christrabin Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 for me France christ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appsappy Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 ;) from the Netherlands (Nederland,Holland) greetings : appy ;) :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektram Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 I’m from the "ass end of the world" just like ‘lettcow’ and ‘Ensign avagriffon’ Meblourne Australia Aussie Aussie Aussie , oi oi oi, Go Aussie ! :cyclops: Melbourne = Best Ev0r! :D I live in Canberra though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smackemback Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 too many limey kidney pie eating tea drinking wankers 'round here Wow what an intelligent post from Lieutenant synexo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerotop Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 other-sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angiefrost Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 *dies* ok, so no swedish jokes then.. :rolleyes: *is from Norway*. On behalf of the vikings, methinks scandinavia should be an option.. or maybe not, I like to think that we're all from the same planet here :) allrighty then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortexxlord Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Other = England (not UK) Why do yanks always insist on calling the English British? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synexo Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Other = England (not UK) Why do yanks always insist on calling the English British? Actually this is strange, the CIA world factbook doesn't even list England as a country, but only as part of the UK. Wikipedia.org refers to England as a country or nation with 'no distinct political identity'. CIA world factbook also lists: conventional long form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland conventional short form: United Kingdom Maybe one of you snooty brits can enlighten this half irish half french yankee born texas redneck as to what exactly england/great britain/united kingdom/failed global empire actually is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smackemback Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Other = England (not UK) Why do yanks always insist on calling the English British? Actually this is strange, the CIA world factbook doesn't even list England as a country, but only as part of the UK. Wikipedia.org refers to England as a country or nation with 'no distinct political identity'. CIA world factbook also lists: conventional long form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland conventional short form: United Kingdom Maybe one of you snooty brits can enlighten this half irish half french yankee born texas redneck as to what exactly england/great britain/united kingdom/failed global empire actually is? Its all about political correctness some of us dont like the way things are but appear to be refused a voice this is what it is all about :- DEVOLUTION FOR ENGLAND WHAT FORM SHOULD IT TAKE? In 1998 the UK government granted devolution to Scotland and Wales setting up the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly but no devolution at all to England. England remained the sole part of the island of Britain governed totally by Westminster, its people not recognised as a distinct nation. This gross injustice and unfairness forced the Labour government to promise in its 2002 manifesto what it is calling devolution to England in the shape of regional assemblies, which it is proceeding to establish. They are causing enormous controversy and the situation has now been reached where there are three major proposals regarding devolution in England which are being debated. They are: THE PROPOSAL OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR AN ENGLISH PARLIAMENT FOR FULL AND GENUINE DEVOLUTION? A devolved parliament with all the powers of the Scottish Parliament, maintaining the unity and the identity of England as a distinct nation with her people receiving the same advantageous and generous financial deal as Scotland and Wales receive. If Wales also had its own parliament, there would be parity between the three nations of the island of Britain, resolving the West Lothian Question. It would be for the English Parliament to decide its own location (it does not have to be in London), what form of local government it should have, be it counties, unitaries or regions, with responsibility for health, education and public transport, able to achieve a fairer national distribution of employment opportunities; and empowered to provide protection for the English environment and countryside from Whitehall-directed despoliation by an excess of road building and urban spread. An English Parliament would be full devolution for England as England, constituting the most radical, genuine and progressive decentralisation of power in the history of the UK. THE GOVERNMENT'S WHITE PAPER PROPOSAL? This is no more than yet another Whitehall re-organisation of English local government with no devolution to England at all. Mr Prescott has been bluntly honest about this, flatly rejecting for England the devolution model of the Scottish Parliament which has full executive powers independent of the UK in 75% of governance matters. He has stated: "People do not expect the equivalent of a Scottish Parliament for the English regions". The government's proposal is for assemblies responsible for English 'regions' of immense size and population, yet with a very small handful of elected representatives, the overwhelming majority of them being from the cities, in this way disenfranchising the rural counties and all the countryside areas, yet with no more responsibilities than those of present county and district councils combined, leading to the likely abolition of our ancient English counties, with all real power, as now, centralised in Whitehall. The 1998 Devolution legislation achieved its aim - the constitutional establishment of Scotland and Wales as distinct nations and made Scotland 75% independent of the rest of the UK. This White Paper however offers England no devolution within the UK of any sort. THE 'CFER' PROPOSAL? A body called the Campaign for English Regions supported by many members of the appointed and non-elected 'shadow' regional assemblies already in place wants the abolition of England territorially and as a nation, substituting nine devolved and separate EU regions. The CFER wants each of these regions to have the powers of the Scottish Parliament, quite independent of the rest, holding EU regional status, able to deal directly with Brussels, subject to Whitehall only to the extent that Scotland is but looking to EU legislation for increasing independence within the UK, hence the CFER use of such language as 'regional parliaments' and 'home rule'. The CFER plans the balkanisation of England with a UK transformed into "the nations (ie Scotland and Wales) and regions". The CFER brochure statement that: "the north east is fundamentally different from the south west and the north east is from the south east" clearly indicates the direction it wants to go. The CFER wants devolution, but not for England. The CFER may be a campaign for regions but it is not a campaign for England. The CFER campaigns expressly for the termination of England. As for failed Global Empire we did what you are now trying to do before the PILGRIM fathers even set sail for the Americas from...ENGLAND !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synexo Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 As for failed Global Empire we did what you are now trying to do before the PILGRIM fathers even set sail for the Americas from...ENGLAND !!!!! Hey thanks that was a great post. Actually I've nothing against UK I listen to the BBC everyday, I just have to hate the english 'cause I'm french and irish. It's not your government I hate, just your people. ;) It seems to me that America over here is trying a new strategy in global empiricism, of avoiding the mess of colonialism and instead picking and choosing which soverign governments it wants around. No need to actually rule the people we conquer, we can just displace governments we don't like and replace them with ones we do, either dictators that will be our little bitches, or monarchies that will be beholden to us, or free-market democracies (best of all) that we can simply control with money. That's what FREEDOM is all about you know, the FREEDOM of American corporations to do business in your country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 It seems to me that America over here is trying a new strategy in global empiricism, of avoiding the mess of colonialism and instead picking and choosing which soverign governments it wants around. No need to actually rule the people we conquer, we can just displace governments we don't like and replace them with ones we do, either dictators that will be our little bitches, or monarchies that will be beholden to us, or free-market democracies (best of all) that we can simply control with money. That's what FREEDOM is all about you know, the FREEDOM of American corporations to do business in your country! What's new about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smackemback Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 synexo said :- It's not your government I hate, just your people. So you know a lot of our people then ? Enough to make a judgement such as hating us ....I have family in the states,a lot of friends there as well....Been to different parts of the States about 20 times & funny I got on with most of the people I met out there. I´m glad that I never had the misfortune of meeting anyone quite so blinkered in their thoughts as it appears you are. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellsfury Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 Northern Ireland here. Enough said really... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoutdvm Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Looking for other Pinoy (Philippines) Sci-Fi fans out there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivek Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Other = Croatia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 British by birth, english by the grace of god :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest c4evap Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 New York USA here. c4evap B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tisjusme Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 As stated, We Aussies are proud. I just couldn't tick the Austrillia box. I picked Other because of the miss spelling.(No Offence) I live in the south east of Australia and don't ever realy want to move. - North Geelong - Victoria is a lovely town that attracts visitors from all over the world. 70Kms form Melbourne, on Corio Bay is such a lovely place to live. Tourism is growing and I predict this little town of approx 150,000 to grow to nearly six times the amount within 20 years. Perfect opportunity for growth. Seeing that my location is so attractive, how about you folks come and visit me one day. I would welcome a Trekkie any day (Unless they have an unusual surname such as Bush,Howard, Hitler, Stalin, Gadafee etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciprian Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Other = ROMANIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippincp Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 well im from doncaster in england where the sun never shines. That's wot 'appens wen yurt fromt wrong side ut t'hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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