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King Solomon's Mines - on Film 4 now. My god this film is terrible!

Christ on a bike, what is it with all the pedantry on this thread? I know The Wall was written by Roger Waters (I've been to his house near Romsey BTW, though that's a different story) but that's besides the point. Gilmour is part of the band, and if you ask anyone to name a famous Pink Floyd song, which one do you think 99% of people will respond with?

Apparently his defense in court was that he had a 'momentary lapse of reason'

Alright, his stepfather then. Is there really any point splitting heirs!

Loving the irony of the the fact that his father's most famous song included the chorus "We don't need no education"

Hmmmmm. This appears to very similar to the point that Dubai Phil was trying to get across in the other thread. Personally, I do not agree. I think that most people are aware of the fact that journalists often use underhanded means to gather material for press, but most people are genuinely shocked by the revelations of how deep it goes. Yes, it is fair to say that people's ignorance will allow them to adopt an atitude of 'what I don't know doesn't hurt me' and that is part of human nature I guess. I imagine that many people, as has now been proved since the recent revelations, would choose not to buy certain publications if they knew where the information was coming from. And as far as I know, nobody has ever deliberately requested journalists use illegal methods to obtain their titbits, so to say that the public get the press they deserve is, in my opinion, disingenuous to say the least.

£10 duly donated. If you saw my recent "Using a gym" thread, I am hoping to do the coast-to-coast Trans-Pennine Trail ride next spring (plenty of training still required!) and Action for Children will be my charity of choice also, owing to the fact that my girlfriend works for them in Rotherham. Having met all her colleaguise on a night out and realising what a dedicated bunch of people they are, I know just what a valuable service they provide. Good luck mate. I did a similar-length ride a couple of years ago - the central section of the TPT between Leeds and Chesterfield - and it nearly killed me. If you're interested I can send you the write-up I did for my charity contributors afterwards. Also, I believe it was Minty who did the John O'Groats to Lands End ride a few years back. I'm pretty sure he still posts on here from time to time so you may want to get in touch with him and ask him for his thoughts as well.

And now a former NotW deputy editor, who went to work for the Met police as a consultant, has been arrested and interrogated for his part in the whole sorry affair... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14163426

Oh dear Rupert.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14162545

Or possibly SRS. Now there is one banned poster I don't miss one little bit.

Not really. I'm not the sort of person to look down on others just because they choose not to give to charity. It's his choice which charities he donates to, and it wouldn't matter to me if he never gave a penny to anyone in his life. It's just that given stanley's very nationalistic views on many other subjects, it does not surprise me in the slightest that he chooses not to donate to any foreign causes.

Quelle surprise!

I used to be quite generous up until I got made redundant a few years ago. Finding myself out of work and wondering how the hell I was going to pay the mortgage made me re-evaluate my whole attitude towards money and, as a result, I am now a lot more cautious and conservative with it.

My money is on Turkish

And we all know how well Sven handles pressure don't we

Oh pleeeeeease let this be true. If this whole sorry episode results in Glenn Beck being taken off the air then it will have all been worth it IMO.

So The Stain has been banned because there is some suspicion he might have been an alter ego of Deppo? Well, OK I can maybe take the point that multiple usernames are frowned upon, but did he actually post something as The Stain that contravened the rules? I ask this because I liked The Stain as a poster - he made a good contribution to the forum. So what if it was the same person as Deppo? Fair play to him for making the effort to ensure that the two different aliases had two completely different personalities. And one question for the mods: are you certain it was actually the same person? Because it is not uncommon for certain ISPs to present the same IP address for multiple users, regardless of the actual broadband line they are on.

FAO Corp Ho... I think you need to see a doctor about your incontinence. all this PM'ing yourself can't bee good for you. Could be an early sign of the onset of Diabetes or Prostrate Cancer. Worth getting checked out, don't you think? Only thinking of your health mate

This too is my dream for the future of humanity.

More to the point: why do people indulge him? Don't feed the trolls.

And still it goes deeper... http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/12/news-of-the-world-pinging

Hmmm. I would question your estimate of only 1% being bad apples. I mean, if the royal guard can be bought for as little as £1k then it does make you wonder just how rife this issue is.

Good god no! I can't believe you would suggest such a thing!

Holy sheet! A Lib Dem councillor that can't even spot the blatant right wing agenda of her preferred newspaper? Remind me never to vote for her!

I agree with all of this, and it is perhaps inevitable that Labour would take this point-scoring opportunity to attack Cameron and criticise his judgement. But I still don't see why anybody's views on the whole subject would or should be dictated by their political leanings, which appears to be the point that Lord Duckhunter is trying to make.