Walsingham

Ride a horse while inside a tank? I'll grant you that could only be more impressive.

I'm actually listening on the BBC iplayer, which has far better sound quality, but since I know you chaps are resistant to using realplayer I think it's fair enough to link via youtube.

*takes a moment to admire the size of brains on this forum*

In fact I think both descriptions of eugenics support my original point: science can be made to serve either good or evil, in the same way as faith.

Nothing's really going to make what happened good, as you say, but at least you... erm... actually, bugger, I can't think of anything reassuring to say. On which note I'm off to the pub.

I wasn't complaining about the speling mate. I was mocking myself for the way I get all overheated whenever the subject comes up.

As you chaps know I'm something of a Monarchist in a quiet way.* You have to ask, whatever the undemocratic flavours a monarchy has, how often do you see the sons of Presidents and Prime Ministers on the front line? *Something to do with a framed oath of allegiance I have on my wall.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7269743.stm It seems Prince Harry, who we discussed before, has actually been fighting in Afghanistan on the front lines for some weeks. This news, and the news that he's OK please me on a personal and political level. It's nice to see that being an heir to the throne means you can still have guts. What is perhaps still more amazing is that the UK's media have up until now not run the story in oerder to allow him to go ahead, and not risk anyone's life unduly. What is less pleasing is that this US website the Drudge Report, seems to have leaked the info. Coming on the back of the bogus Barack Obama pictures it reinforces my feeling that one should have nothing to do with the wretched thing. Who the hell is frequenting thsi site, and do they have no concept whatever of operational security or basic integrity?

Man, that's sterrible. Sorry to hear it. It's got to be bad when people are young and it's sudden. I had a girlfriend get into some trouble, and I damn near burst with worry until it turned out she was OK.

Iraq? IRAQ! *Begins running around in little circles*

Immensely pleased to discover one of the upcoming tests will be a six mile run carrying 15 kilos, rather than 50 kilos as I thought.

Aha. Yes, your counter makes sense. I'd hazard a guess that every nation that ever was or ever will be will have some region which wants to be 'free'. Freedom for Tooting!

You're thinking of Castle milk stout.

Staropramen

As Sand has been at great pains to point out, his arguments are boneheaded for teh simple purpose of provoking debate. I hesitate to call that trolling, because that sort odecision is better left to moderators and their misbegotten ilk.

Whatever the justification I must say it comes across as pretty childish name-calling.

Interesting notion. But what makes the point relevant only to primitive societies? Unstable societies are the majority across the globe.

Sorry, Aponez. I didn't understand that at all. Would you mind going through it again?

Take a risk!

I tried Corona last night, and I retract my earlier comments. it is quite refreshing. Now then, on a more serious note, has anyone tried putting bacon in guinness?

Well, Tigs, I for one appreciate your long replies. It's cheaper than going to do philosophy at uni. Reading this it has occurred to me that there is also such a thing as scientific orthodoxy, and that it can be used as a force for evil, just as much as religion. Viz the scientific dialectic of marxism, or eugenics.

I think the inrushing sea should do that.

Whole steam-liners went missing.

A Turkey is not much worse qualified than the average Al Qaeda 'scholar'.

5.2 richter. I thought it was just me being over-tired. Unlike everyone else getting out of bed I went straight TO bed.