hey Mark we're poor, BBC can only afford 13 eps. And thats considered a long series lol

Noooo! Mid-season break already?! There's only been what, 5 episodes so far?!

You know. It's this kind of cruelty that made us American's revolt against the British in the first place. (Meant purely in jest!)

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i can't believe that in texas that gay can be refused to service.

in witch time live texas in 1700? or 1600? that makes me still cry.

i thought germany are not right on time what gay and lesbians is in law and the respect. but now i am happy to see that germany is much more in the right time. netherlands and danemark are in first place for gay and lesbian in law.

i hope it is possible to understand what i want to say.

after all texas is stone age in my eyes


stockard

WARNING: The following is potentially politically charged and comes from a pretty libertarian view. Please note that these are simply my personal opinions on matters and can respect thoughtful disagreement.

I don't really have the time to go through the entire video again, but I recall an overlay mentioning how many states had anti-discrimination policies on the books and it was less than half if I recall correctly.

That doesn't bother me in the least In the U.S. when it comes to business we have the freedom to vote with our wallets. If an establishment does something we don't like, you don't patronize the establishment. My personal opinion is that it's absurd for our elected officials to have to waste their time making laws to prohibit certain groups, or forcibly allow others (e.g. smokers). I firmly believe there are substantially more important issues to deal with (but won't go into that here). It's a nanny state I personally don't want to live in.

A timely national poll was released this week showing that for the first time, the majority of Americans are for Gay Marriage equality, and in my experience this number will only grow. If a business decides to exclude one group of people, you can bet that there will be a backlash against them by potential patrons. I don't think the government needs to step in.

I really liked this video because it presented things as "this is what happened" and didn't try to skew things to show that Texas or any other "red" (Republican) state were backwards homophobes, and "blue" (Democrat) states were enlightened intellectuals. This usual intentional mis-characterization of the participants in a debate does not help matters.

We need to get beyond the name calling and political affiliation demagoguing so we can get to the humanity of the participants. Only then can real debate and progress be made.

Years ago, when I finally came out of the closet and was making a new life for me in the area I live in now, I wrote a small missive for my MySpace profile as a creative way of telling people about who I was, and what my hopes and dreams were.

I firmly believe that real social change does not come from the Capitol, the Oval Office, or from the Pulpit. It comes from you and me respectfully interacting with the people we come into contact with. Parading half-naked down the street and simulating sex at a Pride parade isn't going to change anyone's mind about "gay equality".

But I have seen in my own life, how the "normalcy" of the life I have created with MikeyNY, has made us welcomed in our conservative leaning suburban neighborhood. My boss and several colleagues are very right-leaning, but I have had nothing but friendship, acceptance, and support from them. I interact with Indian vendors on a daily basis, and I have developed friendships with several of them even though their culture still shuns marrying outside of their caste, much less adding racial or sexual-orientation issues into the mix.

Even more shockingly for me: my devoutly-Catholic father has even come around after 3 years and is now willing to attend our marriage ceremony.

Sorry for the soap box moment. I guess I'm just tired of the labels and stereotypes on ALL fronts and am frustrated that some are actively encouraged for political reasons.

i'd like this very much.

Wasnt there an episode in the new series (post eccleston) that featured the images of the old doctors albeit briefly? Or maybe I dreamt that

Episode 282 - The Next Generation - "Preemptive Strike" - 5/16/1994

www.allstepisodes.com/googlevideodatabase.php?n=2724

Ensign Ro graduates from advanced tactical training, and is sent by Picard to lure Maquis terrorists into a trap. Guest star Richard Poe as Gul Evek.

Enjoy!

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Eccleston has made it pretty clear that he won't come back.

Awww, not even for a special? Miserable git!

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My hope is that they do a "Trials and Tribbleations" type of episode for the 50th anniversary (only 2 years away!). They could put Matt (or whoever is the current Doctor) into previous Doctors' stories, sneaking around in the background, foiling some timey-wimey or spacey-wacey Dalek plot.

Maybe if I wish really hard, it will come true.

Haha! I'll start wishing as well... if they managed it for an episode of DS9 I'm sure they could budget it in to DW!

Actually, even though Tom Baker has aged (and reddenned) over the years, they could still use some new voiceover lines from him, and through the magic of TV, have his old character appear to say them! :cheer:

hmm sounds complex, think i might head over to Middle Earth to check it out and let STO tick by on its own for a bit

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That kinda behaviour is illegal here in Canada in "publicly accessed" areas...

I totally read this wrong and thought u meant that gay men kissing was illegal lol

I was gonna say, in the film 'Joe's Big Adventure' Joe had no problem kissing men in public in Canada... thats not all he did haha ;-)

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The other day I was wondering about multiple-doctor episodes... you remember the old ones where Tom Baker et al would appear on-screen at the same time? They could easily do a similar one now with Smith, Tennant and Eccleston - that'd be great fun! He is a time traveller, after all... :)

Eccleston has made it pretty clear that he won't come back.

My hope is that they do a "Trials and Tribbleations" type of episode for the 50th anniversary (only 2 years away!). They could put Matt (or whoever is the current Doctor) into previous Doctors' stories, sneaking around in the background, foiling some timey-wimey or spacey-wacey Dalek plot.

Maybe if I wish really hard, it will come true.

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Wasn't the King of Jordan an extra on Voyager once? Maybe if I can get the Queen of England a cameo in the next film, she will build something similar here?

I was going to predict it would never happen, but then Zep brought up this excellent point that I had forgotten. So it just might.

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That's what I meant when I said pregnant and not pregnant at the same time and that the foetus was possibly not in the same timestream as her.

At least now we know who the father is.

Shrodinger. :)

I agree that it's got to be a timey-wimey thing that's causing the indeterminate reading. Maybe Amy exists twice in the current time line, and one of her is pregnant. The TARDIS scanner was not told which Amy Pond to scan, so it bounces between the two results.

It seemed like eyepatch-lady said something like a midwife would say to a woman giving birth in one of the eps (the pirate one, I think). Something like "You're doing fine."

The next episode is supposed to have a big cliff-hanger, and then just one more until the mid-season break. Gahhhh! I'm all atwitter.

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Wasn't the King of Jordan an extra on Voyager once? Maybe if I can get the Queen of England a cameo in the next film, she will build something similar here?

lmao, the Borg Queen!!!!

"We are not amused..."

:3

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I'm guessing that the explaination for Amy's positive/negative pregnancy scan will be quite simple. The future is not written, it is in a "constant state of flux" which was mentioned in the first episode of this series. What if the Doctor's future involves him making a decision to go back and change Amy's past? One choice would mean she is pregnant in the present, and the other choice means she is not. Since he has not yet made that choice yet, her current pregnancy is also in a state of flux.

That's what I meant when I said pregnant and not pregnant at the same time and that the foetus was possibly not in the same timestream as her.

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In the UK recently a pub owner refused two gay men because they kissed in his pub.

Next day loads of gays protested outside his pub.
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I remember reading out that in the newspaper here. That kinda behaviour is illegal here in Canada in "publicly accessed" areas.

Although businesses that have "private paid memberships" can discriminate (e.g. It is legal for a Women's Gym to refuse men who want to join...) which I'm okay with.

whats ther diffrence between sexist homaphobic and anti gay? my words nthing thay are all the same just present in difrent ways their discust for gay people. most of it is down to 2 things I thinks. scared of there own subconsios feeling and jealosy. Was a soap box preacher in town a couple of weeks ago who ended up getting surrounded by alot of gay people for the things he was preaching. he upset one couple and i think they caled their friends who all came to support them and rally against him. I actualy felt sorry for the guy as he had casued himself alot of hassle but end of the day you say the words, makie sure they are the rigfht ones. when the police came baecause it was getting out of hand they began making the protest away and pushing people. I walked up and spoke to them and told them straight you gy was being homaphobic and preaching that being gay was evil which i think put a diffrent light on it. everyone was sti9ll asked to move on and as we all left the police were deaply talking to the man who had been nasty. If this is christianity, who needs it?

you have to buy coins now for some querst lines but it does not equal to 10 quid. you can also get by in the game without playing them though. normaly they just offer exclusive loot and stuff. I think you have other limits as well by not paying but never realy looked into it.

Dont forget to tell him about our Stonewallfleet allies channel.

That was freaking awesome.

I like how it stops the sterotype. It was an interesting experiment.

I remember my mate Kat was not happy when I came out, but we remained friends. Two years later there was these neds taking the piss out of these lassies who were a couple. One of the neds pushed them and Kat ran across the road and knocked the guy out. It was fantastic.

Although she's more interested in me being happy shes not still not happy with my "lifestyle" She doesn't have a problem with it. She knows the difference between right and wrong. I kinda think that's what this experiment proves also. Then again I could have misintrepurted the points as there is a few in this video.

Also interestingly enough 3 years ago in Campus my mate megan said that there was a night a gay couple kissed in Campus. Now I used to work there fortunately I was off this night or I would have kicked up shit, but basicly when they did the anti-gay DJ who I used to butt horns with frequently stopped the music and everyone stared in disgust. Now i've never experienced anything like that in Glasgow, but the staff were shocked and the gay staff were raging. The DJ intentionally highlighted this, he still works there.... Megan even said to him and she's not the type for confrontation.

Ich verstehe Sie vollkommen

I hope that made sense it has been a long time since I did any German!

I was shocked at how some States can refuse gay people service. In the UK recently a pub owner refused two gay men because they kissed in his pub.

Next day loads of gays protested outside his pub.

begrüßen

Ich hoffe, dass Sie die Flotte mögen

I stopped my subscription before free to pay but surely you can still pay the £10 a month and get the same as before? The quests werent free in the past, that was what the sub was for.

I'm thinkin of going back to LOTRonline to check it out while STO has its snooze fest few months