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binkylilyput Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- ... > > Just scroll through the EDF for that I'd say! > Or is this a mysogynistic post in itself? Discuss I don't hate women, I don't discriminate.

TheCat Wrote: ... > > a very specific technology and generally > speaking > > the UK does a good job at stealing talent from > > Europe and than pats itself on the back on how > > awesome the English are. > > Yeah, fair enough. But I also think that as with > most counties in the world, if a business can make > a case for the skills that they need to > grow/succeed, then sponsorship or work visas > usually arent a problem So you don't want English kids to just be able jump on a train or a short flight for an interview and start a job in Munich, Madrid, Prague or Milan the following week? We have offices in just about every European country and for most meetings people just take a bus or a train.

TheCat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Following the BBC's 'Young people' debate last > night....it strikes me that a number of the 'young > people' specials which I've seen from various news > services seem to show that a major concern for > 'young people' is their ability to easily travel > (and perhaps work) across Europe? Perhaps its just > how the story's have been shown and the > individuals that the news services have spoken > with; but surely its a joke that the ability to go > on a visa free holiday to Europe is a key driver > of people's thought process on this when there are > the issues of public services and the economy at > stake? > > Travelers from Australia, NZ and the USA seem to > manage quite well to travel to Europe... I work for a high tech company where we probably have more English born people working on the continent than Continentals such as myself working in the UK. We're a bit of a fluke though as we're a very specific technology and generally speaking the UK does a good job at stealing talent from Europe and than pats itself on the back on how awesome the English are.

If you want to see hoards of the generally female, mostly white, reasonably educated but not the sharpest tools in the box rabid trolls have a look at the Food Babe Army along with the rest of the David Wolfe groupies, antivaxxers, homeopathy, etc crowds. Quite a lot of them would be Guardian readers too.

TheArtfulDogger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Looking at what is going on in France with the > strikes and industrial unrest I have to ask myself > do I really want to be a part of an Europe that > reminds me of the 1970s and the film carry on up > your convienince ? > > Nope and as the foreman says "everyone out" > 😀 Do you feel the same way about the NHS strikes?

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- ... > I think that the real problem is not about the EU, > or Shengen etc. It's the move to the free market > economy. When you privatise everything, you hand > responsibility to an entitiy that doesn't care > about infrastructure, health, housing etc. When ... Which is one reason why you need supranational regulations on areas such as human rights, product safety, competition, and above all the environment. UKIP in particular are obsessed about bringing an end to any non planet destroying initiative.

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- ... > > Oh heaven help. And just on that note, how is it > the Brexitiers seem to be the odd-bods fallen from > the ugly tree, both in looks and personality. On ... Hmmmm, hadn't thought about it that in the event of a brexit, Gove could be the new face of a sovereign England.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And reducing export of services can be done by > stopping movement of people. And we will lose > free movement of people - after all, that's > actually one of the things Brexiters want most. This is, above all, about the free movement of people. What do the Brexiters want? For EU nationals resident in the UK to move back to the continent? What about the British working on the continent?

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Here are the London MEPs > http://www.europarl.org.uk/en/your-meps/uk_meps/lo > ndon_region.html > And what a waste of oxygen and food they all are. > The EU has NEVER in the last 19 years passed it's > audit > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/1 > 1209248/EU-auditors-refuse-to-sign-off-more-than-1 > 00billion-of-its-own-spending.html- for an example > of the abject horror of the brake-less gravy > train > From what I've seen it operates in much the same > way as the old USSR- where the party faithful get > the perks and everyone else can go and queue up > for 2 weeks for a loaf of bread. We in London are > well-off- there is absolute drug-fuelled misery > elsewhere in this country- but the left do not > care as long as they get the votes. > As the Archbishop of Canterbury said- it is the > poor that bears the brunt of uncontrolled > immigration. That's quite a collection of disjointed arguments. How did you go from London being ok and grim up north to bearing the brunt of uncontrolled immigration? I'm one of them EU immigrants btw. Been feeling so much resentment towards us continentals of late that regardless of Brexit I am not sure I can call England home any more.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Huggers Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > no internet for a few hours. virgin. anyone > else? > > Is that two problems? :)) +1

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Are you really voting for Brexit based on this > sort of tenuous crap? Sadly, most are. The whole exit campaign can be summed up as narcissistic delusions of grandeur.

A brexit is probably good for Europe.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ok so if we are talking about anything paranormal > and of the fairytale variety, do you suggest we > have no belief systems at all? There is no solid > foundation for any religious or belief system in > the world today, and yet billions of people still > practise these faiths. Bad things happen in the > name of organised religion, including abuse, > forced marriages, mutilation, terrorism. There are > ways of interpreting anything to suit your own > ends. The things I am talking about on here are in > no way connected. > > Louisa. They're very well connected. Gods are nothing but super powerful ghosts help good children pass exams if they stroke their ego with prayer and let kids die of hunger in third world countries just because of mysterious ways. And just as you have mediums trying to talk to the dead you get priests, imams, prophets, ...

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Whether you think it's stupid or not why not just > let those people have those beliefs? It's causing > no harm to anyone. > > Louisa. Religion is hardly harmless. Besides the child abuse of indoctrinating children with beliefs that can't be substantiated, not to mention the boys who have their genitals mutilated, here is just a couple of examples: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/08/swedens-foreign-minister-unrepentant-over-saudi-flogging-row http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2014/01/creationism_in_texas_public_schools_undermining_the_charter_movement.html

aquarius moon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > root, > Just because you don't believe in something, don't > belittle those that do. > As for the 'mind over matter' comment you made, I > can assure you it works, otherwise I might not be > here now. Just because some (or a lot) of people believe in something doesn't make it less stupid. > > If you were a regular poster and I knew you, I'd > be able to prove it by going into more detail. > But I don't, so I won't. Thanks for sparing me. If you have a result, put it out in the open in a way that it can be reviewed and reproduced. > > If you personally haven't experienced something > yet, doesn't mean it won't happen, so why not keep > an open mind? > In case it does. Because there's a name for doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. It's called stupid.

edcam Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Indeed, I want spooky stories, not a science > lecture. Then go to your local church or mosque.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > root - it's about the right tool for the right > job. Hoover for spiders, cat for mice. Fair observation. Suppose the cats make themselves scarce as soon as they hear the vacuum cleaner as they fear there's a 12 inch arachnid thirsty for feline blood lurking around the house. :D

steveo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I found a wing in the kitchen yesterday and my > fat, smug looking cat asleep on the stairs. It > wouldn't/couldn't tackle a full grown crow or a > jay of course, it would get its hairy arse kicked, > and that I would pay to see. No, it murders > fledglings and then parades around the place like > a courageous hunter. > > Don't do it As much as I love my two cats I agree that they can be right pieces of s**t. They see a fly they tear the house down. Couple of little mice came in, they got shredded to bits. Then this big a** spider showed up in the bath. So I did what any many would do, I went to fetch the cats. First one jumped right out. The second cat looked at the spider, walked up to it, sniffed it, looked back at me, meowed 'nope' and jumped out ouf the tub.

Neus.24 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi everyone! > I'm posting here because I'd like to adopt a > kitten. > > I don't like to pay for an animal. In that case > I'll pay for a pet in an animal charity. But first > I'd like to ask if anyone knows about someone who > has kittens and is looking for a home for them. > > Thank you very much! I agree with you about the not paying money for a kitteh but it may be 'ok' to part with a little bit of cash. At times when 'buying' a kitten from a family whose not yet spayed kitty got knocked up are vet visits, vaccines, and covering the costs of some food.

Burbage Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > As I see it, there's not a great difference > between the belief of a scientist in a theory > they've inadequately challenged and that of a > priest, nor reason why there should be. Science > is, after all, just as much a social construct as > religion. It follows a set of conventions and > attempts to explain the world. The difference is > only that science tries to do so objectively, > rather than subjectively. That 'only' might seem a > stretch, but any attempt at objectivity rests on > the assumption of the wavefunction-botherers - the > assumption that an objective reality exists - and > assumption is the mother of all infelicities. > By that token gravity is only a theory, a social constract as God. I know of many people who jump off planes with parachutes trusting in the belief that gravity will pull them down and the plethora of aerodynamics theories that model he will safely hit the ground at a reasonable velocity. What I do not see are men of faith throwing themselves off cliffs steadfast in the belief that God will save them.

I wouldn't know the details behind the story but the BBC reports the same issue in a totally different manner: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-33039327 Aboe all I wish the lady all the best and hopefully every little incident helps improve care across the country [and beyond].

We had a couple of mice sneak in a few months ago but my old cat despatched them before we even noticed we had guests. The first time the cat even dragged the dead rodent to the baby to play with. Gross and endearing in equal measures.

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jeremy Wrote: > "How can > > you prove this DOESN'T exist" is a poor defence > of > > any belief. If you can't do better than that, > then > > surely you must have doubts in your own mind? > > If this is referring to my take on it Jeremy, I > should point out I don't believe in some/all of > what root referred to. If I'm defending anything, > it is that a belief either way does not prove > anything. If you don't believe in ghosts, life > after death, fair enough. I will believe in both > if I ever experiece either. Until then, I don't > know. What is coming across is that beliefs, no matter how unsubstantiated, are worthy of some degree of respect. Let's take ghosts? Do I believe in ghosts? What is a ghost for starters? Can it be defined in some way that I can assume some reasoning has gone into it that it's not just some random gibberish pulled out of a hat? Once we have a clear understanding of what is meant by ghost, what evidence is there to back it up? What tests can be carried out and reproduced, what predictions can be made? Above all, is there something I could test that would invalidate the claim that your o̶n̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶u̶e̶ ̶g̶o̶d̶ ghost is real? If you cannot then there is no reason why I, or anyone should believe in it. It's not that there isn't the possibility no matter how small that it may exist, is that there is no strong enough a case to even toy with the idea. The contrary is not comparable. Now why do I get so annoyed with people making claims of ghost and prophets and gods and water with memory and all that stuff? Because they demand to be accepted as valid opinions that deserve to be privileged/protected/respected/whatever. We have that plain moron of Tredinnick not only re-elected but now nominated by fellow Tories to the health committee. And criticism of religions especially in the wake of Charlie Hebdo. Including protests in front of Westminster that free speech should not extend to mockery of people's deeply held deviant superstitions.

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Show me the evidence, otherwise I can recommend > > you to mental health professionals who can help > > with your psychosis. > > And I can recommend to you health professionals > who can help you understand that this is not > psychosis, and that when you mis-use the word in > order to dismiss someone else's opinion you're > trivialising a horrible and frightening illness. Quoting from a book that came up in a casual random search (Fundamentals of International Health), Psychosis is defined as "a generic psychiatric term for a metnal state or condition often described as involving a loss of contact with reality. [snip] People experiencing psychosis maya report hallucinations or delusions and may exhibit personality changes and disorganised thinking." This seems to describe anyone who believes in fairies just because they are an unfalsifiable claim quite accurately.

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > root, just because there isn't any evidence > doesn't mean something might not be true. It may I just want to see the evidence, if there is no evidence and reason behind a claim then it's 'cute' at best, hilarious (like ghosts), or cringeworthy (like god) at worst. > not be but you can't prove any of what you have > disputed so far. You have an opinion. you're > welcome to it and it's your right. But if I tell > you that I have come back from the dead, what > would you say? Show me the evidence, otherwise I can recommend you to mental health professionals who can help with your psychosis.