adnam

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by adnam 9y ago
> So your argument is torture is OK because blah blah blah No, it is not.
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by adnam 9y ago
I rather think Cage does the best job of "smearing" itself, bit there are always well-meaning people like yourself who stick up for them.
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by adnam 9y ago
No, you arrest people suspected of having committed crimes and give them due process of law
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by adnam 9y ago
You seem a nice chap, I'm not quite sure if you understand the real nature of the organisation you're sticking up for http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/1098105...
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by adnam 9y ago
Sorry I don't know what you mean.
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by adnam 9y ago
It's a lot more than "simply pro-Islam" as you say http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/1098105...
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by adnam 9y ago
I don't disagree with you, but given their history I would take what they say with a large pinch of salt.
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by adnam 9y ago
Which is obviously not the same thing.
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by adnam 9y ago
They also clearly gave a platform to Al Quaeda recruiter al-Awlaki. It's better to judge people by they actions rather than their words.
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by adnam 9y ago
It's worth pointing out that while some outlets (Guardian etc) report it as just another NGO, Cage is an Islamist pressure group.
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by adnam 10y ago
PS: Spanish is NOT required for this position
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by adnam 10y ago
Of course it was the will of the people. Those who didn't bother to cast their vote didn't get a say.
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by adnam 10y ago
Errr, no there was a clear majority vote for leaving the EU. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_United_Kingdom_...
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by adnam 10y ago
Except I didn't say that the Falklands happened because of the EU, did I? It happened because Argentina invaded British sovereign territory, and the British defended it. Interestingly, not a single other EU country aided the UK.
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by adnam 10y ago
What is the precise source for the statement "it can [abort the process] with the agreement of the 27"? It's not in Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
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by adnam 10y ago
We had plenty of conflict while part of the EU: the Falklands, Iraq, the IRA, Bosnia for example. It wasn't nationalism which caused conflicts in Europe, it was a lack of democracy.
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by adnam 10y ago
Adding this to my "remember when we had it so good" scrapbook.
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by adnam 10y ago
How do you think Barcelona might change?
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by adnam 10y ago
To remove the pop-over: (document.getElementsByClassName('spev-modal-active')[0].className = document.getElementsByClassName('spev-modal-active')[0].className.replace(/\bspev-modal-active\b/,''))(
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Airbnb has gone Marxist(spectator.co.uk)
2 points by adnam 10y ago|1 comments
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by adnam 10y ago
Ah I see, sorry then. I'll remove my comment as I misunderstood and it's not relevant.
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by adnam 10y ago
misunderstood - deleted :)
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TravelPerk gets $7M investment to take the pain out of booking business travel(techcrunch.com)
5 points by adnam 10y ago|0 comments
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by adnam 10y ago
Well he also said that Jews are devils, the mixing of the races is an abomination and that homosexuality is a white man’s disease.
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by adnam 10y ago
Is this not why we have libel laws?
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by adnam 10y ago
I thought this would be about the EU referendum and the death of government-by-consent...
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by adnam 10y ago
Complete nonsense. The British government does not shut down discussion whether potential or actual.
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by adnam 10y ago
what about Canada's responsibilities under certain international treaties to prohibit the production and supply of drugs?
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by adnam 11y ago
No parent wants their children to use drugs. In the specific case I gave, the law should back up the parent.
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by adnam 11y ago
@hnpedant I'm afraid your comment is full of logical fallacies, and I'm not going to point them out to you, suffice to say that no, that is not what I am saying.

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