Chinese teenager 'kills eight in knife attack

[The Mad Monk]

No, its 1965 or later. It's still silly, either way.

[Dauphin]

I assume he was dismissing it as not relevant to today, because it was "old". He then used Mickey Mouse, which is also old. Hence my question.

[DaShi]

No, its 1965 or later. It's still silly, either way.

I find most of your posts to be that way. Yet you try to pass them off as poignant.

[The Mad Monk]

No, he was saying the UK hasn't produced anything culturally significant recently.

[DaShi]

Oh.

[Dauphin]

Ok, I'll rephrase. Was Mickey Mouse and Coca-Cola supposed to represent recent cultural achievement, given they are some 80 and 130 years old respectively?

[The Mad Monk]

Yes, because they are still culturally relevent, in his view.

[Dauphin]

It's a Mickey Mouse argument.

[Al B. Sure!]

If British culture gets no credit if it dates from 1965 or before, then why does Coca-Cola or Mickey Mouse, which also predate 1965?

Umm because both are STILL wildly popular.

I don't think 10 year olds in Gambia have or will ever have any interest in the Beatles or prince Albert in a can or whatever the British produced.

[The Mad Monk]

x-mickey'd

Yes.

[Felch]

You should probably protest about this. You have the right to bear arms goddamn it! What are you supposed to do if King George comes back to reclaim his colonies or those bastids in Washington come to steal your freedoms?

This is the first smart thing you've said this whole thread.

If the Feds want to restrict my right to bear doomsday devices, they should amend the Constitution, not just ignore it.

[Dauphin]

Umm because both are STILL wildly popular.

I don't think 10 year olds in Gambia have or will ever have any interest in the Beatles or prince Albert in a can or whatever the British produced.

They would be far too busy dreaming of a trip to Disneyworld, or wondering when Madonna would sweep in to adopt them?

[regexcellent]

This is the first smart thing you've said this whole thread.

If the Feds want to restrict my right to bear doomsday devices, they should amend the Constitution, not just ignore it.

QFT

Felch fights the good fight for liberty as usual

[giblets]

I'm sorry because the whole world doesn't listen to Michael Jackson, love Mickey Mouse, and drink coca-cola. I think I dreamt that

The British haven't been culturally relevant since about 1965 or whenever the Beatles were out. And it took Americans hopping on their bandwagon for their meteoric rise to even happen.

Umm have you heard about a little thing called HARRY POTTER?
Actually, just look at how many of the top grossing films in recent years were based on British books (Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, etc.):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films

Not culturally relevant?

[Dauphin]

I don't think many Gambian 10 year olds know about Harry Potter. Which is the yardstick we apparently use for cultural relevance.