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grapefruitzzz ([info]grapefruitzzz) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2010-07-01 18:30:00
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The government wants YOU to join in the great wankathon.
The British government have just set up a website to enable people to discuss unnecessary laws they can get rid of because they think the last government made too many.

http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk/

We're working to create a more open and less intrusive society through our Programme for Government. We want to restore Britain’s traditions of freedom and fairness, and free our society of unnecessary laws and regulations – both for individuals and businesses.

This site gives you the chance to submit, comment on, or vote for ideas about how we can do this. Your ideas will inform government policy and some of your proposals could end up making it into bills we bring before Parliament to change the law.

It has only been online for a day and has already turned into a giant wankfarm. They've already had to suspend new login creation because of servers being robust.

http://twitter.com/HMGwebstatus

Today the #yourfreedom site has had 1,600 users active per second at peak points.

So why not drop by and wank about drugs, smoking, hanging, dangerous dogs, parking fines or anything else you could possibly imagine?


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[info]ashenmote
2010-07-01 06:10 pm UTC (link)
Wait, Britain...Britain...the name sounds familiar. Wasn't that the 'three illegal downloads and we will take away your internet access' country?

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[info]grapefruitzzz
2010-07-01 06:22 pm UTC (link)
That was put through at the very last minute by the last government, and is now star of its own page of wank:

http://yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk/@@search?Subject=internet

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[info]galateus
2010-07-01 06:31 pm UTC (link)
Three allegations of illegal downloading, at that.

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[info]southerngaelic
2010-07-01 07:15 pm UTC (link)
I swear to God, it's like our officials thought '1984' was a how-to guide -_-

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[info]mcity
2010-07-05 02:53 pm UTC (link)
Even if you're against piracy, that seems just a little extreme.

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[info]azazello
2010-07-01 06:33 pm UTC (link)
We don't need any more wankers in British politics. We just elected a government made up of them.

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[info]coffee_mug
2010-07-01 06:40 pm UTC (link)
This made me laugh because I'm reading a book on British politics where the writer (in all seriousness) seems to always come to the conclusion that it's all quite a load of wank.

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[info]pulchritude
2010-07-02 04:38 pm UTC (link)
Oooh, what book? :D

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[info]coffee_mug
2010-07-02 07:58 pm UTC (link)
Mastering British Politics by F. N. Forman. It's quite dry, actually, and he's not really saying it's all wank, that's exaggeration on my part but some bits he readily admits the political system has its flaws, like regarding public's disinterest or politicians' capabilities etc etc. He basically goes "Is this good/efficient/commendable? Not really, no and it probably won't be." at a lot of things.

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[info]sheep
2010-07-01 09:10 pm UTC (link)
I've resigned myself to the fact that I probably won't be able to watch the news for quite some time with out cringing D:

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[info]melannen
2010-07-01 10:57 pm UTC (link)
Yes, but all that wanking makes for really hot slash. :P

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[info]grapefruitzzz
2010-07-01 11:00 pm UTC (link)
Testify.

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[info]azazello
2010-07-02 06:29 am UTC (link)
I'm sure that's gonna be high consolation if I get made redundant.

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[info]lilitu93
2010-07-02 04:36 pm UTC (link)
I swear, the ads for When Boris met Dave were designed for RPS fics. (I didn't watch it, so I don't know if the show was so slashy.)

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[info]pulchritude
2010-07-02 04:38 pm UTC (link)
Too true. :D

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[info]sandglass
2010-07-01 06:38 pm UTC (link)
#yourfreedom The unprecedented level of traffic has forced us to switch off logging in to protect page serving.Please check back for updates

It's so adorable they didn't expect that everybody and their mom would be in on that.

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[info]sandglass
2010-07-01 06:38 pm UTC (link)
Also, anybody else reminded of Ender's Game?

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[info]overlord_mordax
2010-07-01 07:08 pm UTC (link)

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[info]sheep
2010-07-01 09:09 pm UTC (link)
I'm steering clear, it's probably going to end up like that LJ comm which pretty much amounted to a bunch of white, straight, christian males wangsting about how oppressed they are in Britain today... their proof?

The Daily Fail.

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[info]nymeria
2010-07-01 10:12 pm UTC (link)
If I could punch Paul Dacre in the crotch, my life would be a better thing.

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[info]nymeria
2010-07-01 10:12 pm UTC (link)
Actually, make that Paul Dacre and Richard Desmond.

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[info]cmdr_zoom
2010-07-01 10:24 pm UTC (link)
KEEP CALM
        AND
CARRY ON

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[info]puipui
2010-07-02 06:13 am UTC (link)
Didn't they learn anything from the epic, epic trolling the Republicans just got like a month ago with that whole America Speaking Out thing? (My god, that was beautiful. I think my favorite was the suggestion about training an army of ninja cats, it was genius.)

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[info]grapefruitzzz
2010-07-02 07:03 am UTC (link)
That sounds perfect. I think we need to hire some trolling consultants on this asap.

There was a thing on the news last night about someone wanting a law to ban necrophilia with someone else's pets, but I wasn't paying attention.


I might suggest the old FDR idea of training bees to fly in formation to fool enemy radar.

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[info]fuzzytowers
2010-07-02 06:36 pm UTC (link)
That was my first thought. The trolling there was a beautiful and precious thing.

I suppose that anyone who runs for office has an ego big enough to delude themselves that when they do it the results will be different.

Right.

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[info]artimusdin
2010-07-04 08:12 pm UTC (link)
Wait, wut? Do tell, I've apparently missed that bit.

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[info]gerorin
2010-07-02 10:42 am UTC (link)
I wonder if Clarkson is in there arguing against speed limits...

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[info]tarash
2010-07-02 10:57 am UTC (link)
No doubt he's already proposing they ban all Health and Safety regulations.

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[info]nymeria
2010-07-02 06:54 pm UTC (link)
As well as unfair rules forbidding people from running over foxes for fun.

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[info]platedlizard
2010-07-02 07:28 pm UTC (link)
Oh, its so adorable when elected officials think that opening up a forum for annoymous commenting is a good thing.

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[info]shadowmonkey
2010-07-02 08:23 pm UTC (link)
I find it adorable that people think elected officials will actually care about the stuff being added.

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[info]grapefruitzzz
2010-07-02 08:31 pm UTC (link)
Oh this guy will. It's the nearest his party have come to power for 90 years and this is his big government job. He probably checks the site every ten minutes and hugs himself for Making A Difference.

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[info]shadowmonkey
2010-07-02 08:45 pm UTC (link)
He'll probably collate the best ideas at the end of the week to show the PM, who will reiterate how he is Making A Difference, but he's sadly a bit busy now, and would he mind popping back in a bit later.

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[info]grapefruitzzz
2010-07-02 10:15 pm UTC (link)
Aw, he might give him a biscuit as well!

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[info]ruslan
2010-07-04 06:44 am UTC (link)
*DRIVE-BY ICON LOVE*

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[info]grapefruitzzz
2010-07-07 12:55 am UTC (link)
<3

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[info]black_spot
2010-07-05 10:56 pm UTC (link)
This is a conspiracy. Nick Clegg is only doing it to stop me emailing him all the time with suggestions.

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[info]grapefruitzzz
2010-07-08 11:44 am UTC (link)
Nick Clegg probably still squeaks with excitement every time he gets attention of any sort at all.

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