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Better than Aberdeen though I suspect!!!

I went to the Salvador Dali exhibition there a few years ago. It was about 28 but worth far more. I was lost for words - and that is uncommon... Thank you for all the suggestions so far - suggestions for alternative pubs and clubs and good places to chill and eat good food are all gratefully received! I've not started flat hunting yet but will do shortly. Keep 'em coming!

I've a new job and I'm moving away from the 'deen in October. I've never lived there before so I was wondering what's good about Edinburgh? What do you think are the best places to live, see, do, listen, drink around Edinburgh?

Ah, but you can't shoot your brother repeatedly with a go-cart!

It is expensive I grant you. Did you know the ammo you buy for about 140 for 2000 balls or there abouts they buy for about 29! That is a totally ridiculous and greedy markup. However if you have your own kit (marker, gas tank, face mask) and live on a farm (or have a very big garden!) you can play for next to nothing! As compressed air or CO2 are in expensive and you can buy your ammo at cost price. Also, if you have your own stuff, some places also have "drop in days" where you can just turn up and play for 20 and you bring your own ammo and they give you all the compressed air or CO2 you need. Oh and if you have some thick clothing it really doesn't hurt that much.

Have any of you tried it? There is something just wonderful about running round a wood shooting other people with paint thrown from a gun at 150 miles an hour! :]

They did and they were! I don't want to get into a Dillinger Vs. Poison The Well thing; Poison The well were indeed very good' date=' however it was [b']The Dillinger Escape Plan I went to see. Rather than waste words like some film review i'll just say its one of the best gigs I've been to.

I think one of the central arguments this programme put across is very interesting: "Should we be worried about the threat from organised terrorism or is it simply a phantom menace being used to stop society from falling apart?" The programme argues that rather than promising a glowing future many politicians now promise to save us from a terrible threat. Does this actually exist? Are we really in as much danger from terrorism as Western Governments argue?

But he is American as far as most American are concerned. I'm willing to put money on him being one of the candidates for nomination and it is certain he will be able to raise more money Giuliani...

It was a three part Documentry 9pm BBC2 Wednesday nights. It was I think some of the best, most thought provoking, TV I have ever seen.

But then how could I ever argue about soup with any authority!?!

This is silly' date=' if everyone has a different definition of democracy how is a consensus ever possible? Obviously there must be some shared characteristics, norms and values. In any discussion of democracy you will obviously express your own understanding of the term through the views you express, therefore, it makes more sense tho make your understanding of the concept explicit. Hence when writing an essay you carefully define the concepts you use or refer to in order to make your reader fully aware of the argument your making. It is clearly not the end of the issue as the National Front still exist and still wish to organise in Aberdeen. These threads were not started simply to stop the march but to stop the National Front marching, the opposition is to the NF and their views and goals not simply the NF marching on one particular day. This is what dictates the end of any discussion not, your subjective assessment of when we should stop discussing them. Their main aim is not simply to provoke a reaction, despite what you seem to think. In fact their aim is, like all political organisations, to recruit new members and to disseminate their views, and through so doing get people to think about the world the way they do. You say no one will ever take their brand of politics seriously but this is also clearly not true as any history of the 20th Century would suggest. As for trying to insult me by calling me tireless and irrelevant; grow the fuck up.

Flossie T Sheep: - Thank you for a comprehensive (!) response to the comments I posted. Although I have to say I disagree with almost everything you said! You say you never asked for my CV but asked what I had done that makes our society better. It is pointless to post what I think I have done to make society better because 1. As I have already told you better is wholly subjective concept, 2. It has no relevance to a discussion of activism (and if it does please tell me what relevance it has), 3. We will just end up arguing over whether particular activities do or do not make society better, and 4. Its is quite simply none of your business. On your point of voting and for the last time: I never said I abhorred voting as you say I do. You seem to be obsessed with the process of voting, and have clearly misunderstood what I have said, as you suggest I say all kinds of things that (having reread my own posts) are clearly not opinions I have expressed. I will try and answer each of these in turn. You say that a democratic system ultimately it comes down to peoples own freedom of choice as to who they cast their vote with [for?]. This is a wholly simplistic view of democracy as I have repeatedly tried to suggest. And if you have the chance to read anything of the vast literature on democracy you will see that this is the case. Democracy is not about voting. Voting is the simply the most obvious and least effective process by which people express their political opinions. Democracy also involves a huge number of other complex processes that allow us the people to more or less effectively express our views. Democracy is also a culture, and in fact many argue culture is the most important part of democracy. To illustrate this point take Iraq and Afghanistan: If there were elections in Iraq tomorrow would Iraq be a democracy? Afghanistan has just had elections does that make it a democracy? The answer is unfortunately no. You cannot simply create a democracy by imposing an electoral system on a society. This suggests that there is something more to democracy than voting. Which has been my point all along. If democracy as about government by the people for the people then simply voting every four years IS NOT DEMOCRACY. All the social and political institutions in any democracy must CONSTANTLY involve us the people in that process.

So you wont answer any of the points I raised or the questions I asked because you dont think my spelling or grammar is up to scratch? Well that is very big of you. You must be proud of your self. You can spell, well done. Now all you need to do is learn how to use your language skills to actually defend and explain the opinions you express on this public forum.