mizdarby

Insects (polished) In my head You're not dead I am clinging to the threads Of everything I wish I said By the grave Desperate to believe In an invisible world up above Where the beloved spirits rove But the insects Feast on my doubts Breeding in your fetid body parts And if they are there, you are not Waiting to hear from you mum Waiting in silence for a long long time When needs must We strolled through the park Where your desires turned dark Primal urges are taking seed And you know just what you need Everytime you down another beer It gets harder to remember Sometimes no means no And inhibitions, you let them go You drown my screams in your beers Only seeing the love, and not the tears You will both feel sick in the morning But only one of us will be suffering

"My free-kick secret? I just look at the net and say 'Take the kick, Cristiano.'"..Cristiano Ronaldo Clearly one of the world's great thinkers. I win

Think you should.

Good valid points. Perhaps it's because I'm a blonde, that I don't fully appreciate the difference between criminality and civil cases. I would take the view, that should the law pass, and should I suffer a trolling campaign, then I could get the id of the troller, go to court and get some recompense, and though it would be a civil case, to myself it would feel like justice for actions against me, that felt like a criminal attack. So in respect to the proposed policies, it would be a civil matter, although personally in the more extreme cases, I would like the law to go further into the actual realm of criminality. For the average Joe, it would initially be worthless, but I suspect that new companies of 'legal experts' will spring up (like they did when ppi became an issue), eager to take up this new class of civil actions, on the usual no win no fee basis.

Sneaking in for the win

No pranks shouldn't be illegal. But say for example, you set off a bottle rocket as a prank, that shouldn't be illegal. But if that bottle rocket went through the neighbours' window, then you should expect consequences, of having to pay for the repair of the broken window. So using bad words on social media/through emails etc, shouldn't necessarily be illegal, but if those bad words cross the line, and become vicious/vile personal attacks which cause harmful emotions in the victim, possibly to the point of suicidal tendencies, should have consequences, which should be similar to the consequences of the same verbal attacks, in the real world. Apparently, an anti-trolling group in the USA, are trying to get trolling redefined as cyberstalking, which is already a criminal act, which I think would be an appropriate level of criminality for trolling. In many ways more extreme trolling is very similar to actual cyberstalking.

Definitely not too old at 24. A former work colleague has just undertaken a degree in history, and he has just turned 40.

Absolutely agree, it was a huge disappointment.

Twin sisters Mio and Mayu Amakura (Project Zero 2..Fatal Frame 2 in the USA) James Sunderland (Silent Hill 2) Claire Redfield (Resident Evil 2) Selphie Tilmitt (Final Fantasy VIII) Rinoa Heartilly (Final Fantasy VIII)

If you live in the US that is unforgivable. They're so hard to get hold of (or so expensive when you can find them) in the UK, I have to get a US friend to stuff their luggage with them whenever they come to visit. They get the easier end of the deal. In exchange, whenever we go that way, they always demand Oxo cubes. Try going through US customs with a box full of foil wrapped brown crumbly cubes. Fun times. Twinkies FTW. I am afraid I live in the UK, in a twinkie free city. I do have an american friend who now lives in the UK, I'll have to encourage her to smuggle me some in.

I live by a fairly basic set of principles Be the best you, that you can be. Always be the bigger person, and say sorry even if you are in the right. Challenge every science fact you have ever learnt, sometimes science has got things wrong. Try to do something new every week. The aim is to make me more compassionate to my fellow man, to not let harsh words ruin good friendships, to have a clearer understanding of how things really work, and to widen my range of life experiences.

Sad fact number 1. I have never eaten a twinkie.

I was hoping to polish them up a little, and then see if I can add a few more. Thanks.

Wow a bunch of really good answers. I will concur with the general consensus, that enforcing any form of anti-trolling law across international borders, would be pretty difficult, and I will soften my stance to this degree, that insensitive trolling would be best dealt with using the old mantra 'Don't feed the troll'. But in the case of racial hate speech/the promotion of violence/other serious illegal activities, that would be a crime in many parts of the world, that such instances should result in the same sort of sanctions, as if the same hate speech/promtion of violence/other serious illegal activity was used in a face to face situation. I would like to think, that two nations (say UK and USA), could use their own law agencies, to pass information about that sort of trolling, to be dealt with ,as the native nation of the troll feel they should. Obviously this would only apply, to two nations, where the troll posts, breaks the law of both nations. And in the extreme cases, where trolling is a clear factor, in forcing vulnerable persons over the edge, leading up to the victim taking their own life, the trolling should be treated as culpable manslaughter, and should end up with the same sort of custodial sentence as any other manslaughter act.

The House of Commons is about to start debating a Law Against Trolls or, as they would call it, an amendment to the Defamation Act. It would basically let internet providers off the hook for the publication of their content, so long as they signed up to divulge the identity of any of their users. To warrant such a disclosure, the injured party would have to show that their reputation had been significantly damaged; then they would be given the offender's identity, and would be free to pursue a civil case. Online abuse still won't be a criminal offence, even if the bill is passed. It has wide support in parliament, so is not intended to be a very heated debate: I want to watch it to see how many MPs actually know what a troll is. The spectre of the internet troll, is one of the most distasteful side effects of the openness of the internet. The case of Darren Burton (aka Nimrod Severn), brought to light by the BBC, was a serial troll, fond of leaving racist messages on RIP facebook profiles, is an example of the lowlife that to all effects 'bully' people on social media like twitter. Another example is Sean Duffy who posted this comment'I fell asleep on the track lolz' on the tribute page of Natasha MacBryde who was killed by a passenger train. Should my government (or perhaps more importantly should your government) make the act of internet trolling a criminal offence. Or is the individuals' right to anonymity of paramount importance, thus making it impossible to enforce any anti-trolling law. Would a anti-trolling act be a form of censorship of the internet. If trolling did become a criminal offence, what sort of 'sentencing' would be appropiate, a jail term, or just financial sanctions to compensate the victims of trolling. My stance is, trolls that post comments with clear racist/promoting violence against women/or things that are currently illegal tones, should be 'outed' and their rights to anonymity waived, and though my preferred sentence would involve sharp knives and sensitive body parts, I would settle for the victims gaining financial recompense.

Help setting a world record, one post at a time. :)

Congratulations on finding yourself a job Renn. $7.25 an hour, seems a fairly low reward for your employment, but if you can manage to live on that, it's enough. I share a house with two other families (one floor each), and am currently the only person with a job in the entire house. The other families survive entirely on the welfare system, and would probably love to be in gainful employment.

Being one of the buy secondhand brigade my list for this year is a bit dated. Titan Quest Immortal Throne Dear Esther Divinity 2 Kingdoms of Amalar (not secondhand) my one big purchase of the year Silent Hill Homecoming Dungeon Siege 3 Oblivion and Skyrim (got discount on trading in KoA) Short but pretty classy list.

ashkan33- Some kind of global insurgence, with the destabilisation of the current political systems, beginning with the middle east, is quite a plausible scenario, there does appear to be some underlying malcontent in several of the world's major power blocks, for instance my own countries long standing double dip recession, though not quite in the realm of a revolutionary movement, is certainly causing the ordinary man issues with the perceived quality of his/her life. Nice idea. Marx was a pretty smart guy I think. mariary- Okay, perhaps some suggestion of your preferred way of the the world ending, or the one you feel might just be possible, would be appreciated.

Final Fantasy 7 and 8. 7 had the materia system which I loved, but 8 had the better characters. Classics.

This will probably surprise you, but I actually agree with the validity of your point. Having foreign interests built into a presidential campaign,(through political donations) would compromise the integrity of american president. I suspect that Mitt Romney has probably shot himself in the foot, by so visibly embracing foreign funding. Of course this basically hands Obama his second presidential term on a plate, for better or worse.

DOUGHNUT! CHOCOLATE! PANCAKES! Twinkies

Thanks jim_uk, very informative link.

Considering the huge sums of money, required to run a successful (or unsuccessful) presidential campaign, I think that a prospective candidate has got to grab funds from wherever they can, regardless of the nationality of the source. The only proviso I think there should be, is not the nationality of the source of funds, but the 'safety' of the source, for instance getting funds from an organisation that has strong links to breaking human right issues, would be political 'suicide'. As for dual citizenship, it happens all the time. Sport leaps to mind. In my own country we have/or have had people like Zola Budd (Born in South Africa), Owen Hargreaves (Raised in Canada), Jonathan Trott (South African again) etc who have all represented England at the highest level, and are considered to be English. The USA have the similar situation, Martina Navratilova (Born in Czechoslovakia) leaps to mind.

veni vidi vici :thumbsup: