pandarilla Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 You and I have a different view on how we honour those who went before us and made sacrifices, and not just in military conflict. I don’t think there is any need for this sort of remembrance, which is invariably co-opted for jingoistic purposes. Instead I think that we should honour them by trying to make society better than it is and certainly more equitable than it was for most of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Leave that to the Germans. We won the fucking war, we get to party wherever and whenever. Celebrating something that was so devastating just seems wrong to me. It was right at the time, obviously. Relief, joy, fucking get it up them rage were all completely natural feelings.But now? Surely we need to commemorate and learn, and educate the next generation?Why would these people want to dance about a war ending 60 years ago? Whereas the joy? The relief? Just seems wrong to me. But ve day should definitely be commemorated (along with all the others). That shit's important. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgertheeuro24witness Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Struggling to grasp the reasoning behind having people self isolate for a fortnight when returning to the UK from countries with only 200-odd deaths. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 There are emerging reports of numerous long term health effects of Covid, including stroke, heart problems, lung scarring, cognitive impairment, infertility and others. https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2020/5/8/21251899/coronavirus-long-term-effects-symptoms?__twitter_impression=true 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 UK scientific advisors Large crowds are okLockdown not neededFlights okMasks no difference Testing doesnt make a difference nowMuppets 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 39 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: Exercise? Take that one up with the judge I think 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 25 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: So quarantining people arriving by air has gone from a ‘maybe’ to a ‘definite’!!!!! Talk about too little too late. They’ve been arriving in over a hundred thousand a week for two months!!!! This is Trumpian levels of government disfunctionality. Complete coincidence that the UK and the US are top of the tables I'm sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 14 minutes ago, badgerthewitness said: Struggling to grasp the reasoning behind having people self isolate for a fortnight when returning to the UK from countries with only 200-odd deaths. To stop them picking it up here I presume. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 46 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: Wrong again. You're spending a lot of time on an anonymous internet football forum engaging with someone you consider an angry/very upset simpleton. A lot of time? I would estimate it’s probably taken me around 90 seconds to post the replies to you this morning. Another strange post. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyderspaceman Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 (edited) Quote VISITOR LOCKDOWN All arrivals to Britain will be quarantined for two weeks to stop second coronavirus peak How the f**k will this work without dozens of 'special' cases'? What about Government ministers going abroad for trade talks (!), airline crews, sailors, eurostar crews, footballers (if it restarts), foreign gov. officials, royal c***s. The list goes on. If you go on holiday to another country also doing 2 week quarantine, you'll need 6 weeks leave. I'm looking forward to this. What's that word? Oh aye, omnishambles. Edited May 9, 2020 by cyderspaceman 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 1 minute ago, Honest_Man#1 said: A lot of time? I would estimate it’s probably taken me around 90 seconds to post the replies to you this morning. Another strange post. Not really. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 22 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: A few months ago I would have agreed with this, but I believe modern aircraft ventillation systems are incredibly efficient, to the extent that this is not really true. True, the filtration systems are claimed to be the same standard as those in ICU wards and surgery. Though the dry air means you're more likely to pick up a bug from someone nearby than on a bus, say. Wearing a face mask should be obligatory. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyderspaceman Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 26 minutes ago, pandarilla said: Celebrating something that was so devastating just seems wrong to me. It was right at the time, obviously. Relief, joy, fucking get it up them rage were all completely natural feelings. But now? Surely we need to commemorate and learn, and educate the next generation? Why would these people want to dance about a war ending 60 years ago? Whereas the joy? The relief? Just seems wrong to me. But ve day should definitely be commemorated (along with all the others). That shit's important. I was thinking exactly the same. Remember it in a fashion that shows we really don't want it, or anything like it, ever to be repeated. It shouldn't be a knees-up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 Yes but has anyone got HIV from it yet like the boy wonder Boredom Guy claimed?That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 8 minutes ago, cyderspaceman said: How the f**k will this work without dozens of 'special' cases'? What about Government ministers going abroad for trade talks (!), airline crews, sailors, eurostar crews, footballers (if it restarts), foreign gov. officials, royal c***s. The list goes on. If you go on holiday to another country also doing 2 week quarantine, you'll need 6 weeks leave. I'm looking forward to this. What's that word? Oh aye, omnishambles. There is not going to be any foreign holidays! People on government business will get tests on returning. Nearly everyone else will decide not to travel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 1 hour ago, trainspotter said: He's not, symptoms started yesterday on his day off, cough worse this morning, phoned his work to let them know and is off for a test just now. Hopefully he's ok however the test turns out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crùbag Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 2 hours ago, SlipperyP said: Leave that to the Germans. We won the fucking war, we get to party wherever and whenever. Tory Covid has killed more Brits than the Germans did in their Blitz. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cambozpar Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 17 minutes ago, Crùbag said: Tory Covid has killed more Brits than the Germans did in their Blitz. Tory Covid?? Thought Sturgeon was calling the shots up here? -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandcowden Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Granny Danger said: So quarantining people arriving by air has gone from a ‘maybe’ to a ‘definite’!!!!! Talk about too little too late. They’ve been arriving in over a hundred thousand a week for two months!!!! This is Trumpian levels of government disfunctionality. this is actually getting beyond parody.talk about shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted the media will,in the meanwhile,continue to peddle the lie about what an astounding job these bozos are doing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Detournement said: There is not going to be any foreign holidays! People on government business will get tests on returning. Nearly everyone else will decide not to travel. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/5576862/coronavirus-scotland-lockdown-fine-police-bank-holiday-trip/ Except these brain donors, who decided to get away from it all by traveling from the south-east of England in order to spend a bank holiday weekend in the unspoilt wilderness and scenic grandeur of Motherwell. Yes, THAT Motherwell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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