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Understanding politics, politics through the new young mind..

I am fairly new the politics and you will have to bare with me. But the way I see politics is with alot of the old and new policies there's always the people who gain and the people that lose out, of...

VHG

IMF bosses to get big bonuses?

So the G20 meeting has said: "To help countries with troubled economies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will get extra resources worth up to $750bn". So if the IMF has done so well do you think...

JockSporran

Why the hatred against religion?

Please, please, please I don't want to hear the usual ranty arguments against the existence of God or afterlife, I just want to know why the hatred against religious belief. Nobody today is forced to...

LazyGun

Minimum Turnout - UK national or local elections

Is there a legally required minimum turnout for a UK national or local election result to be declared valid?

legend758duo

Is paedophilia becoming acceptable on here?

Im posting this in response to some of the answers ive received about the arrests and convictions of the people behind the pedo ring in england.I said 700 others are guilty but im told they may be...

legend758duo

700 pedophiles arrested !!!

Read this story just makes you think you really dont know who youre talking to online does it? The host of the pedo site was a 27 year old from buxhall in suffolk. Makes you think tho ??...

anotheoldgit

Are Pakistan our friend or enemy?

Since Pakistan is the majoy training ground for insurgents into Iraq, and the recent statement over Salman Rushdie's knighthood, made by one of it's ministers, and I quote-: If someone exploded a bomb...

Le Chat

Abortion

Why in 2007, when there are so, so many contraceptions at hand, has there been an increase of 140k abortions since 2005? The Pill, the coil, condom, femidom, depro provera injection (lasts 6mths-1yr)...

johnlambert

Bernard Manning dies

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles /news/news.html?in_article_id=462879&in_page_i d=1770 noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!! may he rest in peace

legend759

anyone watching bbc3 now??

2 pints of lager is on. janet is on and i have to say she has a rather tasteful red vest top on.her hair is looking a bit windswept.shes looking very cute.and has an ample bosom.in facty shes got a...

ultraman

satan's rebellion

People who go to church and have strong beliefs will tell you that god is all mighty and that he will save you. If you tell them that you believe in god in your own way they will normally get mad and...

Gromit

The new Islamic State in Gaza

For many years Israel and the US refused to negotiate with Arafat and Fatah who wanted Palastine to be a secular state. Now that Hamas has seize control of Gaza, there is now effectively a new Islamic...

jojojojoanne

life

is humanity 'mindless?' (artificial intelligence, the brain, notions of intelligence,consciousness, context/situation/ dependent and any 'limitations')

AB Asks

Sexual health crisis

A sexual health crisis among Britain's youth is being fuelled by drugs and alcohol a report has shown. There has been a sharp increase in the number of STIs and teenage pregnancies and there is 'no...

fairkatrina

American / Russian missiles

Is no one else worried that we're heading straight into another cold war???? It seems the only thing the US has learnt from the past is to do things in reverse order, as we've already had the new...

vehelpfulguy

Mortgages and economics

Today was an announcement that mortgages are starting to become 10 times people salaries. Can anyone explain how this scenario below is going to work and make us compete on the world stage. 1) We are...

jollygreen

40th anniversary of the six day war

Is anyone else surprised at the lack of media coverage? This was, in my humble opinion, a genuine attempt by Israel to secure their country and their security, they knocked the **** out of their...

lightoftruth

HURRAH!..for mr putin

Its good to see that at least one country is willing to stand up for itself against the global bully that is american! If the americans truly wanted missile defense they would build it in there own...

brionon

Majority

Once again T. Blair tells us what the 'Overwhelming Majority' of Muslims think. Since he can't possibly know do you think this is the same sort of thinking that makes him a 'Convinced' christian. That...