..and it's probably still on the statute book that no Roman Catholic is allowed to be king, or prime minister, or have any other high office.
Recent ex-leader of the Opposition Iain Duncan Smith was a Catholic as is Charles Kennedy, leader of the Liberal Democrats. Jack Straw is Jewish. There's no legal bar to to high office for those who practice non-Establishment religions.
As for the monarch, it stands to reason. The other role of the monarch is head of the Church of England. That pretty well rules out most Catholics...
"One motivation is the ability to cut cheese into fancy shapes that appeal to kids, such as a dinosaur or letters. The fast food industry is very interested in that idea."
Nice. And people wonder why US obesity rates are so high?
And I haven't even started on how preventable terrorism deaths really are for a country that doesn't meddle.
Quite. Maybe if George Bush senior hadn't funded Osama bin Laden, or if Donald Rumsfeld hadn't sold Saddam Hussein chemical weapons they wouldn't have become the threats that they did.
Still, you reap what you sow.
On the Mars front, does anyone really believe that this is anything other than blatant electioneering?
Ideally this would be true. The problem is that the market isn't free, but rigged in favour of the consuming (ie. developed) nations. They set the the T&Cs for agreements and have the upper hand in negotiations, not the suppliers of the developing nations.
Rather they revolt against Britain and invent their own sports, than we give them independence and they spend the next fifty years beating us at cricket.;-)
She received third degree burns over more than 5% of her body, simply because McDs stored the coffee at a temperature far higher than was necessary. And they knew it was dangerously high.
The parent talked about the British-Martian culture where everyone would speak perfect English. Litre is the only accepted form of the word in Britain.
When Compaq (RIP) were developing the iPAQ they looked at using a similar method of navigation. I remember reading an article in Linux Journal(?) about playing Doom under Linux controlled by shaking the pda around.
BS. The fact is that the vast majority of the people in the UK want to keep the NHS. Free healthcare at the point of access for all is something which is cherished in Britain - nobody wins political points for attempting to dismantle the NHS.
It's not perfect, but we moved away from private healthcare back in the 1940s, in the same way we moved away from private fire brigades at the turn of the century. Nobody wants to go back.
A favorite saying by mild bigots in this country: "Blacks are some of my best friends".
We have "I'm not racist, but..." followed by blatantly racist argument
I think that you mean "dictator". Augustus Ceaser was from what I know fairly enlightened
Well, he took control of pretty much most aspects of Roman society - military, economic, judicial and moral. But it was a totalitarian dictator that Rome needed at the time given the previous decades of murderous civil war. Totalitarianism isn't necessarily bad, democracy isn't necessarily good. Would the world have been better if a moderate totalitarianism dictator came to power in 1930's Germany than the election of Hitler?
I just assumed that because you are European, you are against Israel's right to exist, most of you seem to be.
Israel has a legal right to exist, but I sincerely believe that the functioning of a state should be entirely separated from that of any religion. Someone once wrote 'The lights that now shine brightest behind stained glass, will cast the darkest shadows upon the human heart.' Incidentally there is a persuasive Jewish anti-Zionist argument which runs along the lines of Israel should be created miraculously by God, not by man.
The thing that got me into this was the comparison with the IRA and how some Americans supported them, and then you had the gall to compare that to 9-11. As I said before we didn't kill or move 25% of his people. Of course no attacks are "justified".
I didn't make that comparison. I made the comment that the US government knowingly allowed an organisation to operate which funded the murdering of British subjects, ie terrorism. This stopped in the wake of 9/11 which to me smacks of hypocrisy. It seems that the funding of terrorism was fine all the time the targets were outside US soil, even your allies.
The sig was supposed to indicate that the choice of a leader reflects on the people who chose him/her. I'll change it seeing as I've offended you with it though (after this post)
Woah, hold on there pal. The post I responded to made a humorous link between Jesus, Communism, and OSS. I did likewise with Jesus, Israel and the recent decision by the Israeli government to switch to OSS.
I work with several Jews, and when I was a little boy growing up my bestest friend was a Jew. My post said nothing anti-Jewish or anti-Israeli, because I'm not. I'm still more than a little confused.
Totalitarianism can be a good thing in the right circumstances. The totalinarianism of Julius Caesar and Augustus Caeser during the later period of the Roman Republic had a massively positive effect on the history of Europe, and by turns America (except if you're a native American I guess.) Democracy, however you define it, can be a bad thing in some circumstances.
As to whether nationalism is on the rise in Europe - most of the countries in the Europe have centre or centre-left governments. Many countries in the EU are looking to share defence, economic (the Euro) and social policies. Hardly rampant nationalism.
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RTFA. The fast food industry seem to think so.
ROTFL
Maybe the fast food industry should stop marketing their junk to children?
Recent ex-leader of the Opposition Iain Duncan Smith was a Catholic as is Charles Kennedy, leader of the Liberal Democrats. Jack Straw is Jewish. There's no legal bar to to high office for those who practice non-Establishment religions.
As for the monarch, it stands to reason. The other role of the monarch is head of the Church of England. That pretty well rules out most Catholics...
Nice. And people wonder why US obesity rates are so high?
He who lies down with dogs shall get up with fleas.
Quite. Maybe if George Bush senior hadn't funded Osama bin Laden, or if Donald Rumsfeld hadn't sold Saddam Hussein chemical weapons they wouldn't have become the threats that they did.
Still, you reap what you sow.
On the Mars front, does anyone really believe that this is anything other than blatant electioneering?
A case of 'jam tomorrow'?
Surely this is what free trade is all about though?
You can't expect developing countries to open up their market without some reciprocation?
I drink about twice that, and I have a very low heart rate and blood pressure.
The question is though, if you drank less coffee, would you have a lower heart rate and lower blood pressure?Fitness (aerobic capacity IIRC) has the result in lowering your resting heart rate, not sure about bp though.
Yes, but a pint is now called 0.568 litres.
Rather they revolt against Britain and invent their own sports, than we give them independence and they spend the next fifty years beating us at cricket. ;-)
She received third degree burns over more than 5% of her body, simply because McDs stored the coffee at a temperature far higher than was necessary. And they knew it was dangerously high.
...and should Prince Charles become King he has made it known that he wants to be called King George VII, rather than Charles III.
Petrol has been sold in litres for about 10 years.
Metric units have been taught for years (30+?) in schools.
Our national mapping agency, the OS, produce maps with grids in metres or kilometres.
Everything apart from the road network is marked up in metric form. We still use miles for the road network though.
The parent talked about the British-Martian culture where everyone would speak perfect English. Litre is the only accepted form of the word in Britain.
Just seems like a silly name for any dog, let alone a Corgi.
And that'll be litres, then.
I'd like to see some research carried out on the speculation these guys (Forrester, Gartner etc) come up with.
They can't even agree upon present day issues, for example, the TCO of Linux is cheaper than Windows or vice versa.
What hope have they of predicting the future.
When Compaq (RIP) were developing the iPAQ they looked at using a similar method of navigation. I remember reading an article in Linux Journal(?) about playing Doom under Linux controlled by shaking the pda around.
It's not perfect, but we moved away from private healthcare back in the 1940s, in the same way we moved away from private fire brigades at the turn of the century. Nobody wants to go back.
We have "I'm not racist, but..." followed by blatantly racist argument
I think that you mean "dictator". Augustus Ceaser was from what I know fairly enlightenedWell, he took control of pretty much most aspects of Roman society - military, economic, judicial and moral. But it was a totalitarian dictator that Rome needed at the time given the previous decades of murderous civil war. Totalitarianism isn't necessarily bad, democracy isn't necessarily good. Would the world have been better if a moderate totalitarianism dictator came to power in 1930's Germany than the election of Hitler?
I just assumed that because you are European, you are against Israel's right to exist, most of you seem to be.
Israel has a legal right to exist, but I sincerely believe that the functioning of a state should be entirely separated from that of any religion. Someone once wrote 'The lights that now shine brightest behind stained glass, will cast the darkest shadows upon the human heart.' Incidentally there is a persuasive Jewish anti-Zionist argument which runs along the lines of Israel should be created miraculously by God, not by man.
I didn't make that comparison. I made the comment that the US government knowingly allowed an organisation to operate which funded the murdering of British subjects, ie terrorism. This stopped in the wake of 9/11 which to me smacks of hypocrisy. It seems that the funding of terrorism was fine all the time the targets were outside US soil, even your allies.
The sig was supposed to indicate that the choice of a leader reflects on the people who chose him/her. I'll change it seeing as I've offended you with it though (after this post)
I work with several Jews, and when I was a little boy growing up my bestest friend was a Jew. My post said nothing anti-Jewish or anti-Israeli, because I'm not. I'm still more than a little confused.
Totalitarianism can be a good thing in the right circumstances. The totalinarianism of Julius Caesar and Augustus Caeser during the later period of the Roman Republic had a massively positive effect on the history of Europe, and by turns America (except if you're a native American I guess.) Democracy, however you define it, can be a bad thing in some circumstances.
As to whether nationalism is on the rise in Europe - most of the countries in the Europe have centre or centre-left governments. Many countries in the EU are looking to share defence, economic (the Euro) and social policies. Hardly rampant nationalism.
And a big enough man to post Anonymously. Remember, I can always change my ID. You will always be a Coward.
Not quite sure what the temple reference is about though, old chap.
The European Mars Express is still on course for a Christmas Day encounter with Mars.