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That's just a vague, empty statement which looks nice on the face of it but isn't actually a solution to anything. What are you specifically proposing we change?

He really is incredible. His brain simply cannot handle the suggestion that he might be wrong, or that a qualified expert might know better, about anything.

5,000? Italy are having the equivalent of a reasonably full passenger jet crash every six hours and it’s not going to stop any time soon. We’re a couple of weeks behind them.

One thing is for sure, we don't need another RB at the moment.

Sounds like a rough week crabby, glad you've pulled through it. If this kicks you off the cigarettes permanently then take that as a positive outcome overall.

Perhaps we could finish the season in the autumn and start again in the new year. From now on just run seasons starting February until late October.

Looks like Charlie is the latest celebrity to test positive. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52033845

Are we though? Genuinely curious, by what hard stick are we measuring the NHS, compared to other countries health services?

With you on that, unless they’re just so short staffed they can’t.

Which then comes back to being pro-choice, which is all I’m advocating.

You’re making the choice to definitely kill the unborn foetus to prevent a chance that the mother will die. At what point does it become worth the risk of killing the mother? You said that the mothers life must not be at risk, so where are you drawing the line with regards to risk? If there’s a 10% that continuing the pregnancy to full term would kill the mother, would you kill the ‘child’? Surely if both lives are equal you would deny the abortion and risk the mothers life in the hope that they both live?

So you've made the decision that the life of a 'child' is less important that that of the mother?

It's not an acceptable name, it's a fundamental difference. The pro-choice campaigners aren't asking to terminate 100% of their pregnancies, just the ones where they feel it wouldn't be right bringing a baby into the world. The unborn child is not a child, it's a fetus. That's a medical fact. It's brain is undeveloped, it cannot sense the world around it, it is not capable of conscious thought and therefore choice. Whenever somebody puts a debate to me like this, I always ask how I would feel if I was the 'victim'. In this case I would never even have been aware of my own existence, so the suffering experienced would be zero. There's no point really in debating this as it's been going on for decades and neither side is willing to concede. The fact of the matter is that if a women feels she needs an abortion, within a set time parameter, that's her choice. You have no right telling her what to do with her body, based on religious views or otherwise. If you have medical evidence that the fetus suffers in some way, that's a different matter.

Based on what? They can comfortably fill a 30k stadium even in the Championship. If their asking price is significantly lower than ours and they aren't p*ssing away massive amounts of cash on stupid wages for crap players, they start to look a better option.

I was frequently accused of being Islamaphobic by Verbal (no idea where he ended up). Basically I'm not opposed to belief but I am opposed to organised religion. There's no such thing as pro-abortion, only pro-choice. If you believe terminating a fetus is a sin against God, then don't have an abortion and I wont tell you you're wrong.

Just to sum up Christianity: Started a long time ago in a small city in another country, now it's spread around the world It seems to be particularly prevalent in Italy It was late arriving in America but now that it has it seems to have taken hold very quickly and strongly. Most people have a mild case of occasional church services and prayers. A small number of mainly older people develop severe symptoms, such as disowning their gay son or picketing abortion clinics. You might think your case is mild and harmless but in helping to spread it, you're putting others at risk. It can occasionally lead to death

Good lad! I though about going to B&Q but I only really needed safety goggles and spare discs for the angle grinder, so decided not to risk it. On a different and slightly morbid note, the national fatality statistics for the end of the year will make for interesting reading. Supposedly around 500,000 die in the UK annually. The government reckon C19 would kill that number alone if left unchecked. 250k with moderate safety measures and f*ckwittery and a target of 20k with strict, draconian measures. Supposing our unwillingness to adapt and stay in until now means we’ve missed the target already and we end up with 100k C19 related deaths. I wonder how many of those would fall into the national average of 500k but have just been brought forward a few months. Not that I’m trying to downplay the severity of the situation, hopefully I live long enough to see my curiosity satisfied.

Someone else can have my go, I’ll be drinking gin in the garden. On a serious note though, I was slightly reassured to see Gabbiadini has apparently recovered after minimal symptoms. In an interview with an Italian journalist he said he was surprised that he’d had it and thought the doctor was joking at first. Makes me think that the infection rate may actually be much, much higher and the death rate therefore significantly lower.

Yeah, I think I was late to the party with this one. Now B&Q is closed every man and his dog will be ordering Rawlplugs online.

I think there’s a certain tolerance of idiocy built in to most of the predictions. If everyone was able to stick to the governments advice rigidly, 99% of people would only spread it to people in our own homes. It would basically be over in a month. Sadly that won’t happen. Partly due to stupidity and partly due to people such as yourselves, who are forced into social interaction.

I’ve just ordered an angle grinder from Amazon and some other bits from Toolstation. I’ll let you know if any of it turns up in the near future.

Surely 99% of this is obvious. The emergency services will have their own maintenance contracts. Supermarkets, petrol stations and chemists will remain open. Top Shop, Ann Summers and Games Workshop won’t. Various transport services also count as essential, I’m sure their line managers are capable of marking competent decisions on who needs to be at work and who doesn’t.

I spat my beer all over the three blokes opposite.

Yes, I’m sure those Italian doctors having an emotional breakdown because they’re having to take ventilators away from patients who are too old and a ‘lower priority for survival’ are just paid actors. I like when people pretend they’re more open minded because they ‘question everything’ when really they just believe anything they read in an online blog. Don’t tell me, jet fuel doesn’t melt steel beams.

Agreed, we can tick them off. Looking at the Middle East and Iran in particular, it seems although Sunni Islam has definitely got the edge over Shi’a.