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He's a legend. Used to be good friends with him and his partner Laura before he played for saints but I haven't seen them in a long time. He's also extremely intelligent which is unusual for a footballer.
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Is it right for the media to use images of refugee tragedy?
hypochondriac replied to Saint-Armstrong's topic in The Lounge
Nothing at all really. I'm just as guilty as anyone else. It's human nature. If world governments had any sense they would make proper safeguards for the future but it won't win elections so it won't happen. -
Is it right for the media to use images of refugee tragedy?
hypochondriac replied to Saint-Armstrong's topic in The Lounge
And in case anyone misunderstood what I said earlier, I was referring to the human race which kills the earth not migrants. Our population is too numerous and eventually somethibg will happen to address that. Let's hope it's the least painful option... -
Wanyama Transfer Rumours - Summer 2015 Edition
hypochondriac replied to brett24's topic in The Saints
Exactly. They operate with a different set of rules. We will always lose players to them, they will always be miles bigger and be able to offer players better wages and pay more. -
Is it right for the media to use images of refugee tragedy?
hypochondriac replied to Saint-Armstrong's topic in The Lounge
That's where you are wrong. There is only loads more room if everyone significantly alters their current lifestyle and rate of consumption. The primary reason for the change over the last two centuries is due to an anomalous windfall of energy and many of these changes will undoubtedly be reversed at some point in the future as resources are depleted. It is thus highly likely that society will see an even greater set of social changes than those of the last two centuries and we will probably see a more hierarchical society again with the general standard of living showing a downward curve and the wealthy gaining more power. Modern technologies (if they are adopted quickly enough) will no doubt be able to support sizable populations without fossil fuels if everyone is organised enough but they won't be able to provide everyone with our current standards of living as we do now. I read up on this a while ago and the German scientist Paul Ehrlich recently pointed out that to support todays population of seven billion sustainably would require half an additional planet and to do so with all citizens consuming at the rate of a typical American, we would need three or four abd that's before you take into account the population explosion which is still going on. To suggest otherwise is the equivalent of sticking your fingers in your ears and putting your head in the sand. -
Wanyama Transfer Rumours - Summer 2015 Edition
hypochondriac replied to brett24's topic in The Saints
They aren't. -
Is it right for the media to use images of refugee tragedy?
hypochondriac replied to Saint-Armstrong's topic in The Lounge
Will certainly become more scarce which will push prices up and probably lead to restrictions. -
Box of frogs.
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Is it right for the media to use images of refugee tragedy?
hypochondriac replied to Saint-Armstrong's topic in The Lounge
The fact is we already don't have enough resources for the current population to keep their lifestyles now and it's only going to get worse. The situation can't continue and I would imagine we will return to the life quality of previous centuries for many, short of some kind of incident that causes mass death as I previously mentioned. -
Is it right for the media to use images of refugee tragedy?
hypochondriac replied to Saint-Armstrong's topic in The Lounge
It's what the earth need to survive, not what I'm wishing for dummy. -
Is it right for the media to use images of refugee tragedy?
hypochondriac replied to Saint-Armstrong's topic in The Lounge
What the earth really needs is some sort of big illness or catastrophe to get some of the population under control. Sounds awful but we are overdue something like that and the human race is pretty much a disease for the planet. -
Is it right for the media to use images of refugee tragedy?
hypochondriac replied to Saint-Armstrong's topic in The Lounge
The books really interesting actually. It predicts what is going to happen in the next century. Essentially says we will revert back to somethibg like the 19th century once the oil runs out. The wealthy will control the food and most. People won't give a toss about voting because they will be preoccupied with having enough to eat and surviving. The author questions the pledge for more housing since he says it's farmland we will need for bio fuel and sustainable energy in the next century and we will see much fewer houses not more. We should really be looking to house share now and restore farmland to make sure we are more sustainable as a country. Isn't going to happen though... Overall a very good book abd makes you realise that all this fighting over immigrants is largely pointless. We will all be pretty fooked in about 90 years time and it's kind of inevitable. We are lucky to be born now because no other generations will ever have more than we currently have. -
Is it right for the media to use images of refugee tragedy?
hypochondriac replied to Saint-Armstrong's topic in The Lounge
I've just been reading a book on it weirdly enough so I can definitively say that Holland is the only European nation with a higher population density than the UK. The UK has 410 people per square kilometre which is three times that of France, nearly three times that of China and almost on a level with India who have 416. Holland has 497 per square kilometre. -
That's plainly nonsense. You could have two world class goalkeepers who through an accident of birth happen to be the same nationality. Both of them can't play yet that doesn't prevent them from being world class. An international team may also not be set up tactically to get the best out of a world class player and thus for tactical reasons they may be on the bench or they may have an idiotic manager who doesn't recognise how to get the best out of world class talent (look at met who was probably in the top five in the world at what he did when he was playing) . For me it's someone who is the top five in the world in their position. Obviously there will be debate with that but I reckon Morgan is up there.
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But unfortunately a nurse doesn't make money the way a premier league footballer does.
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I think the point is you have to look at the revenue they generate before deciding if they aren't worth what they earn per week. Yes they get loads of money but if we just stick to the facts then collectively the Premier league makes billions and they are the main reason for that.
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Did they tell you to include the keeper in formations?
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Is it right for the media to use images of refugee tragedy?
hypochondriac replied to Saint-Armstrong's topic in The Lounge
Yep. There's many arguments you take here but that's a pretty stupid one considering how many more came than were predicted. -
England never get credit. Although we have been in an easy group, we've performed pretty well and done what has been asked of us. I reckon we may do quite well in the euros.
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Is it right for the media to use images of refugee tragedy?
hypochondriac replied to Saint-Armstrong's topic in The Lounge
I think they already have taken some responsibility, hence agreeing to take some asylum seekers and saving thousands in the med by sending the royal navy. -
Is it right for the media to use images of refugee tragedy?
hypochondriac replied to Saint-Armstrong's topic in The Lounge
It's very difficult. It's much too simplistic to dismiss people as callous if they question the wisdom of giving all asylum seekers asylum. I think everyone agrees that that photo is awful. The problem we have is that if we collectively agreed to take them all, it would send a message out to all those still abroad to come and try their luck. I have no doubt that many are fleeing war then Syria but there will also be a number of economic migrants trying it on and attempting to take advantage. I'm not sure what the answer is but letting everyone in will just encourage loads more to try. -
Nothing to do with player loyalty, it's been gone over so many times already...
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CONFIRMED - Virgil Van Dijk joins on Five Year Deal
hypochondriac replied to Brizzie Saints's topic in The Saints
You just nicked that from the spurs forum... -
CONFIRMED - Virgil Van Dijk joins on Five Year Deal
hypochondriac replied to Brizzie Saints's topic in The Saints
What lesson are you talking about? Do you imagine for one second that celtic fans would react in a similar fashion if their players acted like tw*ts and then fecked off to a team in the same league as them? And no one has been anything but supportive of Morgan. -
CONFIRMED - Virgil Van Dijk joins on Five Year Deal
hypochondriac replied to Brizzie Saints's topic in The Saints
what absolute horsesh*t.
