@craig

I didn’t even SEE your post! I’m sorry, thank you, that was awesome! Love Dr Neil.

@idiotsavon

Good question! It is: Can God’s existence be established by rational argument?

We chose. I chose this: God’s existence cannot be established using, or by, rational argument.  You have a toddler. Say no more!

It’s very very tricky. We cannot…[Read more]

@jimthefish

I liked that link on the web site page. I think nekrosys would’ve benefitted too.

Certainly there’s a difference between sarcasm -the jumpy-man’s wit- and good irony, real wit, burlesque, lampooning and sharpness. I love words!

And also, music.  @blenkinsopthebrave  Absolutely, Where Eagles Dare is spectacular. We watch it every C…[Read more]

@idiotsavon

So on that basis, do you think there’s merit in the argument that the Common Market *did* grow ; *did* transform, and that Europe and the UK (and indeed the world) have changed so much since 1963 that de Gaulle’s reasoning no longer applies?

I think de Gaulle’s reasoning still applies. Yes, the ‘maritime’ has changed, but the ‘ex…[Read more]

@idiotsavon

Yes, I’m afraid the animosity between Slab and the SNP (which seems kind of one-sided actually) is incredibly vicious and unlikely to go anywhere soon.

@craig

Yes, sorry about that. I was actually quite dismayed to find that I’m not half as Scottish as I always previously assumed.

@idiotsavon Scottish Labour hates the SNP – so much so that in many Scottish councils they have done deals with the Conservatives to keep the SNP out of power.

I’m not even joking. You couldn’t make it up!

@idiotsavon Thanks. But it’s actually a myth that Scottish votes swing it for Labour. As I said, there are so few Scottish MPs that it doesn’t matter how we vote in Scotland. All that matters is how England votes.

I can give you charts if you want. 🙂

@lisa @idiotsavon @bluesqueakpip @pedant @thane16 and others

I might get myself in trouble now. As I’m having a quiet day I thought I would join in with my thoughts on Brexit – I will try to keep it brief (so possibly I might seem facile, but hopefully not).

I am in an interesting position as I think the people of Scotland would be better off…[Read more]

@idiotsavon

What @bluesqueakpip said plus 2 things. It seems the leavers have big issues with the EU

high court and its re-interpreting of UK laws.  They feel this means they are ‘subject’ to the EU.

Also,  There seems to be this philosophical difference about where your freedoms come from.

Are you born free?  In the UK you are and that’s wh…[Read more]

@idiotsavon @lisa @pedant

I have learned so much about Brexit and Leave (and Remain) since coming to this Forum for myself. I never was much into politics but I am glad I am becoming more interested by the day. As @bluesqueakpip suggested Politics and Brexit is very difficult -as an argument -to take and there is angst because of it (thank you…[Read more]

@Idiotsavon

Well the first problem is that Leavers and Remainers generally mean different things when they talk about ‘sovereignty’.

Continental Europe and the UK have very different histories when it comes to the formation of nations. Then there’s the legal systems, where England (specifically) has a system that’s based on different premises…[Read more]

@idiotsavon Yes my jaw dropped too when I saw it. I think the words “obscene decadence” best describe it. Working in a 5 star hotel was educational. Saw a lot of politicians and heard things said because those on the right tended to forgot that staff have brains. (Most of the casual staff were uni students at the time but the Libs’ (conservatives…[Read more]

@idiotsavon

False equivalency because the UK  is !! and always has been sovereign country and not California.

The reality is that the people in favor of the Brexit despite of what you think about them, all have

in common that they want to see the country start behaving like a sovereign country again and not

as some subject state.

You right…[Read more]

@idiotsavon

The 3 current challenges of the EU commission are in my view 1. toxic debt and fiscal discipline

2.  Brexit  3. how to deal with refugees in a growing environment of increased acrimony and declining

cooperation.  Huge issues.    The purpose  of trading blocs 1. taking economic advantage and 2. economic

integration.   The 2 disadvan…[Read more]

@idiotsavon I think “bearish times” refers to the stock market. A “bear market” means dividends are down and a “bull market” means they are up. I only learnt this when I worked on a stock market dinner, many many years ago in my radical student days. They were celebrating the 150th anniversary of the local Stock Exchange and, it being a bull…[Read more]

@idiotsavon

How much influence did the UK have with its vote in the EU ?  Now cause of Brexit its influence

will be even further diminished.   The whole world in under the influence of capitol markets,

trade and corporations.  It was the only thing that kept the world together although now its coming

really all apart.   To be clear I’m not a…[Read more]

@shinymcshine<span class=”Apple-converted-space”>    </span>It appears that the franchise considers Dr. Who to be for prepubescents now.  Well, as someone well on in my fifties, I still enjoyed these first two episodes. We’ll see where they lead. In the end though, I’m still willing to fork out for an iTunes subscription, which is not true for any…[Read more]

@idiotsavon

And when the Clara intrigue came along, I was really gripped. (I discovered this fab forum during a massive Clara-based Google session..

WHERE have you  BEEN?

OK that works better in an actual story format. What I’m saying is, thank you for that gold (it wasn’t just a tuppence).  I also did a mad google search and fell from the sky (…[Read more]

@ichabod: I’ve watched it twice; found it satisfying and nourishing, and largely sufficient to its purposes.  Hell.  I think I loved it.

Me too.

@idiotsavon: I’ve nothing smart to say. I just loved it, and I’ve got snot on my sleeve. What a great way for a fine writer and a fine actor to bow out together.

As did I.  Although  I won’t see 70 aga…[Read more]

@Ichabod

Other people have said to me before that the Doctor finds you/you find the Doctor when you need him most. For me the worst was during Smithy’s era, when my mum’s memories were disintegrating rapidly (my mum who watched DW from 1963 with me, including the episodes I had to miss, and would then remember them and relate them back to me); at…[Read more]

@idiotsavon and @blenkinsopthebrave   That was probably my first ever theory, at least one I had the nerve to post so thank you so much for replying. I was pretty chuffed , probably wrong but still….