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Jay Matthews Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 11 October 2005 Location: United States Posts: 2468
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Posted: 10 June 2006 at 1:26pm | IP Logged | 1
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Ian Palmer wrote:
What a load of bollocks. For God's sake, what are you people looking
at? Do you want your counties assessed on the strength of their
broadcast news output (remembering that, for the US, that's Fox News)?
Either do a bit of research or carry on looking stupid. The choice is,
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What posts are you reading? One of your quotes is made by one born in England to English parents. Seems qualified to comment. The other is from one in Portugual (a closer view than the U.S), and he specifically explained the reasons for his comments, mentioning expatriots living around him. The other posts (though not quoted by you) were from people in England.
Let's hear what you have to say first hand, instead of just trying to disqualify all commentators.
Edited by Jay Matthews on 10 June 2006 at 1:27pm
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Ian M. Palmer Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 04 May 2004 Posts: 1342
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Posted: 10 June 2006 at 1:26pm | IP Logged | 2
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I`m no Thatcherite,but in 10 years of Blair rule we have gone even further down the crapper,the working man is taxed to the hilt to fund indolent scrotes who will never work,the honest persons rights are put behind those of people who attack or rob them,the `English` have become a non-race-eg on the recent census you could be Welsh,Scottish or British,but not English(although you were ok to put Jedi as religion).we are going to have to work til we drop as the pension pots are going to be worthless.If you drive a car you are made to suffer with sky high fuel costs,a road sytstem designed to cause delays and inconvenience(to try and force us to use public transport which is dirty,unreliable and expensive)and speed cameras everywhere to fleece you yet again,but curiously very few signs telling you the exact speed limit in the vicinity of the camera.when criminals are caught they are given feeble punishment if any. Rule Brittania! ;-)
Now, that's whining. Sorry, Bill (English good manners, see). Life in Britain is like life anywhere else: shit when you look at it that way, not so bad when you look at it another way, not as bad as it could be, could be better especially if you try to do something about it. And don't ever watch Big Brother.
I'm careful about judging or thinking I know the US on the basis of its own entertainment output. Others should be even more careful about judging the UK on what you see on TV. I don't think I've ever seen a representation of anything British in an American TV programme which was accurate. I don't really mind, except when I read invective like I've been reading in this thread written by people who have no idea.
Obviously, that's not Bill. Bill's POV just comes under how-you-look-at-it.
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John Byrne
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 134186
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Posted: 10 June 2006 at 1:27pm | IP Logged | 3
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Last I heard he will never work with Marvel or DC again. *** No more WildStorm stuff?
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Matt Reed Byrne Robotics Security
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Posted: 10 June 2006 at 1:28pm | IP Logged | 4
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Glenn Moane wrote:
As for Lost Girls, it'd be fun to see how that turned out. Personally, if the comic book is good and give me a great reader experience, I don't care if the topic is a sodomizing Peter Pan or whatever. |
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You honestly can't be serious. I can't think of any world where "great reader experience" and "a sodomizing Peter Pan" would go together hand-in-hand. I can, however, think of a world where taking established children's characters and making them pornographic objects is sick.
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Ian M. Palmer Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 04 May 2004 Posts: 1342
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Posted: 10 June 2006 at 1:30pm | IP Logged | 5
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Jay, you're being contrary. JB makes it perfectly clear that he's talking about what he thinks has happened since he left, and is Portugal a better vantage point for the UK because it's geographically only a few hundred miles away? I specifically addressed that poster's stated primary source, which is TV.
The only way to know much about living in Britain is to live in Britain, and I've just been addressing Bill's post.
It will save time if you read what I write before you disagree with it.
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Ian M. Palmer Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 10 June 2006 at 1:33pm | IP Logged | 6
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Last I heard he will never work with Marvel or DC again.
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No more WildStorm stuff?
I thought he'd retired. In any case, his ABC work is finished, I believe.
IMP.
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Jay Matthews Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 11 October 2005 Location: United States Posts: 2468
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Posted: 10 June 2006 at 1:43pm | IP Logged | 7
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Ian Palmer wrote:
Jay, you're being contrary. JB makes it perfectly clear that he's
talking about what he thinks has happened since he left, and is
Portugal a better vantage point for the UK because it's geographically
only a few hundred miles away? I specifically addressed that poster's
stated primary source, which is TV.
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Well . . . YEAH. Cut me a break. It looks like you were typing your response to Bill while I was posting. I was puzzled that you would pick off JB and Mig and leave alone Bill's post. So we're of like mind on that.
The acual time saver would have been if you responded to Bill's post (first hand account versus first hand account) instead of picking off what you perceived as the weak antelopes first.
Okay, I'm back to playing nice.
Edited by Jay Matthews on 10 June 2006 at 1:45pm
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Michael Roberts Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 20 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 14877
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Posted: 10 June 2006 at 1:44pm | IP Logged | 8
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There's going to be a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen graphic novel that will still be coming out under the ABC label, I think. After that, the next series of LoEG will not be associated with WildStorm.
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Joe Zhang Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 12857
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Posted: 10 June 2006 at 1:53pm | IP Logged | 9
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"I don't care if the topic is a sodomizing Peter Pan or whatever"
Another guy on ignore that I don't get to hear about until someone quotes.
Peter Pan would slice off the offending d*ck before that ever happens!
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Ian M. Palmer Byrne Robotics Member

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Posted: 10 June 2006 at 1:54pm | IP Logged | 10
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Now, I like most of Alan Moore's work, but more LOEG? One made the point, two drove it home, three...?
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Bill Collins Byrne Robotics Member

Joined: 26 May 2005 Location: England Posts: 11349
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Posted: 10 June 2006 at 3:32pm | IP Logged | 11
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Yes,there are good points to living here,but all the things i `whined` ;-) about are from first hand experience,as one of my other gripes is the news media,ie-i don`t believe it till i see it.Where exactly in the UK do you live Ian? Some far away ivory tower? ;-)
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Neil Welch Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 10 June 2006 at 3:34pm | IP Logged | 12
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LXG Vol. 3 will be released through another publisher, as Moore owns that one. The rest of the ABC line is owned by DC.
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