Posts by NoMoreWar

Amount of ice in Bering Sea reaches all-time record

Re: Riddle me this.

Excellent questions! A summary of the accepted science is available from The Royal Society here: http://royalsociety.org/policy/publications/2010/climate-change-summary-science/ . I've read easier short documents but I think it sheds some light on your questions.

Like you, I find the taxation measures suspect. I don't agree with the simplification of climate change politics to the question of atmospheric CO2 alone (almost).

Enough said? I disagree... The politics of nuclear power in Ireland are understandably clouded by the safety record of that industry and the WMD industry in Cumbria. If the government of the UK are so committed to nuclear power and confident in its safety, perhaps they could site a reactor in Battersea power station. Pigs might fly! (Yes, Pink Floyd reference equals suspect hippy ; )

Is there any organisation with the technical and ethical credentials to run nukes in YOUR back yard? No corporation I know of could be trusted.

The government are encouraging us turkeys to vote for Christmas on May 31st and cannot be trusted. You might think it's in you short to medium term interests to go along with their blackmail but it is not and anyway, that's not the point. This is not about us. It's the same as the climate issue. Would we be able to look our great grandchildren in the eye? This is personal; this is survival. Leave the car at home if you can and take a walk, and vote no in the fiscal referendum! Please?

Twelve days two late, muppets.

Just like the internal corporate fool's day joke that arrived in my work inbox on April 3rd, it's rather lame and insulting. Just because no one gets out alive it doesn't mean it's a good idea to torch the place.

Bummed-out users give anti-virus bloatware the boot

MS Security Essentials seems to work for me

Perhaps they fully disclose their APIs to themselves : )

Falklands hero Marine: Save the Harrier, scrap the Tornado

Most people don't care and the more problems the war machine has, the better!

Lewis,

I know you've chosen a career as a commenter on military matters and you are probably British so your perspective is understandable but I wish you'd consider wider aspects of the issue such as why the UK is in Afghanistan in the first place. Or should that be second place?

Are you serious when you say "...that without the Harrier carriers the war of 1982 would have been a bloody, disastrous defeat for the UK."? How would defeat in the Malvinas have been disastrous other than for the war dead and injured, and the small number of British who live there? Consider that Thatcher could have been removed earlier and the UK might now have the most technologically advanced coal and steel industry in the world. Imagine if Major had been replaced by someone with a conscience instead of Blair. Someone who might have kept the UK from repeating its Afghan mistakes, not to mention Iraq. Consider what all the wasted lives on both sides could have achieved had they stayed at home.

By all means keep the superior Harrier for home defense in England if you must and bin the Tornado. Think what could be done with the savings. Just burning the oil to heat hospitals, schools, factories, and homes would be so much better than sending lethal aircraft half way round the world to someone else's country where they are not wanted, not welcome, and not helping.

The troops, airmen and sailors should go home early for Christmas and leave the Afghanis alone! It's a mess and the UK has no role in its solution without a radical rethink and a commitment to stop killing people and support leaders who do not server their people's interests.

The Tornado and the Harrier have rained death from above in Afghanistan and elsewhere and gotten its citizens killed into the bargain for no reason that's of use to them.

The UK can use it's science and tech for good instead of evil. Support the troops by calling for them to be brought home!

"War is over, if you want it". (John Lennon - a British hero).