This country....

is definately more of a nanny state where the state likes to intrude into our lives and tell us what to do much more than it did 10 years back.
When you read into it.

Posted By: Mark_Knopfler on February 20th 2006 at 15:27:31

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FAO all those asking have i bought "1984" yet..... (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 20, 15:21:31
- Get the concise version. (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 20, 15:31:39
  - Sexcrime ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 20, 15:33:06
  - If he really likes it, I can sell him the official calendar for a tenner (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:32:44
  - Lol ... (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:32:39
    - That can't be true... (General Chat) - Dr Baker, Feb 20, 15:34:38
      - Here you go... (General Chat) - Dr Baker, Feb 20, 15:39:45
        
        That's class! (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:42:14
- Shame, i was looking forward to your pearls of wisdom on the book (n/m) (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Feb 20, 15:25:58
- Buy it, and come back when you've read it. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:24:19
  - Just a quick question..... (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 20, 15:25:09
    - Oh, and it's one of my very favourite books. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:27:33
    - Read it and u might find out... (General Chat) - Riverking, Feb 20, 15:26:49
    - Because its 300000 pages long, meaning (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Feb 20, 15:26:48
      - Well, 311. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 20, 15:29:14
      - It's not a long book at all. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:27:39
        
        Especially if you skip the Goldstein bits. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:28:18
    - You said it was more "revelent" (sic) than ever. (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 20, 15:26:31
      - Because that's what other people have told me who i hold close views with.... (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 20, 15:28:40
        
        Oh well fair enough to ape them then (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:29:53
    - Because you were talking about how contemporary society is like '1984'. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:25:54
      - This country.... (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 20, 15:27:31
        
        wasnt 1984 22 years ago, not 10? (n/m) (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Feb 20, 15:31:36
        
        Fuck off and go live in China then. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 20, 15:31:03
        
        LOL...... (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 20, 15:31:58
        
        It's not lost on you, is it. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 20, 15:35:45
        
        That's not what a nanny state is (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:30:28
        
        We do live in a nanny state. (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 20, 15:32:38
        
        To be fair, my nanny is in a bit of a state. But then (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:33:55
        
        Isn't "nanny state" just one of those meaningless Daily Mail/Sun cliches? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:31:03
        
        its PK's current buzz word (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Feb 20, 15:33:08
        
        Oh, well in that case.... (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 20, 15:34:52
        
        My turn (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Feb 20, 15:35:52
        
        Here's what nanny state means....... (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 20, 15:34:39
        
        Not allways (General Chat) - DiscoDaleGordon, Feb 20, 15:36:15
        
        As the article suggests, it's a term coined by stupid Tories for use by stupid Tories. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:36:12
        
        Until they come back into power, in which case... (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 20, 15:38:02
        
        I don't mind who's it coined by,they are right! (n/m) (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 20, 15:37:08
        
        Oh, exclusive. PK states "Stupid Tories are right" (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:37:59
        
        I'm not anti.... (General Chat) - Mark_Knopfler, Feb 20, 15:39:24
        
        Ask someone who reads the Daily Mail / Sun (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:32:01
      - lol (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:27:14
        
        Or any other book of fairy stories nicked from other sources... (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 20, 15:28:04
        
        Wooosh.... (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:29:04
        
        Was just describing the bible. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 20, 15:31:10
        
        1984 just nicks from Zamyatin's 'We' and Koestler's 'Darkness at Noon'. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:28:53
        
        That rules me out of any further participation in this debate, I'm afraid. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 20, 15:34:15
        
        Don't worry. There'll be a purple veined dick joke along any time now. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 20, 15:37:33
        
        Off to dick joke island, see ya. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 20, 15:41:01
        
        There's people heckling in Chinese at this moment. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:39:11
        
        I'm putting some Bill on while I get stuck into the tricky bit of the program I'm writing. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 20, 15:40:46
        
        Today's Bill moment was brought to you by the poster AB... (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 20, 15:38:54
        
        Hey, it's just another metaphor for The Cat In The Hat, if that's any help ??? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Feb 20, 15:36:51
        
        lol. I thought the same. However (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 20, 15:35:44
        
        Do it, there's no possible way passing off that opinion as your own could backfire. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:38:10
        
        I'm sure you can still bait one of its participants, though. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 20, 15:35:20
        
        Fair point. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Feb 20, 15:38:37

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