Off Topic The Goodhand Arms

Whilst it is ridiculous of Japan to restart whaling for scientific purposes [I mean, come on, don't you know enough for now.?] it is perhaps a slight overreaction to say that future generations will be telling their children about the big animals that roamed the seas [leaving aside the land animals]. Although it is rather hard to keep an accurate measure, whales are recovering. The biggest and at most risk of them all, Blue Whale numbers are climbing, for example, and many/most/all [insert correct word as I'm not certain] whale populations are recovering. Not hunting the whale is working.

However, whales could easily be hunted again worldwide. Those countries who do hunt for scientific purposes are basically doing so for economic purposes and finding markets for whale meat. A scientific permit to hunt decrees that the whale meat must be sold for consumption [minimal waste] after whatever tests are done. Amazingly, the permit is issued by the country that wants to hunt the whales, and they set their own limit. So the 300 whales Japan intends to slaughter are what they feel they can get away with, without a big song and dance from other countries. Remembering that Scandinavian countries occasionally feel the need to issue themselves permits too.

In an era of DNA testing, there is no need to hunt whales for scientific purpose.

 

Manchester is now officially the hardest city on the planet, 4 world champs and a **** load of wanna be gangsters

 

British heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury has given a bizarre interview in which he says the end of days is approaching.

He said that the devil will be summoned when paedophilia is legalised, completing the satanic trinity.

The other two aspects of the trinity have already been legalised – abortion and homosexuality.

Fury added: ‘There are only three things that need to be accomplished before the devil comes home: one of them is homosexuality being legal in countries, one of them is abortion and the other one’s paedophilia. Who would have thought in the 50s and 60s that those first two would be legalised?

Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/09/heavy...the-devil-and-abortion-5489356/#ixzz3sqz9vuW7


So Fury is more of a twat then I thought..

 

Yep good call, liked what I have seen when Joshua has fought......hopefully he will get a crack at Fury when ready and knock him out.

 

I am stunned.

 

Also, given the recent boom in this, I see goals where the striker runs off praising the sky when if it had been the other side who scored, their man would have been doing the same. How does their invisible friend choose? Does one of them get help because he lives better? Or prays better? Or does the sky fairy of choice just help the team he supports more? If so, is God from Manchester? He's certainly not based at Villa Park this year (it looks like Satan might have camped out there). Why don't defenders get help? Or if they do, why don't they (yet) thank their friend up there after a good tackle? What do they say when they pick up a blade of grass as they run onto the pitch, kiss it and look upwards? Are they asking forgiveness for their last "roasting" session? Are sportsmen basically good people who deserve heaven on their side?

Oh, hang on, I'm trying to be rational about religion. Sorry, I'll stop it immediately.

Vin

 

Who is the most rational and reasoning person someone who has absolute total belief that there is a God or someone who has absolute total belief that there isn't?

 

I don't understand why he uses a pseudonym, when we all know his real name is Bruce Wayne.

 

Come on Murray - play to form and the cup is ours.

 

Huge effort from a lot of people in the five years it took to get out of the stiffs and into the top group. Come on, Andy.

 

Neither. That's why most atheists say "there probably is no god" rather than "there is no god". There's no "belief" about it. I can only speak for myself, obviously, but if anyone can come up with any credible evidence (other than a holy book of whatever flavour) for a god, I'm quite prepared to change my mind.

However, when it comes to the tooth fairy, I'm prepared to be absolutist.


Vin

 

This is a terrific tennis match.

 

Yes, it is and I'm surprisingly relaxed about it. I saw Goffin at Wimbledon about 4 years ago and to say that he's advanced a lot since then to make No 15 in the world is a huge understatement as he could barely win two points in a row during that match at Wimbledon.

 

Andy 2 sets up.

 

2-0!
What an amazing set that was, Goffin is playing well above his class but just can't live with Murray.

 

How demoralising to break Andy and then have him break straight back.

 

Great win. Well done GB.

 

Great Britain are World Champions of tennis!

 

What a shot to win with as well. I pleaded with Goffin not to serve a double fault....not how you'd want to win. Three nil but still a great game lasting nearly 3 hours.