Wordsworth60

The police are already armed – in that specialist squads and other officers who are firearms trained are deployed every day and can be called upon if armed violence threatened.

The two police officers were ambushed, so it is unlikely that arming them would have made any difference as they had no apparent reason to draw their weapons before they…[Read more]

All very good points ML.

I’m donating as much of myself to medicine and science as they can use – so be careful which transplant you agree to . . . . . . :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

@rogue trader wrote:

i see where your coming from there j,
and it was only a u21 match
problem is,eastern europe is rife with racism
now i maybe treading on eggshells here
but werent the eastern bloc countries the first ones to moan,when they were persecuted and their countries raped in ww2
with good reason i hasten to add.
surely they of all…

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Dammit, i missed it! belated greetings!

@Terry wrote:

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

Poli has had some criticism, but the personal comments have not been that harsh

I don’t think Kenty will agree with you. :roll:

That’s Kenty’s prerogative, but back to the thread:

One charity seems to be saying that that child sex abuse affects one in four members of the population. This resonates in my mind…[Read more]

It would be a shame if this thread ended up purely analysing itself instead of addressing its subject. I realise that Poli has had some criticism, but the personal comments have not been that harsh, that numerous or that one-sided. But that’s just my opinion. She has moved on because she’s said all she’s got to say on the subject. If there are…[Read more]

@Terry wrote:

It’s become a very boring thread…. :roll:

Poli-ester? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

@kent f OBE wrote:

@kent f OBE wrote:

I hope this isn’t going to turn into some sort of Poli bashing thread…and I am sorry if I have come across harsh to your opinions Poli….debate is excellent but prolonged has a danger of losing it’s way off topic

:roll:

Do rolleyes count as moral outrage . . . . . . . ? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:…[Read more]

@(f)politics? wrote:

. . . . i’m not sure how it got personal or when i was put on trial as to ones ability or requirements to be on a jury or not, for merely trying to put forward a more level thought on this particular story rather than some moral outrage in something we actually know nothing about in factual terms just some person saying they…

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@minim wrote:

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Boris for President!

Good God No!

The guy is dead, but we buried Sir Jimmy Savile, campaigner for charity and fundraiser for Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Maybe we need to go through a process of grieving for losing him so we can bury James Savile, molester of teenage girls, abuser of social position and sleazebag.

Ah well, at least we have our naked royal family to distract us when the going gets tough.

This isn’t new, my kids have all had school visits to the battlefields and done projects on them, Looks like Cameron wants credit for someone else’s initiative, quick as he is to try to blame someone else for any problems . . Quelle surprise!

@panda12 wrote:

. .. . . . . I will add the caveat that I may return in the future . . . . . Panda x

And now, the end is near and so I face the final curtain . . . . . .

I look forward to the 7th Anniversary Panda Farewell Thread!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

@kent f OBE wrote:

Blimey Tinks is it true about the Job Centre thingy? :shock:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1246201/Employer-told-advertise-reliable-workers–discriminates-unreliable-applicants.html

Even taken at face value the motivation looks like nothing to do with so-called PC and everything to do with the litigation obsessed…[Read more]

Poli, I anticipate many more contributions from on this subject in this thread. But everyone should have at least one Sinatra-style withdrawal from the JC stage.

Here’s to the 10th Anniversary Reunion debate . . . . .

Ian Brady, and possibly Abu Hamza and their ilk deny people human rights in fact, in principle and by intention.

The UK Legal system does not deny people their human rights, at least in principle if not always in fact, and not by intention.

I’m very happy indeed that my country’s legal system operates on very different principles than Brady and…[Read more]

In order to forgive someone, you first have to acknowledge that they did something that warrants forgiveness. How can you do this without directly or indirectly identifying yourself as a victim?

If you subsequently refer to something that was done to you, does that mean you haven’t forgiven the person that has done it?

If the initial deed has…[Read more]

Jimmy Saville gained a reputation for being a good man, fortune and a knighthood via the media.

He used this media-gained reputation as a shield to protect himself while he did despicable things to young women and his media-maintained reputation protected him from even the righteous anger of Esther Ranzen, who has a reputation for fearlessness…[Read more]