Hockey_saint Posted 25 February, 2015 Share Posted 25 February, 2015 Well, generally speaking. The monarch and her representatives follow a neutral position in the politics of the day, but there is a theoretical opportunity to interfere in certain situations. Check out what happened in Australia in 1975 - the Governor General, Sir John Kerr, dismissed the government of Gough Whitlam and installed Malcolm Fraser as the new P.M. This was referred to as "The Dismissal". The same thing could quite easily have occurred in Canada in 2008, if Governor-General Michaelle Jean had denied the controversial request for prorogation. She agreed to Harper's desperate ploy because she feared a "dreadful crisis" if she had refused. Argh you beat me to it! Every Australian when you bring up the subject of governors uses this example. She has no "real" power here either you know. That's kinda why our politicians are so crooked today. In the old days they were there to temper the power of the monarch. Now she has no power and they have it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 26 February, 2015 Share Posted 26 February, 2015 Well, generally speaking. The monarch and her representatives follow a neutral position in the politics of the day, but there is a theoretical opportunity to interfere in certain situations. Check out what happened in Australia in 1975 - the Governor General, Sir John Kerr, dismissed the government of Gough Whitlam and installed Malcolm Fraser as the new P.M. This was referred to as "The Dismissal". The same thing could quite easily have occurred in Canada in 2008, if Governor-General Michaelle Jean had denied the controversial request for prorogation. She agreed to Harper's desperate ploy because she feared a "dreadful crisis" if she had refused. The "dreadful crisis" would have been the exit of the british monarchy from Canada........which in my opinion would be a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakeySFC Posted 26 February, 2015 Share Posted 26 February, 2015 I just cannot get my head around Sarnia, don't know what his deal is. If he's just a troll then I guess he should be applauded for getting so many bites I guess, I've yet to work out whether he's American or Canadian yet, he lives in Canada but posts as if he's a Fox News watching god-loving, gun-toting American, or is this just his troll persona? Is he really just an innocent teenager that gets a kick out of winding up a bunch of elder mongboard enthusiasts? He (or possibly his troll persona) remind me quite a lot of Eric Cartman from South Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 26 February, 2015 Share Posted 26 February, 2015 I quite like America. They make good films and have got Walt Disney World. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 27 February, 2015 Share Posted 27 February, 2015 I just cannot get my head around Sarnia, don't know what his deal is. If he's just a troll then I guess he should be applauded for getting so many bites I guess, I've yet to work out whether he's American or Canadian yet, he lives in Canada but posts as if he's a Fox News watching god-loving, gun-toting American, or is this just his troll persona? Is he really just an innocent teenager that gets a kick out of winding up a bunch of elder mongboard enthusiasts? He (or possibly his troll persona) remind me quite a lot of Eric Cartman from South Park. I'm a Canadian........ born in Southampton...........not trolling but just reminding some that they have no clue about the US...........and like I said live 2 miles away........haven't been a teenager for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey_saint Posted 27 February, 2015 Share Posted 27 February, 2015 I just cannot get my head around Sarnia, don't know what his deal is. If he's just a troll then I guess he should be applauded for getting so many bites I guess, I've yet to work out whether he's American or Canadian yet, he lives in Canada but posts as if he's a Fox News watching god-loving, gun-toting American, or is this just his troll persona? Is he really just an innocent teenager that gets a kick out of winding up a bunch of elder mongboard enthusiasts? He (or possibly his troll persona) remind me quite a lot of Eric Cartman from South Park. So because he disagrees with your opinion, he's a troll? come on; this board would be rubbish if we all sat there and completely agreed with everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 27 February, 2015 Share Posted 27 February, 2015 So because he disagrees with your opinion, he's a troll? come on; this board would be rubbish if we all sat there and completely agreed with everything. At the very least, he's picking a píss poor strategy to make his point. He continually claims that no-one knows what they're talking about, but instead of explaining why, his preferred method of debate is finding random knife crime in the UK, as if that matters. I reckon he's about 14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 27 February, 2015 Share Posted 27 February, 2015 I see some American students took an Emu and beat it to death. Probably thought is was a Muslim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakeySFC Posted 27 February, 2015 Share Posted 27 February, 2015 So because he disagrees with your opinion, he's a troll? come on; this board would be rubbish if we all sat there and completely agreed with everything. I didn't give an opinion for Sarnia to disagree or agree with, the point of my previous post wasn't to call Sarnia a troll, it was merely me thinking out loud attempting to analyse Sarnia's motives and thought processes when applied to this particular Mongboard, "The Man Behind the Keyboard" if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 28 February, 2015 Share Posted 28 February, 2015 At the very least, he's picking a píss poor strategy to make his point. He continually claims that no-one knows what they're talking about, but instead of explaining why, his preferred method of debate is finding random knife crime in the UK, as if that matters. I reckon he's about 14. OK will explain why..........99.9% of Americans are really good people .....you lot have never lived among them or even interacted with them...........so your views are what you see or read on the UK media or I went to Disney World once type of reactions........know that it ****es you off but you really are clueless. Spelling OK for a 14 year old?? Just admit you lost the argument LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 28 February, 2015 Share Posted 28 February, 2015 (edited) I see some American students took an Emu and beat it to death. Probably thought is was a Muslim. It was !!! Edited 28 February, 2015 by SarniaSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 28 February, 2015 Share Posted 28 February, 2015 (edited) OK will explain why..........99.9% of Americans are really good people .....you lot have never lived among them or even interacted with them...........so your views are what you see or read on the UK media or I went to Disney World once type of reactions........know that it ****es you off but you really are clueless. Spelling OK for a 14 year old?? Just admit you lost the argument LOL Definitely the best way to win an argument when presented with facts and statistics around US gun ownership and homicide rate and deaths per thousand etc at the hands of these weapons is to a) brazenly make up meaningless stats in response ("really good" and guaranteed to to work 99.9% of the time) b) Post up links of reports about British police stopping someone from commiting a crime with a knife. Just so relevant and bang on the money. Yep. Well done. You have smashed this. Hands down. Edited 28 February, 2015 by CB Fry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 1 March, 2015 Share Posted 1 March, 2015 Definitely the best way to win an argument when presented with facts and statistics around US gun ownership and homicide rate and deaths per thousand etc at the hands of these weapons is to a) brazenly make up meaningless stats in response ("really good" and guaranteed to to work 99.9% of the time) b) Post up links of reports about British police stopping someone from commiting a crime with a knife. Just so relevant and bang on the money. Yep. Well done. You have smashed this. Hands down. LOL......... You really do have a problem some where inside your pea sized ......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Saint Posted 1 March, 2015 Share Posted 1 March, 2015 OK will explain why..........99.9% of Americans are really good people .....you lot have never lived among them or even interacted with them...........so your views are what you see or read on the UK media or I went to Disney World once type of reactions........know that it ****es you off but you really are clueless. Spelling OK for a 14 year old?? Just admit you lost the argument LOL Now I know you are delusional. Asking Pap to admit losing an argument Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 1 March, 2015 Share Posted 1 March, 2015 LOL......... You really do have a problem some where inside your pea sized ......... Touche indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 1 March, 2015 Share Posted 1 March, 2015 Now I know you are delusional. Asking Pap to admit losing an argument Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 1 March, 2015 Share Posted 1 March, 2015 It was !!! Why don't you go back to supporting ice hockey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 Why don't you go back to supporting ice hockey? LOL ...........you are the clueless of the clueless .........LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 That a Selfie???.....ooooooohhhhh scary LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 Touche indeed. Never touched ya ............LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 LAPD "helping" the homeless yesterday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPKHbi09emg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 LAPD "helping" the homeless yesterday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPKHbi09emg Yeah but pap, someone got stabbed in Britain at some point. So, there's that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 That's effing disgusting btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 Unbelievable. The LAPD have an appalling reputation but this is utterly sickening, in both its inevitable escalation of violence on the part of the police, and its sheer paramilitary lawlessness. I predict, based on recent events, that they'll be cleared in due course by a Grand Jury who will be presented with 'evidence' that they had no choice but to put five bullets at close range into the head and body of a homeless man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpb Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 It's worth mentioning that all murders in the UK do make the front page of local newspapers (at least) because they are still news. I really doubt that that happens in the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 That a Selfie???.....ooooooohhhhh scary LOL No, it's a cultural reference - Jabba's pet from Return of the Jedi. It signifies the emergence of someone visible, but not really crucial to the plot. It's a sensible rejoinder to a "me too" comment and/or poster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/02/two-houston-children-die-accidentally-shooting-themselves?CMP=fb_gu 4 year old and 3 year old shoot themselves dead in Texas. Not sure sh*t like this has EVER happened in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 School dispute http://trib.al/FOP4zTg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 Meanwhile in Hedge End KFC man takes a swing at another man. No one hurt. http://m.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11826222.Controversial_car_dealer_missed_two_upper_cuts_on_martial_arts_expert_who_tried_to_break_up_row_between_him_and_his_wife_in_KFC/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KelvinsRightGlove Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 Meanwhile in Hedge End KFC man takes a swing at another man. No one hurt. http://m.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11826222.Controversial_car_dealer_missed_two_upper_cuts_on_martial_arts_expert_who_tried_to_break_up_row_between_him_and_his_wife_in_KFC/ Makes you wish you lived in a land where everyone owns guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 LAPD "helping" the homeless yesterday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPKHbi09emg If only all the bystanders and the homeless bloke had owned guns. Then they could have shot the policemen. USA! USA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 But remember, we've all lost the argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 LAPD "helping" the homeless yesterday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPKHbi09emg That is shocking. It's just an execution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 that vid is insane. THE only thing you could think went on was the homeless chap (whilst getting battered) went for one of their guns/got the gun....but...jesus christ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 Fu ck me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxford_lou Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 I'm speechless. Utter depravity. If that wasn't caught on film, people wouldn't believe it to be true. One of the most powerful outcomes of social media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 Pap (serious question) is that one of your mates videos (Ala Lee Rigby) or this is actually for real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-31688942 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 LOL at all the reaction ..............you don't know what really happened any more than I do.......but you have made your minds up already..........if only the cops had knives!!!! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 No, it's a cultural reference - Jabba's pet from Return of the Jedi. It signifies the emergence of someone visible, but not really crucial to the plot. It's a sensible rejoinder to a "me too" comment and/or poster. So a selfie then....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 2 March, 2015 Share Posted 2 March, 2015 LOL at all the reaction ..............you don't know what really happened any more than I do.......but you have made your minds up already..........if only the cops had knives!!!! LOL LOL LOL LOL!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 3 March, 2015 Share Posted 3 March, 2015 LOL LOL LOL!!!! Yeah LOL....boy!!......come back at me when you know what you're talking about.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 3 March, 2015 Share Posted 3 March, 2015 Hey Guys keep me informed about the latest shootings.........miss most of them......... such a big place over here.......not some tiny island off europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 3 March, 2015 Share Posted 3 March, 2015 Hey Guys keep me informed about the latest shootings.........miss most of them......... such a big place over here.......not some tiny island off europe Surely such a big place has some sort of redneck forum you could fck off to and talk about pick-up trucks and shiny guns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 3 March, 2015 Share Posted 3 March, 2015 Hey Guys keep me informed about the latest shootings.........miss most of them......... such a big place over here.......not some tiny island off europe You still have time to dig out irrelevant stories about people not being stabbed in tiny little old Hampshire, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxford_lou Posted 3 March, 2015 Share Posted 3 March, 2015 LOL at all the reaction ..............you don't know what really happened any more than I do.......but you have made your minds up already..........if only the cops had knives!!!! LOL Someone died. Have a bit of respect, Sarnia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 3 March, 2015 Share Posted 3 March, 2015 LOL at all the reaction ..............you don't know what really happened any more than I do.......but you have made your minds up already..........if only the cops had knives!!!! LOL Yep, then they could have stabbed him to death and saved ammo. Doesn't this sort of thing bother you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 4 March, 2015 Share Posted 4 March, 2015 Surely such a big place has some sort of redneck forum you could fck off to and talk about pick-up trucks and shiny guns LOL ............. loser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 4 March, 2015 Share Posted 4 March, 2015 You still have time to dig out irrelevant stories about people not being stabbed in tiny little old Hampshire, though. Easy to find a small place and all!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 4 March, 2015 Share Posted 4 March, 2015 Someone died. Have a bit of respect, Sarnia. Tell me where I didn't show any respect Lou..........go on tell me !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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