Robsk II

It doesn't display for me, either.

I love that bit

yeah, also bring a mate

My mate's coming, you're in, I'm in, Gav is in, and there's a good chance we'll get 2 or 3 from Nugget's lot... At the end of the day, we can grab others, maybe, and if all else fails, just go home again

In all honesty, I say just turn up.

We NEED some confirmations etc please.

well done lol

Idiot.

SO us.

Thanks for clearing that up.

I get the other bits, but where does marek come into this?

Well as far as I can tell, we're likely to get a few who don't say they're coming (Si et al) so I guess we'll just go for it.

We call him, as alternatives to his name, "Biiiiig gaaaaaaay" or "Rage Alan", but more than that, I won't say.

My mate works for the company Spurs accounts are with, and he says they are being refused any furthering or credit facility, and are probably having it reduced, due to the fact that they are now considered 'unsafe' due to the possible lack of funds coming in if they go to the CCC!!

It's not even funny any more.

Despite some lukewarm reviews, I actually have found this pretty good. OK, there are some ott bits in the drama and a few of the mechanics have the odd hiccup, but I think some reviews have been over-critical. It certainly covers some ground that WW2 games haven't done so much of in the past, which is nice to see.

I'm not "trying to be PC". I'm just trying to be better than him. And thanks, R&Rman#2. I would wholeheartedly agree that he should never be released from prison. I actually believe people should always be freed if they have served the 'punishmment' sentence and can then prove they have genuinely changed entirely. Before I get vilified, I'd point out that the impetus would be on the person to prove this, which would be very hard and, in fairness, unlikely to be the case. Most people would never be able to do that. Yet even with high risk offenders, I still think a post-sentence softening of the sanction would be better (obviously many of the worst criminals would perhaps never reach this stage, or only in older age) - for example a still-secure supported accomodation kind of situation, where they were still kept away from the public, but were given less life restrictions in exchange for genuine work - whatever thay may be. So they can earn priviledges past their actual sentence even if still kept locked away by taking the load off the taxpayer.

Lolism

I would add to my 'rational' view that, were I put in a situation where anything happened to a child of mine, etc etc, or I had any emotional investment etc - then of course, I would be sorely tested to stay true to my convictions. I'm realistic enough to fully accept - and perhaps this is why I can turn it off - that there is a part of me that would love to torture the **** out of some people. It's a small, primal part. But take away emotion and consequence, and a lot of 'evil' acts would be techincally fun or amusing. I would never say don't use emotion. I would actually say DO use it, it's what makes us human and it can be one of the greatest tools in our armoury. My only point is that it should not wholly govern us. We should make decisions based on our own morals and rationality as well as our emotions. Head as well as heart, I guess.

Well yes, it is 'evil' as I use the word. I would use it to express the absoulte extremes of negative behaviours and attitudes. Jill - I can understand an emotion-led response to this, and you'd have to have a heart of stone not to - but can you honestly tell me, regarding this death sentence idea - even for one such as this guy - why? Does murder need to beget murder? Should we not seek to do exactly the opposite of what this monstrous chap has?

Thing is, I generally don't believe in catch-all conceptual terms like 'evil'. I generally believe that psychology is behind most things. Yet of course, there are times when it goes so far beyond rationality and reason that you wonder. How can anyone's morals and behaviours be so very, very far removed from your own? Is this really just an extreme on the spectrum of human conditions, mental health issues, developmental **** ups etc? I know many would say no, or it doesn't matter - and clearly, some people seem to be well beyond any kind of rehabilitation. Some learning you do cannot be undone in adulthood, I think. As St L said, it's just to sad and tragic to think about. It's terrifying how many people have done thngs like this or comparably psychotic - because I would guess it's easily in the hundreds of the thousands out of those who are alive today.

I like it so far in the main, although the single player doesn't challenge me a lot. BAL mode is fine, but the AI in it seems to be pretty damn ****, which is my biggest gripe so far. Team-mates just lose the ball continually, even in defence, very rarely doing much of use, don't use space well, don't play the ball at the right time, etc. Is still OK, am second season in, started at Villa having scored in my Babalayna game, switched to Newcastle, now hovering around 4th/5th with 15 games of the season left. I'm getting better stats wise, but still having to rely on me rather than my chap. Am playing CM, 3 assists, 2 goals, 4 MOMs.

Putting Al Jolson up is racist.

I know there are hundreds of brutal crimes all the time, and we'd have little else posted if we always linked to them. But there are some that you just think "wtf?", because they're so chillingly weird, or horrific, or, beyond all else, incomprehensible. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/7688929.stm How could anyone, ever, do this?