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Listed below are comments made by jr4412 between Friday, 13th November 2009 and Monday, 16th November 2009.

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Update on your questions for Ed Miliband 3:25pm on 16 Nov 2009 Justin Rowlatt.

"I'll post them as soon as they come in."

six days in and not a single reply?
A return to reason? 4:08pm on 14 Nov 2009 Euforiater #102.

"Really I think it's a drug for older people because it prevents you being so set in your ways and you remember the great little things in life."

apt, and topical.

"There are currently 700,000 people in the UK with the condition [dementia], but this is expected to rise to one million in the next 10 years because of the ageing population."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8356423.stm
A return to reason? 3:53pm on 14 Nov 2009 BobRocket #93.

"Our soldiers are dying in Afghanistan and Pakistan, fighting against people who are directly financed by the international drugs trade."

the most despicable people are the shareholders of the arms and munitions manufacturers because they peddle their wares to anyone who pays -- these people are entirely without social conscience.
A return to reason? 3:44pm on 14 Nov 2009 yellowsandydog#97.

"I was not aware of there being any archaeological evidence ... of cannabis use."

http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/59/15/4171
Copenhagen Countdown: 31 Days 7:19pm on 13 Nov 2009 sensibleoldgrannie #252.

"You need the heart of a lion, the constitution of an ox, a cast iron stomach, the skills of a sausage maker, a flat cap and the eloquence of a true northerner to make this pudding."

luckily, no more than taste-buds is needed to enjoy it ;)
A return to reason? 4:42pm on 13 Nov 2009 neebols456 #85.

"..the TROLL that is jon112uk."

not quite the same category as oldsitkaspruce. ;)

"..his arguments are at best childish, at worst sinister."

yes, I did resent his eugenics stunt, and others too feel that his comments smear ("impugn") the scientists and advisors who have demonstrated their principled, ethical stance. still, I've met people who behave like that (in the MOD, but, no doubt, that's the same everywhere in the civil service); gifted people turned wasters and cynics in a dysfunctional system, who settle for being careerists and couldn't give a damn because all that matters is the countdown to retirement.
Your pictures of the week: Sparkle 3:23pm on 13 Nov 2009 Andy Finney #3.

thank you for this explanation, benefit of the doubt it is; with a bit of luck Adam Lewis will read these entries and comment.
Copenhagen Countdown: 31 Days 3:14pm on 13 Nov 2009 Kamboshigh #240.

"..IPCC ... head is a railway engineer ... what does a railway engineer know about climate change?"

and your point is?

the vast majority of people are able to educate and 'improve' themselves if they've the will and are given opportunity and support.

the "head" of pretty much any organisation doesn't actually need to know all that much, they have cadres of lackeys abstracting and collating the relevant information.
Copenhagen Countdown: 31 Days 2:59pm on 13 Nov 2009 now it seems, there'll be profits in habitat preservation. good news, perhaps.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8357723.stm
A return to reason? 2:30pm on 13 Nov 2009 CommunityCriminal #79.

"Treatment of people whom abuse this are easily detoxified once detained with an antidote that works within a few minutes. ... This will become a reality as the Pharma's will jump at it a chance to takeover a dangerous trade with a viable alternative."

would be good yes, imagine, Saturday night on the high street without worrying about some drunk punks spoiling it all; however, what about the domestic sphere? the following is a partial quote from my local council (in conjunction with Dorset Police) publication:

"Domestic abuse accounts for between 16 percent and one quarter of all recorded violent crime.
One incident is reported to the police every minute.
Half of relationship breakdowns and one-third of all domestic abuse is alcohol related."

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