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Sir Charlie of Nicholas
07-18-2014, 12:45 PM
Russia and Ukraine having a bit of a war and Russia and the US (overtly)hating each other again and Muslims knocking the living piss out of each other and North Korea being mental and Japan aching to give the Chinee a good kick in the goolies. In any other period in history you'd have to say that we're teetering on the brink of a global conflagration, so should we not just take a moment to ponder the courage and decency of generations of politicians who, for 50 years, have successfully avoided the knee-jerk reactions which set off the chain of events leading to global conflict?

wd them.

Classic Jorge
07-18-2014, 12:56 PM

Sir Charlie of Nicholas
07-18-2014, 12:58 PM
See, when you think about stuff, it IS possible not to JUST be negative.

Curly
07-18-2014, 01:00 PM

Classic Jorge
07-18-2014, 01:00 PM

Sir Charlie of Nicholas
07-18-2014, 01:01 PM
Have the people of Ulster learnt nothing from Spandau Ballet?

Pat Vegas
07-18-2014, 01:03 PM
According to my maps the Yukon should be safe.

Unless the Russians do land invasion through Alaska.

Curly
07-18-2014, 01:04 PM
Another generation or 2 down the line should see us through imo

Sir Charlie of Nicholas
07-18-2014, 01:04 PM
Nothing ever happens in Canada or New Zealand.

Ashberto
07-18-2014, 01:05 PM
Unless you mean containing conflict in Belgium, of course.

Classic Jorge
07-18-2014, 01:06 PM

Classic Jorge
07-18-2014, 01:08 PM
By chief logic this should make it very safe

Curly
07-18-2014, 01:08 PM
FIFA's or normal peoples

Herbette Chapman - aged 15
07-18-2014, 01:09 PM
permitted to call a plane a plane?

Berni
07-18-2014, 01:09 PM
terms of war avoidance.

But if you really want to know what's kept us war free all this time, it's these bad boys...

http://www.franciscansforjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nuclear_weapons.jpg

Sir Charlie of Nicholas
07-18-2014, 01:10 PM
I'll never express an opinion again.

wibble the lobster
07-18-2014, 01:10 PM

Berni
07-18-2014, 01:10 PM
What about the right to arm bears, j? It's only fair.

Classic Jorge
07-18-2014, 01:11 PM
if so I don't see that it differs much to what we have now

Classic Jorge
07-18-2014, 01:12 PM
I think that's a line from Robin Williams' met show.

You just plagiarised Mork

Curly
07-18-2014, 01:12 PM
Turkey v Cyprus,Serb v Croat qualifiers

Snin
07-18-2014, 01:13 PM
bow is getting rusty and my old ww2 grenades are getting damp..plus my bunker is slowly filling with bits and pieces from garden shed..roll on ww3 imo

Classic Jorge
07-18-2014, 01:13 PM

Berni
07-18-2014, 01:14 PM
Actually that's a very funny show. He was good when he was on the blow.

Berni
07-18-2014, 01:15 PM
Those are skirmishes at best. Northern Ireland was a minor police action.

Classic Jorge
07-18-2014, 01:17 PM

Curly
07-18-2014, 01:17 PM

Classic Jorge
07-18-2014, 01:19 PM

Snin
07-18-2014, 01:19 PM

Pat Vegas
07-18-2014, 01:28 PM