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Everything posted by benjii
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Sims got to be knocking on the door too? He was good in the last match.
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Good plan!
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I was intrigued, on a recent visit to Italy, to learn that the Pope is a Catholic!
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Yes, I agree. That's probably a bigger problem but harder to write a forum post about, so I copped out.
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I would favour an increase in MP salaries to something like £350k p.a., provided exploitation of expenses is curtailed. Build / lease a block of serviced apartments in London available for free use. The job's much more important than many jobs which command salaries much higher than the current MP salary. It's clear that the current system is broken and attracts an unacceptably high number of weirdos, the over-privileged, and under-skilled / under intelligent zealots. Make it more aspirational for more normal but capable people and drag it away from these unrepresentative losers. The party system is also unhelpful.
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Good attitude. Let’s hope he does it.
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I agree with GM. Don't have another vote. Just can the whole thing.
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Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed – in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical – and when facts are irrefutable they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack. For that reason, greater caution is called for when dealing with a stupid person than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison
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So dinlows voted against their betters in a fit of pique, basically?
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True, he could have been a Real Madrid fan.
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If you don’t think shooting unarmed civilians waving white hankies is wrong then you’re a complete waste of space, regardless of your generation.
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Yeah, but think of the bananas!
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You wake up in the morning, you've got to read all the Sunday papers, the kids are running round, you've got to mow the lawn, wash the car, and you think "Sunday, bloody Sunday!".
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Terrorist Attacks - WARNING: CONTAINS DISTRESSING IMAGES
benjii replied to sadoldgit's topic in The Lounge
Crikey, that’s terrible. Sounds like the perpetrator was some sort of racist Oz guy? -
Terrorist Attacks - WARNING: CONTAINS DISTRESSING IMAGES
benjii replied to sadoldgit's topic in The Lounge
The Maidstone Massive is expanding its territory. -
How likely are English teams to meet in the CL quarters
benjii replied to Singapore Saint's topic in General Sports
Hot balls. -
He looks like Craig David.
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Blooming buckle draggers.
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So has everyone seen the City incident? I find that one completely flabbergasting. It’s an atrocious decision where the ref has gone out of his way to help them. We had a goal ruled out earlier in the season because a shot passed by Yoshida, even though he wasn’t blocking the keeper’s view or trying to play the ball. Yesterday, Sterling was trying to get onto a pass and kicked it into the net yet was apparently not interfering until the defender, stretching for the ball precisely because Sterling was next to him, got a toe to it. You’re telling me if the away team scored in those circumstances the ref would tried so hard to overrule the linesman? Most weekends now it seems that most games have major wrong decisions (clear goals, penalties, red cards). It’s fine to make mistakes and offsides are impossible to get right every time but some of the inconsistency and bias is inexcusable.
