Category Archives: annoying people

SARS block 6000 miles… – reinstate access to 2oceansvibe in November net crackdown

By 6000 | 6000 | November 3, 2009

Shocking news from a regular 6000 miles… commenter: In a heinous act of censorship, SARS – those people who very efficiently take our money off us all year and then tell us how great they are because they give us a little bit of our own money back – have blocked access to this website from their [...]

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Why does our society hate children?

By 6000 | 6000 | November 2, 2009

Try flying with a small child and retain your love of humanity. Incoming from The Guru: Perhaps of interest? http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/and-all-jazz/200910/why-does-our-society-hate-children Oh yes. I have to admit that I laughed out loud as I read James C Kaufman’s take on the recent Southwest Airlines throws mother and child off plane because child is too noisy story. [...]

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No Silence in the Suburbs

By 6000 | 6000 | October 29, 2009

I was leafing through the recycling fodder that is The Times today and found Aspasia Karras’ column: I have a neighbour whose alarm goes off every weekend. It rings for hours without pause or reprieve. Technically, there is a pause – for like three insane seconds of pure silence, and then it starts up its [...]

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“OMG! That’s disgusting!” Twitter and Stephen Fry’s ‘free speech’ hypocrisy

By 6000 | 6000 | October 20, 2009

Compare and contrast: Tuesday last week: The Trafiguragate scandal, whereby the multinational company, through solicitors Carter-Ruck, succeeded in blocking The Guardian newspaper from reporting on parliamentary goings-on, only to be forced into retreat when thousands of Twitter users (including Stephen Fry) got hold of the story and blew it wide open – effectively negating the [...]

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Jan Moir on Stephen Gately – nearly right

By 6000 | 6000 | October 16, 2009

Incoming: As a Brit why haven’t you written a post today about this Stephen Gately Death Column by Jan Moir in the Daily Mail and all the scandal it’s causing? Well, OK… Jan Moir’s piece in the Daily Mail about the recent demise of Boyzone’s Stephen Gately was originally titled: Why there was nothing ‘natural’ [...]

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