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Strong statement. I rate her very highly too (despite liking next to none of her songs). Her talent is clear and I can't think of anyone who's clearly above her. I didn't think A Star Is Born won any of the major Oscars? Are were you stating that in agreement?

Everyone's allowed one of those.

Ozil creative? That's news to me. He's poop and has been poop for approximately 99% of his games for Arsenal and I'm nae surprised that he's been benched. I'm surprised it took this long. If their fans are questioning it then they're nae watching.

Aye aye MBT. Sad to read about your issues and then about you getting canned. That's poor. I believe American laws tend to favour the employers but are there grounds for appeal? My old man has battled alcoholism for much of his adult life. Lived his days as a sailor long before the days of dry ships and regularly put away a shit load of booze. Hasn't touched a drop since the early 2000s. He claims he doesn't find it difficult but I think he does. At the age of 85 and in seemingly excellent health it seems that his actions came just in time to avoid long term effects. It's never too late! I drink very little myself. Next to nothing in fact. Same with drugs. The issues that my family have had with these just fucking put me off tbh. The quality of American medical care is up there with the highest in the world. If you can afford to pay for it that is. You're nae having to sell your hoose to fund this are you? I assume you're no longer covered under any plan you had through your job? You don't have to answer any of these questions obviously. Just curious as to how this is funded in the good old US of A. Wish you all the best in yer recovery.

Just as well we're playing a shite team then. Our away from is decent so I've reasonably hopeful. Our home form is shite and not helped by the fact that most of our fans are fucking arseholes.

Don't believe that for a second.

Ole oot.

Interesting. I saw that too and very much enjoyed it. I happened to come across some reviews and found them to be almost entirely negative because of the historical inaccuracies. Here was me thinking it was a movie, nae a documentary.

I believe that you are well aware of exactly what I meant. I'm not speaking in riddles or in Dutch.

Is that the best you can come up with? I think you're thinking of Celtic? Don't tell me that you're one of those who thinks that they should all just move on from Hillsborough and stop trying to blame people because it was an accident? There's a difference between having a genuine grievance and a victim mentality. Just "I'm a Man Utd fan" would've sufficed. This is precisely the rhetoric that's common in Aberdeen (because of the Fergie "link" ) that makes me enjoy watching Man Utd toil more than watching Liverpool, a club that I have zero links to, win. I've never been to Stamford Bridge and have no desire to do so. Especially after reading this. I found my experience at White Heart Lane much the same although it should probably be noted in the interests of fairness that it was a pre season friendly. Have you been to a meaningful game at Anfield? There's nothing quite like it. Proper atmosphere. In fact I was at a game at Elland Road recently and they too had a terrific atmosphere despite the game itself being shite. A proper club with proper fans. I was on a stagger in Liverpool last year and like most staggers I was dreading it. Especially in Liverpool. But to my surprise I found it to be a terrific trip. The city centre was nice, the people were nice and the nights oot were good. And I wasn't subjected to The Beatles music constantly as I had feared.

Aye. And I appreciate your insulting rhetoric being marginally more subtle this time round! So I was right? I believe to an extent that you get out of life what you put in but life is influenced by your environment, your mindset and your intelligence (amongst many other things I'm sure) but much is simply down to chance. The belief that everyone will get what they deserve is a romantic one but not one that I'm likely to ever believe even if it is written on highly regarded ancient books. You might have a completely different take on the definition of Karma but you declined my humble request for enlightenment (which of course you're not obliged to grant). I don't think it's fair to brand every atheist arrogant. I don't doubt that some are. I can appreciate the point of view of the agnostic (and even the religious if they're not cantankerous cunts) but I don't agree that by saying you don't believe in God(s) you're being arrogant or closed minded. I can't speak for others but I'm willing to immediately change my mind at a split second's notice should a shred of credible evidence appear to prove beyond reasonable doubt the existence of a deity and I will happily admit that I was wrong. In the meantime whether God exists or not I don't believe it so I can't call myself agnostic. I guess you'd accuse those who deny the existence of unicorns arrogant and closed-minded too? After all there's not a shred of evidence to suggest that they now, or ever have existed but you'd refuse to rule out that possibility out of (a misplaced in my opinion) sense of humility and open mindedness? That doesn't make sense to me. It almost sounds like an ultra-liberal type trying to not be politically incorrect. We'll probably never agree on many things, Rocket. Karma and atheism included. But I agree completely with your point on art and dismissing it out of a lack of understanding. Art will resonate with a person (or not) for many different reasons. Also influenced by intelligence and taste I'm sure. What floats one person's boat might not necessarily float another's. Some may see it as rubbish and another as a masterpiece. This seems really obvious to me. It's something that should (but seemingly often doesn't) apply to music too (another form of art of course). I don't understand the appeal of every artist. For example I've never been particularly fond of The Beatles but it would be remiss and arrogant of me to declare that they're shite because I don't feel anything when I hear their songs when there are millions of people who do. I don't understand why some people focus so much on things they don't like. The anti-Coldplay brigade springs to mind. You don't have to listen to them or even like them but some are fucking determined to try and stop others from feeling and enjoying the music. I don't understand why grown adults are like that. Now I can hear the theists crying out "It's arrogant of you to say The Beatles are shite but not God?" Correct. Because there's clear evidence that The Beatles exist.

I do understand your point, Rocket. There's nothing complicated about it. But I don't agree that in a legal system apparently worth writing home that a person should lose his or her liberty because one person lies. A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link. It comes down to the jury's opinion of what reasonable doubt is. There was massive doubt in the case that I saw. I felt a not guilty verdict would be reached or at least a "not proven". The jury were wrong. You obviously wouldn't attribute this to the "legal system". Rather the testimony given in court but the fact is that the legal system allowed it to get to court in the first place. The semantics are not that important when a person's life is on the verge of being fucked up. I've read/heard countless times over the years about various crimes that have allegedly been committed and the suspect ends up not facing a court because the CPS doesn't feel there's sufficient evidence to convict. I read somewhere that only 4% of rapes result in a conviction. That seems low but thinking about it you'd think that as it's the sort of crime that happens behind closed doors it's likely to be one person's word against another which is why I assumed many wouldn't make it to court. Of course no one should get away with sexual assault of any kind but you've got to be sure you've got the right person and that a crime has taken place before it reaches court. In my opinion the system is weak at this point. Whilst I would never profess to be all-knowing when it comes to Karma I believe it's a belief system based on the mindset of "You reap what you sow". If that's not right please enlighten me. Ironic that you use the word "ignorant" when talking about atheism. Atheism is the future. Religion stems from fear and a lack of scientific understanding. Ancient Chinese philosophy may not be entirely without merit, it would be ignorant to make such a sweeping generalisation, but much of it will stem from ignorance. People use religion to shirk responsibility. Atheists don't. That is slowly turning the other way and not a moment too soon.

All fair points and you might well be right. It could be argued that the victims won't get a fair crack of the whip because some pro-indy nuts might end up on the jury will have already decided he's innocent before hearing anything in court. That is a possibility. It's not so much that I can't be arsed typing out every way that I can think of in which the trial or charge list might be flawed. Alleged victim statements taken by police and manipulated to maximise the list of charges seems to be one that I've heard of happening before. There are so many possibilities. I don't know them all because I don't know the legal system inside out. Who amongst us does? I knew my post was contentious. But whether fellow DT posters take me less seriously as a result or not I can live with quite frankly. If I'm wrong and he's tried 100% fairly then great. This is why I said that I hope the verdict is somehow proven beyond doubt and you (quite correctly) pointed out that anything being proven beyond doubt in a case like this is unlikely because it's going to be testimony based from the accuser and the accused with little or no witnesses. A poor attempt at baiting from a man who recently claimed he has also seen wrongful convictions in court. (or were they in England whilst not following ancient Roman law? ) Surely in a legal system as fucking wonderful as you describe this wouldn't be happening. Which is literally what you're doing in this thread? Then again every time a grown man who tirelessly tries to portray himself as an intellect mentions "karma" I take him less seriously than I did before.

I'm not suggesting there's any relevance. I mention those just to emphasise that having faith in the (any) legal system doesn't mean anything. Yes. two females concocted a claim against one man. Their word against his. Jury believed them. Man found guilty. At no point have I said that I have 100% faith in Salmond. Someone (who can only see in from the outside) having doubts doesn't mean I'm denying that it's a possibility that the crime took place. All I'm saying is I have my doubts. So I don't really feel the need to fully explain every possible way that the trial could be stacked against Salmond. The accuser being paid or bullied into lying isn't something that even came into my head. My doubts around Salmond getting a fair crack of the whip stem from my worry that members of the jury/prosecution/judge have already decided on his guilt before the trial because they don't like the cunt or what he believes in. Are humans not hateful and vengeful by nature? My issue here is maybe isn't about lack of faith in the justice system but lack of faith in humanity.

Please to be advising where I said he wasn't guilty. Did you read properly? What kind of naive tit genuinely has complete faith in the justice system? Corruption is commonplace everywhere so why not here? Or is this not a possibility? I have literally seen someone falsely convicted with my own eyes. Knowing the facts and having faith is all well and good but a guilty verdict was still returned. Why that was I can only speculate. But that's a man's life more or less ruined. Did they bully the lawyers or the jury? Only a fly on the wall or someone with full vision of every piece of the jigsaw would know that. Bottom line is incorrect verdicts are a reality. Was OJ really innocent? Was Brendan Dassey really guilty? If Salmond has faith then good for him. I really hope this one is proved beyond doubt either way.

Correct. This is a high profile man with powerful enemies who the establishment are terrified of. The justice system is mostly made up of establishmentarians. Thus making it extremely unlikely that he'll get a fair trial IMO. The opposite of what you know to state so confidently that he's guilty.

Whilst your optimism is admirable I feel compelled to remind you that Rangers got 4 penalties in their last game and were complaining that it should've been 5.

Saw the good and the bad of James Wilson on Saturday. Shows flashes of lightning pace and created a couple of chances. One for himself and one for someone else. Both of which were missed. Then he missed a really good chance to kill it off at the death. I'd be all for signing him up if he's willing to take a 90% wage cut. It was a really decent game and on another day we'd have won 5-1. Thoroughly impressed with Hoban at CB.

Sma bounce.

Does the avatar nae give the game away? It might as well say "Troll".

Like some of you cunts I've met Salmond too but unlike you cunts I don't feel that was adequate to judge his guilt. I admit he's not an easy man to like and I admit that I disliked him for a long time too but it takes a level of naivety to automatically believe all this because he's a smug prick or because it suits your own political agenda. Salmond has made a career out of being a thorn in the side of Westminster and has shown that he's a danger to the political status quo in the south east. He wasn't a million miles away from breaking up what is an extremely lucrative Union for England and there's a lot to be gained by ending his career (which is the main aim with all this.) Like him or not he's a smart man. Too smart, in my opinion, to get all gropey and force himself on anyone when he has so much to lose. It doesn't make sense. I'm worried that we won't hear "facts" or truths. Very difficult (impossible in fact) for a man like Salmond to get a fair trial. Wonder what they'll pin on Sturgeon. The Krankie thing is hilarious and all but something a bit more powerful will be needed for when they decide to get her. In simpler times we could have just hung, drawn and quartered the cunts.

SeeBass min, did you get yer winnings?

Worth a look?

And Lewis Morgan.

Yip. Fucking grim stuff.