GJim

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by GJim 2y ago
> who wish racial slurs had a more prominent place in modern society. Nobody is wishing they had a more prominent place today, nor in the future. Rather, there is a need not to edit the past, lest we forget it. > "And Then There
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by GJim 2y ago
Your last sentence contradicts your first!
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by GJim 2y ago
It's sad to see your factual statement downvoted. There was indeed a huge backlash in the UK, amongst authors and the public, when publishers sought to edit classic children's books by Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton to make them pol
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by GJim 2y ago
Her book was based on a poem of the same name, written in the 1800's, in which ten children come to an untimely death. Famously, Christie set out to deliberately write her most technically challenging book, having ten people murdered o
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by GJim 2y ago
I fail to understand why a story about a child innocently dressing up as someone from another culture is perceived by some Americans as racist.
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by GJim 2y ago
> Has this been discussed anywhere Yes. And it has universally been regarded as Russian propaganda. Ukraine would have nothing to benefit from such a stupid act (effectively playing nuclear chicken) which would be condemned by her allies
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by GJim 2y ago
Years back, a software consultancy owed me money. I took them to court and eventually called in the bailiffs for non-payment. Are you seriously saying I should not have done this, just because it might have inconvenienced their other custom
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by GJim 2y ago
Debt Collector != Court bailiff You clearly had the former masquerading as latter. In Blighty, a debt collector tricking a naive student into believing they have court authority (!) is their Standard Operating Procedure.
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by GJim 2y ago
Question: So what stops them firing the old bloke, simply because they are wearing a red shirt? Ergo: Surely it should be the other way around; that you can only be fired for specific protracted reasons, i.e. gross negligence.
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by GJim 2y ago
> Presumably, you think we should what? Take the to the streets? Ummmmmm, Yes? It's how the people who got ALL the rights we take for grated today did. Especially our employment rights: https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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by GJim 2y ago
ACAS are terrific.... ...a government body providing impartial advice for employers and employees to improve industrial relations. I can't recommend them enough. https://www.acas.org.uk/
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by GJim 2y ago
The number of US tech businesses that are surprised they need, or think they can ignore the need, to obey employment and data protection laws when working in other jurisdictions is simply bonkers.
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by GJim 2y ago
> teach them things many of them could care less about I think you mean couldn't care less about!
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by GJim 2y ago
> It is entirely plausible that babies born during the Summer months share something in common, and babies born during Winter months share something else. This would not account for reversal of the seasons in opposite hemispheres... ...
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by GJim 2y ago
The fact you are being downvoted (rather than responded to) shows just how sensitive some of them are!
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by GJim 2y ago
I'm fairly sure everyone in Blighty having a pint after work and spending Friday night on the piss isn't blowing their brains out with a gun. Hyperbole is not constructive. (But mental health counselling, on the NHS, is)
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by GJim 2y ago
Part of growing up is finding out that strangers really do have the best sweets.
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by GJim 2y ago
> ad plastered place mats in restaurants Good lord! Where on earth do you live where this dystopia is commonplace? One goes to a restaurant to relax. I'd be puzzled to say the least if the restaurant owners sought fit to try and sel
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by GJim 2y ago
> The meteorological dates for "summer" correspond to June 1 to August 31 That is winter in the southern hemisphere. I'm amazed at the need to have to explain this to a grown adult: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov&#
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by GJim 2y ago
> holiday session Classic example! In the US, people will normally assume you are talking about Christmas holidays. In Blighty, people will assume summer holidays.
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by GJim 2y ago
The number of US tech businesses that are surprised they need, or think they can ignore the need, to obey employment and data protection laws when working in other jurisdictions is simply bonkers.
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by GJim 2y ago
Oh dear. Not only are you wrong, I'm simply amazed you are unaware of Section 75. It's one the key advantages of using a credit card in Blighty. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/section75-protect-...
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by GJim 2y ago
I blame the name "High Speed 2". It was never about improving speed (at least not in any meaningful sense), it was about improving capacity.
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by GJim 2y ago
> I really wonder what the state of Russia's nuclear arsenal is like then? Does it matter? The thing about a nuclear *deterrent* is that it doesn't have to work. There just has to be a realistic possibility that (at least some
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by GJim 2y ago
This is the 'chilling effect' in action.
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by GJim 2y ago
> What's so difficult about checking in with the app? You <------> My point Simply put; what is so difficult about not adding excessive charges to passengers? And why are you trying to justify this?
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by GJim 2y ago
Put it this way..... If they did implement such a charge, the aircraft would get very smelly.
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by GJim 2y ago
Ummmm They charged you for a service that was not provided. An online small claims court application will sort that out for you in a few minutes. (Presumably they assume you won't bother?) In Blighty: https://www.moneyclaim.
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by GJim 2y ago
> The 'not printing a boarding ticket' before you travel and being charged for it at the airport has been around since 2009 That does not mean it is acceptable. Treating passengers in a respectable civilised manner should be a
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by GJim 2y ago
> 'speedy boarding' More like speedy boarding (i.e. first to board) the bus that takes all passengers from the terminal to the aircraft!

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