time continuum and can view the adverts of tomorrow!
"Welcome to Britain. Look at how non-British we actually are."
nah, too progressive for the Olympic Games
Hot Coldman
Banned
I'm currently without my laptop, so the Hunt image is out of my reach for now (and I cba to go thread-digging). I just had to get rid of COOLIO's face :lol
Hot Coldman
Banned
Excellent! You're a godsend, BGBW.
Musha_Soturi
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I am honouring a fallen comrade.
Plus I was getting bored of Jeremy. I have a short attention span.
MmmSkyscraper
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There's a time and a place and the Olympic opening ceremony is not it. Having said that, your version of the ceremony sounds like it would be epic in its ability to offend the rest of the world and even eclipse G4S in terms of notable fuckups, so it has some merit.
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NinjaFridge
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I thought it was Monday. Your move.
MmmSkyscraper
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I thought it was Friday yesterday and today I think it's Thursday.
Hot Coldman
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Man, Sky1's new cop show looks AWFUL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B67xhWEOVlA&feature=youtu.be
I know it's a spoof
StealthGoblin
Banned
I don't think its offensive at all. If people were to get offended at anything I suggested, they need to take a long look at themselves.
Britain has been built upon war. No escaping that. In war there are two sides.
I'm all for highlighting our scientific achievements (I think we don't beat that drum enough) but its hard to turn them into spectacle.
Sky 1's original programming is as bad as ITV's, maybe worse.
QuicheFontaine
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Could you explain the mens rea bit some more? I read through it and all I got from that is that they came to the conclusion that, with regards to the mental element, the conditions for intent to menace are unlikely to be fulfilled when the sender intends the message as a joke.
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