charles_nz Forum Posts (1,386)

RE: America’s Second Vietnam... what are we fighting for today in Afghanistan?

Opium, the religion of the people?

RE: The New Dr Who

Now, I might be persuaded to watch Doctor Who if it starred the excellent trio of Clarkson, May, and Hammond.

RE: Would appreciate your prayers or good thoughts

Am sorry to hear that.

Best wishes.

RE: Compound Words

Mailman

RE: Feeding crows, magpies, and a lot of little ones, today also Red Robins

That is sweet. Good on you.

I also buy bread to feed the birds in my back yard.

RE: Compound Words

Fanmail

RE: The New Dr Who

Haven't watched it (nor indeed any series of Doctor Who - sci-fi is not my bag, baby), but I gather it is turgidly PC? Yet another example of the mass media trying to brainwash young people.

RE: FAREWELL TO ENGLAND — Jolly 'OL England

This would be about right.

Remember that the population of London is now more than 50% non-British.

RE: how many of you like ountry music

I like modern country ballads.

RE: Nikki Haley for President of the USA 2020

In 2008, I told anyone who would listen that Americans would never elect a half-Black man as President.

I was wrong.

RE: Warning labels

Warning: Stroppy Attitude.

RE: Hungary and Poland fight back

For salvation, Europe needs to look East.

RE: Brilliant three minute speech by Le Pen

She is a good girl.

RE: America’s Second Vietnam... what are we fighting for today in Afghanistan?

I would hope that Western nations will soon withdraw all troops from Afghanistan, where they have no business to be.

It took a special kind of stupid (i.e. the neo-cons) to get the USA and other Western nations involved in Afghanistan in the first place, when we had already witnessed the horrendous difficulties the Soviets had there.

RE: Are you politically Right or left leaning

I voted RIGHT WING (there's a surprise).

I am pleased to see I am in the sizeable majority on this board!

RE: Singledom is a positive choice, not a death sentence.

Yes, dear, keep telling yourself that, and you may come to believe it.

RE: It’s rather depressing.

What difference does it make if the last reply was 4 years ago or 4 minutes ago? A thread is a thread. If it is interesting to you, post a reply. If it is interesting to others, they will respond. If it's not, they won't.

RE: Nikki Haley for President of the USA 2020

No, thanks. Too much of a neo-con.

RE: Human genes engineered into GMO rice are being grown in Kansas

I am not a fan of genetically-modified food.

RE: Question for men – Do you prefer a woman with or without make-up?

Maybe try re-phrasing this sentence when you're not stoned?

RE: Do you think – cannabis should be made legal in your country?

Indeed. Smoking anything is harmful to health. Tobacco, cannabis, and anything else.

As an aside, the idea that tobacco is more harmful than cannabis is a bit of a myth. Tobacco itself is actually less harmful than cannabis; the two problems with tobacco-smoking are, firstly, the tar, which is generally not put with cannabis cigarettes, and secondly the fact that those who smoke tobacco generally smoke far higher quantities of the stuff than those who smoke cannabis. Many people smoke a packet or two of tobacco cigarettes per day. I challenge anyone to smoke 20 or 40 cannabis cigarettes a day, and remain a functional human being.

RE: Perhaps we need to keep an eye on India and Pakistan shooting down planes

As we have discovered on another thread, you are not actually a New Zealander, Hexagon; although you may well be living here now, you are clearly from overseas originally, yes?

Personally, I don't want to take "ownership" of an ISIS fighter - terms like "our very own Kiwi ISIS" don't reflect the way I feel, for one. This idiot is fighting his own battle, and certainly not on my behalf.

If he is a New Zealand citizen, we should most assuredly have him back. And if he has committed any crime in New Zealand, he should be prosecuted here. If he has engaged in violence in Syria, then that is for the Syrian government to sort out and punish him.

RE: So Much Class....

Personally, I do not for a moment believe you to be female.

But even if you were, "Lady" would be pushing it!

RE: Perhaps we need to keep an eye on India and Pakistan shooting down planes

I don't know much about this, as haven't been following this story. Hadn't heard any claim that his citizenship had been revoked, and if that is true, it is not cool (no matter what odious things one has done, random revoking of peoples' citizenships sets a dangerous precedent).

RE: Trump Defunds Planned Parenthood

Let's take bets on how many times Liberal1 will copy & post his paragraph about "you don't care" in this thread. I think he's up to 4 or 5 already.

I'm picking 11.

RE: Religion / Philosophy / Spirituality

OK.

RE: NO COLLUSION... MOVE ON!

I must admit I didn't really read Liberal1's post as carefully as I could have - it's normally just a big long rant anyway.

I had thought he was saying that Obama claims that Trump's victory was engineered by the Russians.

RE: NO COLLUSION... MOVE ON!

Herein lies your problem.

When Donald Trump says something, you say it must be a lie, because Trump said it.

When Barack Obama says something, you say it must be true, because Obama said it.

RE: In dating - Is it important to a man, what a woman does for a living?

Agreed 100%

RE: How many people know what "being" conservative mean?

I've never yet seen a post or poll from this Lucky Duck character that made even the most basic modicum of sense.

Clearly English is not the first language.