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Moving stuff. As for no profit in aiding Africa - it is interesting to see how the Chinese are making their presence felt in Africa these days. They are going in there and giving aid without strings - but also make loads of trade agreements and securing access to natural resources. Africa needs to g...

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My point is, there is a difference between hungry eyes (which are offending) and a small headturn. With the latter I have no problems. And yes, I rather see a small headturn than instantaneously puking! So, let me get this straight, other men admiring your girlfriend is ok - it's just the extent of...

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Shaf, there is always potential for disaster when you have people have stronger affiliation with another group other than "Iraqi" or "Kenyan". If they feel strongly about rallying behind their particular religious sect, political party or ethnic group, then it becomes more impor...

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The feeling of pride which a man gets when he knows that his wife or gf is viewed as attractive by other males - and even women - is a perfectly natural one, in western society at least (I will admit that things might change a little in Eastern or more conservative parts of the world). Any guy bein...

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I bet a girlfriend or wife of a super hot/rich n powerful guy would feel the same when her guy is at the receiving end of ogling. Now let me ask how many of us men dont like strutting it around... or should that guy be behind the black clothes as well? Well, typically the cultures who do encourage ...

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So I agree Iraq and other misdemeanors are atrocious - but lets not throw the baby out with the bathwater. War is ugly - but still governed by rules such as the Geneva Conventions, and therefore there exists 'war crimes'. Whilst I am glad that Hitler was defeated, that does not mean we should view ...

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This leads onto in similarity to those held at GB. Those prisoners are not prisoners of war, they are terrorists or suspected terrorists who wear no uniform and do not attack military, they target and kill innocent people. They are nothing but cowards and a disgrace to their religion, like that oth...

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Yes, there's a real correlation between society and how it treats its people male and female. When society itself looks upon their womenfolk with low regards and treated unfairly,to the point of being bias in every sense of the word; women are easy prey to abuse of all sort whether at home, work an...

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My 11 year old daughter was in the school Christmas concert which featured a medley of song, music and dance. The seniors in her school did a number of dance routines and in one girls who looked around 13 to 15 (clearly not yet women, but post-puberty) were dressed in red silk pyjama bottoms and cli...

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We get an extra day in February too, being a Leap Year. How does that work out in the Islamic calendar? :? :? :? Knight No need for leap years in the Islamic calendar as the years (actually the months) aren't fixed. Lunar months can vary from place to place as it depends on the crescent of the moon...

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A happy new year to you too. To my knowledge Islam does not invite muslims to do anything in particular on the first of Muharram than on any other day of the year. The fact that some battles and a tragic martyrdom (which was part of a civil war, muslim kiling muslim) is not related to the new year i...

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7177702.stm This story got me thinking. Generally, I'm all for terrorists being locked up - no ifs or buts, but if you kill innocents intentionally, then you forfeit the right to freedom. I'm not sure whether it is reassuring or frightening that we only seem to be catch...

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Irish terrorists did target British citizens - bombs went off on the UK mainland and they also targeted British troops. However, I don't recall Irish people being locked up for just intending to go and fight (but perhaps I'm wrong - were some the guys interned just sympathisers?) And whilst the Iris...

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Flying Dutchman wrote:So, what is your answer to your original question?

I think we would not have locked him up if he was going to join Bin Laden to fight the Russians in Afghanistan.

Cheers,
Shafique

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Yes, it would have been helpful to stop outsiders from going to join a foreign cause. I'm sure those foreign governments would have appreciated it. It didn't happen though and nothing can be done about that. jabbajabba makes good points. In the case of Afghanistan, the UK and US helped fund and tra...

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If you don't want people to look then why are you showing Come on now, they look anyway, no matter what you wear. Hey, perhaps the men should have a bag or sheet draped over their heads all the time so that we women won't have to see them staring. :lol: Come on now - there is a world of difference ...

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Come on now dressing modestly will not surely draw less attention, take the case of men in segregated societies though their womenfolk are all covered up they still draw attention and men do stares as if the women wears nothing. As pointed out earlier, its sheer hypocrisy of the men to blame the op...

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I think prosecuting him under a law that labelled his future intended actions as 'Terrorism' is eroding civil liberties. I've argued that openly opposing an occupying military force does not constitute terrorism. There are enough laws to prosecute and lock up people who intend to kill. Cheers, Shafi...

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I think everyone should stop wearing clothes.. n then people will get used to seeing naked bodies and realize.. eeww. 75% are not really that hot as they used to think.. Do you think anyone is any doubt what a naked female body looks like? Or are you advocating that everyone sees how 'un-normal' th...

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This was one of our favourite shows in the 70s. My parents (who were immigrants to the UK loved the show - and were quite proud of the fact Francoise Pascal - the French lady in the prog - is from Mauritius.) The you-tube clip brought on a pang of nostalgia - enough for me to go and download all 29 ...

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No probs St Luc - it's 5GB of Divx goodness - I'll be saving it to an external HDD so can transfer to a laptop or to another HDD.

Probably take a couple of days to download though as I'm also downloading other goodies.

Will post back when complete.

Cheers,
Shafique

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dup post - stupid internet delays!

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DK - just did a Google and it appears you are in luck. There are DVD-rips of S1 out there, I'll just need to check whether people are sharing them or not. There are 13 episodes in S1 and each programme is about 350mb. I remember it fondly too, but I think it would be cringeingly bad to watch now (I ...

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I do remember the Tomorrow People! However I am old and decrepit and can even remember the very very first episode of Dr Who! I saw a re-run on BBC2 in the UK of one of the later B7 epiosdes and yes, it was all wobbly BBC sets and really crap acting, but S1 had just that something special. I have l...

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St Luc - have you watched Fawlty Towers?

This must be available on You Tube and I think it is also available as a stream (good quality) on www.joox.net

Cheers,
Shafique

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French and saunders was the other one I used to like. Dads army was alrite as well. Theres another one about a group of vicars but cant remember the name now :( used to be funny as well. aahhh these were the best of the British Comedy. Guess now they cant make them the way they used to because they...

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shafiq u and comedy? i thought the last time you laughed was 1974. I used think , you only read (or watch). 1 = encyclopedia 2= Human physiology 3= History of europe :) I have varied tastes... at the risk of showing off.. Last night I watched 'Juno' - a new film (highly recommended), read a bit of ...

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