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  1. LutonSpurs

    Coronavirus

    Yes agreed. But it does help balance the convo against the lockdown obsessives.
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    Coronavirus

    There's a lot to unpack here but it has become increasingly difficult to find balanced folk on Corona expert twitter. I've pushed towards the pure data folk slowly as that's where you get a balanced view. The biggest irk I have is when they prematurely claim vaccine escape by a new variant and...
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    Coronavirus

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    Buy the dip.

    It is the same thrill as taking any risk that involves staking money. So yes it's akin to gambling. But the house doesn't always win in stocks and it is more of a data driven exercise in my view.
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    Coronavirus

    I think the local authorities are struggling with logistics for kids vax but if you want them vaccinated you can get it done. I have sorted for my eligible oldest 2. In terms of boosters, it's going fine. Alot of talk about a new more transmissible variant is so far unsubstantiated. And...
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    *** Official TV Thread ***

    I'll have to finish it I have the wheel of time series starting soon and that will be a big deal as the books are some of my fave ever written. Amazon seem to have done a cracking job on creating it.
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    All I'm saying is that the idea that we came from a ball of gas that just appeared from nothing is not scientific or logical. The idea that there was something there before everything else that wasn't created and could create is slightly more rational. Call it the first singular concept. The...
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    *** Official TV Thread ***

    I'm just on to season 3 of Gomorrah. Hoping by the time I finish it I have enough of S3 of Succession to watch. Both these sit in my top 10 of all time so far.
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    A genuine question for the atheists here. Aren't you all really agnostic as atheism is affirming that at the beginning there was nothing and theism says at the beginning there was something. One is more rational but unprovable and both are paradoxical. Agnosticism is the only rational position...
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    This is a weird analogy tbf
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    I think it is if the offense is rational (in this case it is driven by belief in GHod so it is not) then it can lead to change but there cannot be an expectation. I would suggest it is not rational for it to make sense, it is driven by faith in an unseen so what you say makes sense. These are...
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    Cryptocurrency

    You wouldn't in my opinion. It seems more volatile and less predictable to me.
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Yeah. Blasphemy laws are not something I support of course. But the rulings exist and vary. Primarily they exist within the state if it exists and should never be applied extra judicially. So it applies to citizens. Again these aren't necessarily the only views in classic discourse, many legal...
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    In reality there is a bit of both in classic jurisprudence and hate mongering in modern conservative movements. But there is a very noisy movement whereas many of us realise that it's fine to be offended but by screaming about it you only make it more popular, see Rushdie.
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    So depictions are not allowed for the above reasons in orthodox Sunni circles at least. Insulting depictions are tolerated less so but the original issue is the depiction
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    I'm not fond of it right now. It's ambiguous and they refer stuff like support for Palestine which is hardly a data point for hardcore isis types as they consider Hamas to be infidels too. This is the thing, they haven't really understood the landscape and have not engaged with people who...
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Oh and prevent is awful. It really hasn't worked. It needs reforming. It needs to be focused on online stuff more and it should have a larger focus at KS2 to educate young people. Some of the people who advise prevent, like Maajid Nawaz, are idiots. It doesn't work well with mosques or schools...
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    **** Tottenham v Poocastle ****

    Popping over from random to say COYS.
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    Again yes. But even if you think those concepts are not allegorical the idea that murder is a route to such a thing is not one included in any mainstream theological discourse I've read.
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    Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

    I agree it is. The Hebdo stuff we have discussed before Scara. My views are clear. But we must remember the question was not if they were happy that the terrorism occurred. It was whether they understood the grievances of the nutters. Not the violent actions. Clearly being angry about offensive...
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