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Post by keitha on Jan 30, 2024 19:22:08 GMT
LOL apart from the game being played on Sunday, as a fan there is something wrong at my beloved club, not sure if it's some players or the manager, but something has to change, Jadon Sancho is already looking good at Dortmund, McTominay always looks good for Scotland even up against players better than he plays against for united, Antony looks like junk at United we have players that big money has been paid for yet they are being outperformed by academy kids. Personally I wish Marcus Rashford would concentrate on the day job and what he's paid for not the charity stuff etc Hang on.................I thought you were from Wales............your beloved club?  ?? Oh yes. Sorry I forgot. Pathetic  I live in Wales, grew up with no big clubs nearby, unlike many these days I don't change allegiance at the drop of a hat aside from United I follow Scotland in Rugby because I liked the style of play when I started to watch rugby, Always check for the results of my home town team and others where I've lived and a team in Greece
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Post by keitha on Feb 2, 2024 22:19:49 GMT
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Post by michaelc on Feb 23, 2024 16:59:26 GMT
I need to read the headline and halfway through this article before I realise it was a man who committed murder. Its very rare for women to murder those they don't know. Liberals used to champion women's rights and now they appear to do the opposite. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-68360122 |
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Post by keitha on Feb 23, 2024 22:02:34 GMT
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Post by michaelc on Feb 25, 2024 20:28:01 GMT
I dunno. If he needs two carers it sounds like he's pretty bad - I haven't looked up the condition. These are always difficult moral cases. One the one hand the public purse can't be expected to fund "extravagant" holidays including carers etc but on the other there are some disabled people who really are in a grim situation such that most people wouldn't mind a few extra bob going their way.
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Post by bracknellboy on Feb 25, 2024 21:13:17 GMT
I dunno. If he needs two carers it sounds like he's pretty bad - I haven't looked up the condition. These are always difficult moral cases. One the one hand the public purse can't be expected to fund "extravagant" holidays including carers etc but on the other there are some disabled people who really are in a grim situation such that most people wouldn't mind a few extra bob going their way. I was a bit confused by the write up of this story. It said he wanted the council pay for his carers to go out there with him. It wasn't clear to me whether he was intending to use the funds he had saved to pay for that (it being council money originally) or whether he was expecting the council to separately pay for that element. If the former, I would have thought good luck to him. I know the council might think the subsequent headlines in the Red Top press might look unfavourable, but if he has forfeited other allowable trips in order to fund this then is that really a bad thing ? On the other hand, if he was expecting the council to pay for their travel and acommodation on top of the prior funding, then this isn't a surprise.
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Post by agent69 on Feb 25, 2024 21:23:59 GMT
I was a bit confused by the write up of this story. It said he wanted the council pay for his carers to go out there with him. It wasn't clear to me whether he was intending to use the funds he had saved to pay for that (it being council money originally) or whether he was expecting the council to separately pay for that element. If the former, I would have thought good luck to him. I know the council might think the subsequent headlines in the Red Top press might look unfavourable, but if he has forfeited other allowable trips in order to fund this then is that really a bad thing ? On the other hand, if he was expecting the council to pay for their travel and acommodation on top of the prior funding, then this isn't a surprise. He wanted a six-day break in Florida to "have a bit of respite from the mundane reality of everyday life".
I bet there are lots of people who would like a Florida holiday, but can't afford it. He should use the money for the specified purpose, and if he doesn't need it then give it back.
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Post by michaelc on Feb 25, 2024 21:27:17 GMT
I dunno. If he needs two carers it sounds like he's pretty bad - I haven't looked up the condition. These are always difficult moral cases. One the one hand the public purse can't be expected to fund "extravagant" holidays including carers etc but on the other there are some disabled people who really are in a grim situation such that most people wouldn't mind a few extra bob going their way. I was a bit confused by the write up of this story. It said he wanted the council pay for his carers to go out there with him. It wasn't clear to me whether he was intending to use the funds he had saved to pay for that (it being council money originally) or whether he was expecting the council to separately pay for that element. If the former, I would have thought good luck to him. I know the council might think the subsequent headlines in the Red Top press might look unfavourable, but if he has forfeited other allowable trips in order to fund this then is that really a bad thing ? On the other hand, if he was expecting the council to pay for their travel and acommodation on top of the prior funding, then this isn't a surprise. Yes I would agree with all of that. By the way, have you noticed BFC are now publishing the video of most/all of their committee meetings that councillors have to attend? At least the big ones like planning etc. Dunno what you think, but even though it is now a Labour council the councillors on all sides seem to me to be actually quite reasonable. Certainly compared to many other councils. Every single member of all stripes approved this budget which is a good sign IMO. Of course I'm slightly biased with SEN and potholes being this administration's higher priorities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKPb2Dq7OGU
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Post by michaelc on Feb 25, 2024 21:28:50 GMT
I was a bit confused by the write up of this story. It said he wanted the council pay for his carers to go out there with him. It wasn't clear to me whether he was intending to use the funds he had saved to pay for that (it being council money originally) or whether he was expecting the council to separately pay for that element. If the former, I would have thought good luck to him. I know the council might think the subsequent headlines in the Red Top press might look unfavourable, but if he has forfeited other allowable trips in order to fund this then is that really a bad thing ? On the other hand, if he was expecting the council to pay for their travel and acommodation on top of the prior funding, then this isn't a surprise. He wanted a six-day break in Florida to "have a bit of respite from the mundane reality of everyday life".
I bet there are lots of people who would like a Florida holiday, but can't afford it. He should use the money for the specified purpose, and if he doesn't need it then give it back. Why give him any cash in the first place?
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Post by bracknellboy on Feb 27, 2024 20:47:03 GMT
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Post by michaelc on Feb 27, 2024 21:05:32 GMT
I wish you hadn't posted it. I didn't read it as would be too difficult for me to do so. Its cases like this that make me question whether my anti capital punishment is the right stance and whether torture could be considered humane as a punishment in cases like this. At least hard labour. Evil, evil fcuking cnts.
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Post by benaj on Feb 27, 2024 21:45:07 GMT
Sorry for the boy.
But I can’t help with the details of this case. Mom was pregnant at the time by the sperm donor, the boy wasn’t given a Christian name, dad is serving RAF and the mom was dating someone via an app with middle name “Innocent.” I guess the boy wasn’t baptised.
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Post by adrianc on Feb 28, 2024 6:09:02 GMT
"Dwelaniyah"
She needs treatment in a secure hospital for her obvious mental health issues.
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Post by bracknellboy on Feb 28, 2024 9:02:05 GMT
I wish you hadn't posted it. I didn't read it as would be too difficult for me to do so. Its cases like this that make me question whether my anti capital punishment is the right stance and whether torture could be considered humane as a punishment in cases like this. At least hard labour. Evil, evil fcuking cnts. I deliberately in-line posted the last part so that people wouldn't go and read it thinking it was less awful than it was: it is not a good read. It is cases like this that make us all question an anti capital punishment stance. Perhaps it may help to keep in mind that extreme "edge cases" make for bad law, with unintended consequences. Having capital punishment on the statute books would not have stopped this from happening: it is not a deterrent in such cases because the perpetrators are beyond consideration of that. It serves no purpose with respect to prevention of such things. It's only purpose would be to help us feel better because we have had retribution. That doesn't undo the acts, or the 'evil', or bring back the victim. Do the perpetrators "deserve it" ? It is difficult to argue they don't. But if the only "benefit" is our own sense of retribution, that doesn't seem like something worth having, given the many downsides of capital punishment. Lock them up, and never let them out. That achieves all that society needs, while not descending us to the level of the medieval horde relishing in the barbaric public death of a transgressor. Which is what capital punishment is, however we may try to sanitise it for the modern age. The same goes for torture: in fact that is worse, as that really does bring society down to the level of those that committed such crimes. Normalising cruelty by way of state sanction that we punish when done by individuals is not a good road to tread. I have to admit that I also don't believe in "evil" in the religious sense. Some people do extremely cruel, sociopathic/psychopathic things. They do it because their brains are fundamentally screwed up, for a myriad of reasons. Not because they are 'satan'. That to my mind doesn't change the fundamental arguments for and against capital punishment.
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Post by benaj on Feb 28, 2024 9:20:10 GMT
Human society is responsible causing many harms and damages to all living things on earth. From taking logs from “old-growth” forest to researching / selling weapons for the purpose of “self defence”, aka murdering someone else but may be more acceptable by society.
On the ordinary level, our human brains desire protein source from meat and we breed animals for our society growth and survival.
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