RE: What makes you proud of your country?

Also, the UK invented

Ski-jump aircraft carriers,
This fabulous language!!!!!

Not to mention saving France TWO times in the 20th century.

RE: we have enough laws here….

Garry

My logic stacks up very well, thank you very much!!

It’s a question of BALANCE. A sense of PROPORTION. Do these words sound familiar to you?

If you feel the night to have a gun for safety reasons – well, I will not argue against that.

But – but – if you do not want a gun for safety reasons then I fail to see the point of having one for any other reason.

Of course, a paranoid person might feel that he will always need a gun for safety reasons. That is why the choice cannot be left to indivduals – too many of them are paranoid!!

In response to your question – yes, I have lived in a city. I lived in a city which was host to the biggest AND the third biggest council estate in Europe. It was rough as hell! But I try very hard to have a sense of proportion and take my own experiences in context.

Why can’t you?

RE: GREEK SPOTTERS

Do we have any legal eagles here?

How does this work – is a Greek sentence enforceable in the UK or Holland?

If they choose not to go back to Greece, do they remain free?

RE: The debate continues

Yeah there are two opinions – but I’m right!

LOL!

RE: we have enough laws here….

I sleep soundly at night becuase I have the moral integrity not to misquote others.

My argument was that gun proliferation was one of the factors leading to gun crime – I NEVER SAID IT WAS THE ONLY FACTOR.

So please do not imply that I did by quoting the Swiss case all over the place.

Logically, if something is caused by a variety of factors and you change one of the factors, you MIGHT change things for the better – depending on the sensitivity of the gun crime formula to the proliferation variable. You’ll never know for sure until you try it for real in a country that does have a problem with gun crime.

Also, the analogy with car deaths is a weak one at best.

RE: A380

£160m isn’t too expensive at all.

Most airlines might actually pay say, £200m with the cost of finance. Depreciated over 30 years, that might equal a cost of about £6m a year (allowing for £20m residual value upon retirement).

£6m a year to own an A380? I’m sure you can turn a profit on that for most of the 30 years.

RE: Low Cost Airlines?????

In my experience that have never been especially cheap. Gimmicks like 99p returns are just that – limited availability gimmicks. And they have far more stingy delay/cancellation policies than the majors.

Also, though I don’t object to paying for food, it is a pain in the backside to scramble in your pockets for change in a tight seat.