As I understand that one (and mindful of kicking off debates)

There is no evidence that the US blew up the Maine as a pretext to start a war with Spain. The best evidence suggests it was an accident (although no-one can be sure). The incident was however cynically used by the US government who encouraged speculation that it was mined by the Spanish, although, again, it's not clear that it directly led to the US-Spanish war (as I recall)

Posted By: BerlinCanary on October 7th 2009 at 21:59:38

Message Thread

Funny how you presume that posters are quite normal (NCFC) - The Judge, Oct 7, 19:46:16
- ^^^Indeed Judge^^^ (n/m) (NCFC) - Holden Caulfield, Oct 7, 21:18:54
- Oh, what's happened? (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Oct 7, 20:58:37
  - Here's my summary :) (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 21:01:31
  - he doesn't think there are any holes in official info on 7/7 (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 7, 21:01:17
  - Scroll down to Worzel's '7/7 ripple effect' post below (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 7, 21:00:59
    - 7/7 conspiracy theories? (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Oct 7, 21:26:22
      - NOTE: this is not an invitation to start arguing again... (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Oct 7, 21:28:00
        
        My friend came up with the best argument against the "America did it" 9/11 theory (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 7, 21:30:24
        
        I'll try not to spark off another pointless debate (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 7, 21:47:30
        
        As I understand that one (and mindful of kicking off debates) (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Oct 7, 21:59:38
        
        that's what I mean, it may or may not have been self-perpetrated, an accident or an attack (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 7, 22:30:48
        
        Lol - but why let facts get in the way eh Worzel? (n/m) (NCFC) - The Judge, Oct 7, 22:08:38
        
        what the fuck are you on about? I haven't postulated any theory about why or how it was (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 7, 22:32:28
        
        letwhen you actually come up with a coherent argument against anything I've said (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 7, 22:34:33
        
        and there's my answer all mouth and no fucking trousers (n/m) (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 7, 23:24:26
        
        ahem! (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 22:13:46
    - it is ever thus. This isn't the ideal forum for debate (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 7, 21:03:51
      - Yeah, I say much the same thing below. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 7, 21:06:24
        
        indeed, I thought it mght be more interesting on here than the Oink Un though! (n/m) (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 7, 21:08:03
        
        The Oink'Un is just piss boring. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 7, 21:09:49
        
        I find it hard to struggle through more than one or two humourless threads on there (n/m) (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 7, 21:21:00
        
        But then you stumble across my amazing gags, like everyone else (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 21:25:39
        
        A man walks into a doctor's surgery and says "Doctor, I keep thinking I'm a moth!" (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 7, 21:27:53
        
        How many UEA students does it take to change a lightbulb (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 21:33:47
        
        How many Red Hot Chilli Peppers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 7, 21:34:33
        
        A chicken and an egg are lying in bed. The chicken is leaning against the headboard (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 21:46:40
        
        keep up the high standards... (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Oct 7, 21:27:13
        
        What's blue and fluffy? (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 21:30:17
        
        Well, I did ask for it... (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Oct 7, 21:41:46
- You would be hard pressed to assess anyone's true character on this board. (NCFC) - Snakey, Oct 7, 20:44:40
  - Hard pressed to assess S Express (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Oct 7, 20:50:21
    - didda didda didda didda didda didda didda didda didda didda didda didda didda didda didda (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 20:55:31
      - Terrible track. Almost as bad as Yazz. Terrible music era. (n/m) (NCFC) - Snakey, Oct 7, 20:59:04
- I've always been of the opposite opinion (NCFC) - Tombs, Oct 7, 20:13:58
  - I'd like to take umbrage with that, Tombs. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 7, 20:15:50
    - I find most of the madness on here (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 20:22:28
      - ^ madness (n/m) (NCFC) - legendhuckerby, Oct 7, 20:31:19
        
        To the theme of the Hamlet adverts. Madness...... (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 20:32:55
        
        'I might be paranoid, but.....' (n/m) (NCFC) - legendhuckerby, Oct 7, 20:42:57
        
        it doesn't mean you're out to get me? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 20:43:36
        
        *not* (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 20:44:18
        
        ..... (NCFC) - Small, Oct 7, 20:52:24
      - eh? (NCFC) - Tombs, Oct 7, 20:27:15
        
        Cos this thread (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 20:31:05
        
        oh. i missed all the previous i guess to be fair (NCFC) - Tombs, Oct 7, 20:39:13
        
        some of it yeah (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 20:40:45
        
        Agreed. The answer to all this has always been simple. (NCFC) - Yellalee, Oct 7, 20:33:35
        
        precisely why I haven't insulted anyone except in response to judge's unwarranted insults (n/m) (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 7, 20:46:01
        
        Fuck you (n/m) (NCFC) - Angry in Switzerland, Oct 7, 20:36:18
        
        Go and shove a Toblerone up your arse. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Oct 7, 20:41:15
        
        We all know what arguing on the Internet is like, don't we? (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 7, 20:35:58
        
        He knows he was wrong... (n/m) (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, Oct 7, 21:27:10
        
        Yep, and that is the beauty (and horror) of it all. It's not real life children. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Oct 7, 20:40:54
        
        shit (NCFC) - Tombs, Oct 7, 20:40:49
    - indeed she do Otto (NCFC) - Tombs, Oct 7, 20:19:09
      - Himmers, innit. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 7, 20:19:56
        
        lol (n/m) (NCFC) - legendhuckerby, Oct 7, 20:28:08
        
        Good lord (NCFC) - Tombs, Oct 7, 20:24:12
        
        Pants is SCC, Pants is Otto, Pants is The Judge, Pants is Luther Blissett, Pants is Tombs (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 7, 20:28:19
        
        But... (NCFC) - Yellalee, Oct 7, 20:30:38
        
        Tehwatch. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 7, 20:30:53
        
        Number Six turns out to be Number One in the end or suffen. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Oct 7, 20:54:46
        
        No further questions your honour (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 20:36:32
        
        Brilliantly done sir. (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 7, 20:41:26
        
        Not at all - anyone could have told him that. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 7, 20:42:25
        
        I didn't make any sense of it (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 20:46:47
        
        ^^^ Was in charge of the search for the Yorkshire Ripper ^^^ (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 7, 20:50:36
        
        haha (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 20:56:00
        
        No serial offender likes a shoddy copycat. I understand your pain. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Oct 7, 20:43:40
        
        I've shoddily copied Tehwatch a number of times. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 7, 20:49:56
        
        Open D with a capo at the 2nd (NCFC) - yarmyyarmy, Oct 7, 20:55:03
        
        ^^^Not shoddy. That's an orignal right there.^^^ (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 7, 20:51:45
        
        Oh, KDDD ... (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 7, 20:53:34
        
        Has pantsbot broken down? (n/m) (NCFC) - Small, Oct 7, 20:57:54
        
        Pantsbot works - it's the operator at fault. (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 7, 20:59:01
        
        Am I the only one (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, Oct 7, 20:56:00
        
        I don't really understand why it matters. I've always found it very funny. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 7, 20:57:43
        
        ^^^exactly (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 7, 20:44:19
        
        Could stop yourself, could you? (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 7, 20:43:12
        
        *'nt (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 7, 20:43:25
        
        *reassured* (NCFC) - Tombs, Oct 7, 20:30:30
        
        rather that than fingered as selwyn's missus (NCFC) - Yellalee, Oct 7, 20:31:46
    - I like to think that we're all (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 7, 20:17:44
      - lol (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 20:23:21
      - The entire board is Himmers on a wind up? (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 7, 20:18:44
        
        Haha (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 20:24:52
        
        It's whatever you want it to be sweetcheeks (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Oct 7, 20:26:39
- ??? (n/m) (NCFC) - Edward Monkton, Oct 7, 20:07:48
- apsolutelly (NCFC) - Dave in France, Oct 7, 20:02:22
- well yes, but what did you have for lunch? (n/m) (NCFC) - shoddy, Oct 7, 20:00:57
- lol (n/m) (NCFC) - yarmyyarmy, Oct 7, 19:59:25
- roffle rovers (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Oct 7, 19:54:43
- How very dare you! (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, Oct 7, 19:53:06
  - Toad in the hole counter revolutionary (NCFC) - The Judge, Oct 7, 19:56:44
    - ROFLages in Yorkshire Pudding (n/m) (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, Oct 7, 20:02:42
- You're referring to the Tehwatch hysteria, I take it? (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Oct 7, 19:51:06
- rofl (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Oct 7, 19:50:36
- there you go again, insults (n/m) (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 7, 19:49:23
  - watch out - THEY'RE ALL OUT TO GET YOU! (n/m) (NCFC) - The Judge, Oct 7, 19:50:26
    - try not to be silly now (n/m) (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 7, 20:11:40

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