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[Pentagathus]

People do suck.

[Jubal]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25180811

East Asia worries me; just that it could all go so so wrong so so quickly.

[comrade_general]

World War IV.

[Jubal]

Wait, when was III? 

[comrade_general]

Cold War.

[Jubal]

I don't think I'd say that counted; the conflicts in it were too spread out, too indirect, and the big ones were rarely simultaneous. But you could argue it the other way of course.

[comrade_general]

Whenever the next full-scale conflict erupts I think the Cold War will be re-labelled as WW3, similar to ye olde Great War.

[Othko97]

Just a question, what do you guys think of Davey C's latest attack on internet pornography? By that I mean his Opt-in porn ban.

[Jubal]

I don't want blocking machinery to be in the hands of ISPs or the state, except for things that are totally abhorrent and illegal like child porn (and even then the focus has to be nuking the websites and prosecuting the people who make them because that's where the actual abuse of children is occurring, not just trying to stop people finding them).

[Othko97]

Apparently these bans are how it started in China as well :/

[Jubal]

So, the first round of blocking seems to have included blocking sites helping rape survivors, sexual health advice centres, and sex education websites, and not a lot of actual porn. 

[Othko97]

Wow, I'm reeling with the shock there. I just can't believe that an attempt to ban porn hasn't worked!

[Jubal]

In other dramatic news, Cnut fails to turn back tides...

[Othko97]

To fit with our shocking theme, it rained in the North West today! As everyone knows this arid region rarely sees rainfall.

[debux]

Rained in Egypt, didn't it? It was also awfully wintery here at the chilean coast, which was very strange. Dissipated a few days before. THE TIMES ARE A'CHANGING!

BTW, how do you think things will go in Thailand? By the look of things, it's going to turn into a stalemate and most likely (although sadly) some forceful intervention from some side. I'm not that informed though.