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Originally Posted by Shasown

I think my opinion about you was formed by garbage in your posts and the way you throw the word Brits about, how would you feel if I started referring to you as my Boggy friend?

Oh right and newspapers always tell the truth, You quote Johann Hari who now makes a living by taking a few facts, adding a lot of rumour and writing an inflammatory thought provoking commentary.

Yeah I know he has one or two awards for some pieces that were actually true, but how many BS conspiracy theiry articles has he wrote in their wake? Its easy to string a conspiracy theory together.

Incidentally I would research your facts again. BP didnt give 12 billion to the Scottish Executive, that would be corruption. (That has a nasty habit of bringing down governments).

I think if you remove the venom from your eyes you will find that figure was quoted as the potential profits for BP from drilling offshore in Libyan waters.

I didn't say that. I said A COMMENT underneath the Independent article said BP cntributes £12b/year to the Scotish exchequer. In taxes.

You or I don't know what the truth is. We debate second-hand news; it's both surreal and academic. (More and more I feel disconnected from the news). As much as I can see, I believe that the British army was sent to Iraq and Afghanistan for profit and not principle.

Now, what does annoy me is the news dressing up the reasons why the British army is deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan. I hate how Sky News devote 30 minutes of coffins rolling of transporters, and the dead being carried on shoulders. Like they were heroes. They were professional soldiers who thought it would never happen to them - but they were not heroes. They were pawns in an imperial adventure.