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    Sheffield history + geography, world events
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    Systems Admin / Superhero / Professional Tea drinker

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  1. And what's Iraq at the moment? A utopia? The occupation isn't helping the situation. US and British soliders are being killed on an increasingly regular basis; they will retaliate in the way armies do; the insurgents will respond; and more Iraqi civilians will die in the process. Ad infinitum
  2. Thank you Pingpang. I was going to respond to Jimbob1989 but you saved me the trouble. Seriously, Saddam was at his most vicious and cruel when he was an ally of the West. Or does everybody conveniently forget that
  3. Errr...why do you think most Iraqis want foreign troops to leave? They want their country back. What do you think the Iraqi people want? Lower taxes and a shorter working week?
  4. If you're that serious about the subject, perhaps you should join Greenpeace, travel to the Far East and protest to the Japanese government (just make sure that the Korean missile doesn't land on you )
  5. But they make the most reliable cars, and the best home electronics Hey, I wonder if Microsoft will support a boyccott, if only to prevent the PlayStation 3 from being sold over here
  6. I understand that you have a military background, so will have strong thoughts on the matter, but weren't this 'lefty PC brigade' you speak of against the war in the first place? Hardly an example of our own government bowing to them. Do we have an exit strategy yet? Is that the fault of the 'lefty PC brigade' too?
  7. Err... I though they were doing that already? (Abu Ghraib springs to mind, and those torture flights). I would've thought if it was a wake up call for anything, it would be time for foreign troops to leave? Granted, that would be a significant embarassment for World Statemen Blair and Bush, so I expect that while the lives of Iraqi civilians and US soliders are cheap, plentiful and expendable, similar events will continue for a while yet. From the article: Relatives of the men have already reacted with grief and anger. Ken MacKenzie, uncle of Kristian Menchaca, said on US television: "Because the US government did not have a plan in place, my nephew has paid for it with his life."
  8. I'm sorry to hear of your experiences. I've found the quality of care to be consistently excellent, on the several occasions I've had to take my boys in, whatever time of day or night! As for parking, on the times I've had to go in the daytime, I always park at the Hallamshire Hospital instead.
  9. I started investigating the three Abrahamic religions when the Jehovah's Witnesses kept banging on my door every Sunday morning
  10. Yeah right And insurance companies exist solely to protect you, the precious customer, from any mishap that might befall you Seriously though... I've not heard that they're only concentrating on 'big money stuff' - by which I assume they'll deal with company takeovers etc, rather than creating an offshore ambulance-chasing team overseas - but I wouldn't be surprised!
  11. Dunno if you've seen 'Black Hawk Down', but in the directors' commentary, Ridley Scott mentions that the disaster suffered by US troops in the Battle of Mogadishu may have contributed to the world not responding to the massacres in Rwanda, just months later.
  12. Yes, what with female priests, and now gay priests, it seems the original teachings have been rewritten in order to appeal to secular modernists. I've often thought about joining the Landover Baptist ministry, who take the KJV1611 edition to be the unchanged and literal word of God. Get your wallet out though - the ministry has a fleet of aircraft to maintain
  13. My understanding of The Bible is that the Old Testament is to be followed by the Jews, and Christians follow the testament. How the two can contradict each other, yet are bundled together, is something I've never understood. I think of it as giving away a copy of Socialist Worker free with every copy of the Telegraph... Now, what does the New Testament say about alcohol? King Lemuel (often often considered to be the wise King Solomon) quotes his mother as saying: So strong drink affects your judgement and is only for the dying, the depressed and the destitute... Other New Testament verses warning against consuming alcohol in excess (if not alcohol per se) include: I believe that certain bible interpretations take winebibbers to mean those who drink too much, while others take it to mean drinking in general. I am aware that it is mentioned in the bible that Jesus turned water into wine, but I'm highly sceptical that God would permit something as destructive to society as alcohol to be freely consumed. Some interpretations I've read of such verses imply that the wine mentioned in the New Testament was grape juice rather than fermented, alcoholic beverage.
  14. Hello Sierra, I hope you're well. There's a Guardian article here from September 2003, mentioning that 7 in 10 Americans believed Saddam played a part in 9/11. Of course, it's a Washington Post poll, so I am unable to make any guarantees as to its accuracy But in June 2004 the 9/11 commission found "no credible evidence" of a link between Saddam and Osama. I suppose if the Bush Administration were planning an invasion of Iraq (or, if reports are true, had planned it well before 9/11), then if they could convince their voters that Saddam and Osama were an item, it would be easier to sell to the public. From the article: Yep, we're just as guilty of that over here too Almost 300 million I though it was nearer to just 250 million. I think you need to secure that border with Mexico Many thanks and take care
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