tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285737581949527996.post5531031505021254378..comments2023-10-11T09:14:08.345+01:00Comments on Pyjamas in Bananas: Captain Cackhandedpjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06832177812057826894noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285737581949527996.post-33013152434151537132007-12-13T17:35:00.000+00:002007-12-13T17:35:00.000+00:00Returning, if I may, to the topic of this post, th...Returning, if I may, to the topic of this post, the article is quite funny - note that one of the ways to get your brain up to speed is "doing your university degree in business studies", according to Horne, who is, erm, a "business lecturer at the University of Central Lancaster [actually Lancashire]" and whose past publications include such now-standard psychology texts as "Managing Public Services: Implementing Changes". (His co-author Wooton is Horne's former business studies student).Stuart Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07793221081409598186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285737581949527996.post-81588118572371265922007-12-06T22:26:00.000+00:002007-12-06T22:26:00.000+00:00"As it happens I'm in favour of giving prisoners t..."As it happens I'm in favour of giving prisoners the vote though."<BR/><BR/>Always the humanitarian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285737581949527996.post-68980873898065287202007-12-06T08:21:00.000+00:002007-12-06T08:21:00.000+00:00"A murderer serving life in jail must have the rig...<EM>"A murderer serving life in jail must have the right to father a child by artificial insemination...his 49-year-old wife Lorraine...They claim she will be too old to have children when he is released."</EM><BR/><BR/>They can claim whatever they like but she ain't having children from 'artificial insemination' (by which I presume they mean IUI) at 49. She won't even be having children with her own eggs via IVF at that age.<BR/><BR/>As to the ethics of it - well its a balance really, he'll be out in 2 years apparently, so it might be fair to allow them to have a child now while she is (cough) still fertile - on the other hand, while they do have "human right to become parents", being in prison rather limits someone's human rights, which is rather the point.<BR/><BR/>As it happens I'm in favour of giving prisoners the vote though.pjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832177812057826894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285737581949527996.post-82865602446969981812007-12-06T04:11:00.000+00:002007-12-06T04:11:00.000+00:00seems like something went wrong with that last lin...seems like something went wrong with that last link. <A HREF="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=499744&in_page_id=1770&ito=1490" REL="nofollow">Here </A>it is again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285737581949527996.post-53135620148244561382007-12-06T04:10:00.000+00:002007-12-06T04:10:00.000+00:00whats you're opinion of this story pj?:Killer in p...whats you're opinion of this story pj?:<BR/><BR/><A = HTTP://WWW.DAILYMAIL.CO.UK/PAGES/LIVE/ARTICLES/NEWS/NEWS.HTML?IN_ARTICLE_ID=499744&IN_PAGE_ID=1770&ITO=1490>Killer in prison wins right to father a child by artificial insemination</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285737581949527996.post-80208832443878970182007-12-05T19:19:00.000+00:002007-12-05T19:19:00.000+00:00"In a bid to promote cultural understanding, they ...<EM>"In a bid to promote cultural understanding, they are also expected to provide patients with <B>running water</B> so they can <B>wash</B> before prayer."</EM><BR/><BR/>Just sickening isn't it?pjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832177812057826894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285737581949527996.post-16910816853207906052007-12-05T18:12:00.000+00:002007-12-05T18:12:00.000+00:00and because i'm in the giving mood, pj, you get tw...and because i'm in the giving mood, pj, you get two!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=499547&in_page_id=1766&ito=1490" REL="nofollow">Hospital staff told to make sure Muslim patients' beds face Mecca five times a day</A><BR/><BR/>Nope. No dhimmitude. Just, hospitality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285737581949527996.post-24285445987356798882007-12-05T17:50:00.000+00:002007-12-05T17:50:00.000+00:00and, a little gift for pj:Plan for abortions at GP...and, a little gift for pj:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/uk-news/2007/12/05/plan-for-abortions-at-gp-surgeries-91466-20205503/" REL="nofollow">Plan for abortions at GP surgeries</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285737581949527996.post-60362084884526523082007-12-05T14:18:00.000+00:002007-12-05T14:18:00.000+00:00"You have more patience than I, pj; if your anonym...<I>"You have more patience than I, pj; if your anonymous monomaniac troll with the poor grammar and the attachment to conspiracy theory were mine, I would moderate him out."</I><BR/><BR/>You're just jealous i'm not paying YOU any attention.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285737581949527996.post-35884619738337053382007-12-04T20:17:00.000+00:002007-12-04T20:17:00.000+00:00I don't think Denis is smart enough to have made i...I don't think Denis is smart enough to have made it up himself - I gather he cribbed it uncritically from the book he got the rest of his article from - ah, in depth investigative journalism at its finest.<BR/><BR/>As for my troll, you mean you would engage in <B>evul atheist censorship!</B>pjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832177812057826894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285737581949527996.post-91453704865505435942007-12-04T16:34:00.000+00:002007-12-04T16:34:00.000+00:003-4% is a new one on me; the usual urban myth is "...3-4% is a new one on me; the usual urban myth is "only 10%", and if you <A HREF="http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=we+only+use+10%25+brain&btnG=Search&meta=" REL="nofollow">Google</A> that version, you find lots of debunking (plus a few crapy ads). I wonder if he said 3-4% to sound clever, or to make it less easy to prove wrong?<BR/><BR/>You have more patience than I, pj; if your anonymous monomaniac troll with the poor grammar and the attachment to conspiracy theory were mine, I would moderate him out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285737581949527996.post-90051636990676304342007-12-04T08:34:00.000+00:002007-12-04T08:34:00.000+00:00Well I post on topics other than abortion, do you?...Well I post on topics other than abortion, do you?pjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832177812057826894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8285737581949527996.post-38683550576682207712007-12-04T00:57:00.000+00:002007-12-04T00:57:00.000+00:00i don't get it, pj. whats the glorious abortion a...i don't get it, pj. whats the glorious abortion angle?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com