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  5. Your Pet Hates

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I hate to be the pedantic cunt, but///

    -people who think pushing a complete stranger into a mosh pit is funny. NO, i didnt want to jump around like a 12 year old moron getting punched thank you

    I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment, and at a lot of gigs there may be younger folk doing moshpits or whatever, but I don't think that being in a mosh means you are a moron. If people want to enjoy their music by doing that, its fine, as lnog as it doesn't affect those who may want to just stand with a pint enjoying the bands.

    -shite support bands, why is it that everytime i goto see a larger band the support are unbearable SHITE (anatheema supporting HIM were a prime example of this)

    I'm sure bands deliberately have supports that you may think are 'shite' ;)

    -the fact every person who worksin subway is polish and doesnt understand what "12" inch wheat with cheese please" means

    Its not their fault.... :down:

    that will do for just now... i've just realised how much of a hateful bastard i am

    Aren't we all! :up:

  8. Gig Ethic

    in Musicians' Corner

    Posted

    I've been known to perform with catastrophic results after having a few.

    I've also been known, however, to perform with catastrophic results without having a few.

    Six and half a dozen I reckon. I tend to have a couple of drinks before playing, sometimes have a pint on stage but usually its just water so my throat's not too bad.

  10. Homophobia

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Jesus, this thread reeks of shite. I'm fed up of this sort of PC related crap. Honestly, all the holier-than-thou people are ridiculous. Everyone is predjudice towards something in some way, and belittling and stifling someones opinion/ideals just because you don't deem it acceptable or in alignment with your own is just as bad as being overtly racist or homophobic

    I swear you have a PC-related rant every week on this board.

    Do you have one already typed-up and saved on the computer?

  12. What makes Scotland yours?

    in Politics & Current Affairs

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    So come on, let's hear your suggestions for the future of Northern Ireland

    Well a complete withdrawal of troops might be nice...

    So in other words, you rely on outdated theory (how long ago did Marx/Lenin die?) rather than looking at the reality of the situation?

    Thats blatantly rubbish. Without theory, there is no socialism. I don't see how anything that Marx has said is now 'outdated', especially with regards to workers rights and the like, in an increasingly neoliberal age. Without any guidance then there i nothing - from the October revolution to the Venezuelan revolution. Its not like there is even a textbook format set out in Marxist literature, I mean look at the Venezuelan example.

    If you read my post properly, you would realise that I was referring to a post-independence Scottish Labour

    So you're working solely on presumption?

    they have to follow the UK party on a lot of matters, even if it goes against the spirit of devolution

    So why did Jack McConnell speak out against Gordon Brown on the devolution issue?

    It doesn't take a genius to work out that once independence is achieved, they would veer straight to the left, especially as the Scottish attitude lends itself well to the concept.

    See? You're banknig on what you think might happen, which I would say is obviously not gonig to work. What is the first thing that an indepedence-enforced capitalist Scottish government would look for? Foreign investment.

    Some might also say that not showing any sort of solidarity with local goverment workers is a good thing.

    Well, you mean 'you'.

  13. What makes Scotland yours?

    in Politics & Current Affairs

    Posted

    Why do you support Irish republicianism? You've said quite firmly that you believe in self determination - and Northern Ireland at the minute (and at every point during its 85 year-ish existence) has always been in favour of remaining within the Union. As it stands, pro-Union parties also have a majority of seats in the NI Assembly - so surely, you should be supporting the Loyalist cause?

    Yes. Self determination of ethnic groups.

    Sam, try not to let yourself be bogged down in the theory - yes, it might make sense on paper to not abandon the workers elsewhere, but let's be honest, a socialist party in power in Scotland couldn't achieve their aims without independence.

    Socialism is entirely irrelevant without theory.

    An independent Scotland has far, far more chance of change than it has as part of the UK - I suspect given the strength (and general left wing attitude) of Scottish Labour, we would see a far more socialist-in-nature Scotland than we do at the minute. The Conservatives would represent a small minority in a country that would likely consistently elect strong parties of the Left - especially so when you look at the history of voting patterns in Scotland. In fact, I suspect the SNP would be the closest party ideologically to the Conservatives in an independent Scotland - with Labour and the other socialist parties fighting it out for the main socialist Left vote.

    The left-wing attitude of Scottish Labour that has been closing health facilities, creating the ridiculous Anti-Social Behaviour (Scotland) Bill, the party that didn't show Solidarity with striking nursery nurses or local government workers?

  16. What makes Scotland yours?

    in Politics & Current Affairs

    Posted

    Do you not think with the successes that the left leaning parties have had in the Scottish Parliament so far, using it's fairly limited powers, that an independant Scotland would enable the left to have a much bigger effect on people's lives than they have just now?

    The UK parliament, and it's lack of any proportional representation, severly curtails the ability for smaller parties and possible single issue coalitions to enact any power as control is firmly with the big 3 parties.

    I completely see you point and I think its a good one, but personally I don't think we can say that Scotland is more 'left wing' per se than down south. The massive amount of class consciousness and trade union awareness, especially in the north of England (for example, the docker's strike in Liverpool), and coupled withthe increasing successes of leftist parties to get councillorship and/or amass a fair proportion of votes, shows this to not specifically be true. Examples of this being the Socialist Party, RESPECT, and to a lesser extend Worker's Liberty.

    Thus I think that we shouldn't push for independence solely for a more proportional system of government (although the Scottish Parliament's system is fairer it still allows the mainstream parties to amass large amonuts of FPTP seats). The debate here should be about reforming our so-called democraticm structures, not why we should split off from the nationwide steruggle!

  17. What makes Scotland yours?

    in Politics & Current Affairs

    Posted

    So you're actually a Unionist? How disgusting.

    My, what a mightily convincing line.

    I wouldn't say I was specifically a unionist, for example I support Irish republicanism, and that I wouldn't shed a tear for the break up of the imperialist British state. However, it seems like it would be a drastic tactical error to push for Scottish independance, from the perspective of the isolationism of workers down south and the traditionally strong links of the labour movement nationwide. An independant Scotland would also make fuck-all change to the everyday lives of working people - it will still be an independant capitalist country, run by the cpaitalist class. There is no change here.

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