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bitch, do u even road tax?

Yes it does still surprise me.

bitch, do u even road tax?

Plus who you calling Bitch ?

Dutch man arrested with 12 hummingbirds in his underwear

http://www.zap-actu.fr/2011/09/29/arrete-avec-12-colibris-dans-son-slip/

Also smuggling small budgie, the rotter.

something something woodpeckers.

/gotnuthin

No birds ever gunna get in those budgie smugglers to get a view of the pecker with the hum coming off them....or summat, gets coat and makes for exit.

Graphic pictures contained in this story from China

Suppose we put together a libel case (individually or as a community) against a newspaper which publishes an article such as the aforementioned, how likely is it to progress far enough for an actual hearing in court?

Based on my interpretation of this paragraph on Wikipedia, I think it has potential to be within the scope of current law:

English law allows actions for libel to be brought in the High Court for any published statements alleged to defame a named or identifiable individual or individuals... in a manner that ...causes a reasonable person to think worse of them.
Allowable defenses are

[]justification (the truth of the statement),
[]fair comment (whether the statement was a view that a reasonable person could have held),
[]absolute privilege []made in Parliament or in court, or []fair reports of allegations in the public interest)
[]qualified privilege (freedom of expression outweighing protection of reputation, without granting immunity).

An offer of amends is a barrier to litigation.

A defamatory statement is presumed to be false unless the defendant can prove its truth...
A private individual must only prove negligence (not using due care) to collect compensatory damages.[citation needed] To collect punitive damages, all individuals must prove actual malice.

So, basis for case:

• negligent misrepresentations of Cyclists in "The Article" are likely to causes a reasonable person to think worse of Cyclists
  
• Such reasonable persons would easily identify me as a cyclist, not restricted to the times when I am actually performing that activity.
  
• If the same author can be shown to have demonstrated an understanding of the truth in previous articles which conflicts with representations made in The Article, then we can legitimately claim Malice, and hence add punitive damages (probably big) onto compensatory damages (probably small).
  

"defame a named or identifiable individual" ? It's a group - is anyone named?

They mentioned one of them was a little over weight......

It's a stupid article, shame they don't allow comments. There was a woman there who had lost her child, and he's moaning about damage to a car he was driving illegally.

being discussed here, the story is rather different, the car was driving on the wrong side of the road and hit someone.

http://www.birminghamcyclist.com/forum/topics/vigilante-cycle-gang-attack-taxi-in-bus-lane?xg_source=activity&id=3004025%3ATopic%3A123466&page=1#comments

Then, quite ridiculously, Mr Hussain decided he was not going to budge when we refused to do so as we occupied the bus lane on the Horton Square side. He was not "surrounded" as he erroneously claims, we were in front of him, in the bus lane. the lane he should have taken, to his left remained clear throughout the incident, apart from when cars occupied it as they waited for the lights to change when joining the ring road.
I saw the incident with the wing mirror. The "cyclist" in question was not on his bike at the time. So should he be referred to as a pedestrian? And, by association, is he then giving all pedestrians a bad name? Anyway, the police officer ushered the taxi into the right hand lane to continue, illegally, across the bus gate. I don't know if the PEDESTRIAN saw the taxi coming but the next minute, he was rolling off it's wing, and off came the mirror, as per its design, so that it did not injure the PEDESTRIAN further.
We have had less furore in recent weeks in the local media after a cyclist was killed. Yet alas, due to an easily repairable bit of damage to a Hackney Carriage, reported entirely from the point of view of the driver and with the added flashing lights and bells and whistles of the entirely disgusting sensationalist headline, members of this group have decided to condemn events that they did not witness themselves. An absolutely reprehensible source, generating some oddly vehement feedback, in my opinion.

I was concerned that one of them would jump in front of the taxi and get hurt
Gold.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/18/trouble-with-cupcakes

so much this

if you hate cupcakes you probably hate puppies. and jesus.

Matt Seaton has said everything there is to say about cycling. The only thing left to have an opinion on cup-cakes.

Finally this obsession with cupcakes might come to an end.

Cupcakes are crap and should only be baked by children.

Flavourless nonsense coated in sugar.

If you are going to bake something how about a proper cake?

they're only popular because they are easy unlike the nasa moon missions

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/18/trouble-with-cupcakes

so much this

'Cupcakes are everywhere' ? It's a spoof article, right?

Plus who you calling Bitch ?

do you even meme?

but they are

Where? I havent seen any for months.

oxford street near bond street tube a whole shop selling them
westfields

you need to get out more
his 2nd sentence is accurate

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24567412

You mean I need to go to Oxford street and westfields more? You wouldn't have to change much, or anything, to make this a very funny middle class non-issue satire for private eye.

"Hey Matt, anything annoying you a bit at the moment?"
"um, cupcakes?"
"Great! Can I have 2000 words on that for friday?"
"No problem."