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[Wizard]

Scope, on 26 Jan 2011, 22:12, said:

Wizard, on 26 Jan 2011, 23:42, said:

Scope, on 26 Jan 2011, 18:40, said:

Someone who did something horrible like that to a dog could potentially do it to a human being. She certainly deserves the sentence.

Someone who does anything because "God told them so" should be locked up.

Even if they saved someone's life?
One shouldn't confuse faith with fanaticism. There are SOME good religious people. They tend to get lost among the nutjobs though. But that's for another thread.

I am not confusing faith with fanaticism. Someone who states that "God instructed" them to do something clearly has issues. Doing it because they are religious is one thing, they may think it is right to do a good thing, but doing it because of some sort of divine intervention or epihany is clearly the work of a deluded mind imo.

[CJ]

Chyros, on 27 Jan 2011, 10:11, said:

CJ, on 26 Jan 2011, 10:26, said:

[...]Also a dog's life should not be worth anything[...]

CJ, have you ever had a pet dog?

We had a rottweiler and a female pitbull when I was younger, yeah.
Your point being that I should consider a dog's life worth as much a human's life just because I had a pet? That's just silly.

[SquigPie]

LOL DOUBLEPOST WIZARD! How did that happen?

[Wizard]

IPS Drive error confused the database.

[Chyros]

CJ, on 27 Jan 2011, 11:36, said:

Chyros, on 27 Jan 2011, 10:11, said:

CJ, on 26 Jan 2011, 10:26, said:

[...]Also a dog's life should not be worth anything[...]

CJ, have you ever had a pet dog?

We had a rottweiler and a female pitbull when I was younger, yeah.
Your point being that I should consider a dog's life worth as much a human's life just because I had a pet? That's just silly.

My point was that if you had a pet dog that you loved you probably wouldn't really like it if someone just arbitrarily killed it becauses "its life is worth nothing". By no means is a dog's life equal to a human's though, since if it were he wouldn't be facing 5 years but a life sentence.

[Kris]

CJ, on 26 Jan 2011, 17:26, said:

Also a dog's life should not be worth anything,

Lets see you say that again if you consider your dog as your only true best friend and part of your family, instead of a simple object.

Beside that old hag should get more punishment for killing and burning her nephew's innocent companion.

Wizard, on 27 Jan 2011, 5:42, said:

Scope, on 26 Jan 2011, 18:40, said:

Someone who did something horrible like that to a dog could potentially do it to a human being. She certainly deserves the sentence.

Someone who does anything because "God told them so" should be locked up.

QFT

Edited by Kris, 27 January 2011 - 19:52.

[SquigPie]

Kris, on 27 Jan 2011, 20:50, said:

Wizard, on 27 Jan 2011, 5:42, said:

Scope, on 26 Jan 2011, 18:40, said:

Someone who did something horrible like that to a dog could potentially do it to a human being. She certainly deserves the sentence.

Someone who does anything because "God told them so" should be locked up.

QFT

Only if the thing they did was something bad, I've met a few people whom build schools for troubled children and other helpful things because "God told them so". Should they be locked up?

Edited by SquigPie, 27 January 2011 - 20:08.

[Kris]

^^Nah, they're cool. But for people killing, sacrificing, whatever should be locked up

[SquigPie]

Kris, on 27 Jan 2011, 21:14, said:

^^Nah, they're cool. But for people killing, sacrificing, whatever should be locked up

Indeed, we can agree on that.

[Alias]

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China's state broadcaster is facing questions after internet users spotted that footage in a report on air force manoeuvres in a national newscast was taken from the 1980s Hollywood film Top Gun.

China Central Television, or CCTV, aired the footage in a January 23 report on a People's Liberation Army Air Force training exercise, showing a plane firing a missile at another.

The second aircraft plane was destroyed in a fiery explosion and the dramatic footage was shown in between interviews with air force officers.

However, some internet users recognised the explosion from the dogfight in the final scene of the 1986 film Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise.

The Wall Street Journal posted a side-by-side video comparison of the CCTV news report and the Top Gun scene on its website, showing the two were identical.

A CCTV representative could not comment on the similarities, the Wall Street Journal said.

The Top Gun footage was aired a week after China vowed to step up its fight to protect intellectual property rights by targeting online piracy.

The original report was removed from the CCTV website after news that part of it had been lifted from the movie spread.

The gaffe has delighted many internet users who often express frustration about having to endure CCTV's propaganda-driven agenda.

"CCTV is the king of copycats," read one comment below a report posted on the video sharing website tudou.com.

http://www.abc.net.a.../30/3125192.htm

[Chyros]

"Negative, Ghostrider, the pattern is full."

[Kris]

Bahahaha!

[Ghostrider]

That's hilarious!

[Alias]

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Newly released rubbers take royal protection to a whole new level.

Or so a London-based condom manufacturer hopes anyway. Crown Jewels, which describes itself as "the proud purveyor of an exclusive range of heritage love sheaths," sells the condoms in regal purple boxes, each containing three prophylactics. Their saucy marketing campaign helped them sell more than 1,000 packs in the 24 hours following the product's Jan. 28 release. "Like a Royal Wedding, intercourse with a loved one is an unforgettable occasion," a slogan on the box reads. The web site is slightly more crass, entreating consumers to "lie back and think of England."

(More on TIME.com: Photos: Introducing Kate Middleton.)

Here's the rub: these condoms don't actually protect against unwanted pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases. Even so, company spokesperson Hugh Pomfret told the London Metro that plenty of consumers will want to fork over £5 ($8) for a three-pack because of the history they represent. "Our prophylactics are designed as an heirloom product. We would encourage people to keep hold of them as a memento of a special national occasion," he said. And, if shoppers acknowledge the dangers of these faux condoms, they can still slip them on during love-making. "They are of course welcome to enjoy the supple latex and gliding lubrication of our products."

Ingrid Seward, the editor of Majesty magazine, won't take up his offer. "This is completely tasteless and really rather hurtful," she told The Sun. "Prince William has a great sense of humour but this is a step too far. This is a cheap swipe to make money." (via New Zealand Herald)

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/31/kate-m...g-gone-too-far/

wat

[Wizard]

Alias, on 31 Jan 2011, 14:13, said:

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"Our prophylactics are designed as an heirloom product. We would encourage people to keep hold of them as a memento of a special national occasion,"

That's just what people want to do. Keep hold of their rubbers as mementos

Wankiest idea, eva!

[Brad]

They don't actually do anything?

Sort of like the actual royal family then

(Don't get started on them, though).

[Alias]

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A study has found that dogs may be able to detect bowel cancer using their sense of smell.

Japanese doctors used a specially trained Labrador to sniff samples of breath and faeces from healthy people and from patients with bowel cancer.

Researchers found the dog could distinguish between the healthy and cancerous samples in 95 per cent of cases.

It has already been suggested that dogs can use their noses to detect skin, bladder, lung, ovarian and breast cancers.

But doctors say researchers are still a long way from understanding which chemical compounds the dog was detecting.

http://www.abc.net.a.../01/3127337.htm

[Destiny]

Man, nowadays plants and animals are supplementing technology

[Slightly Wonky Robob]

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Immigration officer fired after putting wife on list of terrorists to stop her flying home

An immigration officer tried to rid himself of his wife by adding her name to a list of terrorist suspects.

He used his access to security databases to include his wife on a watch list of people banned from boarding flights into Britain because their presence in the country is 'not conducive to the public good'.

As a result the woman was unable for three years to return from Pakistan after travelling to the county to visit family.

The tampering went undetected until the immigration officer was selected for promotion and his wife name was found on the suspects' list during a vetting inquiry.

The Home Office confirmed today that the officer has been sacked for gross misconduct.

The incident is likely to raise new questions over levels of efficiency in the UK Border Agency, the organisation formed nearly three years ago by then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to take over all immigration controls.

It has been criticised for poor performance by the Parliamentary Ombudsman and has suffered its share of humiliating incidents - for example the incident 19 months ago when an illegal immigrant escaped from the channel tunnel port at Folkestone by clinging to the underside of a bus carrying Border Agency staff.

A spokesman said: 'We expect the highest levels of integrity. Allegations of misconduct are thoroughly investigated and we always take action swiftly where we find members of staff who have abused their position.

'On the extremely rare occasions where this occurs, the strongest action is taken.'

The officer in the latest incident to come to light was employed by a unit maintaining watch lists.

He is understood to have worked at the Agency's headquarters at Lunar House in Croydon, South London.

His wife visited family in Pakistan but when she tried to return to Britain she was not allowed onto the aircraft. Airline and immigration officials refused to explain to her why.

She was forced to remain in Pakistan for three years until her husband's manipulation of the suspect list came to light.

He is understood to have applied for a promotion that would have meant a higher level of security clearance.

During the vetting process the name of his wife was discovered on the suspect list, to the surprise of security staff.

When questioned, the officer confessed to his alteration of the lists and was sacked.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13...lying-home.html

[SquigPie]

Bob, on 3 Feb 2011, 12:00, said:

Ombudsman

Danish word hurray!

Anyway, I've always found the No-Flight Lists to be a stupid flawed system that, in the end, doesn't work. Honestly? Do they expect terrorists to travel using their own name and passports?

[BeefJeRKy]

Probably less messy than a divorce would have been

[Alias]

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In its quest for hard currency, North Korea is inviting golf enthusiasts from around the world to tee up at a tournament there.

For about $1,000 foreign players can enter the North Korean Amateur Golf Open to be held at a course near the capital Pyongyang, where Kim Jong-il apparently shot a world record score.

Local legend in the hermit kingdom has it that when he opened the golfing complex 20 years ago, the dictator shot 38 under par, including a miraculous 11 holes in one.

Now the Dear Leader is allowing foreign players in to have a swipe at his record.

Simon Cockerell helps run the Beijing-based Koryo tours, which arranges visits to North Korea for intrepid foreigners, and has played a round at the golf club.

"It's not a bad course. It has a few problems in that the grass isn't cut properly and last time I played there a couple of the holes didn't have flags in them," he said.

"But in general it's not a bad course at all. It is laid out nicely; there is a lake next to it. There's some hills and trees and water features and so on.

"I mean if there was investment in it then it could turn out to be a very, very nice course.

But Mr Cockerell thinks reports of Mr Jong-il's prowess with the putter at the course could be slightly exaggerated.

"I think you might find there is no real origin for that... the people who run the golf course tell me he has never been anywhere near it."

No-one has swung a club there since South Korea suspended cross-border tours three years ago after a North Korean soldier shot dead a Seoul housewife who had unwittingly strayed into a restricted zone.

The price tag to enter the tournament also includes meals, accommodation and a three-day tour of the world's most closed country.

It is a sign that Pyongyang is desperate for some hard cash.

So skint has the regime become that last year it offered to settle part of its multi-million-dollar debt to the Czech Republic with a shipment of ginseng.

http://www.abc.net.a.../04/3130550.htm

[Kris]

^I royally smell the score as a huge propaganda and the hard price tag, as the article said, is a desperate measure to get cash

[Destiny]

Whatever you do: Don't go pick up your ball or go into the field to hit your ball into the hole - It probably is full of mines and UXO, and crosses into the South Korean side of the DMZ.

[Alias]

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A British town council says it has approved plans to use the heat from a crematorium to warm up the swimming pool next door.

The local authority in Redditch, a town outside Birmingham in central England, says the move will cut energy waste.

Work on a link between the town's crematorium and its new leisure centre will begin later this year following the council decision.

A senior official from Unison, Britain's second biggest trade union, has called the plan "sick, insulting and insensitive".

However, Redditch Borough Council leader Carole Gandy says correspondence showed that up to nine in 10 locals were in favour of the idea.

"Many respondents have in fact praised the council for being so innovative and for being willing to discuss the idea openly," she said.

"We have been careful to explain how the technology would work, that it is tried and trusted, and that the practice is quite common in parts of Europe and especially in Sweden."

The heating scheme will be the first of its kind in Britain.

The council says the plan will save more than $22,500 a year.

http://www.abc.net.a.../08/3133615.htm