Paris shooting and casualties ?

[don4l]

Breadvan72 said:

AJS, sorry for the OT post, but you really have to do something about your apostrophes! I've been biting my tongue on this one for weeks! You have a particular weakness for the possessive "it's". The word "its" only takes an apostrophe when the word appears as a contraction of "it is". If you say "India left to its own devices", no apostrophe! At least, however, you don't go in for apostrophes in plurals, or at least if you do I have been off eating Grammar Police doughnuts or something.

Jesus Christ (as JAYB would say).

[anonymous-user]

There are some doughnuts left over, but only the custard ones.

[anonymous-user]

Stickyfinger said:

Can I use the blunt Scissors please, you will however need to supervise me's

All have done well and all shall have prizes. Oi! No running with those scissors.

[XCP]

Do'nuts?

[anonymous-user]

Dunkin'

[irocfan]

0000 said:

irocfan said:

have some cultural sensitivity - surely it's not beyond wit or reason to produce said medicine with no porcine residues?

How much money do you feel is reasonable to pay for such cultural sensitivities?

well let's see there're quite a few million Muslims over in Europe likely needing various vaccinations and worldwide over a billion, many of whom may need vaccinations... I'd say that there is quite a fertile market there for a lot of profit to be made. Capitalism will find a way if the money is there

[irocfan]

Digga said:

I'm thinking of a separate 'colouring in' thread for the rest of us educationally challenged (or just getting to grips with English as a second language) to participate in.

oh dear Lord - he mentioned the 'c' word, the leftists will be out for his head <shudder>

[0000]

irocfan said:

0000 said:

irocfan said:

have some cultural sensitivity - surely it's not beyond wit or reason to produce said medicine with no porcine residues?

How much money do you feel is reasonable to pay for such cultural sensitivities?

well let's see there're quite a few million Muslims over in Europe likely needing various vaccinations and worldwide over a billion, many of whom may need vaccinations... I'd say that there is quite a fertile market there for a lot of profit to be made. Capitalism will find a way if the money is there

Why would an NHS organisation distributing the vaccine available care about trying to make money from a less effective one for a billion people?

[dudleybloke]

Its the pork that cures.

[Troubleatmill]

Hello.

I'm looking for the thread pertaining to the atrocities committed in Paris recently.

Any idea where I can find it?

[fatboy18]

Troubleatmill said:

Hello.

I'm looking for the thread pertaining to the atrocities committed in Paris recently.

Any idea where I can find it?

I believe it was about 90 pages back

[ABZ RS6]

Troubleatmill said:

Hello.

I'm looking for the thread pertaining to the atrocities committed in Paris recently.

Any idea where I can find it?

"It's behind you!"

Oh, come on, Panto season has started hasn't it?

[eharding]

XCP said:

Do'nuts?

It won't be a militant hegemonising Islamist swarm that will destroy our liberal, secular, progressive Western society.

It will be those Krispy Kreme bloody Doughnuts. They'll kill us all, I tell you. You might think you're immune, but you're not.

They'll get you in the end.

[dudleybloke]

ABZ RS6 said:

"It's behind you!"

Oh, come on, Panto season has started hasn't it?

Oh no it isn't.

[PRTVR]

Troubleatmill said:

Hello.

I'm looking for the thread pertaining to the atrocities committed in Paris recently.

Any idea where I can find it?

That's down the hall on the right, this is the thread for correct deployment of apostrophe's .

[eharding]

dudleybloke said:

ABZ RS6 said:

"It's behind you!"

Oh, come on, Panto season has started hasn't it?

Oh no it isn't.

Well, one half of the Ugly Sisters is here. Where's your slightly less ugly sibling?

[allnighter]

Breadvan72 said:

rovermorris999 said:

For them Assad is a problem. For us less so than IS.

The Syrians made that very point. Assad can kill as many people as he likes and we don't give a toss, but when IS kill people in Paris and we get a bunch of refugees turning up to get away from IS (and Assad), we all go bomb crazy. I suggest that Assad is a problem for us, precisely because his rule helps to produce outfits like IS and also refugees. Previous bombing without a plan, and invading without a plan, also helped to give groups like IS a leg up.

Do you mind if I correct you there? Assad did not help create the likes of ISIS today. You and I did with the help of our government. Saddam did not either! You and I did with the help of our elected government. These two examples are a perfect definition of brutal dictators but they kept these extremists in check and in prisons. You and I helped liberate them, arm them, and facilitated the turning of relatively stable countries with almost perfect security for their citizens into war zones and a perfect ground for anarchy, chaos and grinding axes. Let's not start rewriting history at this early stage yet. Let a couple of a hundred years pass first then you can state what you just stated. Thank you!

[anonymous-user]

Inept western interventions (and there certainly have been those) are only part of the story. People rose up against Assad without help from us. IS have exploited the civil war in Syria to advance their cause. The idea that Assad is "better" than IS is absurd - he is more lethal and more destabilising than they are. The west has cocked up its interventions in the past, and seems likely to do so again in the future, but it needn't always be so. It probably will be, however, as no one seems to have much of a plan to sort things out.

[irocfan]

0000 said:

irocfan said:

0000 said:

irocfan said:

have some cultural sensitivity - surely it's not beyond wit or reason to produce said medicine with no porcine residues?

How much money do you feel is reasonable to pay for such cultural sensitivities?

well let's see there're quite a few million Muslims over in Europe likely needing various vaccinations and worldwide over a billion, many of whom may need vaccinations... I'd say that there is quite a fertile market there for a lot of profit to be made. Capitalism will find a way if the money is there

Why would an NHS organisation distributing the vaccine available care about trying to make money from a less effective one for a billion people?

who mentioned the NHS - I merely stated that it would likely not be beyond wit or reason to manufacture something without porcine products. One might imagine that vegans would be a tad upset about that one too so for a drugs company it's another (potentially) untapped market. Strikes me it's a win/win situation - don't ps off the crazies and ensure that immunisation programmes are fully successful

[allnighter]

Breadvan72 said:

Inept western interventions (and there certainly have been those) are only part of the story. People rose up against Assad without help from us. IS have exploited the civil war in Syria to advance their cause. The idea that Assad is "better" than IS is absurd - he is more lethal and more destabilising than they are. The west has cocked up its interventions in the past, and seems likely to do so again in the future, but it needn't always be so. It probably will be, however, as no one seems to have much of a plan to sort things out.

You are getting confused my friend. The so-called Arab spring was encouraged by us, and we supported /encouraged the infamous 'intifada' with our money and arms. When people rose up against Assad, it was a domino effect, and the Assad regime had his back against the wall from the outset when the demonstration turned violent and people started shooting soldiers and policemen. What choice did they have but to try and subdue bandits and mercenaries who hijacked the cause for their own end?

These bandits and mercenaries were given money and arms by the likes of us and Saudi Arabia. Assad was a thorn on our side because of his support for Hizbollah, his alliance with Iran, and his stance against Israel. This was a perfect opportunity to get rid of him by proxy. To suggest that Assad is more lethal than ISIS you must be living on another planet. Assad never sent you armed bandits to a concert near you, or massacred civilians in Europe at random, or persecuted all the religious minorities in his country , including Christians. Keep off the juice my friend, it's clouding your judgment! ( Friendly banter of course)

Borrowed from another thread.

Edited by allnighter on Monday 30th November 23:52