I think that the forums should be archived every so often, maybe every fifty pages or so. I'm quite happy to start threads I started once before or read and post on other threads that have been started afresh, I've no doubt some of my views over the last five years have more than likely changed. What I don't like seeing is billion year old topics regurgitated with posters saying "This has been discussed before" and then linking back to a thread where very few of the posters are now known or active it stops or puts off current members having a valued input as what they might like to of posted has been covered.
Ideally i'd love to see the cafe's slate wiped clean so that currant members could be encouraged to post and feel they share ownership of of whats being discussed and feel that the forum belongs to the here and now and not to the long gone posters of yesteryear.
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Does it matter to you to a lesser or greater degree who you maybe want to try living out your fantasy with? One answer could be to visit a club on a bi might to be in the company of others having same sex sex and watch what goes on and see how you feel about things. At least this way you might get the opportunity arise and take advantage of it or if you feel your not quite up to it then at least your finding out and not putting others out of their way in arranging 1 to 1's.
All i know is that if i'm doing it wrong then I find out pretty damn quick usually - surely each is individual in what is good for them and half the fun is in the journey finding out. Even with the same partner things are different according to mood etc
Bought a really really ropey one years ago but thought it was too expensive so I turned the price ticket upside down, sneaky me eh, I paid £8!
Chocolate! There's no f*cking way i'm living in the same house as J without her having chocolate! For myself I think without coffee I would be a bit all over the place so coffee and chocolate in this house is a must or else the kids get it!
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were far more silly ideas
I'm not so sure that violence is the answer although in the end how do you show the world at large how pissed off you really are. OK, so maybe you should protest with switching a vote here and there but is there a viable alternative option when all the prospective governing parties are all the same in all but name?
Historically the political will of the 'people' has only ever really been heard through violent or socially disruptive means back through the ages. From Wat Tyler and the peasants revolt the burning down of the monasteries to the civil war the Irish rebellion the Napoleonic wars WW1 , the general strike the Fascists and the cable street riots, WW2, student riots, Three day weeks and brownouts, Riots of the early 80's the miners strike anti poll tax strikes and these are what spring to mind there most be oodles more.
Though these things are not attractive they did effectively change the will of governments and/or people so showed an effectiveness beyond that of peaceful politically 'suggested' means. I hate violence and all that it entails as with regard the emotional, let alone the physical aspects it I can see the point.
The countries government can become so wrapped in its own self importance that the needs of the people are outweighed by the wants of the government. at this point the government becomes self serving and blind to a lot of the populaces needs.
The police are of no use to the people at large in these cases as it's their duty to uphold the rule of law even when the governments have stopped upholding the will of the people. Obviously the police are a necessity by and large. Usually this keeps in with the public's ideas of right and wrong but they are, in these cases the Governments puppets not the public's protectors.
Civil unrest is exactly what it says it is and that is; Civil disturbance is typically a symptom of, and a form of protest against, major socio-political problems; And how major the unrest is will become directly proportional to how the government reacts to it.
By and large Britain has a politically lethargic population who, while still warm, fed and watered to a comfortable degree, accepts the relative status quo that exists, until and if and when the silent majority start getting to the stage of thinking f*ck i'm getting hungry and cold.
At this point it might be that the public start taking action. and things become uncomfortable for the government and a shift in political thought occurs, which eventually it has to if nothing is done or we become more and more heavily policed and controlled and end up in a whole new ball game of them against us.
Sorry I went off on one a bit there.
I think the students have a right to be pissed off, of course they do, they've had it drummed into them, wrongly in my view, how a university education will benefit them oh so much. The facts are now speaking to them about how uncertain this all is and that university = prosperity and success is not a given thing. But, they have been led throughout there formative educational life to believe this, in my opinion, lie.
How the hell this country can talk about let alone suport and make worthwhile the idea of 50% of school leavers going onto university is beyond me. Where the fu*k is the commercial and industrial need for it? There isn't one.
Of course the most talented and intellectually gifted in the country need to be nurtured and encouraged to fill those positions in life where it's necessary but also a kick of reality about normal life in normal jobs earning normal wages needs to be instilled in a good proportion of school kids too.
Good secondary educational standards leading to reasonable jobs where the learning is done through the working, with a wage given to for time served and real, on the job, learned skills. This is paramount for most kids in my view. Far less store should be put on the false aspirations wrongly fed to them at the moment. Universities should be for the best of the best and certainly not put into the position of being businesses,
No I don't blame the students for acting like this. I don't like it and think its wrong but i dont blame them. They've been fed bullshit for years and are angry and want to be heard.
Neil Diamond - Forever in Blue Jeans
The Who - I can see for miles
The Ram Jam Band - Black Betty
Joss Stone - Fell in love with a boy
The Clash - Rock the Cazbah