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That's an irresponsible thing for a lawyer to say. That could lead to his client getting done for fraud. His client might then sue him for breach of client confidentiality!

Before everyone jumps in with the same info, I would just like to point out that the film of A Clockwork Orange was 'banned' in the first place by the director, Stanley Kubrick, who, I think, wasn't satisfied with the film, was disappointed that people didn't understand it, and didn't want to be blamed for the brief spate of supposed copycat violence that followed its initial release.

(are *not* conscripts)

I take your point that America's soldiers are conscripts, but have signed up for duty of their own free will. However misguided that arguably is, most of them would probably claim to have signed up to defend their country, not murder foreigners in a war of aggression against another country that poses no direct threat to their own country's safety and security.

Will, you make a spirited defence of your position, but I'm afraid you're not going to convince anyone on this message board that Michael Moore is more wrong than right on any issue to do with George Bush's presidency and the war on Iraq.

If America is less polarised now than it was in 2000, and if the result of Bush's second election was any more convincing than the first, it has far less to do with the left wing media alienating working class patriots from the Democrat party than it has to do with George Bush and his right-wing supporters (yes, the media) convincing people that they should be scared and that only a determined military response is going to make them safe again.

"As for the "sons and daughter of the poor fighting for the rich" well firstly I don't see how Iraq has created profits in any real sense"

Really? What about all the defense, security and reconstruction projects in Iraq, that create very lucrative contracts for big american corporations? That's a great way of taking money from American tax payers and diverting it straight into the pockets of shareholders and directors.

I'm enjoying listening to it right now. Great fun. Guaranteed to cheer you up if you're a bit down.

Of course, Zaphod Beeblebrox doesn't have two heads all of the time. But, yes, I got the FP catalogue too, and I was a bit surprised, not having actually seen him with only the one head before.

Not sure I like the new look of Marvin. He's a bit cute - the old one looked more like a vending machine.

Thesis is a good film. I hadn't heard the rumour of which you speak, Doktor C.

Having seen Tetsuo The Iron Man, there's nothing in it to lead me to think the self-mutilation was anything but special effects.

There would be no advantage to either film incorporating scenes of real violence and mutilation only to then pass them off as fake. It's not real. Try not to worry about it too much.

I agree with King Trout on the vegetarian haggis question. It is quite distinctive, and no mere veggie sausage. I seem to recall it had loads of oatmeal in it and lots of vegetable suet. Quite fatty for a vegetarian dish.

Happy Burns Night for all those celebrating.

(so that's why we had a Scots-themed all-tartan, all-shortbread, comedy trumping Megazine for #228. Now I get it!)

One thing I like is a website that's really easy to navigate. One that says go here if you want this, go there if you want that.

(Termight)

Sorry if I was being cryptic before. I was alluding to the Slaine story by Patrick Brown that featured in the very first issue of Zarjaz. Having just dug it out, I see there's also a Torquemada/Termite story in the same issue.

I believe Forbidden Planet in Cardiff still has copies of Zarjaz issues 3 & 4, prominently displayed. If anyone would like a copy of either or both, contact me by message board sendmail and I'll reserve them for you, and I'll arrange posting on receipt of payment.

"maybe someone could write a decent Slaine story for it as by reading one of the other recent threads it seems that people reckon its gone past its best."

Ha ha ha! Oh, the irony. Of course, Shazhughes, you do know what prompted Pat's ban of anyone writing fan fiction using characters he created, don't you?

I could have made out like a bandit if I'd gone to a new sixth-form college instead of staying on at the sixth-form of my old school. Girls will fancy you more at 17 if they didn't already know you at 13. So things worked out okay when I eventually went to a technical college for A-level resits.