Alf Bentley Posted 28 November 2019 Share Posted 28 November 2019 4 hours ago, Mike Oxlong said: Posted by Donald on his twitter account Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Nah, on second thoughts, we need a love-in during Trump's visit.... "Boris is a great guy. He and Nigel are going to do great things to help America. We're going to do a great deal for the NHS!" Something like that.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 8 hours ago, MattP said: The fact you immediately have to go to the extent of black eyes and a broken nose shows just how it's impossible to even talk about this sensibly. A court of law should have every piece of information available to it - you shouldn't not hear things because you want to influence a decision. Pardon the hyperbole, but those are two actual real life cases (one anecdotal, the other rather more famous and has been making the news recently). If you want to be sensible, as you say, then please: do give an example or two (hypothetical or no) of where you believe a womans taste in kink is in any way relevant to a consent violation she has received. NB. I don't get the "shouldn't not hear things" argument either - courts and judges have cut short lawyers for giving what they believe to be irrelevant arguments pretty much since there were lawyers. The only reason such arguments should be allowed in a court of law is if they are relevant - and I still haven't heard exactly why they might be in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Oxlong Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 (edited) Japanese store 'rethinks' badges for staff on periods https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50597405 The girls in the Oxlong household also gave it a very firm thumbs down Edited 29 November 2019 by Mike Oxlong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 (edited) Brad Gobright, one of the worlds best free solo climbers has died. Only 31 but died doing what he loved. Massive respect to these guys. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/29/brad-gobright-renowned-us-rock-climber-dies-after-fall-in-mexico Edited 29 November 2019 by Soup 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 6 hours ago, Mike Oxlong said: Japanese store 'rethinks' badges for staff on periods https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50597405 The girls in the Oxlong household also gave it a very firm thumbs down Sadly Japan and East Asia seems to have a fair way to go when it comes to healthy attitudes towards women in general - not that those attitudes aren't on show pretty much everywhere else in the world too, though. A couple of saddening examples from my side of the world that demonstrate this: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50596943 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50582338 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuna Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 Incident on London Bridge, reports of shots fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 25 minutes ago, Tuna said: Incident on London Bridge, reports of shots fired. Here we go again. Katie Hopkins is on her way with a cameraman just in case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonthefox Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 28 minutes ago, Tuna said: Incident on London Bridge, reports of shots fired. I’ll be there tomorrow. Makes you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 32 minutes ago, Tuna said: Incident on London Bridge, reports of shots fired. I’m in London with the wife now. We were going to stop at London Bridge but thankfully carried on to Canary Wharf instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 (edited) There’s video on twitter of a guy being shot by Police who were backing away and getting civilians off him. Went to get up and shot twice. Suggests they were concerned he was a threat. Edited 29 November 2019 by Jon the Hat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Hundreds Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 1 minute ago, Jon the Hat said: There’s video on twitter of a guy being shot by Police who were backing away and getting civilians off him. Went to get up and shit twice. Suggests they were concerned he was a threat. Heard the police flushed the assailant out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 Hopefully he's brown bread and the five casualties all recover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripeyfox Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 2 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said: There’s video on twitter of a guy being shot by Police who were backing away and getting civilians off him. Went to get up and shit twice. Suggests they were concerned he was a threat. Then there's another guy holidng a knife? Maybe disarmed the attacker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripeyfox Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 Love the fact that "normal" people pile on the attacker and restrain him until the Police turn up and shoot him! Well done all.(assuming they got the right guy, of course....) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bovril Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 I hate to make a political point with the (presumed) attacker not even cold, but makes you realise again that it's a hell of a lot easier to kill someone with a gun than a knife. I hope to fvck our drift towards the US doesn't involve US style gun laws over here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 8 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said: Hopefully he's brown bread and the five casualties all recover. Just seen the video, anyone would do well to survive getting shot by an assault rifle from 2 meters away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 Some very brave members of the public looking at the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 2 minutes ago, bovril said: I hate to make a political point with the (presumed) attacker not even cold, but makes you realise again that it's a hell of a lot easier to kill someone with a gun than a knife. I hope to fvck our drift towards the US doesn't involve US style gun laws over here. Don’t be ridiculous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripeyfox Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 4 minutes ago, bovril said: I hate to make a political point with the (presumed) attacker not even cold, but makes you realise again that it's a hell of a lot easier to kill someone with a gun than a knife. I hope to fvck our drift towards the US doesn't involve US style gun laws over here. Ridiculous statment I fail to see how you can make that connection? Police using lethal force against an attacker, and suddenly we're all going to get tooled up like Texans ? We have among the strictest gun control laws in the world and I don't see anyone having any appetite to change that anytime soon. Most people have never even seen a gun in real life (other than police in airports and other high security areas). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bovril Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 Just now, stripeyfox said: Ridiculous statment I fail to see how you can make that connection? Police using lethal force against an attacker, and suddenly we're all going to get tooled up like Texans ? We have among the strictest gun control laws in the world and I don't see anyone having any appetite to change that anytime soon. Most people have never even seen a gun in real life (other than police in airports and other high security areas). Alright alright. Maybe I was being a bit of a drama queen, I'm just pleased we have strict gun laws. For what it's worth I don't think they'll change anytime soon either, thankfully. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboFox Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 The other half was on her way out of London Bridge station maybe just after it happened. Her office is at the Shard. They were told not to exit towards the bridge, and seems like there was a lot of confusion, and she saw hundreds of people panicking and running. They're not being allowed to leave their offices for the time being. The entire area has been cordoned off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kopfkino Posted 29 November 2019 Popular Post Share Posted 29 November 2019 Full respect to the members of public that wrestled the knife off the attacker. Bigger stones than I will ever have. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StanSP Posted 29 November 2019 Popular Post Share Posted 29 November 2019 Huge respect and bravery of those who tackled the terrorist down. Would have given valuable time for armed police to get there and no doubt saved other lives before he would have injured anyone else. Especially given they'd have had no idea his suicide vest was a fake. Massive credit to them and police/emergency services. Always first to go towards danger and that can't be praised enough. Glad the dickhead got shot dead. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 Two confirmed deaths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
String fellow Posted 29 November 2019 Share Posted 29 November 2019 (edited) Well - three - including the 'suspect'. Edited 29 November 2019 by String fellow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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