PeeDeeI wish I had the faith that some here have that mistakes will never be made. What really appals me is the admission that the death penalty is still justifiable, on balance, even if a miscarriage is made. Not if it was a family member who got the chop by mistake.
Sorry Sky, the chances of an innocent being put to death in this day and age are probably nil. The yanks haven’t made such a mistake since the early 70’s if I recall. Death row is a 5 stretch!
By the time the guilty are given the last breakfast, there will have been several appeals. The evidence is looked at dozens of times, by different Officers. An innocent would not hang or get pilled. They may get jailed, but they would not get hung.
Unless of course it Saddo Huss, in which case they strung him up as fast as possible, because it was FUN.
PeeDeeI wish I had the faith that some here have that mistakes will never be made. What really appals me is the admission that the death penalty is still justifiable, on balance, even if a miscarriage is made. Not if it was a family member who got the chop by mistake.
Sorry Sky, the chances of an innocent being put to death in this day and age are probably nil. The yanks haven’t made such a mistake since the early 70’s if I recall. Death row is a 5 stretch!
By the time the guilty are given the last breakfast, there will have been several appeals. The evidence is looked at dozens of times, by different Officers. An innocent would not hang or get pilled. They may get jailed, but they would not get hung.
Unless of course it Saddo Huss, in which case they strung him up as fast as possible, because it was FUN.
PeeDeeIt was nearly an arm full!
“The Blackboard Jungle” was his Half hour masterpiece IMO. But you need the full 30 mins, there are no quick sketches to snip from, like “The Blood Donor”. “Radio Ham” and “Sunday afternoon at home” are also up there in the masterpieces.
I do prefer the old comics, including Monkhouse. Saw him at Wythenshawe Civic centre in the 70’s. 2 hours of constant solid comedy. Also saw Ken Dodd there too, another 2 hour show…..now he really did split your sides, with mostly clean humour. Les Dennis and Dustin Gee (RIP) were a great pair. Tommy C will always be the top of the tree, now matter what, for me. I have every available video of him, and never tire of them. I even walked the street where “The Plank” was made. Not that I made a special trip, I was there so I just had to do it!
Any of the old members of the TV Show “The Comedians”. It launced the career of many a great talent.
As for new talent, The Big Yin has brought me most laughs, and Peter Kay too. As for Ricky, I don’t count him as a comedian, he is a funny bloke doing TV. Office and Extras were actually outstanding TV programmes in their sector, but it isn’t stand-up comedy.
PeeDeeIt was nearly an arm full!
“The Blackboard Jungle” was his Half hour masterpiece IMO. But you need the full 30 mins, there are no quick sketches to snip from, like “The Blood Donor”. “Radio Ham” and “Sunday afternoon at home” are also up there in the masterpieces.
I do prefer the old comics, including Monkhouse. Saw him at Wythenshawe Civic centre in the 70’s. 2 hours of constant solid comedy. Also saw Ken Dodd there too, another 2 hour show…..now he really did split your sides, with mostly clean humour. Les Dennis and Dustin Gee (RIP) were a great pair. Tommy C will always be the top of the tree, now matter what, for me. I have every available video of him, and never tire of them. I even walked the street where “The Plank” was made. Not that I made a special trip, I was there so I just had to do it!
Any of the old members of the TV Show “The Comedians”. It launced the career of many a great talent.
As for new talent, The Big Yin has brought me most laughs, and Peter Kay too. As for Ricky, I don’t count him as a comedian, he is a funny bloke doing TV. Office and Extras were actually outstanding TV programmes in their sector, but it isn’t stand-up comedy.
PeeDeeThe big disadvantage of the death penalty is that, if the wrong person has been convicted, another innocent life has been lost.
You’re surely not going to tell us that miscarriages of justice never happen, are you?
If we got it back, the red tape and bullpoo that would have to be gone through would pretty much ensure that only the guilty were roped up. I wouldn’t have a concern about that old chestnut.
And the miscarriages of justice you may be referring to? The Polish simpleton? His case would not have resulted in a Death penalty, lawyers and red tape would have stopped that. The Guildford 4 (Or 5 I don’t care). They were not innocent, they were released because the Police beat it out of them.
The introduction of the Death Penalty (Nearly typed DP…which is a different thing altogether!!!) would have a benefit of putting a better scaling factor downwards on other crimes, a sort of ceiling to benchmark from. I mean, you can get 8 years for aggrivated burglary. 10 years manslaughter?? That’s a bit arsey uppy in my opinion.
Flipside, if I was a bad guy, and I killed, say a cop after a Bank job. I know I’m for the rope…so I’d make it worthwhile and take out as many Lawmen as possible. However, mass killings still exist in the UK without the Rope.
I’ve said before, >£2,500 per week to keep a prisoner fed watered warm and Sky’ed up.
There would be far less crime if the Police kept Old-school relations with the real hard men. Now they are allowed to give a good kicking to the scumbags carrying knives etc. Police can’t allow this anymore.
PeeDeeThe big disadvantage of the death penalty is that, if the wrong person has been convicted, another innocent life has been lost.
You’re surely not going to tell us that miscarriages of justice never happen, are you?
If we got it back, the red tape and bullpoo that would have to be gone through would pretty much ensure that only the guilty were roped up. I wouldn’t have a concern about that old chestnut.
And the miscarriages of justice you may be referring to? The Polish simpleton? His case would not have resulted in a Death penalty, lawyers and red tape would have stopped that. The Guildford 4 (Or 5 I don’t care). They were not innocent, they were released because the Police beat it out of them.
The introduction of the Death Penalty (Nearly typed DP…which is a different thing altogether!!!) would have a benefit of putting a better scaling factor downwards on other crimes, a sort of ceiling to benchmark from. I mean, you can get 8 years for aggrivated burglary. 10 years manslaughter?? That’s a bit arsey uppy in my opinion.
Flipside, if I was a bad guy, and I killed, say a cop after a Bank job. I know I’m for the rope…so I’d make it worthwhile and take out as many Lawmen as possible. However, mass killings still exist in the UK without the Rope.
I’ve said before, >£2,500 per week to keep a prisoner fed watered warm and Sky’ed up.
There would be far less crime if the Police kept Old-school relations with the real hard men. Now they are allowed to give a good kicking to the scumbags carrying knives etc. Police can’t allow this anymore.
PeeDeeWell, episode 1 had promise.
Clearly, the intellect and jokes all went into episode 1. It has worsened week by week and last night was just cheap trash TV (It probably always was).
It really isn’t worth watching ever again in my opinion.
PeeDeeWell, episode 1 had promise.
Clearly, the intellect and jokes all went into episode 1. It has worsened week by week and last night was just cheap trash TV (It probably always was).
It really isn’t worth watching ever again in my opinion.
PeeDeeI seem to recall that the F104 was also called the widow maker because, in a tight turn, it simply went out of control for no reason.and crashed.
Lincoln. 7
I think it was only the German Air Force version that was truly called the Widowmaker.
IIRC they tried loading it too much, with Stores or Fuel pods…….can’t really remember. The USAF didn’t suffer the same problem, again IIRC.
PeeDeeI seem to recall that the F104 was also called the widow maker because, in a tight turn, it simply went out of control for no reason.and crashed.
Lincoln. 7
I think it was only the German Air Force version that was truly called the Widowmaker.
IIRC they tried loading it too much, with Stores or Fuel pods…….can’t really remember. The USAF didn’t suffer the same problem, again IIRC.
PeeDeeI just hope that this issue is dealt with a calm mind, and not give in to the reactions of anger.
Reactions of anger are simply because we are bally SICK of it. SICK of so called oppressed minority groups of any shape colour or creed, coming into this country and literally taking the p1ss and taxpayers money that could and should be better spent elsewhere.
I have total support for Cameron, but he hasn’t gone far enough. A lesson from that Australian Politician woman in charge should be learned [Quote] “Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks.
Separately, Gillard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying she supported spy agencies monitoring the nation’s mosques. Quote:
‘IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It.
I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali, we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians.’
“If you practice Sharia law you are a threat to the Nations security and will be treated as such”
[Unquote.]
If all the above support makes me a right wing nazi pig, then so be it. Get in line and join me, I’m about the 20 millionth Briton that feels the same and no matter how some folk try and deny it, it is real. Britons do not, can not and never will get along with the extremes of ANY religion, especially the Muslim extremes but also those completely brainwashed idiots we see on American TV, spouting recycled bile and passing it off as Christian. They need putting up against the same wall.
PeeDeeI just hope that this issue is dealt with a calm mind, and not give in to the reactions of anger.
Reactions of anger are simply because we are bally SICK of it. SICK of so called oppressed minority groups of any shape colour or creed, coming into this country and literally taking the p1ss and taxpayers money that could and should be better spent elsewhere.
I have total support for Cameron, but he hasn’t gone far enough. A lesson from that Australian Politician woman in charge should be learned [Quote] “Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks.
Separately, Gillard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying she supported spy agencies monitoring the nation’s mosques. Quote:
‘IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It.
I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali, we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians.’
“If you practice Sharia law you are a threat to the Nations security and will be treated as such”
[Unquote.]
If all the above support makes me a right wing nazi pig, then so be it. Get in line and join me, I’m about the 20 millionth Briton that feels the same and no matter how some folk try and deny it, it is real. Britons do not, can not and never will get along with the extremes of ANY religion, especially the Muslim extremes but also those completely brainwashed idiots we see on American TV, spouting recycled bile and passing it off as Christian. They need putting up against the same wall.
PeeDeeThanks again chaps.
PeeDee
18 till I die! It’s all in the attitude:)
OK, you stay at 18….I’ll stay at 26. I was better at 26, :dev2: LoL.
Oh salad days, salad days.
PeeDeeThanks again chaps.
PeeDee
18 till I die! It’s all in the attitude:)
OK, you stay at 18….I’ll stay at 26. I was better at 26, :dev2: LoL.
Oh salad days, salad days.
PeeDee27vet…you are going to have to explain that one. Is it like tying a not in a handkerchief in order to remember something.
O.P. Been to the Doc? What did he say?
I’ve had totally reversed memory, short term…I think we all do. I put a hot water bottle on the front step and took the empty milk bottles upstairs once.
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