London's Calling - and they have a search warrant.

[Jason Tate]

A Special Branch officer questioned a punk rock (http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,12780,1230607,00.html) musician as a terror suspect after he sent a text message containing lyrics from The Clash song to the wrong person.

[grendel20]

A Special Branch officer questioned a punk rock (http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,12780,1230607,00.html) musician as a terror suspect after he sent a text message containing lyrics from The Clash song to the wrong person.

and if they hadn't looked into it, and he did do something michael moore would have done another "docucommentary" about the inadequecies of US intelligence.............

two sides people. Two sides to everything.

[formyownheart]

at least thats they are doing their job, give them a break on that one everyone makes mistakes and nobody got hurt

[TSLManager]

All he did was post a news story, whats wrong with that? He didnt say the police were wrong for following doing it. They are lucky it wasnt done in the US becuase with the Patriot Act they could have locked the guy up for months for that message, rather than admiting their mistake.


and if they hadn't looked into it, and he did do something michael moore would have done another "docucommentary" about the inadequecies of US intelligence.............

two sides people. Two sides to everything.

[truerockstar]

they didn't make any mistake, the guy sent the message to the wrong person (the lyrics are pretty intense for some random person to get). It's just a funny story, the cops went to check it out and found out it was Clash lyrics. Or maybe its the government's fault for not having a Clash Lyric Specialist on the force...

[Jason Tate]

All he did was post a news story, whats wrong with that? He didnt say the police were wrong for following doing it. They are lucky it wasnt done in the US becuase with the Patriot Act they could have locked the guy up for months for that message, rather than admiting their mistake.
Yah, I didn't post this to be "political" - I posted it because it was The Clash, and I found it humorous ... not everything is black and white Grendal, if there are truly only two sides, we are fucked.

[brockton18]

"London's Calling - and they have a search warrent"

and the jr. high kid who fainted during today's spelling bee is calling, and he says you should spell it "warrant."

[brockton18]

p.s. if you did not get my obscure spelling bee joke

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=1815243#

[naturaldisaster]

That's a great story. I'm bringing that up as a current event for my government class tomorrow.

[Darren McLeod]

Brockton18 beat me to it. Tate, you have a terrible habit of spelling words incorrectly. Perhaps you should work on your spelling, because some of us readers really hate typos.

I am one of them.

[Jason Tate]

Brockton18 beat me to it. Tate, you have a terrible habit of spelling words incorrectly. Perhaps you should work on your spelling, because some of us readers really hate typos.

I am one of them.
Out of the 2,325 posts I have made, I am bound to have made a few mistakes - so sue me. When you have over 2 thousand posts we'll check your spelling on everything and put it under a microscope. I make mistakes, I am not "Jason the Spelling Master" - a simple, "uh, a not an e" works fine.

You have 129 posts and:

06-01-04, 09:32 PM
Replies: 19 Give A Dog A Bone
Views: 348 Posted By Darren
Yeah, that's cuase i submitted it and only knew...

Yeah, that's cuase i submitted it and only knew it was old and unreleased, didn't know that it was from a demo...guess i should've stated it was old. Figured people would listen to it and realize it...

... now stop being an ass.

[Frank Giaramita]

at least thats they are doing their job, give them a break on that one everyone makes mistakes and nobody got hurt

why do u make it seem like tate is criticizing someone? He is simply stating something and is not making a negative remark towards the US branch officer in any way...try not to look for arguments JAMEZ

[inanechild]

Let's just be happy the Clash is in the news for something.

[Darren McLeod]

Very good follow-up Jason; instead of taking some simple advice, you decide to turn it around and point out an error I have made. Splendid.

Now, first of all, it was not my intention to come off as an ass. Maybe whenever you see someone offering criticism, you take it as an insult. I apologize for that. Second of all, what you pointed out was a forum post I made. Forum posts are likely to have some mistyped words in them. The newspage is not a forum. The newspage is a place where individuals come to see updates on artists, and being a publication, we sometimes expect that the author of these newsposts will take the time to double check their update, or paste it into MS Word and use spell check. It's what I call professionalism. Please notice that the newspost I submitted for your website that you referred to contained no spelling errors, just the forum comment I made. Also, you do not just make "a few mistakes". You tend to make them frequently, and this is not the first time someone has corrected you, or stated that you should spellcheck.

I was just hoping in the future you could be more careful so that what I read is the newspost, not the typo, because glaring errors catch my eye easily.

Thank you.

[Jason Tate]

Very good follow-up Jason; instead of taking some simple advice, you decide to turn it around and point out an error I have made. Splendid.

Now, first of all, it was not my intention to come off as an ass. Maybe whenever you see someone offering criticism, you take it as an insult. I apologize for that. Second of all, what you pointed out was a forum post I made. Forum posts are likely to have some mistyped words in them. The newspage is not a forum. The newspage is a place where individuals come to see updates on artists, and being a publication, we sometimes expect that the author of these newsposts will take the time to double check their update, or paste it into MS Word and use spell check. It's what I call professionalism. Please notice that the newspost I submitted for your website that you referred to contained no spelling errors, just the forum comment I made. Also, you do not just make "a few mistakes". You tend to make them frequently, and this is not the first time someone has corrected you, or stated that you should spellcheck.

I was just hoping in the future you could be more careful so that what I read is the newspost, not the typo, because glaring errors catch my eye easily.

Thank you.
When you refer to me by my surname and claim I have a "terrible habit of spelling words incorrectly" - expect me to take offense regardless of your intent.

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. ... so did you get the intent of my post, yes, was it wrong, yes, but I am sick of having every little nitpicky error that I make be shown through a microscope, it's just very vexatious to go through day in and day out. To err is human.

[ghostyouare]

Brockton18 beat me to it. Tate, you have a terrible habit of spelling words incorrectly. Perhaps you should work on your spelling, because some of us readers really hate typos.

I am one of them.
OMG did you realize that tate spelled a word wrong. OMG LOLZ0R AHAHA I'm the greatest person ever. I never spelled a word wrong.

Go fuck yourself jackass. Think you are the greatest thing that ever walked on earth. If you hate it so much then leave, ass.

[Frank Giaramita]

Very good follow-up Jason; instead of taking some simple advice, you decide to turn it around and point out an error I have made. Splendid.

Now, first of all, it was not my intention to come off as an ass. Maybe whenever you see someone offering criticism, you take it as an insult. I apologize for that. Second of all, what you pointed out was a forum post I made. Forum posts are likely to have some mistyped words in them. The newspage is not a forum. The newspage is a place where individuals come to see updates on artists, and being a publication, we sometimes expect that the author of these newsposts will take the time to double check their update, or paste it into MS Word and use spell check. It's what I call professionalism. Please notice that the newspost I submitted for your website that you referred to contained no spelling errors, just the forum comment I made. Also, you do not just make "a few mistakes". You tend to make them frequently, and this is not the first time someone has corrected you, or stated that you should spellcheck.

I was just hoping in the future you could be more careful so that what I read is the newspost, not the typo, because glaring errors catch my eye easily.

Thank you.


shut up. you complain about typos distracting you from the news, yet you come into a news post about The Clash and totally distract everyone from The Clash to talk about this meaningless/irrelevant/ bullshit. If you dont like the "unprofessionalism" of tate's posts that dont read them..scroll right over them, or dont come to the site.

P.s. speaking of proofreading, its obvious you didnt do this with your post, bc if you did, you'd realize how incredibly annoying it was.

[Darren McLeod]

When you refer to me by my surname and claim I have a "terrible habit of spelling words incorrectly" - expect me to take offense regardless of your intent.

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. ... so did you get the intent of my post, yes, was it wrong, yes, but I am sick of having every little nitpicky error that I make be shown through a microscope, it's just very vexatious to go through day in and day out. To err is human.

Yes, understandable. I didn't even notice that I referred to you by your surname, because on this site more people refer to you as Tate than Jason and I assumed that it was acceptable. That I will apologize for. I know it is human to make mistakes, and I expect that mistakes will be made. I was just stating that they are too frequent for my liking, and I wish that you would take 10 seconds after each post and look over it. If you choose to not do that, then that is your decision and I respect that.

And to the other people that posted, I'm sorry that you hate someone making a correction to a newspost, and find it hilarious that when someone talks about a spelling mistake in a post, you call it "meaningless/irrelevant/ bullshit", when I've seen countless comments that have nothing to do with anything related to punk, this site, or anything worthwhile at all.

[ghostyouare]

Very good follow-up Jason; instead of taking some simple advice, you decide to turn it around and point out an error I have made. Splendid.

Now, first of all, it was not my intention to come off as an ass. Maybe whenever you see someone offering criticism, you take it as an insult. I apologize for that. Second of all, what you pointed out was a forum post I made. Forum posts are likely to have some mistyped words in them. The newspage is not a forum. The newspage is a place where individuals come to see updates on artists, and being a publication, we sometimes expect that the author of these newsposts will take the time to double check their update, or paste it into MS Word and use spell check. It's what I call professionalism. Please notice that the newspost I submitted for your website that you referred to contained no spelling errors, just the forum comment I made. Also, you do not just make "a few mistakes". You tend to make them frequently, and this is not the first time someone has corrected you, or stated that you should spellcheck.

I was just hoping in the future you could be more careful so that what I read is the newspost, not the typo, because glaring errors catch my eye easily.

Thank you.
how did you think you were coming off as then? ass hole.
""A few mistakes"." (BTW the period goes inside the quotation marks)
newspage = news page?
newspost = news post?
spellcheck = spell check?

"It's what I call professionalism" It would be redundant if anyone said you were full of yourself and shit.
"glaring errors catch my eye easily" The mirror is a bitch huh?

[Darren McLeod]

how did you think you were coming off as then? ass hole.
""A few mistakes"." (BTW the period goes inside the quotation marks)
newspage = news page?
newspost = news post?
spellcheck = spell check?

"It's what I call professionalism" It would be redundant if anyone said you were full of yourself and shit.
"glaring errors catch my eye easily" The mirror is a bitch huh?

You've got me there with the "A few mistakes" comment. And about the professionalism... I never stated that I was perfect. I never stated that I've never made a typo, because as Jason so proudly showed the world, I've made mistakes too.

[truerockstar]

you guys are dicks, he just said spell check your news articles. chill out, he's in fact been extremely polite and for the most part correct. If you pride yourself in this website (which I'm sure you do Jason), just spell check.

[Darren McLeod]

you guys are dicks, he just said spell check your news articles. chill out, he's in fact been extremely polite and for the most part correct. If you pride yourself in this website (which I'm sure you do Jason), just spell check.

Finally. Someone who saw my intention, posted intelligently about it (other than Jason, who was quite polite in his posts), and decided that bringing in insults about my looks (which you've never seen) into the topic was irrelevant.

Thank you.

[ghostyouare]

you have a terrible habit of spelling words incorrectly. I don't see that as very polite. Being polite he would of said something along the lines of "you have a habit of spelling words incorrectly."

[ghostyouare]

Finally. Someone who saw my intention, posted intelligently about it (other than Tate, who was quite polite in his posts), and decided that bringing in insults about my looks (which you've never seen) into the topic was irrelevant.

Thank you.
No thank you

[ReFused23]

Darren....I've got some adivce for you:

shut the fuck up. More imporantly you need to get a fucking life and chill out, it was a spelling error, get over it. You still got what the news post was about, so everything else is irrelavant. Stupid fucking pricks like you annoy me

[nihilst]

This is the dumbest argument I have ever heard(seen).

[ghostyouare]

This is the dumbest argument I have ever heard(seen).
I agree, although im in it, and my spelling and grammar is atrocious(sp?). and I normally bash Jason every chance I get. I also love to argue, it gets me through my day. Yes i know it sounds like im a horrible person, but without conflict life is dull and boring(redundant).

[Darren McLeod]

Darren....I've got some adivce for you:

shut the fuck up. More imporantly you need to get a fucking life and chill out, it was a spelling error, get over it. You still got what the news post was about, so everything else is irrelavant. Stupid fucking pricks like you annoy me

I made one post about the error. The rest were just defending myself for people getting pissed off at me for trying to make a correction. All of a sudden I'm a prick when I haven't once insulted anyone or resorted to name calling like most people who get into stupid arguments on forums.

This is the dumbest argument I have ever heard(seen).

Agreed.

[ReFused23]

shut the fuck up you bastard

[Darren McLeod]

shut the fuck up you bastard

Why don't you shut your mouth and also stop telling people to get a life when you have more posts in a month than they have in almost a year?

[Frank Giaramita]

I don't see that as very polite. Being polite he would of said something along the lines of "you have a habit of spelling words incorrectly."

actually saying "you have a habit of spelling words incorrectly" totally changes the meaning of the phrase. when you say.."you have a terrible habit of spelling words incorrectly" its like saying.."you have a constant/bad habit". using the word "terrible" is verb adjective (thanks jared for catching that one) to describe whether the habit is a positive or negative one.

[brockton18]

hey we are all missing the entire point of this enlightening polemic that i so innocently started.....a 12 year old kid passed out while spelling a word, and then woke up and finished spelling the word!!!! that is hardcore. oh and TATE you are a terrible speller. but your command of the thesaurus is quite apparent and often quite humorous.

[Billy]

haha Darren just got owned and now he's mad.

[Jason Tate]

hey we are all missing the entire point of this enlightening polemic that i so innocently started.....a 12 year old kid passed out while spelling a word, and then woke up and finished spelling the word!!!! that is hardcore. oh and TATE you are a terrible speller. but your command of the thesaurus is quite apparent and often quite humorous.

PS. Learn the shift key before attacking someone.

[TylerH03eXc]

hey darren, don't complain about Tate's spelling when you put commas after because.

[Darren McLeod]

hey darren, don't complain about Tate's spelling when you put commas after because.

As I already said... spelling or grammatical errors in forums are different than errors on a news page. The forum is a place of conversation and bickering over why you're punker than me, while the news page is a place for news articles, press releases, and the likes.

And another thing... where did I use a comma after because? I just looked over my posts and didn't notice one with that mistake.

(I also wonder if Jason is going to give Tyler a warning about using his surname when it's a post defending him...)

[TylerH03eXc]

Brockton18 beat me to it. Tate, you have a terrible habit of spelling words incorrectly. Perhaps you should work on your spelling, because some of us readers really hate typos.

I am one of them.


read that one yah n00b

[worldstheory]

Every single one of these newspost reply threads turn into a Jason Tate bitchfest. Every single one. Leave the man alone.

[naallusy679]

"i placed the typos on purpose
'it doesnt mean shit if it's wrapped up all perfect.' "



dont they have google over in the UK? :) mebbe not...

[Darren McLeod]

read that one yah n00b

Ummm... I hate to upset you, but there were no commas after the because in that sentence. Yes, the comma shouldn't have been in front of the because, but since you're trying to be such a smartass and were wrong I thought I'd post this.

Yah n00b.

[ghostyouare]

actually saying "you have a habit of spelling words incorrectly" totally changes the meaning of the phrase. when you say.."you have a terrible habit of spelling words incorrectly" its like saying.."you have a constant/bad habit". using the word "terrible" is verb used to describe whether the habit is a positive or negative one.
Depends on the definition of "terrible" dumbass, it has more than one meaning. I could mean either one.

[Jason Tate]

terrible
SYLLABICATION: ter·ri·ble
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: tr-bl KEY
ADJECTIVE: 1. Causing great fear or alarm; dreadful: a terrible bolt of lightning; a terrible curse.
2. Extremely formidable: terrible responsibilities.
3. Extreme in extent or degree; intense: “the life for which he had paid so terrible a price” (Leslie Fiedler).
4a. Unpleasant; disagreeable: had a terrible time at the party; terrible food. b. Very bad: a terrible actor.

[Jared Kaufman]

using the word "terrible" is verb used to describe whether the habit is a positive or negative one.
Since this is spelling/english class I just wanted to let you know a verb is an action. The word you're looking for is adjective which is a word to describe something. I still love ya Arcadiansky ;)

[Frank Giaramita]

Depends on the definition of "terrible" dumbass, it has more than one meaning. I could mean either one.

it could BAD...or EXTREME. Both of those words totally change the meaning of a sentence. saying to someone "you have an extreme habit"...or you have a "bad habit" is a lot different than saying "you have a habit". So don't tell someone the word 'terrible" is uncalled for or disrespectful to say in the context that it was used...bc it played a big part in the meaning/point of the sentence.

[Frank Giaramita]

Depends on the definition of "terrible" dumbass, it has more than one meaning. I could mean either one.

it could BAD...or EXTREME. Both of those words totally change the meaning of a sentence. saying to someone "you have an extreme habit"...or you have a "bad habit" is a lot different than saying "you have a habit". So don't tell someone the word 'terrible" is uncalled for or disrespectful to say in the context that it was used...bc it played a big part in the meaning/point of the sentence. it's apparant you have down syndrome.

[venus/bacchus]

This is the dumbest argument I have ever heard(seen).
My friend and I once had a half-hour argument about whether lettuce was filling or not...I think we take that cake