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Oasis appeared on the music scene in 1994 and quickly made a public image for themselves. In 2006, it was alleged that Gallagher had a drunken fight with Paul Gascoigne at the Groucho Club which ended with Gallagher setting off a fire extinguisher in Gascoigne's face.[19] At the 1996 BRIT Awards, INXS singer Michael Hutchence presented Oasis with an award, after which Gallagher remarked, "Has-beens shouldn't be presenting awards for gonna-bes".[20]

Gallagher has made known his distaste for many non-Brits' tastes and conventions (particularly those of Australians and Americans). On an early U.S. tour, Gallagher regularly made derisive remarks about Americans, as well as his brother Noel, which led to an ultimatum from the guitarist who briefly left the band in 1994. At different times, addressing their less-than-hysterical reception in the States (especially by comparison to the UK), Gallagher stated, "...Americans have bad taste ? hence the Backstreet Boys...they should be shot."[21] and "Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant on, they don't get it."[22]

He has in the past claimed that he was possessed by the spirit of John Lennon, even going so far as to suggest he is Lennon in a re-incarnated form, despite the fact that he was eight years old when the former Beatle was murdered. In March 2006, Gallagher publicly blasted The Rolling Stones and U2, saying "I respect the Stones but their songs are a pile of crap. As for U2, they don't say a lot or seem like normal people."[23]

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Originally posted by mostopher:

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I have and do live in a uk inner city area, In fact I live in a council house on a rough estate (apparently.) I will admit that the hoodie "problem" is rife round where we live, as for the knives, I really couldn't say, I have had no problems (for want of a better word) with knives in my life living where I do (although I have been beaten up a couple of times and had kids chucking things and shouting rubbish at me)

For the record, I am an avid gamer, I like violent films (albeit neither more nor less than other types of films) and listen to rap music (not exclusively but still...) These things have influenced me greatly in one way or another over my life, this is my point, videogames DO have some kind of affect on people, no matter how little. This is a point that videogames fanboys don't seem to accept.

However, I really don't think you can blame one single thing for the problems of this world. Be that thing videogames, music, films, familylife or anything else.

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Manhunt is somewhat enjoyable if you can bear the crappy controls, I don't care for GTA never wanted to be gang banger,gangster or pimp so its not interesting to me.

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Manhunt is somewhat enjoyable if you can bear the crappy controls, I don't care for GTA never wanted to be gang banger,gangster or pimp so its not interesting to me.

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But instead you'd rather be a mindless cold-blooded killer? :P

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I carry a huge knife.. 24" of double edged razor sharp steel.. which I have used, and will again on the next idiot who pulls a knife on me.

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Originally posted by club42:

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LMAO, pot smoking gamers listening to rap going around knifing people. For some reason I've never seen people get violent after smoking pot and playing video games. Here in the states we just had a lady stab and cut a living full term baby out of another woman's stomach trying to keep the baby as her own. Try to do that in a video game.

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Originally posted by club42:

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For some reason I've never seen people get violent after smoking pot and playing video games. Here in the states we just had a lady stab and cut a living full term baby out of another woman's stomach trying to raise the child as her own. Try to do that in a video game.

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Originally posted by club42:

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For some reason I've never seen people get violent after smoking pot and playing video games. Here in the states we just had a lady stab and cut a living full term baby out of another woman's stomach trying to raise the child as her own. Try to do that in a video game.

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I have seen people get very violent after smoking pot. Maybe it's just the particular type or the particular person. As for your second point...Oh, you didn't have one, you just brought in a totally unrelated story for no reason, or am I missing something?

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As to your first line, no problems mate, I see no attacks on me, just you voicing your opinion.

I actually haven't ever felt scared of being knifed at all, I once worried about being bottled when some lads started on me years ago, And to be honest I have once or twice worried about guns, but not really knives. Maybe it's just that I'm still quite young and naieve?

I really can't believe you carry a knife around, I suppose you'll say it's for protection? Isn't that what all those knife carrying scallys say when asked why they started carrying a knife?

Although it's a different debate, let me just say I am dead against smacking children. In my view, violence, in any kind, is never a good thing to have around children.

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Originally posted by mostopher:

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Maybe so, I still think that fear of any kind has absolutely no place in the home, I would much rather my kids respected me than feared me.

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