The Pitters' Place

If executing two people (who would only come back to fight her anyway) sends a message to others and discourages/demoralises them then it may well save lives in the long run. War is a nasty process and people will die - it's all in question of minimising casualties.

Well if I didn't feel old at the beginning of all this I certainly do now.... I remember the release of the original Bonnie Tyler one but not all the covers...

I guess I'll just get my pipe and slippers.

They do need protecting from some men. But that doesn't mean that men need to do the protecting. The examples you gave could be set up by women just as easily as by men. So women can take ownership of their own protection. And similarly if the men feel unsafe in their dormitory (or wherever) they're...

I think the younger people here won't have a clue what you two are talking about. Obviously I don't have a clue what you're talking about either.

I haven't seen the film, but I do know a lot about the history (I've read a lot of history about WW2 and know more than is probably healthy for most folk)... The one thing I saw about this that depressed me/concerned me was an interview with the two young stars and when they were asked what the film...

Mushrooms - even the smell of them - makes me hurl. But I certainly don't expect the rest of the world to give me a mushroom exclusion zone (I don't know if it's an allergy or just an intense dislike - never bothered to find out). If this kid has an issue with peanuts they're just going to have to d...

I think it's been excellent so far and Richard Ayoade is tremendous as the host. I too agree it would be better with "real" competitors rather than many of the C-list celebrities they've got on there though.

About time too. My only concern is the sonic screwdriver - as a women she's obviously not going to have a clue how to use it. So they'll need to replace it with something more in keeping with her new form like a sonic spatula.

BruceSmith78 wrote:Is it her birthday when the eggs are laid or when she hatches?

Wouldn't that make it Layday (which sounds wrong for other reasons) or Hatchday rather than Birthday?

The more dark corners of the world I look into the more I come to the conclusion that there really isn't any point in trying to reason with assholes like that. Just lock them up somewhere and forget about them. Or whatever. I really don't care very much.

It was just a matter of time before they found out anyway.

Upon more considered reflection between this and the last two election results (2010 and 2015) I'm beginning to come to the conclusion that the days of large majorities may be coming to an end. The Tories had 44% of the vote and Labour had 40% of the vote, either of which would have given them a hug...

Stayed upto 6am watching the election results. I quite liked it - I thought the results were "about right". And the good news for someone who enjoys watching elections is that I'm guessing that we're going to get another election within a year...

We are more in debt, but the deficit is being reduced. In 2010 when the Tories came to power the deficit was £100 billion. And they've reduced it to £14 billion last year. So yes, the total national debt is still increasing, but the rate at which it is increasing is slowing down which is the first s...

I think the main problem that Corbyn (and in a wider sense the entire Labour party) is that the lack of trust the public has with them when it comes to the economy. Immigration and defense will certainly be a factor to one extent or another to some people, but as we painfully crawl out of a recessio...

Don't forget Corbyn cosying up to Hezbollah too.

We don't need the Democrats to do that because mass movements could do it much better What are these "mass movements" meant to me achieving (exactly)? Cos that could mean loads of different things... a change in the whole mechanics of government (for example moving to Proportional Represe...

Most of Western Europe deals this sort of thing by criminalising hate speach. So you don't need to go round randomly punching people and if someone does start spouting racist/hate filled shit the legal system will deal with them. So they don't feel the victim of mob vigilantism but rather the rule ...

Most of Western Europe deals this sort of thing by criminalising hate speach. So you don't need to go round randomly punching people and if someone does start spouting racist/hate filled shit the legal system will deal with them. So they don't feel the victim of mob vigilantism but rather the rule o...

I'm not in favour of unlimited free speech. But I don't think that equates to arbitrary violence against people we disagree with.

I was wondering if any of you lot will be tactically voting? Or will you steadfastly be sticking to your preferred party regardless? I would assumed that many of you think that many of the options (e.g. Labour, Lib Dems, Green) are all better/preferential to the Tories so which one of them has the b...

That looks pretty damn cool...

Yeah - I wish I was more surprised by that but unfortunately not...

Ahh... but young people are very good at "doing things on the internet" and that's how you make real change in the world isn't it? Not going out and actually voting?!? Joking aside (and I'm very pleased that aels is doing her bit for both the young and the anti-Tories) I think that given t...

Apparently Labour has closed the polling gap by about ten points in a week. It might not be as much of a slaughter as people think. I'm curious which polls you're looking at - the ones I've been seeing are showing a different story, with the Tories still generally being about 20 points ahead. I thi...

I think things are pretty bad in North Korea for the average "man in the street". Everything I've seen about the place makes me think of 1984 - they are constantly under surveillance, anyone not deemed to be sufficiently patriotic will be questioned, their "military first" policy...

Increasing the amount we give people on benefits is not investing in jobs and will not help the economy. Increasing the amount companies have to pay people will not increase the amount of jobs they are going to create. I have no problem with people wanting to spend more money on social programmes or...

And you say that they won't "give you your house", but if you have two people living in a six bedroom house and a six person family living in a one room bedsit and just by chance the two people didn't want to spontaneously offer up their house to the family that no-one would come along an...

"state ownership of the means of production" Marxists believe in eliminating the state from existence. Some (Leninists, mostly) believe in a transitional period during which the working class takes control of the state and uses it to move towards a stateless society. But the idea that the...

I have to disagree with you there But that's because -- as demonstrated by what you wrote in the next paragraph -- you haven't read Marx. What you described isn't Marxist theory. It's a middle school misunderstanding. I did read Marx (a long time ago when I was Uni) and I remember it was about &quo...

I like Corbyn. I like his idea to increase bank holidays, as we have far fewer then many other countries, and the economic crisis may have been presided over by Labour, but it was a world event kick-started in the US. The uk debt has also risen by 550 billion under Tory rule, wages are stagnant, be...

what's the solution? A Marxist-Leninist workers' paradise? Marxism isn't a utopian theory. I have to disagree with you there (I will also say that true free market Capitalism would be a horrific nightmare). For Marxism to work everyone has to really get on board and be willing to put the "grea...

@opiate Are you interpreting comments in this thread as encouraging or endorsing an "obstructive as possible" policy, or are you commenting in general? Because if it's the former, I wonder to which post you're referring. I don't think citizens expecting police to follow the due process of...

And right on cue as an example of a populist policy that obviously hasn't been given a second's thought and would cost the economy, Corbyn announces that he would create four new Bank Holidays: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39682388 Sounds great until you think about it... it costs the national econo...

I realise this is the "wrong" response and I'm meant to jump on the hate-bandwagon too, and I absolutely agree that there are a lot of racist and abusive policemen (and women) out there who take advantage of their powers and are generally shit at their jobs and not only should be sacked bu...

Sorry - if it was a short answer I could have done it during the day, but for a longer answer you need to wait until I'm at home in the evening... Corbyn is very left wing. And he doesn't really make any effort to hide the fact. He's extremely close to the Trade Unions and has an automatic, knee-jer...

Aels, I have a question. Why are the Tories so popular over there when they suck so much? As a UK voter for over 20 years now I think I can have a go at answering this... None of the political parties really represent my views so when it comes to elections it's always a question of picking the &quo...

Theresa May has announced a "snap" General Election on 8th June. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39629603 I love elections! As soon as I heard the news I booked the 9th June off work so I stay up all night watching the results coming in. (The wife thinks I'm crazy - she will not be s...

I'm shocked that I'm the most "Liberal feminist" person here...

I think this is "angels dancing on the head of a pin" territory as to whether it's racism, cultural bias or some other form of hatred. The bottom line is that it's bigotry to malign an entire group of people based on some arbitrary characteristic.

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And Gorsuch on the Supreme Court. And the rollbacks to climate change and environmental policies, fair pay and safe workplace orders, FCC regulations and internet privacy, and plans to ramp up the war on drugs. But hey, it's only been a few months. I'm sure he'll start behaving differently than Cli...

Looks like Ada has now received her third (and permanent) ban. http://imdb2.freeforums.net/thread/13653/finally-free-witch?page=6 The interesting thing that's come up during the last bout of arguing is that there's a separate board they created for all the people that are banned (either temporarily ...

I think they should make the process for qualifying for legal entry easier rather than rewarding people for breaking the law and the criminals who profit from trafficking them. As for the people already in the country there should be a one-time amnesty where people can declare themselves and go thro...

Happy birthday!

I've seen the same story reported elsewhere so I'm guessing it's not satire.

For those of you who may be interested it looks like Ada has received a second (temporary) ban there. http://imdb2.freeforums.net/thread/12889/case-anybody I don't really know all the details - I've been a bit busy this weekend and haven't spent much time on line. But I thought that some of you migh...

Yeah - don't read the comments.

That made me laugh!

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