I wouldn't have thought so. I could be wrong, but I don't think seagulls are protected under Chinese law. I'm not anticipating the development of the anti-seagull weapon will violate any local laws. No, it's only when the proverbial trigger is pulled in Blighty that the crime is committed. You could...

Interesting question. Yes, you'd almost certainly just achieve the crime of attempted murder. So would that mean in future people would be unable to attempt murder, or that anyone who attempts it has to succeed? Likewise it would be very challenging for you, personally, to kill every seagull curren...

Interesting question. Yes, you'd almost certainly just achieve the crime of attempted murder. So would that mean in future people would be unable to attempt murder, or that anyone who attempts it has to succeed?

Hate crime would be a solid option if you can stomach doing a hate crime one time in order to end all future hate crimes I guess it depends on how all future hate crimes are ended. You could end all future hate crime tomorrow by removing the concept from law. You can't commit a crime that doesn't e...

I'd kill all seagulls. And then it would indeed be impossible for anyone else to kill a seagull.

Is that the kind of thing you're getting at?

All this is pretty much certain. Add variables like a Trump victory, a revived Tory opposition led by the exciting young Badenoch, grim news from Ukraine, and whatever the next unexpected global disaster will be, and Kier may well be wishing he never got the job. But you never know... He may get lu...

Most of the people I knew who grew up being LOTR fans ended up being based. Most of the people I knew who grew up being Harry Potter fans ended up being cringe. (There were exceptions though) SILENCE HAS BEEN BROKEN! Please remember protocol everyone, and stay calm, Fluminator has decided to END th...

The Green Party is hurting the Lib Dem because it's being increasingly seen as the go to party of protest, especially for younger voters. The Lib Dems looked too much like the establishment in the coalition era, and their political stunts designed to attract attention are making them look rather sil...

There's always the possibility that Labour will destroy itself, but that is a difficult task in the time available even for them. A Labour civil war is coming, but I think they will hold off until after the election. Then Kier will have a hell of a time. Labour will have a big enough presence that r...

I'm trying to form an opinion about Sir Kier Starmer I wouldn't bother. He's fine. Born in a political family who were the sort of Labour members who are perfectly happy to send their son to grammar school. Became a human rights lawyer, ended up leading the Crown Prosecution Service which is the so...

In all honesty, I don't think anyone cares. We have two party leaders who were both chosen to lead their respective parties primarily because they were nothing like Boris. Starmer has all the appeal of a cheese and salad cream sandwich that has been left overnight in a lunchbox. Sunak is a slightly ...

I don't know what Bible the other Christians have been reading, but it's pretty evident from what Jesus said that he spent rather a lot of time not being all knowing. Whether or not you consider him to be all knowing now, the Jesus praying in Gethsemane obviously didn't know everything, and I assume...

Absolutely. No man is an island, every bastard's death enriches us all, and all that. And I have to say that I found their funeral, in which their coffins were draped in the cheap plastic table cloths and laminated menus of the greasy spoon cafes of respect, deeply appropriate. But as for American g...

Relative to what?

It just feels that, in the relatively small group of people that can be loosely defined as "foreign politicians prominent enough for me to be aware of" the mortality rate due to unnatural causes is at an all time high

I was thinking the leader of the Russian opposition dying in prison, the president of Slovakia fighting for his life after been repeatedly shot, the President of Iran and other senior ministers dying in a helicopter crash, the assassination of the former Prime Minister of Japan....

Has anyone else noticed that quite a few prominent politicians have been dying lately?

Or perhaps he's mourning the missed opportunity the USA had to become the head of a global empire when it was the only nuclear power and could have conquered every nation on Earth

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Sun May 19, 2024 9:46 am

Why is this discussion in the politics thread?

Is it because US Republicans are seen as being more pro-elephant than the donkey-loving Democrats?

If you were being generous you could use it as a metaphor for the West's attempt to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons...

What's the point of chatting about these things online if you're going to tell anyone who disagrees with you to shove off? I'm sure there's a subreddit you could go instead where you wouldn't accidentally run into someone with a different view on the conflict. You're probably right. I just get angr...