I hate beating around the bush. It takes too much time away from the forum that truly matters (the video game forum). Now change my tag above my avatar, or you shall suffer great consequences!!!!

why should i ... its nice to hear words of wisdom from time to time ...

Holy shit. Give the kid a break. After all, he DID have to watch his mother suffer the scrutiny of the heartless media on a daily basis, and that's enough to make an iconoclast out of the most established of Establishment families. Everybody's beating up on him because everybody (apparently) has nothing better to do in January of 2005. So it's pretty obvious that the Idiot Club has no problem finding charter members these days.

Christ, they actually made a (highly-rated) sitcom back in the 1960s where the cast wore Nazi uniforms on a regular basis, and some of them were Jews. Of course the Nazis were totally insane. That's the whole point of black comedy: you may find humour in the darkest of places.

I guess none of you ever watched The Life of Brian, which should be required viewing for anyone who thought that The Passion was an "important" film.

Hey now, i didn't say that he deserves it, and the difference between Harry and a normal celebrity is that he didn't go out actively seeking his status or the attention, he was born into it. I dont give two shits about what Harry does, but he has a responsibility to present a good global image of Britain, because lets face it, with the state of the UK right now, we need someone to go out and preach us up a little. That said, if Prince Harry want's to fritter away an opportunity to become very infulential and powerful for a life of more ordinary things then thats up to him.

I, for one , wouldn't really want to be famous - for press intrusion and incidents like this would make it ultimately not worth it.

And as for your Brian coment and the one about the 1960's Nazi Comedy [Allo Allo?] you terribly under-estimate everyone here, as i can tell you that i have seen The Life of Brian, and i can guarantee alot of other people here have too.

If the UK is in need of spiritual revival, I for one can't wait for the London premiere of V for Vendetta. :wink:

Harry might as well do whatever the hell he wants... because he's always going to be an also-ran and he's never going to be able to please anyone. Screw the media. (You Brits seem obsessed with tabloids and Page 3??? girls, or whatever page it is you reserve for busty Brit-chicks.) Back in the c12, he'd be off to the Crusades as a second son (as they weren't entitled to much). Charles may NEVER be king. William will mos def serve his "purpose" for a very long time after Liz shuffles off.

Allo Allo? Was that a Brit-com? I was thinking of Hogan's Heroes, which starred that famous public fornicator Bob Crane.

Life of Brian was great. It is reported that even your religious establishment took notice of it.

And good old Black Adder actually did a story arc about WW I trench warfare

Most remarkably, HHGTG deals briefly with the total destruction of our planet... all for the sake of an intergalactic bypass.

(We watch a LOT of British TV in Canada.)

Thing is, us brits are NOT obsessed with tabloids, the tabloids are overly agressive towards celebrities here and that actually disgusts more people than it interests.

Infact i remember when the Tsunami disaster had just occured, the trashy Sun tabloid [uks most popular too sadly] which we used to get featured it on a HALF page spread on its frontpage, reserving the top half for Abi Titmuss, a z-list Paris hilton of the UK, lying in a near nude bedsheet pose and inviting readers to come strip with Abi.

My mother, unsurprisingly, flung the paper out and changed it to a different paper on the spot. About time. UK tabloids have a tendancy to totally destroy celebrities on a daily basis: something ive always frowned upon.


Uhm. What the hell? UK isnt a huge cult, we have different churches and religions, im a Roman Catholic.

That's fucking hilarious.. Bottom line: Harry is crying out for attention since his older brother is more focused on in the Media since he looks remarkably like his Mother... It boils down to the fact that Harry needs to bow out for awhile and let this blow over... He could've went with any other costume and he went with what he did prompting me to wonder whether this kid studied History or not.. Gee?? I think I'll dress up like John Wayne Gacy today, like a Clown and see how that goes over.. ](*,)

From what I hear, your tabloids sell incredibly well - so well, in fact, that you have MANY to choose from. And, as I pointed out before, they pander to the LCD by giving them plenty of T & A. What nation could possibly be more breast-obsessed than Blightey, what oh?

At least your mother is a sensible, intelligent woman. (I never doubted it for a second.)

And yet, who are WE to look down our noses at tabloid-tactics? Look at your avatar... and I'm just as "bad" with my Bellucci group. It's just that I'd rather look at her than some royal (dressed up as a Nazi) ANY day of the week. Diana was incredibly photogenic, but she's gone now... so what's left for the papparazzi (sp?) to fuss over?

I mentioned the religious establishment taking notice of the Monty Python film because it stirred up a lot of discussion. And how great is that, eh? There's nothing I enjoy discussing more, and yet it's just not done in polite conversation :-$



Um... they don't call it C of E for nothing, you know.

(I didn't know that RCs even EXISTED in the UK. :wink:

Mike, obviously you're one of my favorite members, and I wouldn't want you to feel uncomfortable here or anything, but how on Earth can you act as if that shit hole of a forum , run by the swastika wearing idiot , was run in a better fashion? Those anal rules, and his immaturity in enforcing them, destroyed that place. It was hardly any fun, and nobody goes there because of that. If you recall, it was BEFORE those retarded rules were implemented, that everybody loved that place. We couldn't say "shit", because Sean decided to dictate what was "a better way to communicate"? Are you serious? The guy with no people or communication skills decided to decide for the rest of us how best to communicate. Talk about your oxymorons...and morons would also apply where he's concerned.

Forums don't need Hitler's armies heavily controlling and policing the actions of the people. We SHOULD be able to express ourselves, not be controlled in the way we communicate. When something really gets out of hand, then a mod can step in, but come on, how does moderating and being "the boss" do anything but cause a bunch of shit that's easier to avoid when you just work together for a common goal. People are relaxed, and that's how they should be. This isn't a job, it's a recreational activity. It shouldn't be an uptight atmosphere, where everybody is walking on pins and needles trying to walk the line of conduct handed down to them by the almighty god. I don't think you would get anybody to agree that this should be MORE like BOM here. It's more relaxed and fun and respectful and positive and less stressful than a place like BOM will ever be. BOM isn't like it was when we enjoyed it there. Those restrictions strangled the life from that place. I certainly hope that you continue to post here, and embrace these forums as what BOM once was, because you were always a big reason that it was a great place, and could be a big contributer here as well. You can breathe here, which leads to more ideas, and more good times, and more reasons to come here and be a part of something great. Heavily moderated places don't lend theirselves to those kinds of benefits. :wink:

Looks like this ex or present BOM MOD is throwing down the guantlet.

Nah, Mike's a real good guy, he's just frustrated about the whole BOM situation. The place means something to him. It used to mean something to all of us. Mike's his own man, so he's going to have to deal with it in a way that his conscious will be ok with. People deal with things in different ways. Some lash out at being scorned, some are in denial, and some walk away forever, and look for a better way to spend their time. Nobody can make anybody's choice for them.

Um what?

Only because there is no tyrany here like at BOM (well, mostly when Sean was there and modding instead of doing whatever else he usually does), it doesn't mean that the forums here are hardly moderated. Kudos to the mods of KJ here

Sure, there are some flaws with moderating every now and then all the time and everywhere, but at BOM it was much worse. I like it here and I mean, c'mon, at BOM people were banned on daily basis, here only one poster during the entire existance of KJ managed to be banned and that was obviously not the mods' or admins' fault because everyone know how much it takes here to actually get banned. The one banning that took place was justified. Look at BOM bannings...were they justified? Even half of them?

I, for one, like the relaxed nature of these boards very much.

british sitcoms rock!!

HHGTTG Rocks Power Hard!

Goodness Gracious me Rocks!!!

Who the heck is Mike Q? Was he a mod at BOM?

The whole BOM situation? There IS no situation because the place is deader than a door-knob. They might as well shut down their forums altogether.

I thought everybody knew MikeQ.. He was more than just a mod, he was a great member.

I agree, though, they should just close that graveyard. A few have tried to revive it, but it's easy to see that it's not going to happen there. Nobody cares anymore. Sean got it shoved right up his ass, and he deserved it. He was so cocky ,as he didn't see that happening, when he was starting threads daring people to post in it if they wanted banned.

Yeah and I mean, in the end he didn't need to ban the rest, they left voluntary. You remember how much I was resistant against leaving BOM, right? Now what he did in the end was enough even for me to pack my stuff and go.

Hahahahaha, thank you for this one, Mike.


That was wonderfully entertaining

Have you seen the President of the United States?

A bit ignorant and presumptious are your postings on the UK. Although i cannot deny that the state of British culture with our neds, scallys and chavs makes me wonder why i dont live in France. What does my interest with Jennifer Garner [or any other attractive female] have to do with the tabloids - sure i love her, and i guess we all love beautiful women, but would i pay 30p to pick up a trashy paper just to see an 18 year old from Brighton flashing her rack? No. Thats what the internet is for. And anyway, women should be represented in a more respectful way that just titular eyecandy anyway.

Plus, how many times do people have to forget that ENGLAND is not BRITAIN, England is a PART of Britain... and how many times have i been asked "Hows the weather in London?"

Hmm...i dont know since im actually a few HUNDRED MILES away from it :wink:

A few HUNDRED Klicks?



That's a daily commute for some Canucks.

Um... do you BRITS have any idea how long it would take you to drive fron St John's to Vancouver?

My country is a collection of provinces and territories. What's yours?

BTW: The C of E comment was a joke, of course. And no, I don't think I'm misjuding Brits when I mention their endless fascination with tabloid journalism. They're infamous for it.

That... and their beloved Page Three Girls.

Damn nazi

You might say he's not a hotgerman, eh? :wink:

You might say that!

The page 3 "phenomenon" is only a part of British culture because the tabloid that runs it forces that notion down everyones throat any time an MP or ANYONE opposes it.

The Sun is very successful in printing totally bias and selective stories and building a potent base of none-too-intelligent readers who will gladly agree with anything they print.

Thats the UK for you

But the UK produced J.K. Rowling, so you are forgiven \:D/