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More sort of 'paddling at Morecombe'?

Well, taken to extremes and without any humanity, yes. Oh blast. This just reminded me we have a UK Health Minister who believes in homeopathy.

While I agree in most cases, rolling up the legs to the ankle or one inch above the ankle is acceptable in my book. What, so you look like Huckleberry Finn?

We should kickstart genegineering an eight-legged gazelle. Not only would be it liberate political commentary, but watching it trying to jump would be hilarious.

Can I ask we include flags of individual states in the Union?

To illuminate my point a little further, a man won't die for Fermat's last theorem.

I was just wondering if the introduction of the 'like' button had met an observable: 1) Rise in overall posting 2) An individual rise in posting among some users 3) A change in tempo of posting (i.e. pulses) Idle interest for me, but the results could be interesting in general social scientific terms. I'm thinking there would be a rise amongst certain users, with likes functioning as rewards.

You do realise that it's not in the least bit cute when you _fake_ an inability to write English?

With respect, Zor. Your previous post rather implied Manning's release had been vetted before release. It's why I went back and double checked. Going back to Snowden, it seems to be the case that he went public because - and I am paraphrasing a quote - Congress was being lied to. I feel this reinforces my point entirely. Why not speak directly to those Congressmen who were being lied to? They'd have eaten up the scandal AND run with the ball.

Much better. Gotta love the Guard.

Yes, and get a bloody avatar. You look like obyknven right now, and it's freaking me out.

Actually, let's ALL write to the Queen.

I'd actually pay a licence for the BBC, atleast they make some quality programmes, unlike the Swedish equivalent. I'd pay in a heartbeat once I'd have a TV, no problem - fair is fair. I don't have a TV antenna, parabolic dish, nor a fricking TV. I don't even have a radio. Write to the Queen. Make your case. My sister wrote to the Queen when she was six and got a reply.

Hope she's OK, man. But not wanting to sound callous, 90 is pretty much as far as I'd like to go.

I only technically need a radio license, but I pay for a Tv license because as much as the BBC annoys me, it annoys people I hate much more.

There's a TV show in the UK called "Can't cook/won't cook." I mention it because human behaviour involves both aspects. You need to have accurate understanding (predictive and insightful), but you also have to act on it. The reason I'd argue people ignore discordant information is because if we didn't then we'd have a more accurate picture but constantly be reversing course. The net result would be something very similar to lunacy. The relevant military aphorism is that it's better to execute a crap plan with energy and courage than to wait for a perfect plan.

Yeah. I know that. the point is that it's less likely to be wrong today, because it gets tested and improved. Whereas a lot of faiths are 2000 years wrong. However, if you're on edge and need to feel certain, leaning on something which you KNOW keeps breaking isn't very reassuring.

Aw... buttocks.

I live outside London, so all the men wear check shirts. I honestly couldn't say what the women wear. *thinks* That's a bit worrying, actually.

I haven't time to read that now. But I'd politely point out that one reason not to believe in science today is that science yesterday very often turned out to be wrong.

If anyone wants a kickstarter I'd chip in to put him in the Ecuadorian embassy in London with Assange. I'd find it hugely amusing to pack the plcae with pasty egomaniacal nerds. EDIT: @ Zoraptor I wanted to check my facts, and according to Wikipedia he leaked direct to Wikileaks. The leaks then got taken up by the media. He really does make me feel ill.

Gott straff England! My disguise is slipping!

The older I get the less interested I am in playing at evil. Evil, if made real or even slightly real, is the antithesis of roleplaying. Evil is about being fixated in self, and not understanding or caring about anyone else. Why the hell would you WANT a 'realistic' villain? It would be bloody awful.

Well, according to Wikipedia he wasn't given a specific sentence on conviction, although the judge stated he would likely never be eligible for parole. (Or words to that effect) I think it's because he was committed to mental hospital, as you say. It's interesting that he is still trying to act out his demented power fantasies. He wanted to commit the 'perfect' crime originally. But ultimately he's just a pathetic fool, whose only standout feature is a set of appetites you might find in lower mammals, and a concomitant inability to control them. All those lives taken away for this sorry sack of ****.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23034579 Ian Brady "makes himself toast every morning" despite having been on hunger strike since 1999, his mental health tribunal has heard. Brady is currently fed through a tube at Ashworth Hospital, but a nurse there said he is regularly given food and eats on "most days". Obviously the guy is scum. From Wikipedia: The Moors murders were carried out by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965, in and around what is now Greater Manchester, England. The victims were five children aged between 10 and 17—Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey and Edward Evans—at least four of whom were sexually assaulted. The murders are so named because two of the victims were discovered in graves dug on Saddleworth Moor; a third grave was discovered on the moor in 1987, more than 20 years after Brady and Hindley's trial in 1966. The body of a fourth victim, Keith Bennett, is also suspected to be buried there, but despite repeated searches it remains undiscovered. I just like the fact that he's _consistently_ worthless. No need to concede admiration for his staying power on hunger strike.