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The obvious thing that should have happened is that the referee should have abandoned the game when Senegal left the pitch. It is absurd to change the result 2 months later

I'm still expecting him to be fired before Christmas.

I think that would be a result acceptable to everyone.

Interesting points In the same way, England intrigues me. So the population of England is 10 times that of Scotland and based on your figures, England should have 750-1000 players in the top 5 leagues in Europe. They currently have about 180. That's about 21% of what they should have, Scotland's 35 players accounts for about 40% of what they should have. So double. Last weekend English players in the starting line ups in the top 5 teams in the EPL accounted for just 30% of the 55 players. Plus, with the STAGGERING resources available to English football, can you believe the English national team have won the same number of major trophies in the last 60 years as Scotland. Mental.

Absolutely. I try to think of this at a human level first of all, but the financial implications of 'man's' obsession with constantly prolonging life (for the benefit of the receiver or not) are huge and simply cannot be supported. Especially given, as you point out, the dropping fertility rate that will further contribute to a shift in age demographics with more pensioners to support. And as people live longer (either naturally through medical advances, or artificially through machines) there simply won't be enough in the pot to support social services - so we get to that survival based on wealth (which you could easily argue we already have - but that gap will just widen). What's the answer when, through medical advances, we all live to 150 (compos mentis or not). Make us work to 120 to keep the pot topped up. Fuck that. I would rather be dead at 80 than work for 100 years. Now, I am not suggesting we take a Logan's Run approach and vapourise people at a set age. But bodies have a natural shelf life. When that is reached, let it be, and let us slip away in comfort when there is no more quality of life. Keep the population balance at a more sustainable level, and allow people to fully enjoy the finite time we have on this planet whilst accepting it is not forever. And when we are proper fucked got absolutely no life to look forward to, why is it that can we decide a dog or a cat will have no quality of life, therefore it is better for them if they are 'put out of their misery', but we can't do this for a person - instead we need to keep them going for our own selfish wants. It's just wrong. There is no humanity in that. "I'll make you suffer in pain or in a vegetative state because it would be really sad if you weren't around any more and I' not ready to say goodbye" (slightly over simplifying things, but you get the gist). Our bodies, our choice. And I am genuinely sorry if I offend anyone with my belief that we should be allowed to die our own way. I have seen a lot of unnecessary suffering and can see no good in blocking assisted dying.