Recent content by Mikey

How the hell is it reasonable to shoot a man twelve times because he is running at you, when there is no evidence he has a firearm? Stun him, sure, hit him with a stick, but shoot at him twelve times?

I watched the first series, thought OHMYDAYSAMAZEBALLS and have since got through all the books; I've seen season 2 but not any of season 3 as at university I have no access to the channel it's on so am awaiting the DVD. Essentially I think the world is awesome, but the story has got bogged...

Dude, please. Irrelevant comment. Anyway, it was useful to use as a base to dominate the Mediterranean and thus beat the baddies in WWII, I say we've earned it now. As for UK-specific reasons to leave the EU: at the moment the vogue thing to worry about is an influx of Eastern European...

A large part of the issue is that a considerable proportion of the populace weren't alive when our membership of anything was put to a referendum, and many who were feel that what the EU is now is not what they signed up for then. (Not saying this is unique to Britain, of course, but that's the...

I know that Dr Who is a children's programme, but I hated that it had children in it this week.

I do love a good state funeral.

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Like you said, everything's been gone over several times so I don't want to jump into a huge discussion (and have no intention of doing so), but really? Sending over an armed force to forcibly take over a territory, regardless of the lack of casualties, is not aggressive? Britain started the...

The British repelling an Argentinian invasion of the Falklands is just so damn aggressive, isn't it?

Sometimes simplicity is best... In Soviet Russia...

Because naturally the holiday would have become just as wide-spread as it is today if the birth of Christ wasn't celebrated on it and it stayed a pagan festival, right?

There are a couple of reenactment shows in Kent every summer - the War and Peace Show (more display than reenactment, actually), and the Military Odyssey, which runs for about four days and has a WWII battle complete with vehicles and everything each afternoon. It's pretty cool. Lots of Nazi...

Pornography.

I don't get all the hate - where's the love, mangs? I mean, sure, it's not the greatest film of all time, or even of this year, but I didn't feel cheated of my five quid when I saw it. I liked the story of the book, and I think the film picked it up nicely. "Oh it's a stupid story that's so...

Wow, thanks for linking that Wooz. It was a fantastic read. Why is it though that I found the death of a dog a hell of a lot more poignant than anything else in the whole thing (even the deaths of the house's human occupants)?