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Listed below are comments made by potatolord between Wednesday, 30th September 2009 and Sunday, 6th December 2009.

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A flight that almost cost me my marriage 8:30pm on 06 Dec 2009 Carbon offsetting is such a scam. It's the papal indulgence of the 21st century...
The BNP and the white working class 10:34pm on 24 Oct 2009 " * 71. At 11:28am on 23 Oct 2009, Englishsupermodel wrote:

...This is England, not the Punjab, Kenya or Albania. We speak English here and English alone."

D00d, this just sounds bad.
Nick Griffin on Question Time 4:29pm on 23 Oct 2009 "316. At 3:12pm on 23 Oct 2009, TheBlameGame wrote:
286. At 2:22pm on 23 Oct 2009, potatolord wrote:"

Let me rephrase that Potato... if all men were like Jack Straw's father there wouldn't be any wars.(in an ideal world)
My family on my father's side has a rich and decorated military history, my father fought in the war but he and I were both of the opinion that it is immoral to force someone to bear arms. Sounds like you disagree.
If valuable resources were spent on Straw snr. it was hardly his fault, he didn't ask to be jailed."

Ah, if all men were like Jack Straw's father it would be a very different world indeed. If only everyone would hold hands and sing songs of togetherness under a rainbow sky then the world would be a far better place.

My family has a similar history to yours. I would agree that it is probably immoral to force a man to bear arms, however I would suggest that a man who won't stand up to defend his home and family is not worthy of the name.
Do you speak Race? 3:54pm on 23 Oct 2009 @39 Archimedes UK

"To those who are constantly worried about being caught out by the shifting sands of "political correctness"/courtesy: Just don't define people by what they look like or where they're from - judge them by who they are. "

Can we make Archimedes King of the forum for the day?
Do you speak Race? 3:50pm on 23 Oct 2009 In future, I would like everyone to refer to me as "Mr Superman, here is my cashcard and PIN Number XXXX" (with the xs replaced by their genuine PIN number).

I will be most offended if people do not do this.
Nick Griffin on Question Time 2:22pm on 23 Oct 2009 "265. At 1:53pm on 23 Oct 2009, TheBlameGame wrote:

No, if every man had acted like Jack Straw's father during the war, there wouldn't have been a war! Seemples. "

No, because there has to be fighting for there to be a war.

Jack Straw's father left others (like my relatives) to do the fighting, while valuable resources were spent on feeding him while he was in jail. Well done, Jack's dad. Not at all selfish, mate. A big pat on the back.
Nick Griffin on Question Time 1:59pm on 23 Oct 2009 Dreadful. I watched the first ten minutes and, rather than discussing current affairs, the economy or other policy matters, this was simply an oppoortunity for some (very poor, in the case of Jack Straw) professional politicians to fight over who got to sit on the moral high horse.

It's hardly a suprise that Mr Griffin holds some rather unpleasant views, so why bring this up constantly? What's the point? Lots of people have unpleasant opinions, but this is purely subjective. What I consider objectionable may be considered quite reasonable by others. However, Mr Griffin's denial of the holocaust is just stupid- it happened and can only be denied if you're idiot enough to ignore the acres of evidence.

As to Jack Straw's early assertion that we went to war against racism in the second world war: we didn't. We went to war because the German state became too aggressive to be tolerated. The claim about fighting racism is rubbish but seems to be becoming received wisdom.

All in all, a bad show on many levels, from both the BBC and our elected representatives.
'Labour's lost it,' says the Sun 4:52pm on 30 Sep 2009 @ I_Despise_Labour

"As I said, garbage!!! There's nothing sheep like about my voting, this will be the first time I've voted Tory. I'm not saying I dont want them, I said I dont trust them to extract us from Europe. I will vote UKIP next time in the hope that the anti-europe movement has gained a bit more ground by then.

I'm not relying on other people -that's the whole point. There are still a large number of people who would vote for my cat if I put a red rosette on it. There is always the client state that will vote for them. Rather than assuming the tories are going to get rid of them I'm going to vote for them to be on the safe side."

Yeah, I'm sure you've always intended to try harder next time. The trouble is that the next time never quite seems to arrive, does it?

I'm glad you've admitted that you're voting for a party you don't want as you're too afraid to vote for the party you do want. Well done, mate. Give yourself a pat on the back.
'Labour's lost it,' says the Sun 4:49pm on 30 Sep 2009 @ greatHayemaker

332. At 4:11pm on 30 Sep 2009, greatHayemaker wrote:
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Faulty logic at the end there.

"Martha, I would like to marry you on the grounds that you are not Julie."

A bit more like "Martha, I would like to marry you on the grounds that I am required to marry someone. Julie is repulsive, and all of the other possibilities will remain celibate for the rest of their lives."

Voting one of two ways is the unfortunate consequence of our system, but it is I'm afraid the only viable option. It is you who is naive if you believe otherwise."

Hmm. Or you could always just dip your toe in the water with the many other interesting candidates.

It's only a consequence as long as people believe that if they keep voting the way they are told they should, then in some magical future things will work out. They won't.

In many consituencies the LibDems actually might have a chance, between their traditional voters and the staunch labour voters who would never vote conservative under any conditions. But you won't vote for them "just in case".

For heaven's sake, if enough people vote Respect or BNP, the main parties may actually pay some attention.

Why not give it a try? What have you got to lose? Do you really think that the conservatives will be much better than labour? All the evidence suggests that there is little in it- they're both party machines and long ago lost any ideals they might have had.
'Labour's lost it,' says the Sun 3:52pm on 30 Sep 2009 @ I_Despise_Labour

"I'm not talking about forever, jsut this one time to be safe, and when I refer to people using their votes I mean the enormous percentage of people who cant be bothered. Once a higher proportion of people are voting then there is potential for reform of the system not before."

That sounds uncommonly like a small boy trying to say he's never done it before and promises never to do it again. Show some spirit and vote for the party you support. We all know Labour will lose, probably by a huge margin, so why not take this historic opportunity to vote the way you want to? Or are you relying on other people to do it for you?

"I am most certainly not part of the problem, I never voted for Labour. I dont think anyone has ever described my attitude as mealy mouthed before, lol. Of course you're entitled to your opinion (even if it is garbage)."

You are part of the problem. If people actually voted for the candidates they want rather than voting, sheep-like, for their favourite colour, we wouldn't be in this position. You fall into this category as, despite claiming to support a smaller party, you won't vote for them. It's a bit like people supporting Man U when they're from Bristol.

So, are you saying you're voting for a party you don't want, on the basis that you dislike another party more? What a strange way to behave...

"Martha, I would like to marry you on the grounds that you are not Julie."

Hahahahaha

Try voting for someone else- you never know, you might even like it.

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