Armchair Revolutionaries

In response to:Rumpy I

2009-11-21T02:32:24+01:00

See what I mean! the lunatics have taken over the asylum..Its time the sane people started revolting.. but then there isn't many of us left.

In response to:Meep

2009-11-21T01:20:09+01:00

I worked in schools for years as pupil support and a teacher. Kids will use an annoying tone for anything with that look on their face that says 'you can't do anything about it'. I have always thought it was a fantastic way of rebelling places that aspire to recreating the Hitler Youth of conformity.

Parents are told to ignore acting out but teachers over react and make it worse. Maybe the head should laugh and meep back, get a sense of humour and it would stop by itself

In response to:Empty-Nesters and Ethnic Mix

2009-11-21T01:12:31+01:00

Its the usual nonsense - immigrants are stealing our jobs AND living off benefits. The same thing has been said of Asians, Africans, Irish, Normans, Angles, Saxons ad infinitum and definitely ad nauseum. There is no such thing as a host culture, every culture is continuously evolving in response to others. Same as the folklore and traditions we pass on now mainly originated in Babylon and Phoenicia thousands of years ago. Its naive and xenophobic to ignore history for propaganda.

Humans are self-limiting anyway. For those who 'overbreed' there will be those who don't breed. For every disease we prevent, more develop to cull us - not to mention the fantastic job we do culling ourselves. I'm with Michael Crichton, viewing human actions as having any real implication for the planet as a whole is simply self-centred and neurotic. Making us the most arrogant and the most ignorant animals on the planet. :->

In response to:Obscene trade

2009-11-21T01:00:42+01:00

How twisted can people get! That is truly the most disgusting thing I've ever heard - I feel quite sick!

In response to:Obscene trade

2009-11-21T00:38:07+01:00

It's "Fight Club" made real, and even worse. As Prashant says, welcome to Global Capitalism.

In response to:Obscene trade

2009-11-21T00:30:17+01:00

Now I know why I hate anti-wrinkle creams....bought them only about three times in my life...stick to my cocoa butter formula and coconut oil...:)

In response to:Obscene trade

2009-11-20T22:21:03+01:00

I agree this is a revolting story.

I cannot say I am surprised.

Some of the women around here diet themselves into a skeletal state and their faces are as wrinkled as rotten apples by the time they are 35. Obviously they don't have any body fat to use for the wrinkle treatments as they are just skin and (decalcified bone) they feel need. I wonder if they ever question where it comes from. I wonder how many of them tonight are feeling sick to the core just in case .........

Sorry if I sound harsh, but this is not my idea of beauty. Beauty is a natural thing, or it should be.

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In response to:Obscene trade

2009-11-20T21:44:07+01:00

Organ trade, fake drug trade, ..all commonly known
in "international market"..Great Capitalism

In response to:Meep

2009-11-20T21:06:38+01:00

glad to be of help...LOL...even found a site that had one of his full length cartoons but the link was broken unfortunately...

In response to:Meep

2009-11-20T21:02:54+01:00

You and hubby are brilliant. Thanks so much.

In response to:Obscene trade

2009-11-20T20:19:23+01:00

Exactly :yes:

In response to:Obscene trade

2009-11-20T20:17:41+01:00

I heard this on the news earlier today and almost got sick.
This is too shocking and disgusting for words, and yes, the buyers are just as guilty as the murderers as far as I am concerned! It is a shocking indictment about the crazy world we live in today.

In response to:Obscene trade

2009-11-20T20:17:16+01:00

isn't it, but even worse on the cosmetic industry that is prepared to buy it for $10,000 a litre I believe it said! That's inviting temptation for poverty stricken people...ghastly thought...

In response to:Obscene trade

2009-11-20T20:15:35+01:00

I'd like to know which cosmetic companies use human fat in their makeup!! The thought makes me feel like throwing up...we might be putting it on our lips or on our faces!...Yuk...

In response to:Obscene trade

2009-11-20T20:15:21+01:00

It's a sad reflection on mankind :(

In response to:Smartest Rat around

2009-11-20T20:12:39+01:00

HLOL...perzackerly...:)

In response to:Obscene trade

2009-11-20T20:11:32+01:00

Ray told me he heard it on the News this morning, and I thought he'd misheard!...unbelievable...

In response to:Obscene trade

2009-11-20T19:32:28+01:00

I wonder which cosmetic companies will be implicated. I think this is truly horrible. Terribly sick.

In response to:Smartest Rat around

2009-11-20T19:07:53+01:00

So we must be very intelligent to have worked it out all by ourselves Great minds and all that!
GBH's XXX

In response to:Obscene trade

2009-11-20T18:26:45+01:00

I'm speechless!

In response to:Meep

2009-11-20T17:56:08+01:00

It was Ed Barker, who worked for the International Times and Oz...died aged 46...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/punkcast/382977692/

In response to:Meep

2009-11-20T15:03:28+01:00

That's a really good link. Thanks.

In response to:Meep

2009-11-20T13:56:37+01:00

Thanks. I used read them in one of the mainstream papers in Australia - I can't recall which one - which may be why the name is uncertain as it could have been a local change.

I do remember there was a fair bit of censorship (and self-censorship) going on in the Australian press at the time because they had conscripted troops for the Vietnam war. The cartoon was possibly a minor piece of rebellion by the editors.

In response to:Meep

2009-11-20T13:17:37+01:00

he's out at the moment, I'll ask him when he gets home...think he said the cartoons could have been in Oz or one other he mentioned...will let you know...

In response to:Meep

2009-11-20T12:39:53+01:00

Right, just googled it: http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Beep_-_Meep/id/4842841 seems to agree with you.

In response to:Meep

2009-11-20T12:19:31+01:00

Does he recall whether I have the name right and who drew them? I'd be interested to have another look at them. (I was about 6 or 7 when I used to read them and probably didn't get all the references.) :)

In response to:Meep

2009-11-20T12:17:09+01:00

I did think about the Roadrunner's 'meep meep' but suspect that is not how it is being used by these kids. Its apparently all to do with the tone of voice. :)

In response to:Meep

2009-11-20T12:09:12+01:00

Ah Meep...my hubby remembers the comic strip...:) Bloody stupid world!!

In response to:Great discovery

2009-11-20T11:56:37+01:00

That is what reminded me of he drawings in the 'Sterkstroom Caves' in South Africa....xx:)

In response to:Smartest Rat around

2009-11-20T11:33:55+01:00

We say that...LOL...