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A boring answer to a question asked on another thread. The light is re-emitted in the infrared.

Currently reading Determined by Robert Sapolsky. If anyone is interested in the biochemical origins of our behaviours then this is a book for you. As the title implies it is a pot-shot at free will. I would say it is an easier read than his Behave.

For Diaby's goal when everyone went to 'hug' Diaby, Ollie went to retrieve the ball from the net. Presumably as a commemoration for Diaby's first Premier League goal.

And possibly even Buendia?

Saw him play twice ... a 4-0 defeat to the Blose (1968) and a 1-4 win over Naarrech (1975) I can't say I remember much from way back then.

Here's a question: do we think Klopp or Pep would have done as well as Emery if they had replaced Gerrard given the same constraints?

Meh! Compared to the right to bare arms and the like.

He meant comminuted ... so he's crushed.

In recent history ... the last ten years or so ... been there twice. I recall only one bookshop worthy of recall, and an excellent one at that. Being there is not that unusual other than I live in almost rural Canada just an hour's flight from the Pacific. My favorite bookshop? Crockett Book Company. Is it special? Well, it is small, local and it has survived so far. Mods ... you can give me a warning now!

Err ... ??? I wonder if literacy will also improve.

From 2018 According to parents and community observers, 80 percent of the students are Muslim. The school declined to comment.

You really should do a quick google search before writing such stuff.

Don't worry Ruge ... Halloween is a Pagan festival just like Christmas and Easter, but just a bit more feral.

From When the British came to North America, they brought these traditions with them. The Puritans of New England, who refused to observe any holidays which might be associated with pagan beliefs – including Christmas and Easter – kept the observance of Guy Fawkes Day on 5 November as a reminder of their supposed moral superiority to Catholics. Guy Fawkes continued to be celebrated up until the American Revolution of 1775-1783. The rituals of Samhain arrived in the United States less than a century later with the displacement of the Irish in 1845-1849, during the potato famine. The Irish, largely Catholic, continued to observe All Hallows' Eve, All Saint's Day, and All Soul's Day along with the practice of "souling" but these festivals by now were infused with folk traditions such as the jack-o'-lantern.

A different point of view

I'm not sure how you can draw a neat line between nationalism and religion. Jews came to Palestine (Mandate) because of persecution ... and that persecution was mainly religious.

No problem Thug. For me, it is not a question of who is wrong or right, or perhaps good or evil. It is about understanding the underlying dynamics. Of course, I get the Palestinian ire for being pushed around in their own country. I also get the Jewish desire for a homeland after millennia of prejudice. I don't see an easy answer. I don't see what the answer can be. But it is not painting one side as black and the other as white. I happen to see religion as stupid and in this particular instance as divisive. Again I don't know what the answer is but demonizing one side or the other is not it.

See Panto's reply.

The religious right.

Perhaps not explicitly. And yet two lines later you point to international law.

I agree not a good example. People essentially invited into the country ... why would they not be afforded citizen benefits? I think Israeli settlers in the West Bank is a political mistake to deal with with a short-term problem in Israel.

I don't think @magnkarl or I have said otherwise. I want Palestinians to be able to live peaceably in the Levant too. I think the displacement of people by Israelis is a political mistake. Counterproductive to a peaceful settlement. Hamas going on a rampage was incredibly stupid. Not beneficial at least not in the immediate term to the Palestinians in the Gaza strip. Firing rockets at Israel (and apparently occasionally missing) is incredibly stupid.

Probably true, but then it has been said truth is the first casualty of war.

You are confounding what I want with what is reality. I would use every lever I had to protect what I think of as mine.

Arguing for one side or the other in terms of people's rights won't get us anywhere.