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[gary @gary Participant]

He might have a point re: Finn’s Law – as cute and innocent as they are, a dog’s life is not as valuable as a human’s.

Maybe there is value in having someone who sticks their head above the parapet and challenges popular emotive bills. There’s no way of knowing they are right if you’re not allowed to question them. Would be nice if they read them first though

[gary @gary Participant]

watching it on catch up now…I am 30 mins in to the documentary. And I have to say I am utterly appalled. I’ve not seen the elephant death yet and not sure I want to. But the crocodile. When the American shoots it from two meters in the head “oh yeah motherf*cker” then immediately talks of taxidermy. Just disgraceful.

How these guys can have so little empathy is beyond me.

[gary @gary Participant]

In a sense I agree but I have no doubt my parents (wartime) generation were more stoic and, yes, generally tougher. But that was a product of the times and we are more fortunate.

@mark1 The war generation were certainly different, as in my grand parents, who were born during WW1. They were content with less, appreciated the small things in life and knew if they wanted something they had to graft for it, limited education & benefits and no NHS for half their lives. Having survived 2 wars, flu pandemics, the depression, brought kids up with rationing etc… They were different. But I don’t think the baby boomers are any tougher than millennials.

[gary @gary Participant]

It’s not a guaranteed winning strategy as you don’t have infinite time and money. If one of those is finite you can’t guarantee to win. You have a certain odds of being up after so many days, which declines with time. But as ‘potential’ profit increases with time, it’s the human factor that ultimately makes it unwinnable.

Most normal people seem quite good at walking away from high risk-low chance-high payout of winning but find it harder to avoid high risk-high chance-low payout.

As an example of the former, you have the people selling those expensive lottery tickets at airport, disguised as win a car. Do many people as a % really play?

But on the other hand speeding in a car, very common. Payout: fractionally quicker journey, risk : high points/fine/accident/death, chance: most times you speed you don’t suffer the risks.

[gary @gary Participant]

You post this as though its the norm in rape prosecutions. Is it ? or is it in a small proportion of the 2% strawman katy used above (that is a small proportion of the small number of false accusations)? Genuine question, I don’t know.

[gary @gary Participant]

Isn’t this normally a resistor failure?

[gary @gary Participant]

Genuine question : do people in south Africa actually use the term “cheeky monkey”? Do they ever playfully refer to children as monkeys? Do they actually use monkey as a racist insult?

Seems to me that the answers are crucial to judging possible racism. Anyone familiar with the culture?

On a different note, I have noticed that the Nando’s uniform shirts frequently have slogans that could cross a line. If I were black, I’m not sure how happy I would be wearing a shirt that says “Grillers in the Mist”.

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