O/T:- Defund the bbc.

[upthemaggies]

I'm sorry, UTM, you know I'm normally complimentary about your posts but this one makes no sense. Shouldn't there be a comma between government and terrified? It makes a big difference.

I might just qualify as being the single biggest thicko here as I failed every single exam at school and got an ungraded mark in a few of them, I walked out of one exam after only a few minutes and didn't turn up for another which prompted my teacher to leave the exam room, hunt down my younger sibling and, after asking him where the hell I was, he told him "That boy is the bane of my life!" He must have felt I was capable of getting him a pass and that I was deliberately sabotaging it, which was partially true. I did feel a great sense of pride at the time at being such a spectacular failure but, currently in the process of transferring blocks of text on my site to be comparable with the database, I do get very annoyed with myself when reading stuff back. I blame Jane Austen.

[BanjoPie]

Here is an interesting dilemma for those of you who think the BBC is left wing biased. Track and trace has shown that 33% of the sample could not be traced so is it your opinion that the BBC should say:
The government track & trace problem succeeds in 2/3 of the sample OR
government fails to follow up with 33% of track and trace?
Come on, be objective PSAW and fellow anti's.

So much negativity around at the moment so lets have the positive line

[queenslandpie]

It's really easy to ask for something to stop. What is the alternative proposal?

[drillerpie]

Here is an interesting dilemma for those of you who think the BBC is left wing biased. Track and trace has shown that 33% of the sample could not be traced so is it your opinion that the BBC should say:
The government track & trace problem succeeds in 2/3 of the sample OR
government fails to follow up with 33% of track and trace?
Come on, be objective PSAW and fellow anti's.

Doesn't matter how they present it, just give us the same info for other comparable countries so we can see how well (or not) we're doing.

[applepie]

What is a "wag"?

A card.

[applepie]

I might just qualify as being the single biggest thicko here as I failed every single exam at school and got an ungraded mark in a few of them, I walked out of one exam after only a few minutes and didn't turn up for another which prompted my teacher to leave the exam room, hunt down my younger sibling and, after asking him where the hell I was, he told him "That boy is the bane of my life!" He must have felt I was capable of getting him a pass and that I was deliberately sabotaging it, which was partially true. I did feel a great sense of pride at the time at being such a spectacular failure but, currently in the process of transferring blocks of text on my site to be comparable with the database, I do get very annoyed with myself when reading stuff back. I blame Jane Austen.

You write very well these days for a thicko. Good lad.

[CheltenhamPie]

So much negativity around at the moment so lets have the positive line

I have followed this thread with great interest, and came across a quote which I believe is relevant.
“Ad hominem fallacies.” Socrates. “When citizens assess arguments on merit rather than through the prism of ideology, democracy flourishes.”

[drillerpie]

I have followed this thread with great interest, and came across a quote which I believe is relevant.
“Ad hominem fallacies.” Socrates. “When citizens assess arguments on merit rather than through the prism of ideology, democracy flourishes.”

Like.

[Observerpie]

I have followed this thread with great interest, and came across a quote which I believe is relevant.
“Ad hominem fallacies.” Socrates. “When citizens assess arguments on merit rather than through the prism of ideology, democracy flourishes.”

Like.

[Evesham Pie]

I have followed this thread with great interest, and came across a quote which I believe is relevant.
“Ad hominem fallacies.” Socrates. “When citizens assess arguments on merit rather than through the prism of ideology, democracy flourishes.”

That Brazilian midfielder was a smart cookie.