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Lawrence

Satyagraha

About Me

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HotFreeLayoutslook @ ur pageOther worldlyIntenseEasily bored100 new ideas a dayMore Lost than Big BrotherWorkaholicMore Left than RightChilled on a hot beachMore on the fringe than the edgePrefer Simpsons to EastendersLaugh and the world frowns at you

My Interests

Life/Politics/Philosophy/Film/Art/Football(Arsenal FC)/Tennis

I'd like to meet:

Intelligent, good EQ, creative, broad-minded people who want to make the world a better place (or who used to and have become cynical but not bitter and twisted)Anyone with a good sense of humour (but doesn't laugh outloud randomly or when no one has made a joke)

Music:

The Police/U2/Beatles/Bob Dylan/Fleetwood Mac/Coldplay/Gwen Stefani/Black Eyed Peas/Pussycatdolls /Tom Waits/Joni Mitchell/Bach/Mozart/Massive Attack

Movies:

Most Frank Capra/James Stewart films/Casablanca/Tarkovsky's films/films by Ingmar Bergman (though they should carry a health warning)/early Woody Allen films/most films really

Television:

The Office/Monty Python/Lost/Star Trek/Invasion/Simpsons/ER/Bones

Books:

Short History about Nearly Everything/anything by Iain M Banks/Harry Potter series/most books by Dan Brown/Kafka (if he gets around to finishing anything)

Heroes:

Mandela/Gandhi/anyone who uses power responsibly

My Blog

Don't Vote for Shilpa Shetty

Don't Vote ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> If you think what Ghandi would have done, there is only one path which retains dignity - Don't vote...
Posted by Lawrence on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:28:00 PST

When is a joke not a joke

The humourless defence has been used by racists since the advent of the Race Relations Act 1976. The offender would declare, "I didn't mean it. It was just a joke" (aka - the victim has no sense of hu...
Posted by Lawrence on Sat, 09 Dec 2006 07:08:00 PST

Hope after first love

The loss of the first love is always the worst You lose your dream of love - both the object and the subject... You get to understand that the image of love, infatuation, and the romance of love...
Posted by Lawrence on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:23:00 PST

Lifting the veil

I think that she has the right to wear the veil - it does not harm anyone and it is her choice. So society and freedom of expression are protected. Jack Straw et al are simply playing to people's fear...
Posted by Lawrence on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:17:00 PST

The stupidity of George Bush

Actual quotes from President George W Bush:   "The inhabitants of Greece are the Grecians" "The French don't have a word for 'entrepreneur'" "The vast majority of our imports come from outside th...
Posted by Lawrence on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:33:00 PST

Cats are food

Cats are food I heard someone challenge a vegetarian today with: would you eat your own dog for £1 million? The answer fortuntately was no. The inquirer however said she would eat anything for £...
Posted by Lawrence on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:29:00 PST

Hi My Name is Tom Cruise...

Someone has just asked me to asisst them with a telepathy case. Apparently, the army is trying to fry her brains with telepathic brainwaves. It is a bit too much to take so early on a Tuesday. Fortuna...
Posted by Lawrence on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:39:00 PST

Dogs are the new children

Apparently, people are becoming so absorbed in thier own lives that they no longer have time for children. So dogs or pets have become the new children - easier to maintain, cheaper dog-care...
Posted by Lawrence on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:28:00 PST

(T) Bright lights

Just seen "Fool for Love" (at Appollo theatre) by Sam Shepheard (travelling a long distance for a bad love, hooked in, mutually dependent but star-crossed).  Went to the stage door and did the fa...
Posted by Lawrence on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:52:00 PST

Kilroy-Silk, HSBC and the trouble with foreigners.. (EHR)

HSBC have never lost a racial discrimination case... Until now... The Watford Employment Tribunal yesterday found that Ruby Schembri (RS) (born in Malta) had been discriminated against on grounds...
Posted by Lawrence on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:13:00 PST