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How can anyone disagree with this Japanese chap?... "I think we are the victims of a form of racism," said one, as we watched the pilot whales being herded out of sight to be killed. "Westerners slaughter cattle and other animals in the most inhumane ways imaginable, but no one says a word. Why is it that only Japan gets this kind of treatment?"

Also, the Guardian article says 2,300, not 23,000. I did indeed, "read it right".

I'm not being flippant (no pun intended), what I mean is this: Is the criticism that it is wrong to kill an animal of a certain level of intelligence per se or is it the method/suffering etc that is the issue here?

It wasn't even this: . Was better.

Sorry, what exactly is the criticism?

It was Ponty. Ponty, you've deprived the forum of something pretty dog'garn special.

I had just lined it up for the dog ****e thread and some piece thereof has closed it. You utter, utter, complete plonker. People would have talked about this post for years to come. I say again, you utter, utter, complete plonker. It was that good.

Well that's clearly a completely pointless question. Clubs frequently release players who prove to be perfectly good. As an example, we released Nile Ranger who plays for Newcastle. He will be at a Premier League club next year. We stupidly got rid of Matt Mills on the cheap etc....

Get off the fence Fry! Do you agree with him or not?

They certainly appear to be insolvent.

Loan, overdraft, revolving credit facility etc... Bit of a pyrrhic victory given that only reason they don't (if that's true) is because Gaydamak as guarantor had to pay off Barclays (and so is now entitled to be indemnified by the club). In any case, they clearly owe a lot to a lot of people and are constantly trying to borrow money to make these payments. The fact that they don't have a bank facility is more indicative that no bank will lend them the money and they're having to look to other, hmm less orthodox, shall we say, sources rather than of their financial health.

The website is ****e. I think we can all agree on that.

Nice washing line.

Here you all go:

Lol - classic thread. This is what the internet was created for!

Is that you?

There's no such thing as "membership status'" this year so any individual who wants to purchase a seat should be able to out of those left over from season ticket holders, I would have thought.

If we sign another CB I think you can be pretty sure that Wayne Thomas will be off (on loan or otherwise).

Can you confirm the brand of hire car please and possibly from whom it is hired? We're all on tenterhooks.

If we were going to select players based on last-years performances then Schneiderlin and Lallana shouldn't be in the side so I'm not going to judge Pericard on that. His lack of career goals is a worry I guess but I trust Pards.

Cortese has repeatedly said they have not taken on any debt. Now, I don't see how we can afford, on League One income, to sign Lambert for £1m, Jaidi's wages, Connolly's wages, KD's wages etc... in the long-term. I'm sure we're being well managed but I expect that when the rope gets tight, Markus gives it some slack!

I don't know. Pressure from KFC?

Reading away in the cup under Souness. Absolutely bitter and stood on an open concrete bank. Brrrr.

Was about to post the same thing. Apparently the pitch is fine for tonight's cup semi but it's too dengerous for people to converge on the ground. Tomorrow's match at Man City is also off and given how new and shiny and lovely their ground is I imagine it's nothing to do with the pitch.

Well, Pompey are certainly a cautionary tale for us to bear in mind. I think there is a qualitative difference though. Firstly, we are not buying these players on debt. It's pure and simple, good old fashioned benefaction from Markus. Secondly, we have some assets above and beyond a squad of players. Thirdly, our ownership structure is very simple.