benjii

Like I said to SOG; please keep it sensible on here.

This is The Lounge; please try to keep it sensible.

So you readily acknowledge it's completely aribitrary and based on social convention. As I suspected.

We don't need to eat any animal to eat either, so it should be illegal for us to kill any cow, pig, sheep etc...?

I thought you were trying to make the point that we have spent lots before on occasions. £6m in the Premier League is clearly not lots. £7m in the CCC was though, I agree with you there. No one is saying spending "guarantees success", they are saying it raises expectation.

Oh yeah. Mine wasn't that good actually.

Not really but when someone launches into a tirade and says "you read that right !!!!" when the thing they're referring to might be wrong I'm obviously going to point that out. Given that their national quota is 20k apparently, I suspect the 2,300 figure is the right one. Is it a nice practice? No. Would I personally stab a dolphin? No. Am I going to undertake much wailing and gnashing of teeth if a Japanese person does? No.Is the world going to miss 20k dolphins? Dunno, doubt it. Is Halal cruel? Yes. Is battery farming cruel? Yes. Is pig slaughter cruel? Yes. Do people select "causes" completely arbitrarily? IMO, yes, usually.

Redknapp? A couple of ****e cheap defenders and Camara on loan? What are you on about? Burley wasting money... yes, certainly. If you spend Championship level money you have to get into the Champ. Simple as that!

Yes. Thread closed.

Dunno about Cov but they were at Anfield together in the away end once.

Probably one of those nutters who thinks Schneiderlin is the best midfielder in League One.

Is he better than Richard Drydon?

The moment's gone. Won't be funny now. If you wish to register your dismay, please contact: ponty@internet_police.gov.uk Although please acknowledge in your complaint that the moderators are duty-bound to enforce the rules of the forum and, generally, do a spiffing job.

Who's the Saints player in the OS photo?!

Alistair Dia is from Senegal. Georgie Weah is from Liberia. I think what you've done is seen a colour and confused it with a nationality. Now, that's racist.

I think they're captured from the wild. Arguably much more humane than establishing some sort of ghastly cradle-to-grave meat production line like we do.

Eto'oooo, Jairzinho, Rob Jones, Michel Pruedhomme

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....