Recent content by Natasha_LB

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    Police brutality: would you intervene?

    Kinda of. As a photographer I always have my DSLR with me, and I would always film of photograph anything I felt was wrong (Even though I believe that's actually illegal over here now) I have only intervened to stop brutality on one occasional. My partner was being sectioned because of her...
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    So, lets talk about racism for a minute

    Two wrongs do certainly not make a right, however some some wrongs have existed for far longer than others. Minority groups deserve a leg up, because of how much we have been (And still are) pushed down. I'm all for eliminating discrimination, but while negative discrimination still exists, then...
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    So, lets talk about racism for a minute

    Yeah right, it'll make things worse.... because granting people who have been discriminated against a tiny bit of the privilege that others have enjoyed for years, would be silly: Whereas if the majority group have the privilege (Both in the past and now), then that's fine is it? I'll make...
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    So, lets talk about racism for a minute

    There is negative discrimination, and there is positive discrimination. As a member of a highly discriminated against group myself, I have experienced both kinds. They both suck! They both remind me that people see me as different to themselves, any reminder that I am different is exactly what I...
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    Poll: Is treating women in Gentlemanly way Sexist?

    I think being "gentlemanly" only towards women is sexist, but it is not a bad thing as such... what is bad is that you do not treat men the same way to! I have had plenty of guys help me to get my bags up the gap on to trains, and hold doors open for me, and I appreciate that greatly, and if I...
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    Cop goes to wrong house, shoots owners dog.

    This is disgusting!!! Here in the UK our police don't carry firearms, you know why? Because our cops aren't cowards. If a cop ever shot someone's dog like that over here, they would be straight in the lock up! Why did the officer walk in with his weapon drawn? Why did he open fire within...
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    Writing on the wall - A chance to be a part of Escapist history!

    Natasha_LB I don't care about the font. Great idea by the way!!
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    Poll: Forum Anxiety?

    My post count probably gives it away : ( I've been here a long time, but I'm very rarely confident enough to post. It's interesting to see that this affects other people as well, I thought perhaps is was a spill over from my general anxiety, but the fact that other people have it suggest that...
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    Anonymous Threatens Internet With "Operation Blackout"

    I'm a bit dissapointed : ( I don't think it was a "real anon" plot, just some posers out for attention (I know that anyone can be a member, blah blah blah, but it reality it's not that simple), there were too many holes in the plan for it to have been "real anon". But I still hoped it would...
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    Lessons You "Learned The Hard Way"

    Never go the bathroom alone in a club once you're drunk... there's always a small chance you might fall asleep in there. Don't trust the adverts, epilators are not painless. Don't go more than 4 days without sleep. Always, always, always bring more rolls of film than you need. Never let...
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    Healthcare

    Stupid people will always be stupid, forcing them to shell out for healthcare would probably make them more lightly to follow advice, so as to keeps their own costs as low as possible, but I feel that the negatives of having a private healthcare system far out ways this very small positive...
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    Should the overweight pay more for airfare?

    Okay the seat inset valued in terms of weight... but the point is, they're allowed to fly with more weight that I can, for the same bloody price. What if I wore big baggy clothes and shoved loads of my stuff in side them (So that I was a similar weight to them), then after getting my checking my...
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    Should the overweight pay more for airfare?

    I'm not suggesting that all fat people are like this, although after a reread of my post I will admit that I could have perhaps worded my post a little more carefully. However that has been my experience of sitting next to obese people on planes, I used to fly around 8 times a year, and that was...
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    Should the overweight pay more for airfare?

    Hell yeah they should, and here's why... I'm a pretty skinny girl, I also used to fly a hell of a lot (Sadly not so much over the last few years - I miss it). As a photographer I was quite often transporting a fair amount of equipment with me, nothing is more annoying that being 4kg over the...
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    LulzSec Leader Outed As FBI Rat

    Nope!I remember browsing it myself!! I had quite a laugh at it!! It should have been better protected!! It's the equivalent of a hole in the side of a bank vault, can you really say you wouldn't stick your hand in and take some cash if you walked past? Besides, any cash that was withdrawn...