Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

Unsurprisingly, DT has erupted into a festival of Islamophobia and racism.

Nikkster

Clearly, I've only just now looked at the news since what was on when I got home around 6 (in case I looked insensitive)

A coincidence after the news about Enwazi (no nicknames for me I'm afraid)?

Regardless, awful. There is enough out there 'against' us as human beings, why must we add to it?

Spirit_2

michaels wrote: »

Oh dear, I have spent the day definitively proving that I have forgotten more about writing sql queries than I ever knew in the first place

Come back excel and vba, all is forgiven...

You're showing my age. Long ago I used to write sql queries was an excel whizz, but latterly had staff who did vba etc, excel became a foreign language and I knew nothing. When Dinosaurs ruled the earth in the 1980;'s and Iwore jackets with padded shoulders.

Spirit_2

Nikkster wrote: »

Clearly, I've only just now looked at the news since what was on when I got home around 6 (in case I looked insensitive)

A coincidence after the news about Enwazi (no nicknames for me I'm afraid)?

Regardless, awful. There is enough out there 'against' us as human beings, why must we add to it?

This morning DD spent a couple of hours believing Elton John had been killed.

I have flitted between a long held belief in the rule of law, accompanied by anti death penalty and right to a fair trial principals. Conflicted today by acknowledging a need to protect others and reduce extreme risk. I want drones to set impenetrable traps. holding the bad guys until they can be brought to justice. is it right to settle for summary justice?

Generali

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Unsurprisingly, DT has erupted into a festival of Islamophobia and racism.

DT: as classy as ever.

Smoking is still far riskier than living next door to a Muslim family.

zagubov

Trying to catch up here. Delighted to hear about your progress Spirit but sorry to hear about the DVLA problem.

I despair about what's happening in the wider world at times like tonight.

GDB2222

Spirit wrote: »

This morning DD spent a couple of hours believing Elton John had been killed.

I have flitted between a long held belief in the rule of law, accompanied by anti death penalty and right to a fair trial principals. Conflicted today by acknowledging a need to protect others and reduce extreme risk. I want drones to set impenetrable traps. holding the bad guys until they can be brought to justice. is it right to settle for summary justice?

Yes, all that. When we murder murderers, what does it make us? Besides which, these drone strikes help the terrorists to recruit.

Generali

GDB2222 wrote: »

Yes, all that. When we murder murderers, what does it make us? Besides which, these drone strikes help the terrorists to recruit.

I can't help but feel equivocal about this.

I am a very strong believer in the rule of law and human rights however when someone wants to fight you by shooting civilians when they are eating dinner then to some extent they are forcing your hand to go down a road you'd rather not tread.

It would have been great to send in a snatch squad to grab Jihadi John and bring him to justice. The likelihood is that it would have risked many lives. To use an analogy, what do you do when someone is firing missiles at you from a busy school? You want to stop the missiles but you don't want to kill the kids. That's the conundrum these sickos set. They deliberately force everyone off the moral high ground.

Anyhoo, back to more serious subjects. I found this via the FT website, extreme bag-piping.

It seems that even penguins need to be tied down to be forced to listen to the bagpipes. As the old saying has it, a gentleman is a person that can play the bagpipes but doesn't.

michaels

A hukd post led me to this which I found good for 3- seconds of amusement...(sfw)

Doozergirl

Generali wrote: »

I can't help but feel equivocal about this.

I am a very strong believer in the rule of law and human rights however when someone wants to fight you by shooting civilians when they are eating dinner then to some extent they are forcing your hand to go down a road you'd rather not tread.

It would have been great to send in a snatch squad to grab Jihadi John and bring him to justice. The likelihood is that it would have risked many lives. To use an analogy, what do you do when someone is firing missiles at you from a busy school? You want to stop the missiles but you don't want to kill the kids. That's the conundrum these sickos set. They deliberately force everyone off the moral high ground.

Anyhoo, back to more serious subjects. I found this via the FT website, extreme bag-piping.

It seems that even penguins need to be tied down to be forced to listen to the bagpipes. As the old saying has it, a gentleman is a person that can play the bagpipes but doesn't.

A very good analogy there, Sir.