no yu begin wher i end

I've heard a few songs off of MCR's latest album, and they aren't that bad. Same with the new Linkin Park. I was reading the reviews on Amazon, and the vast majority are from kids whining "Linkin Park sold out! Where's the rap? The changed and now they suck! Boo-fucking-hoo!" I figure that if those people hate it, I'll like it.

Seconded. Also, the live version of Karma Police they played at Glastonbury 2003 is absolutely amazing. When they get to the "for a minute there, I lost myself" part, the crowd is singing so loud you can barely hear Thom. Feelings like those is what making music is about. Also, No Surprises and Lucky have special meaning to me. Anyone who has done IB (AP is for little girls) or just come under a ton of unnecessary stress will understand.

Carnival of Venus - Allen Vizzutti

It's alright. I like it better than the fake one.

Yay for alcohol!

9/10 It's almost symmetrical (sp?)!

Oh totally, but he does that schtick for every question, even the ones where the contestant confidently gives the correct answer. It just gets boring after about 10 minutes.

Did you take that here in town?

The host is a dick.

The person who created this altered one of the songs, I think it was 'Someday' to make them fit together. Also, old news.

'Broken One' by Luke Doucet. I saw the video for this about a month after my ex and I broke up last year, although we were still fooling around, kind of a 'friends with benefits' deal. Big mistake on my part. One Saturday last March, she went to a metal concert in Steinbach (if you're from Winnipeg, then you'll laugh at that) and met a friend of a friend of hers who asked her out, and she said yes. Naturally, I was quite devestated. That weekend was also the first time I heard "Don't Look Back In Anger" by Oasis, so that tempered my bitterness somewhat. http://www.myspace.com/lukedoucet

10/10 It's true.

I almost wish that I got Faux News here so I could see his reaction.

Anyone surprised?

Sometimes strangers have good candy.

Pussycat Dolls.

Sorry man, guess I can't help you then.

http://www.caughtinthecarousel.com/albumre...royStagger.html

'Best Mistake' by Leeroy Stagger.

Again, if they're so popular... From what I've been able to find, several protesters were arrested before they got to the actual protests. If Reuters, Bloomberg, and CNN are to be believed, then the authorities were definitly unecessarily clamping down on the protests. However, I think in the end we're just going to have to agree to disagree. You do have some valid points, in that there should be no double standards when it comes to criticisms of human rights. I agree wholeheartedly.

Do you have a link for that, or can you expand on it? Protection from what? Protect the stores and whatnot along the route? Unless they specifically intend to cause damage and violence, their right to peaceful protest shouldn't be impeded. Also, you'll have to forgive me for throwing aside your criticisms of those other countries. The way this thread started out made it seem like the West was merely jealous of Russia instead of being hypocritical, to which I agree. The West is being unfair, but at the same time I don't think those criticisms are invalid simply because of who is making them.

Point taken, although I'd be willing to say that it's probably mostly at the government level, where officials are more cautious about making those kinds of statements. Democracy is not solely about majority rule, it's also about protecting minorities. Besides, if Putin is so popular, why do the Russian authorities feel the need for the imposition of censorship, or why do they need to deny requests for protests?

So? Just because it happens in other countries doesn't make it right in Russia, which is what we're discussing. If you start another thread on those countries, then sure, I'll rail against them in there. The topic of this thread is Russia. Also, I'm fairly certain that those other democratic countries aren't like this:

Do they not have the right to peacefully protest as well? Clearly you didn't read the link garsk posted. The march was unsanctioned? Gee, I wonder why. http://www.sptimesrussia.com/index.php?act...&story_id=20875 I thought Russia was a democracy. I agree, Berezovsky is being extremely unproductive in calling for a forcible overthrow, but that doesn't justify the repression of peaceful protesters.

Besides, civil disobedience is still disobedience.