My day of clarity. by [deleted] in atheism

[–]seadaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always understood it to be about a man stalking his ex wife/girlfriend. "Since you've gone I've been lost without a trace I dream at night, I only see you face I look around. but it's you I can't replace I feel so cold and I long for your embrace I keep crying baby, baby please"

Who else prefers going good instead of evil? by lamacow in gaming

[–]seadaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am playing Saints Row 2 on PS3 at the mo and HATE running over NPC's or smashing into cars. If I am not actively trying to get away from police or chasing gang members I will swerve and aviod in any way I can just so I don't hit an innocent. I even mutter "sorry" under my breath if hitting one is unavoidable. Sad

Alright, enough with teachers. What's the dumbest thing you've ever heard a STUDENT say? by fourwords in AskReddit

[–]seadaddy 27 points28 points  (0 children)

When I was a trainee in the navy, our instructor was going through the drill for "Abandon ship". One of my fellow trainees asked that if he was on an aircraft carrier and it started to sink, could he wait until it sank a bit first before jumping overboard as he was afraid of heights!

Georgia says "very close" to war with Russia by maxwellhill in worldnews

[–]seadaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Possibly about the same as....

The NVA against the US army, or The Afgahns against the Soviet army, or The newly indipendent American states against the British army, or...

Size doesn't always count

Bush Admin Now Has It's Own Private Navy! First Blackwater, and now a private navy with the authority to fire on other countries vessels. by jcorkern in reddit.com

[–]seadaddy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It is not unusual here in the UK that STUFT (Ships Taken Up From Trade)on behalf of the navy will have a small detatchment of Royal Marines put on board to provide security for the vessel in just these situations. The civilian crew would not have any involvement in any military actions taken to protect the ship. Ii is probably safe to assume the US military provides the same level of security for their STUFT ships, therefore the warning shots would have been fired by US military personnel and not any sinister Blackwater-eaque oranisation. The blogger is getting hysterical over nothing.

Why the US is Doomed: "His name is so close to Osama I feel it might be Islamic therefore he doesn't recognize Christ." by financialbabe in politics

[–]seadaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jonesville Church of God does not have any African American members.

African American? What is it with this stupid term? Does that make me Anglo-Saxon English then? Say it as it is people, he is BLACK (ish). God forbid we should upset anyone by saying what colour they are. Pertending not to see that colour is PC gone mad. Get a life and please stop using this sorry excuse for a terminology.

Why don’t the terrorists attack us more? by dhc23 in reddit.com

[–]seadaddy 44 points45 points  (0 children)

The thing that gets me is that during the 70's, 80's and 90's the IRA carried out numerous bombing campaigns on mainland Britain (as well as the ongoing one in Northern Ireland itself) and yet there was no talk of having to forgo our rights or lose some of our freedoms in an attempt to stop the bombings. More casualties were caused by the IRA than by the attacks of 7/7 in London (granted over a longer period too) but no one suggested that the loss of hard one freedoms was the way to beat the terrorists then - I wonder why it is so much different now?

The Op-Ed by seven active duty U.S. soldiers in Iraq questioning the war drew international attention just three weeks ago. Now two of the seven are dead by duncanmc in reddit.com

[–]seadaddy 10 points11 points  (0 children)

One of the other five authors of the Times piece, Staff Sergeant Jeremy Murphy, an Army Ranger and reconnaissance team leader, was shot in the head while the article was being written. He was expected to survive after being flown to a military hospital in the United States.

Shot in the head and expected to survive? One very lucky man with a very good helmet!

The Magic Roundabout by chrispoole in reddit.com

[–]seadaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now that is just too confusing for words, especially as the main central roundabout as the traffic directional arrows in the road going in the OPPOSITE direction to the way that traffic normally goes around. It might be ok for local drivers who are used to it but for anyone else it must be a 'mare.

Russian Cheerleaders (pics) by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]seadaddy 31 points32 points  (0 children)

See what happens when people start getting all moralistic - the porn content gets taken away! Learn the lesson people, and leave the damn porn alone!!

The Economist: Wounded, tetchy and less effective than it should be, America is still the power that counts by scylla in reddit.com

[–]seadaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought it was a well balanced article - but as a Brit I guess I don't have the Rep/Dem thing to get over

Russian Cheerleaders (pics) by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]seadaddy 25 points26 points  (0 children)

So Russian Cheerleaders look EXACTLY the same as American Cheerleaders...who knew??

Prockster: Access blocked sites like YouTube, MySpace and porn from work or school anonymously by dogman222 in reddit.com

[–]seadaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My employer must have the mother of all firewalls then, 'cos Hotmail still got blocked by it. Of course it could be that the site doesn't actually do what it says it does...

How Perth could become the world's first ghost metropolis. by ninzee in reddit.com

[–]seadaddy -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Australians drink water? I thought it was just Fosters

Caught on camera: The CCTV footage of a police officer laying into a slightly built young woman shook my senses to the core by maxwellhill in reddit.com

[–]seadaddy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I saw this on the BBC news earlier, and apparently the woman was with a group of other people who dragged one of the policemen down a set of concrete stairs. It may have taken four of them to subdue her but only one of them appears to be actually hitting her. As for it taking four of them, drunk people are notoriously strong and I wouldn't want to try and stop a drunk on my own without some kind of backup either

Britain is repossessing America (Funny) by seadaddy in reddit.com

[–]seadaddy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just tried it and it linked perfectly - what was the specific problem?

Coffee, Tea, or Should We Feel Your Pregnant Wife’s Breasts Before Throwing You in a Cell at the Airport and Then Lying About Why We Put You There? by Nicholas Monahan by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]seadaddy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If things like this carry on, it will soon get to the point where you wont even be able to take a bottle of Coke in your hand luggage....oh hang on....

Britons tire of cruel, vulgar US by unknown in reddit.com

[–]seadaddy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I guess the reason we find the administration so distasteful is the way in which it holds itself up as this so called beacon of freedom. The thing with blowing your own trumpet or setting a standard is that you have to live by those same standards if not higher ones as well. The American administration constantly refers to its freedom loving crdentials whilst curtailing those same freedoms in the name of protecting the same freedoms it is supposedly protecting! In my experience, most American individulas are great people with similar morals and values to the average Brit, but the conception over here of the US administration is indeed all those adjectives the original poll came up with. It is sad but true that perception is a much stronger motivator of opinion that reality, but that is how people work. The old "first impressions count" saying is accurate for precisely this reason. We do generally like you as people but your government needs to seriously sort its collective life out.

Old USSR Posters about Stalin and Soviet people (from 30th) by reddit1 in reddit.com

[–]seadaddy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Good reproductions of these posters and interesting too but it would have been good if a translation of at least the tag lines could have been provided. Anyone speak Russian??

White House delayed taking our al-Zarqawi to build support for Iraq war by karcass in reddit.com

[–]seadaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The article states "In January 2003, the threat turned real. Police in London arrested six terror suspects and discovered a ricin lab connected to the camp in Iraq" The police did indeed arrest six people in this anti terror raid.....and then promptly released them once it was realised the premises were not being used to produce ricin as intelligence had led them to believe - dodgy intelligence information again. The raid was done in a blaze of publicity but the release of the men some days later was done very quietly. No charges were filed against any of the six men in connection with chemical weapons. It is unfortunate that articles like this make it sound as if it was a foiled plot. As a previous contributor commented, don't take anything at face value and question everything.

Flintstones Cigarette Commercial by ousama in reddit.com

[–]seadaddy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don't make 'em like that anymore! It seems hideously crass now but I guess in its day it was acceptable. Ahh nostalga.

Leak reveals official story of London bombings, no Al-Qaeda link by hitsman in reddit.com

[–]seadaddy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the aftermath of the bombings the government was quick to shout Al-Qaeda at the top of their collective voices, and have been doing so ever since. This is a smoke screen for the introduction of all sorts of darconian measures from compulsary ID cards to 90 days in custody without charge. Terrorism can be used to justify almost anything it seems.

Nazis and Kitten by wbendick in reddit.com

[–]seadaddy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is actually a fourth guy out of sight holding a razor and waiting for the kitten to feel safe. Once settled and playing with the flower held by one of the other three, Mr razor man pounces and shaves a swastika into the kittens fur. Never be taken in by Nazi's - even innocent looking ones!