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Listed below are comments made by jhspjhsp between Wednesday, 9th April 2008 and Friday, 8th August 2008.

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One week in 1:42pm on 08 Aug 2008 "I'm sorry but that's among the most ridiculous things I've ever heard in my life."

It was meant to be! Perhaps I should have put a smiley at the end. My point is that it is silly to live without plastic. It's a fantastic wonderful material, that makes our lives better in countless ways. Yes, it is probably overused and misused. No, that is not a reason to live without it.

My fear is that gimmicky experiments such as this only act to demonise technologies that people don't understand. "Radiation is evil! Must not use it!" "Plastic is evil! Must not use it!"

If Chris had *actually* tried living without plastic, it would have been impossible, but would have shown where plastic is valuable, and where it is not. Instead, he pretends to show that plastic is unnecessary by living without some rather unimportant plastic items (like bin liners), while still relying heavily on it for many vital things (like insulating all his electrics).

But silly me, I shouldn't expect journalists to care about science, when they can impress the crowd with exciting stories of plastic cup lids and how they nearly didn't use them.
No defence for 'stealing' music 11:47am on 03 Jul 2008 Despite the update you posted, the difference between stealing and copyright infringement is vast.

If I walk into the National Gallery and take a photograph of a painting, that's copyright infringement.

If I take a the poster of the same painting from the gallery shop without paying, that's stealing.

Can you really not see the difference here?

And yes, copyright infringement is a crime, and no, I don't have a problem with people doing it anyway. If I fix my mate's computer and he gives me 50 quid for my trouble, and I fail to inform the inland revenue, that is a crime. That's tax evasion. I don't have a problem with that, either.

No-one really cares if people fail to disclose minor, occasional sources of income. No-one should care if people commit minor, occasional copyright infringement. Neither are serious, and the music industry should just shut up about it.
Casualty 1:21pm on 09 Apr 2008 I'm neither shocked nor surprised. I am both a mountaineer and a sailor, and therefore regularly place my safety in the hands of volunteers (Mountain Rescue and the RNLA). I don't have a problem with a volunteer paramedic system - indeed if it's half as good as the RNLA I'd much prefer it to the NHS, which is never what you'd call a miracle of enthusiastic efficiency.

If our ambulance service is overstretched, I'd have thought the first thing to look at would be penalties for the large number of people who treat it like a taxi service for the benefit of the very drunk or very pregnant.

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