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by Lifelinking
September 3rd, 2013, 11:35 pm
Forum: Social Club
Topic: When Did you realize you were old?
Replies: 38
Views: 9997

Re: When Did you realize you were old?

I'll tell ya if and when it ever happens to me. I may have white hair and gammy-knees but I reckon I can still give the young un's a run for their money. Especially in any pursuit that requires low-animal cunning and subterfuge. Btw Justme..... I could have bent nails with my teeth. Taking your teet...
by Lifelinking
September 3rd, 2013, 11:24 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: Trial by jury
Replies: 9
Views: 1894

Re: Trial by jury

I believe that here in the UK a majority verdict (10-2) is good enough. There is a difference between the Scottish system and the rest of the UK. In a jury trial in Scotland there are 15 jurors, and a simple majority (a minimum of eight jurors) is all that is required for a verdict. Iirc 12 jurors ...
by Lifelinking
September 3rd, 2013, 11:12 pm
Forum: Social Club
Topic: Ok.
Replies: 16
Views: 5140

Re: Ok.

{{{{Big hugs to all the enlightened folk in the USA}}}. There are actually a lot of you - you just don't get as much air time as the assholes.
by Lifelinking
September 2nd, 2013, 4:48 pm
Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
Topic: Dawkins: giving atheism a bad name?
Replies: 52
Views: 14132

Re: Dawkins: giving atheism a bad name?

A self-righteous, hell-fire-spitting evangelical making millions out of donations from his followers?
Aye, but think of it this way Alan, they unequivocally give atheism a good name! :wink:
by Lifelinking
September 2nd, 2013, 4:39 pm
Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
Topic: Dawkins: giving atheism a bad name?
Replies: 52
Views: 14132

Re: Dawkins: giving atheism a bad name?

Yes, but I've still never seen anyone cite any instance of where he is being 'militant' or 'strident' or even 'forceful'. Aye, pretty much. Although he does a good line in self-righteous pomposity, but this is all pretty subjective innit? As to giving atheism a bad name? Dunno,[grudging compliment]...
by Lifelinking
September 2nd, 2013, 10:17 am
Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
Topic: Dawkins: giving atheism a bad name?
Replies: 52
Views: 14132

Re: Dawkins: giving atheism a bad name?

Personally, I think the things RD has to say should be treated just as critically and sceptically as things that anyone might have to say. In the past I have found some of his pronouncements to be very poorly thought out and ill judged. . The twit comments made by him and the subsequent tweet furore...
by Lifelinking
August 27th, 2013, 12:26 pm
Forum: Club Soda
Topic: Gone, but not forgotten A-Z
Replies: 115
Views: 89840

Re: Gone, but not forgotten A-Z

Williams, Kenneth

aka Rambling Sid Rumpo

May his nadgers ripen and his moolies never loose their sheen
by Lifelinking
August 25th, 2013, 8:53 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: Isn’t technology wonderful?
Replies: 16
Views: 2847

Re: Isn’t technology wonderful?

Yes!

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by Lifelinking
August 25th, 2013, 8:44 pm
Forum: Club Soda
Topic: Gone, but not forgotten A-Z
Replies: 115
Views: 89840

Re: Gone, but not forgotten A-Z

Kipling, Rudyard. That poem 'If' leave me cold, but at least his cakes will be a lasting legacy.
by Lifelinking
August 25th, 2013, 8:22 pm
Forum: Culture Club
Topic: Do you play computer games?
Replies: 49
Views: 15662

Re: Do you play computer games?

....Of course, I am one of the younger folk Alan was referring to.
by Lifelinking
August 25th, 2013, 8:21 pm
Forum: Culture Club
Topic: Do you play computer games?
Replies: 49
Views: 15662

Re: Do you play computer games?

Eeeeh I like to decapitate the odd troll :D . Skyrim is my current favourite. Will wait and see how the new x-box works out. Don't think my poor internet connection would support it.
by Lifelinking
August 15th, 2013, 1:10 pm
Forum: Humanist Ethics & Morality
Topic: Why live?
Replies: 19
Views: 5178

Re: Why live?

Ha, this whole thread misses the simple and glaringly obvious answer. Motorcycling.


:)
by Lifelinking
June 7th, 2013, 11:53 am
Forum: Sciences and pseudo-science
Topic: Dr Stanislaw Burzynski
Replies: 28
Views: 9180

Re: Dr Stanislaw Burzynski

^^what Fia said^^. Great thread btw.
by Lifelinking
April 14th, 2013, 10:41 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: Pantodragon’s world in a nutshell.
Replies: 21
Views: 3658

Re: Pantodragon’s world in a nutshell.

I'll take da blue pill
by Lifelinking
March 28th, 2013, 6:22 pm
Forum: Comedy Club
Topic: Once you've 'had' a deity .....
Replies: 926
Views: 178543

Re: Once you've 'had' a deity .....

:laughter: All part of life's rich tapestry Alan
by Lifelinking
March 27th, 2013, 11:23 pm
Forum: Comedy Club
Topic: Once you've 'had' a deity .....
Replies: 926
Views: 178543

Re: Once you've 'had' a deity .....

So, finally it has happened. The 'Once you've 'had' a deity...' thread is following Godwin's law.
Spoiler:
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by Lifelinking
March 23rd, 2013, 9:12 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
Topic: Scottish Independance & Sectarianism
Replies: 118
Views: 18289

Re: Scottish Independance & Sectarianism

Doesn't that strike you as ludicrously naive? Not really Nick, no. I think it is symptomatic of a very deep malaise that exists in our machinery of government. The existence of bodies such as Democracy 2015 or the Five Star Movement in Italy reflects the fact that we have allowed the growth of a pr...