Sheaf Saint

So you claim to be 'championing rights for disabled people' yet you can't answer a direct question about why you think the clip of Paul Maynard is funny. Do you really have nothing better to do with your life than wind people up on forums dune?

That may be true, but I bet it would deter quite a few as well though.

No, and I am not advocating that it would be. But if you read the rest of my post regarding the mindset that I would be in in that situation given the human instinct, it is not unreasonable to expect that somebody might lash out and become violent if you have broken into their house, and I am arguing that that person's actions should not be considered criminal in those circumstances.

The way I look at it... if you break into somebody's house with the intention of stealing their valuables, the second you cross that threshold you have declared yourself outside of the law IMO, therefore you waive all of your societal rights to be protected by that law which you so blatantly disregard. I had my mountain bike stolen once - came out from where I was working expecting to ride home only to find someone had somehow broken the lock and taken off with it. I was so angry that if I had caught the little c**t in the act I do not know what I would have done to him in all honesty. It is one of the only times in my life I have ever really felt pure rage, and it took me about an hour to calm down. If I caught someone in my house trying to swipe my stuff then I couldn't honestly say that I would remain calm and call the police - that would probably be the last thing on my mind. The human 'fight or flight' instinct would kick in and any injuries the burglar might receive would be down to my diminished responsibility for my actions. In this particular case, at least there is one less thieving scumbag on the streets of Salford now.

From the linked BBC article... So much for honour amongst thieves eh?

It was Gordon Bennett Brown who de-regulated the banking sector in the first place. Had that not happened there would surely have been much stricter controls in place to prevent the large investment banks from being so reckless. Not saying that the crash wouldn't have happened at all - clearly we would still have experienced some fallout from US banking sector - but removing any government regulation from the equation was a massive mistake IMO, and one that Mr Clown must take full responsibility for.

Ah, you see this is how the coalition works... Any good ideas are credited to the Tories and any bad ideas are blamed on the Lib Dems and Clegg in particular.

As Saintandy pointed out in his previous post, weather and climate are two completely different things and are not to be confused.

Agreed. And I don't believe for a second that an agent would refuse to deal with Saints if it meant he didn't get paid. Sounds like sour grapes on Twitter from someone who couldn't get the money he was asking for a player to me.

As much as I would like to trust the judgement of a submariner with no scientific qualifications, I'm afraid the overwhelming scientific consensus says you are wrong... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13796479

You don't get flies at 30,000ft. HTH.

He came oh-so-close to winning the title in 2008 though, remember? I do agree with you though, and I can't imagine that he will still be there next season. But is he really that bad, or is it just that Alonso is so much better that he makes him look like a slouch?

Is anybody else watching this thoroughly absorbing documentary on BBC2?

Cheers for all the advice guys. Like I said earlier on, this isn't about vanity and I'm not the slightest bit interested in having a six-pack. I just want to get properly fit so I can do the active things I want to do, and I recognise that I will never be truly fit while I'm carrying a spare tyre round my waist. Anyway, my girlfriend has gone travelling round America for 8 weeks which means I can actually discipline myself with my diet for a while (she's such a bad influence on me normally). I'll update on here with my progress.

Well, someone has to indulge him. If nobody took dune's bait and gave him the attention he so obviously craves then he would only end up 'doing a Travis Bickle' - suffering a breakdown and massacring some liberals,

Probably because of this little extract from the Wiki page... Best not let dune know your great grandfather was a Commie sympathiser eh?

Wrong....

Yes, I know. But the example I gave of yesterday's race to back up my previous point regarding Turkey. With tyres that had done the same amount of laps, the DRS enabled Webber and Button to just breeze past Schumi without any sort of challenge, and this is the man who never lets anybody past him easily. Therefore I maintain my position that the DRS makes it far too easy for drivers to get past a very-slightly-slower car in front. They don't need to take a risk to get past any more and the sport is worse off for it.

And I have to disagree. Just look at the speed advantage that Webber and Button had over MSC on the back straight when their tyre wear would have been about the same. There was never any question that Schumi would defend the position when all they had to do was activate the DRS and just breeze past him.

All teams do have it, but the rules stipulate that it can only be used when you are following another car and are within 1 second of him. Schumi didn't stand a chance because as the car in front he wasn't allowed to use his DRS. I made this point after the Turkish GP earlier in the season when Button was struggling with his tyres a bit late on in the race but was completely helpless to defend his position because the DRS made it far too easy for the following drivers to get past.

Not a chance. Button clearly had his nose in front in the braking zone and Alonso just shut the door on him.

Wow. After all the waiting I'm so glad I stuck with it. So pleased for Jenson. Got tagged twice, once by his team-mate, had a drive through penalty and was last - 3 seconds behind the HRTs - after the penultimate safety car. Surely that was the best win of his career. Don't know what's going through Hamilton's head at the moment. It's like he's driving touring cars in a computer game with his over-enthusiasm to get past everyone. It's a shame Schumi didn't get a podium after by far his best race since his come-back. Great drive from Di Resta until he got a bit clumsy and broke his front wing. This lad has a lot of potential. Have to agree with Jack Frost though... What is the point in having full-wet tyres if they are just going to keep the safety car out until it's dry enough for inters? Best moment of the day: Button's girlfriend ripping the p155 out of Vettel's finger celebration :-) Best race I've seen in a long, long time.

He wasn't a bad guy though, and his accent didn't sound anything like any Irish person I have ever heard.

Well give us some examples then.... We're waiting....

Are you serious dune? Frodo - played by an American doing an attempt at a posh English accent Samwise - played by an American actor doing a South-west English accent Meriadoc - played by an English actor doing a similarly south-west English accent Pippin - played by a Scottish actor making no attempt to disguise his Scottish accent Bilbo - played by Ian Holm who is about as English as they come.