The Pub - Discuss Anything

[Heisenberg 1,824]

Sad image.Nothing to laugh about.Life's a bitch.

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

cute av

Relax sonny

[Stingray 9,441]

OMG are you serious in believing this crap ?????? ,,,go see a shrink

time you grew up .....or spent more time getting an education

it feels strange agreeing with both Kojo and TX ,,but our disagreements were about football .. the worst thread on here is the pub ...it must be the laughing stock

of visitors .. childish toilet humour ,,, unworthy

If I add the insult you once slinged at me or that whole thread that illustrated with quotes how abusive you are and got away with it, the only one being childish here is you. And without humour. Sad old man.

[jonaaibosk 191]

I hope I'm not as uptight as that when I turn 75

[Stingray 9,441]

I hope I'm not as uptight as that when I turn 75

If you want uptight : http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/16756-motm/

[Jase 43,479]

@, I bought a Chelsea clothe for my cat!

A picture?

[jonaaibosk 191]

If you want uptight : http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/16756-motm/

Yeah, I was reading that last night. Bet he's a real hoot at parties. You'd think it was a crime to have a bit of fun and light hearted banter.

I get the fact that this is predominantly a football forum, but the other areas of the forum (and if he even dared to look at other teams' forums he'd notice that its pretty much the same everywhere) have been created so that we can discuss other topics and have fun.

We all share a love for Chelsea, but there are many other things that we may have in common which the pub is great for finding out about. Throw in a bit of child's play and toilet humour and, rather than lowering the tone, like granpa suggests, it just brings an element of enjoyment to the place.

Simple solution is.....Don't like it? Don't fucking open it.

We could do with more folk like you and I on here to be honest

[Jase 43,479]

It feels as though @CHOULO19 is like a porn instigator right now as one of the very few members only still with that avatar..

[CHOULO19 24,332]

It feels as though @CHOULO19 is like a porn instigator right now as one of the very few members only still with that avatar..

[Stingray 9,441]

It feels as though @CHOULO19 is like a porn instigator right now as one of the very few members only still with that avatar..

There is a version without that blue star you know ............

I edited that star on there :-)

[Jase 43,479]

There is a version without that blue star you know ............

I edited that star on there :-)

I'm not surprised. You also probably have a whole database of porn pictures like that.

[Stingray 9,441]

[Jase 43,479]

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Roy Hodgson and a diskette. You two sure have some great 'old' taste.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Nour, what do you think of Hezbollah?

Are they the super duper evil terrorist group USA says or are they just a strict religious political party as they claim?

This might be a little longer than you wanted, so I apologize for that, but it's a tricky subject that needs explaining if you're not from the region. I'll try to be as objective as possible.

Hezboullah started back in 1982 during the (second) Israeli invasion of Lebanon. They started as a religious extremist group. Not quite as bad as Al Qaeda, but not that far off, tbh. They forced people in the area they had under control to do as they want. But then again 1982 was in the middle of the Lebanese civil war and each militia was doing the exact same thing to the areas they had under their control. It's that just for Hezboullah it had a religious spin on it.

In the 90s, after the civil war ended (well the fighting ended, the civil has been ongoing since the 1840s), they were steadily becoming less "extreme". The Lebanese society is a very diverse one and everyone has to accept the other as no one can cancel anyone out. In fact, right now, if you take into account some of the religious extremist Qaeda-like groups we currently have, then Hezboullah is one of the more moderate religious groups. But they are an armed group, not just a political party.

During the 90s, they also became the only major side fighting against Israel here in Lebanon with the diminishing role of the Palestinians here and the secular armed parties. They had a couple of wars with Israel during the 90s and many monthly-basis missions up until the year 2000 when they managed to force Israel out of most of the south of Lebanon which they were still occupying since 1982. Some say that the Israelis retreated by themselves, other say Hezboullah forced them. I honestly have no idea which is true. But that triumph (along with the death of Hafez Al Asad and being succeeded by Bachar) gave Hezboullah some real backing from Syria and Iran and they now had some serious weapons at their disposal. We're talking about more than 50,000 short and medium range missiles at the very least estimate along with advanced anti-tank weapons (and we even saw a glimpse of anti-ships weapons in 2006).

This is where the US real issues with Hezboullah began. They were now a genuine threat to Israel and can change the 'equation' in the region. Before 2000, they would launch every month a few Katyusha missiles; half of them would miss and land inside Lebanon and the other half would cause panic and forest fires in Israel at worst. But this was no longer the case as became evident during the 2006 war. Hezboullah, with no more than 4-5 men in each village, managed to keep the Israelis out for more than 33 days while they fired thousands of missiles on Israel non-stop. This is when the US started really working on destroying the image of Hezboullah in Europe and in the Arab world.

In the internal issues, I have many problems with Hezboullah. For starters they are a sectarian party (as are all 'effective' parties in Lebanon). I do not share their beliefs nor do I belong to their ideology. But I accept that they are a large of the Lebanese demography and they completely accept that there are people that don't belong in their demography as well. But when it comes fighting Israel, let's just say that we were Israel's play-toy until Hezboullah came along. I have no doubt that the moment they give up their weapons, the Israeli army will be on Lebanese soil again.

The people who are with Hezboullah have a reputation of being religious, but they also have a reputation of being very polite, honest and incredibly organized (as a party and even a militia they are organized the extent that it's actually scary!).

As for the terrorist part, whenever someone says that I remember something from the 2006 war. Like all of those who live in the southern suburb of Beirut, I was forced out of my home to a safer area. But we would still go home at times to get clothes and stuff from our house and so that Dad can check on his store (I think we went 3 or 4 time during the 33 days). One of those time, we had to park the car far from the house because there were literally buildings collapsed in the middle of the streets. Hezboullah had left some of their people in the area to keep an eye on everything and stop anyone from robbing the vacant houses. Two of those guys were helping us to get to our house and urging us to get done quickly because it was not safe. We passed by the entrance of a building where a stray dog has gotten him self locked in with the gate shut. The poor guy must have been starving. So the Hezboullah guys opened the gate for him and gave him a can of canned meat which was probably supposed to be part of their lunch that day ( I later learned that those two guys got killed after a building was brought down on them). And coincidentally, that same day happened to be the day that an Israeli plane had destroyed two Red Cross vehicles that were transporting over 20 women and children from a village in the south killing them all. Then Rice has the nerve to come out and say that Israel are fighting the terrorist Hezboullah. Lmao.

PS: I'm too lazy to proof read this so sorry for any mistakes

[NishC300 1,865]

School's changed a lot!