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  1. 29 minutes ago, Tomm06 said:

    I don't really think it matters if all supermarkets stopped. There are plenty of stores that pop up around now selling them

    These are the ones that should be stopped. Who knows what dodgy stuff they might be selling, and they probably arent storing it safely putting neighbours & public at risk. There might be rules and regulations in place and maybe temporary licences required but many wont bother with all that faff knowing they can make their money and shut down before they are caught. They are probably also the ones selling to kids through the back door


  2. I'm not up for banning the sale of fireworks, but if they could only be sold from specialist firework retailers (like Epic at Tankersley) a lot less would end up in the hands of the types that cause problems as they'd have to make a special trip, rather than just picking up a pack of rockets along with a crate of Stella.


  3. On 17/10/2019 at 02:19, Lex Luthor said:

    Do you think it's possible that someone with good mental health could commit atrocities on strangers?  (Providing they weren't being forced to do so.)

    I rarely agree with the big fish Halibut, but I have to on this point- Its perfectly possible.

     

    I read a book by an (ex) ISIS terrorist. He was perfectly sane but just had different beliefs/ideologies to 'our western' ones.  Many of the 'successful' terrorists (eg those involved in 911) are/were very sane &  intelligent people..winners if you like. They are chosen for their tasks for this very reason. If they had taken a different path in life they would probably have been captains of industry / political leaders etc.


  4. 18 hours ago, Hadron said:

    It seems over the last decade or so that houses around me are going from a normal 3 bedroom semi-detached house at reasonable and affordable prices to 6 bedroom brick monster structures which build over the side drive and extend half way along extensive gardens with dorma windows in the roof. These houses will no longer be affordable when they move and the council tax will be horrendous. Why has this been allowed?

    It bothers you that house prices might be rising in your area?


  5. 1 hour ago, Top Cats Hat said:

    Presumably because there are some discussions that are made much easier by restricting who can attend. It is not racist and neither is the practice of female victims having women only groups to discuss personal experiences, especially violence and gaslighting.

     

    Nothing to see here. Move on. 😁

    If you are restricting who can attend, based on race, it is a racist admission policy. That's a simple  fact. Whether its reasonable in the circumstances  or not is another issue


  6. 2 hours ago, Bargepole23 said:

    Business rates are set by central government, not councils, or so I thought.

     

    Without parking meters those spaces would be filled long before shoppers got near them.

    Correct- local councils have nothing to do with rates other than collecting the money. Rateable value is linked to market rental values, and the sum actually payable is determined by the government.

     

    I was surprised Hays took all the shops. Cant see them lasting long.


  7. On 20/09/2019 at 20:45, muddycoffee said:

    Exactly correct. The average journalist and person on the Clapham omnibus has no concept of the vastness of space. Our species will be extinct long before we can work out how to successfully travel a distance as big as that without dying.

    Buck Rogers and Star Treck is never going to be reality. This planet "Earth" is where the entirety of the story of Homo Sapiens is going to be acted out. From emergence to extinction. We will be very lucky if humans finish up existing one tenth of the duration of the dinosaurs. Most species are but a blink of an eye to this planet.

    Well put. Which is why I think wasting time and effort and resources on space travel/tourism benefits nobody but those employed by it or making money from it.


  8. Given the issues of climate change which appears to be becoming an emergency, is it time for all countries to put space exploration on hold and ban the development of space tourism? It seems a little extravagant and a total waste of our earths resources.  

    Also, how about ban business class air travel & just fit as many seats on a plane as is safe?

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