Bath Saint

Yeah, wooosh. LOL!!!!

And yet, strangely enough, it was, indeed, all written.

Just so you know, it is the Prostitute Collective who are worried about earnings - understandably, I'd say. They are, to all intents and purposes, the union. The proposed law says that anyone using the services of a trafficked or, in some other way, coerced woman, for sex will be committing a crime. The killer clause is that ignorance of the woman's predicament is no defence. In other words, even if they tell you they are willingly prostituting themselves, if it then transpires that they are being coerced, the punter is regarded as having committed a crime. In Sweden, this cut prostitution by 50%, apparently. Seems to me, to be a fairly right-wing proposal aimed at criminalising punters who use the services of prostitutes. Both draconian and reasonable. The 'loony left' are worried that this law would drive prostitution even further underground than it already is.

Blimey. I thought you were kidding in your first post but you're serious! So, how long have you been a bigot? Is it an interesting past time?

+1 :smt119 A couple of teachers on there plus a lecturer in anthropology! What the hell does she tell her students? Nick Griffin on the radio this morning: Griffin: We're going to use the human rights act to take action to make sure the list is removed and that those carrying out this action are prosecuted. Interviewer: Does that mean the BNP agree with the human rights act? Griffin: No.

It's Husker Du, but I don't know the song.

3 on and on and on by Abba I'm taking full credit for this one.

Ian Anderson was doing this years ago with Jethro Tull http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cRo5whIbau4

And the people who are building it... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4249223.stm

Liar

That's J9 all over, pretending he knows what he's talking about.

Either you're a liar, or he is. On balance, I'd say it was you.

Anyone understand any of this? I think he was writing in a Joycean stream of consciousness.

Salesmen eh?

Rigggght. So, we'll install all these CCTV cameras and institute id cards for the sole purpose of catching terrorists. No other reasons? None whatsoever? Oh, and if we shoot the wrong man by mistake, let's just make sure we loose or change the records. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7668551.stm I'm afraid you'll find that such surveillance will be used for whatever purposes the government deems fit.

Great idea. I presume you'll volunteer to look after the hoards of sprogs while they're doing the community work.

Going back to something mentioned earlier in this thread, there were some posters suggesting that various forms of surveillance (e.g. id cards and cctv) were fine as long as you had done nothing wrong. In this case, such people would, presumably, welcome a government proposal to install GPS tracking devices in their (and everyone else's) cars to monitor their whereabouts and speed. After all, if you're not speeding (i.e. breaking the law) you have nothing to worry about. Do you?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/oct/14/research-highereducation

My northern mother-in-law is visiting at the moment. I find myself having to bite my tongue every time she refers to 'them' when she means 'those'. Other classics include learn when she means teach (and vise versa) and borrow when she means lend. I used to comment on her habit of getting these things wrong. She claimed they 'was' (sic. Another common one) merely northern colloquialisms. I have to say, that I do hear these syntax errors commonly, and not just in the north, but I'm afraid it isn't colloquialism. It is just plain wrong.

I am eminently blamable.

Hope this helps http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/english/data/d0082757.html

Hmmm. I think you'll find the Americans say Skedule (with the ch pronounced as in School) whilst the CORRECT pronounciation is Shedule with the c being silent. Extremely happy to help.

Errr......... Dr Bath Saint [Exchange Bath Saint for my real name and it is then true]

I have come to find cutting the grass as a very cathartic past time.

Alfie = Michael Caine She should call the baby either Osbert or Whisk (unisex)