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pcernie
Legend
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Location: Belfast
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201202 ... roll.shtmlLike the article says, that sort of journalism doesn't do much for me either, but it was funny when you saw it all dawning on him 
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am
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Location: Manchester.
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Seems like a very nice man.  _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker  Sorry I'll behave now. Promise 
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jonlumb
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:44 pm
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Location: Exeter
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When the best defense you can muster to justify why you did something is "well it's not against the law", one must ask oneself serious questions.
In his case about taking a long walk off a short pier.
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm
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Or about playing with cars. On the motorway _________________Jim
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AlunD
Site Admin
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Location: Wiltshire
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Test firing a sawn off shotgun in his mouth ..........
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
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*defence. I might also suggest that English Law has long-subscribed to the concept of negative liberty, i.e. unless an activity is specifically prohibited by law then it's perfectly legal.
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belchingmatt
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am
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Location: Middle Earth
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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The use of Americanisms such as "defense" in British English is indefensible.
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Location: IoW
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I can just imagine his facebook page the day he announces the death of a family member.
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
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Assuming they haven't all disowned him by now.
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
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I might suggest in response that while your point is correct, setting your standards of behaviour to 'slightly above that which will get me arrested' is a pretty poor level to aspire to. Jon
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm
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Location: behind the sofa
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Although still a higher standard than some aspire to. Many seem to consider "not getting caught" to be close enough. _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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That is the eleventh commandment after all. _________________Jim
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lumbthelesser
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Fri May 21, 2010 11:38 pm
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Location: Manchester
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True. Some people need to practice their grammar though, as their practise of it is not good. 
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