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Discussion in 'The Premier League' started by Hoddle is a god, Nov 10, 2020.

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Does the Deep State exist?

  1. Yes

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  2. No

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  1. Libby

    Libby Derby County, we're coming for you

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    Can't even remember how that started?
     
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    Might have to pull out the best chocolate bar argument at this point but don't think that'll even work.

    It's a Starbar btw.
     
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  3. Libby

    Libby Derby County, we're coming for you

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    Luv going full Wile E Coyote on this thread

    good efforts to sabotage though...but can do better imho
     
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    Don't ask me, I can't remember what I did an hour ago.
     
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  6. Sucky

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    Alright.
     
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  7. We have checks and balances, Trebs. I accept that.

    But what history has proven, time and time again, is that we perpetually walk a fine line between "freedom" and enslavement.

    I am not so naive as to believe in "absolute freedom" because that is an impossible ideal. I studied Jurisprudence at Cambridge, and I am very well grounded in the philosophy of justice and politics.

    But what I do discern is a tendency for people to bow, unquestioningly, to authority, and to cede hard-won freedoms without any question. That worries me deeply. Freedoms, once renounced, are doubly hard to get back. That's why they are worth fighting for.

    You will take an opposing view to me - and I respect that - but I believe that we are no more than two steps away from a totalitarian state. It never sleeps, and it absolutely will take advantage of our lapse in diligence.
     
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    not clever enough?

    smart as **** them people

    convinced the whole world building 7 was...**** it don’t matter
     
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  9. If you look into them, it is amazing/alarming how many are comprised of the same people.
     
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    Look at this ****, please kill the thread now.

    Fry's Turkish Delight underrated imo.
     
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  11. Libby

    Libby Derby County, we're coming for you

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    Boost.

    Might have to dig out the chocolate bar thread I did once.
     
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    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    I've been in a few deep states, especially with ketamin
     
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    Boost is just a cheap modern day version of a Starbar FFS.
     
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  14. Libby

    Libby Derby County, we're coming for you

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    Good old regrettamine.
     
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  15. Libby

    Libby Derby County, we're coming for you

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    No nuts in a boost <doh>

    If you're gonna be an amateur about this luvvy then I might have to end this conversation.


    Oh and you still owe me a quid fifty btw.
     
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  16. Lol!

    Keep the chopper warm, Bruv. But don't take that bird to the skies, not yet.

    I am encouraged that there appears to be a general acceptance among us that our governments are not really in control and that, consequently, we - the people - are, in fact, powerless to affect any real change.

    Where we appear to differ is the extent to which that control is concentrated (if, indeed, it is concentrated) into any organised society or entity that could, rightfully, be called a Shadow Government.

    It's great to see the lads discussing this without turning on one another. I'm impressed.
     
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    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    from personal experience it's not good to mix it with everything you get offered, I've collapsed once or twice, lol.
     
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    one of my faves

    defo underrated

    people will be like..ohh but that’s not real Turkish delight

    real one is **** fam.... Fry’s is the daddy with the chocolate touch

    mmm
     
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    <laugh><applause>
     
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  20. We may disagree on many things, Luvvy.

    But we will never disagree on Fry's Turkish Delight.

    You have my word on that.
    <hug>
     
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