whiskychimp Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 4 hours ago, Inanimate Carbon Rod said: You only heard of motor neurone disease from the ice bucket challenge? Like Corprolite, I have zero awareness of that motor neutron thingy. Loved the ice bucket challenge though. Was good fun. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The OP Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Coprolite was probably being facetious but you'd think people on a Scottish football forum would already be aware of a disease Jimmy Johnstone had and Fernando Ricksen has. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 22 hours ago, Hand As Porn said: Roughly £7billion raised each year in the UK for charity. Roughly 31 million taxpayers. This equates to roughly £310 per head, per year. Why not just pay £26pm each more in tax so we don't have to suffer people wanting sponsored for growing a beard, walking round a park in a onesie etc? Good in theory, but the goverment would spend the extra money on other things, like more railways for London and nuclear weapons. Even if they did spend it on homelessness, the fannies would just raise awareness/funds for other things. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Roger Moore was a far superior James Bond than Sean Connery. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Bert Raccoon said: Roger Moore was a far superior James Bond than Sean Connery. That'll raise the odd eyebrow. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Bert Raccoon said: Roger Moore was a far superior James Bond than Sean Connery. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 (edited) On 11/16/2018 at 16:51, virginton said: What do you mean by both ‘state-mandated charity’ v v v On 11/16/2018 at 11:52, Hand As Porn said: Roughly £7billion raised each year in the UK for charity. Roughly 31 million taxpayers. This equates to roughly £310 per head, per year. Why not just pay £26pm each more in tax On 11/16/2018 at 16:51, virginton said: the ‘original point of charity’? Something along the lines of an interaction and transaction between individuals where there's no expected reciprocation, such as an altruistic act. For example, giving food or other resources, taking in an orphan, funding a scholarship. 'original point' is ambiguous, granted. It's a human act - if there are two humans, there can be charity. It exists separate from Charities, the Church, the State, and every other formalised collective you might want to mention. On 11/16/2018 at 16:51, virginton said: If enough additional taxes can help the state resolve the main causes of homelessness - which they quite obviously could - then the need of that charitable cause goes away. How much is enough? There will always be charitable causes, and folk/groups running victimhood scams. Perhaps if charity wasn't now so proxy-fied 'out of sight, out of mind', if individuals took more direct responsibility for for being charitable towards their brothers, neighbours, and community, homelessness for example wouldn't be as big a thing. Edited November 18, 2018 by banana 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 UFC or MMA or whatever it’s called is total pish.As fake as the wrassling. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 16 minutes ago, Cerberus said: UFC or MMA or whatever it’s called is total pish. As fake as the wrassling. From the couple of times I've seen it, it looks like Primary School fights. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 From the couple of times I've seen it, it looks like Primary School fights.Without the milk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 On 17/11/2018 at 13:08, Bert Raccoon said: Roger Moore was a far superior James Bond than Sean Connery. They were both shite compared to Timothy Dalton... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 5 minutes ago, tongue_tied_danny said: They were both shite compared to Timothy Dalton... You've forgotten about David Niven. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 8 minutes ago, welshbairn said: You've forgotten about David Niven. And Bob Holness. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 George Lazenby was actually quite good in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. It's time to kill the franchise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecto Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 George Lazenby was actually quite good in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. It's time to kill the franchise. It was a good movie, whether big dod was any good, not sure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 On 18/11/2018 at 05:08, banana said: Perhaps if charity wasn't now so proxy-fied 'out of sight, out of mind', if individuals took more direct responsibility for for being charitable towards their brothers, neighbours, and community, homelessness for example wouldn't be as big a thing. There is a correlation between countries that spend a greater % of their gross GDP on welfare and lower homelessness rates in Europe. Perhaps if the state done its job homelessness, for example, wouldn't be as big a thing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 14 hours ago, Zen Archer said: And Bob Holness. Too busy winding his way down Baker Street tbf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 (edited) 33 minutes ago, AsimButtHitsASix said: There is a correlation between countries that spend a greater % of their gross GDP on welfare and lower homelessness rates in Europe. Perhaps if the state done its job homelessness, for example, wouldn't be as big a thing Well yes, dependency on the state is one helluva drug. The state being the first port of call when looking for something to blame and for fixes to everything (including things it has a role in breaking) is understandably tempting. Counter-productive past a certain point, but tempting. Do you have some sources for that correlation? Edited November 19, 2018 by banana 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 47 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Too busy winding his way down Baker Street tbf. Baker St just started on the radio as I read this. Voodoo at work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 And Bob Holness.And nik nak 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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