MD_Willington
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You forgot - take a DNA sample from you even if you look menacing...
1984 was not supposed to be a "how to" manual - it was a warning !!
1984 was not supposed to be a "how to" manual - it was a warning !!
ClayInTX wrote: When the chips are down the British can be one mean tough bunch. Now if they would just get them a good British Rifle Association, do they have one?
Really? That's news to me.With gun ownership falling
....gun ownership is steadily declining. Over the last 30 years, the percentage of American households that have guns in the home has tailed off from a high of 54% in 1977 to 34.5% in 2006.
? A household ishousehold
household |ˈhousˌ(h)ōld|
noun
a house and its occupants regarded as a unit
Isn’t California still part of the United States?
Yep, unfortunately it's real. And the authorities actually think that is a reassuring concept, rather than the obsessively controlling Orwellian threat most of us here consider it to be. The irony is, Orwell, who warned about this type of crap, was British.Wait, is that a real poster? My first thought was that it's one of the covers used on the book 1984.
This is a perfect example of why we kicked them out of the country.
Seriously though, this needs to be taken with a grain of salt. The current UK is trying to outlaw knives so people can't stab eachother. Frankly I think its sad how a people who once ruled a quarter of the world have changed.
*** is all I have to say about that.
Larger lawmakers called on British authorities Thursday to replace Parliament's shooting gallery with a swimming pool, saying it would help them keep in shape.
Legislators have urged officials considering renovations to the Palace of Westminster, home to Britain's Parliament, to clear out the rifle range to make way for better sports facilities.
"Do you agree that there are too many fat members of Parliament?" lawmaker Richard Bacon asked in a House of Commons debate. "Speaking as one of them, may I say how much I welcome reports about proposals to (replace) the shooting range with a swimming pool."
Parliamentary authorities are looking at several options to renovate Parliament — parts of which date back to the 11th Century — including covering outdoor courtyards with glass roofs.
Harriet Harman, leader of the House of Commons, said all legislators — portly or thin — would be given a chance to put forward suggestions.
Any decision to close the building's gun range — deep in the basement of the palace — in favour of a pool would be met with protests, lawmaker Julian Lewis warned.
"The highly successful House of Commons shooting team are continually picked upon by politically correct people ... whenever they want an easy target," he said.