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rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Angelina Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The Bible is opening to misinterpretation, as > are > > other religious texts. They can be used to > > validate behaviours / ideas that are far from > > intended. > > The thing is, the Bible isn't open to > misinterpretation, it clearly says in the Old > Testament that homosexuality is an abomination > that must be punished by death. So, if Christians > believe the Bible is the word of God, they surely > must follow that literally. If they're repelled > by that idea and choose not to follow it, then > they create a pick and mix version that clearly > shows the whole business up for the nonsense it > is. Is this one of the bits translated in the King James version though (translated using the prejudices of those days) - I read somewhere that in the original text it's never clear that homosexuality is being talked about at all. Not that I'm going into a damocene conversion LOL,

"Sinnerman you'd better be praying" I love that song but I'm agnostic

singalto Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The police keep telling people not to walk around > using their phones... They advise us specifically not to text/walk but to stop, look around and use them against a building (if you text/tweet) - they are mobiles so people will use them outside. The thing is they go at people who look vulnerable for some reason often - so the usual confident walk, know where you're going etc. applies.

TheCat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > RobWD Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > >I?m all for anything that will keep a child > occupied while I enjoy a > > coffee.... > > Rob, you could of course just choose to get > yourself one of those now ubiquitous ?5 pints, > therefore keeping yourself occupied instead of the > child.... ?5 is normal now not special unless your in a spoons :)

That's because we've always pulled through in the past but they might get a shock. I'm beginning to give up on stopping it and just preparing an looking at what options to take when it hits (I wish I could get that Irish passport :) ). Anyway the Dutch have a Brexit monster character now. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47237371

WTO application rejected. We can still trade but it's like a grinder slowly taking away everything.

Actually 10 years ago a printer was important. I hardly print anything these days work or home and haven't touched my home inkjet for months. But I suppose people do flyers and the like :)

So if EU offered passports for a reasonable price (say ?5K) who would consider it ? It's ?600K at the moment I gather :) OK for billionaires.

Goddard arrested again - surely as he's likely to re offend they shouldn't be allowing bail. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-47226110

But a "public health" approach to violence is being used in some places. Is it social health rather than mental health we should mention ? https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/24/violent-crime-cured-rather-than-punished-scottish-violence-reduction-unit

these toddlers are so economically aware :).

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bacon is a complete waste of time and very > unhealthy- just because it smells and tastes > lovely does NOT mean you should eat it.... Uncle you obviously live a joyless life (Copyright Daily Mail 2019). I'll still have the odd bit of bacon :)

Charles Martel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Charles Martel Wrote: > > --------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > Regardless of how you may feel East Dulwich > is > > > obviously not safe....... Nowhere in London > is > > > safe. > > > > > > Nowhere anywhere is "safe" then. > > > > If a tragic incident happens somewhere, that > > doesn't make the area "unsafe". > > Dennis Anderson was brutally murdered in our high > street for the most trivial of reasons. His > killer is still at large, armed and dangerous. > There is a murderer on the loose so why would > anyone feel safe? > > This crime fits the same pattern as many others > where a random, seemingly trivial argument between > strangers leads to an act of extraordinary > violence. The reality is there are people who > have created their own psychotic dystopia in which > going around armed and prepared to kill is normal. > There is absolutely nothing protecting the rest > of us from these people. At any one time there's probably a number of murderers on the street - if that gets to you it becomes difficult to live in society. Edit: what I mean is I could not go out for fear a brick will fall from a tall building and hit me. One of the worst crimes I remember was in Clydach, Swansea - and whether that perpetrator is caught now is still questioned.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not many if not any places open around here at > 02.30am > > Not many people either I would of thought ?? Bishop closes at 2:00 on a Saturday - I often used to stay until then (only going out at 11:00 PM mind) as I liked a late night pint.

"They come from the EU and if you don?t have them, you can?t search people." Oooh maybe not one of my favorite brexit stockpiles - rubber gloves that is. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/08/heathrow-stockpiling-rubber-gloves-from-eu-for-post-brexit-searches

There's a huge court case here and I don't understand it, but there's a 1989 30 year lease. That expires 2019 ? https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5a8ff72c60d03e7f57ea919a

Ooh Just realised Thomas Young (making his Wales 6N debut tomorrow) is (Only the good) Dai Young's son. Time flies. Good Luck to him :)

Wales making a lot of changes against Italy. Gatland likes to think there are about 30 players who can slot in to the first team without lessening it.

Welcome back Louisa. :)

Redundancies at work today - can't say Brexit related but sad. I do think there is a trend now to roll back virtual teams and base like for like in a single country (the opposite of the trend a few years back .. why ? ) ... and why choose a UK that you can't be sure is truly stable and costs more - our stability was a selling point. When this is over - however it ends - there needs to be a clear out and some change at the top (and I don't just mean a change of leader).

NHS England proposed it if this is right. https://www.southwarkgp.co.uk/hambleden-nhs-england-proposal-relocate-us-dulwich-health-centre/

keano77 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > More to the point would you take out a mortgage > that has no end date? I had a few credit cards with minimum payments that would never actually pay off the capital :) But the companies have suddenly been told that can't be allowed to continue so I've paid the majority off.

The EU have said they'll help May on the backstop if she removes some red lines - but at present that seems to be the Customs Union. ALl this horsetrading will have an effect on Westminster and I'm still tempted to say rip up the book and lets start from scratch whatever happens with Brexit. Our system hasn't been good enough for this.

Sephiroth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "The EU?s insistence on the backstop " > > It was Britain which insisted on the backstop - > and the EU budged to allow it in Dec 2017. But of > COURSE people like you have to keep blaming others > - you just can't admit it was a bad, bad mistake > > Plenty of people have released their mistake* - > but of course people like you would deny them the > agency to express that. > > * How many? Enough to change the vote? If only > there was a way to measure it We have 2.5 years of youngsters coming to voting age since June 2016 mainly supporting remain. This has already been proven to surpass the 2016 lead.

Will be dismissed as EU propaganda I know but "Asking the public twice: why do voters change their minds in second referendums on EU treaties?" by Ece ?zlem Atikcan LSE http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2015/10/19/asking-the-public-twice-why-do-voters-change-their-minds-in-second-referendums-on-eu-treaties/ actually more of a why than whether they should - but implies there's a democracy to multiple votes in complex matters to me :)