I read the news today oh boy! Page 1,998

Quote: Briosaid @ 2nd November 2018, 11:04 PM

Amazing how the mention of guns always brings you out of your web.

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Simple solution: stop posting about guns.

Quote: Kenneth @ 3rd November 2018, 6:16 AM

Not a load of shit. Only a tiny fraction of gun deaths in the US are caused by mass shootings by crazies,. Most US gun deaths are likely suicides, criminal/gang homicides, rather than a lone loony deciding to indiscriminately wipe out Jews, Christians or fellow students.

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Someone's been paying attention to the facts, not the breathless "news" reports.

Quote: Stephen Goodlad @ 3rd November 2018, 9:42 AM

It's helpful to the American psyche if they label 99% of gun deaths as criminals or drug dealers.

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Not 99% of gun murders, but the percentage that don't involve a convicted criminal, drugs, or gangs are probably in the single digits.

Quote: Stephen Goodlad @ 3rd November 2018, 9:42 AM

Blame the criminals and you don't have a gun problem

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By definition, they're the ones who are committing the crimes.

Texas has more than 1,300,000 citizens who are license to carry a concealed firearm. Last year they committed 5 murders. Do the math and you'll find that the murder rate (of all kinds, not just by guns) among licensed Texans is 1/3 that of the UK as a whole. So are the guns the problem, or is it the criminals who use guns to murder people?

Quote: Stephen Goodlad @ 3rd November 2018, 9:42 AM

If there are 33.000 gun death a year though.... you'll soon run out of criminals and the death rate will fall dramatically

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In 10,000 years, assuming there's no procreation in the meantime.

As you know, 2/3 of those deaths are suicides and they have no place in a discussion of gun violence. That said, where is your uproar about the number of drug overdose deaths in the United States? 72,000 per year and climbing rapidly. More people die from overdoses than from suicides, guns, vehicle accidents or AIDS. Why the fixation on guns, when they're not even our worst problem?

Quote: Firkin @ 3rd November 2018, 12:09 PM

Japan appears to have next to no fatalities, between 0 - 10 a year.

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It's foolish to compare two countries; correlation is not causation. Japan is an aging, homogeneous nation with almost no history of gun crime. Crime in general is rare. The United States has more than a million people behind bars for violent crimes, including more than 200,000 convicted of murder. Apples and oranges.

Mexico sits about 120 miles from my home. They have very strict gun laws compared to the United States, yet their firearm murder rate is 5 times that of my country. Again, apples and oranges.

Quote: DaButt @ 3rd November 2018, 3:39 PM

Simple solution: stop posting about guns..

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Why should I, when I find gun use appalling, and equally appalling are the inhumane arses who support them?
So now you want to censor posts? Typical for a Trump supporter.

Quote: DaButt @ 3rd November 2018, 4:16 PM

where is your uproar about the number of drug overdose deaths in the United States? 72,000 per year and climbing rapidly. More people die from overdoses than from suicides, guns, vehicle accidents or AIDS. Why the fixation on guns, when they're not even our worst problem?

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Because drugs aren't going to kill me unless I'm stupid enough to take and overdose on them. AIDS isn't going to kill me because I'm not shoving needles into my skin (and I always lock the doors and draw the curtains). Whereas with guns -- they're designed to kill people and if they were to become easily available in my country, that would be a bad thing. As for road safety and vehicle accidents, I bang on about that frequently because road accidents are one of the leading causes of deaths where I live. People bang on about guns here because guns are stupid. They're designed to murder people and murder is bad. Sex (AIDS) is not designed to murder. Vehicles (transport) are not designed to murder. Drugs (fun for losers) are not designed to kill the user. No sane person wants to see their country end up with a gun problem like America's, hence they're so vociferously against stick that goes bang.

Quote: DaButt @ 3rd November 2018, 4:16 PM

Do the math and you'll find that the murder rate (of all kinds, not just by guns) among licensed Texans is 1/3 that of the UK as a whole. So are the guns the problem, or is it the criminals who use guns to murder people?

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MATHS! IT'S BLOODY MATHS!!!!!!

Quote: Chappers @ 4th November 2018, 10:17 PM

MATHS! IT'S BLOODY MATHS!!!!!!

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Nope. Not in this part of the world.

Quote: Chappers @ 4th November 2018, 10:17 PM

MATHS! IT'S BLOODY MATHS!!!!!!

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YES. It's not singular, but what can you expect from immigrants? Maybe Trump should sort it out with his amazing intellect (* falls about laughing hystrrically*)

Quote: Briosaid @ 7th November 2018, 8:25 PM

(* falls about laughing hystrrically*)

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It's rather funny to watch someone complain about a spelling error while making one of their own.

So it's snowperson now rather than snowman:

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/cbeebies-snowpeople_uk_5be00c81e4b01ffb1d03e09f

Quote: Billy Bunter @ 7th November 2018, 11:18 PM

So it's snowperson now rather than snowman

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The advantage of having snowmen and gingerbread men rather than their female equivalents is that specifically female versions would be obliged to have boobs and that might not go down well with a significant number of parents.

In a world where snow people and gingerbread people might be male or female, a boobless snowperson or gingerbread person would be readily identifiable as a man and thus make a nonsense of the PC Brigade's attempts to have him known simply as a "person".

Quote: DaButt @ 7th November 2018, 10:18 PM

It's rather funny to watch someone complain about a spelling error while making one of their own.

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Smartarse. Anybody with half a brain would spot a typo - in fact partly predictive text. Maybe you only have quarter of a brain - anybody who votes for Trump is suspect.

Quote: Rood Eye @ 7th November 2018, 11:47 PM

The advantage of having snowmen and gingerbread men rather than their female equivalents is that specifically female versions would be obliged to have boobs and that might not go down well with a significant number of parents.

In a world where snow people and gingerbread people might be male or female, a boobless snowperson or gingerbread person would be readily identifiable as a man and thus make a nonsense of the PC Brigade's attempts to have him known simply as a "person".

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How I wish people would give this silly shit a rest. As a mother of sons, I think It's gone too far. Also does nothing for feminists as it makes it all farcical.

I read in our local paper that the council are erecting and decorating the Winter Festival tree in time for the Winter Festival lights to be turned on.
This just after Diwali was celebrated with lights and banners.
Busy time

EDIT:
They have buckled to pressure.
After a storm on Twitter and FB, they have removed all the tree references.
And just left one article about the Winter Festival

Dutchman, 69, brings lawsuit to lower his age 20 years https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46133262?ocid=socialflow_twitter I propose a lot of you codgers do the same, to make these boards a bit less dusty:

Quote: Kenneth @ 8th November 2018, 2:01 PM

Dutchman, 69, brings lawsuit to lower his age 20 years

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Wouldn't it be easier to do what the youngsters do and get fake ID ?

Quote: Rood Eye @ 7th November 2018, 11:47 PM

The advantage of having snowmen and gingerbread men rather than their female equivalents is that specifically female versions would be obliged to have boobs and that might not go down well with a significant number of parents.

In a world where snow people and gingerbread people might be male or female, a boobless snowperson or gingerbread person would be readily identifiable as a man and thus make a nonsense of the PC Brigade's attempts to have him known simply as a "person".

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Fru T Bunn knows all about this!