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I think "tribes" which tend to limit mixing outside their small-ish number are more prone to concentrate genetic traits among them. Of course then attributing generalisations based on that is fairly racist.

RIP One thing the Mackems actually get right is that they have one match every year with a pause/silence to remember fans who've passed away - I'd support a concept like that for ex-players with perhaps a roll call.

Or of course Steve Bruce.

I overheard a conversation involving Keith Barratt years ago where he claimed he'd met Gazza and he'd told him it was wages (which I guess is underlined by ambition) - he was on £180 pw at Newcastle and Spurts offered him £1800 pw.

It's a bit like Jason Donavan - "There's absolutely nothing wrong with being gay but if you suggest that I am I'll go fucking mental".

I can see the London club rule being applied for the Van De Vaart transfer - obviously after the deadline but just like Arshavin it'll go through - corrupt FA cunts. (Of course the most corrupt deadline day deal ever was Berbatov's but that's a whole different scale of FA cowardice)

He was linked with Stoke yesterday - my usual nasty reaction was "bigger, better things eh Jermaine?"

Was allotment encroachment the true cause of WWII?

I suppose this shows how much my hatred of Man Utd has mellowed (though still strong) but I can remember being quite pleased they lost - with an "if we'd deserved Europe we would have finished high enough" disclaimer.

Genuinely unsettling for me - obviously fear of dentist driven which I'm over now. "This nerve is dead, we need to open up a live one"

Brian Deane? Yep - cheers

Black player complete donkey (not Yeboah) who scored late winner for Leeds that meant we finished 6th instead of 5th in 94/95 The usual driving me mad - can anyone think of his name?

I don't see the difference between burning flags/effigies and holding protests screaming hatred at Muslims - both are free (or should be) to do so but both show underlying intolerance which is identical.

In most of Europe you can get away with criticising other religions but to an extent in the US and in huge tracts of the rest of the world, criticising any religion is most certainly taboo - Islam or not. I think this is why a few of the "Liberals" you refer to have went too far the other way - we'd got used to the religious "turning the other cheek" as it were and the offence taken by Muslims came as a shock which led to people thinking that the offence is legitimate - it isn't imo.

I caught a bit of her statement and it hinted that she did it just for a laugh and was actually apologising for the offence its caused rather than the actual act - in some ways I wish she'd had the courage to just say "look I don't really know why, maybe just for a laugh but anyway you can all fuck off".

As I have said in other threads, the only way forward is to get to know each other better. People fear what they don't understand. I saw a poll recently - I will try to dig it up later - that said opposition to this mosque/community centre is lower among Americans who actually know individual Muslims. I just think that's naive. When two culture are diametrically opposed, there will always be conflict by definition. I mean, look at this board, with one or two notable exceptions, most people are reasonable and tolerant people, yet threads like this invariably cause a shit storm. I think I've said before that I think the voluntary segregation by too many Pakistani immigrants into places like Blackburn and Bradford is a problem in the UK. I think the way West Indians have more or less integrated into the UK in the last 30 years (with some reservations) should show that it is possible for culture clashes to work but I think the underlying key to that integration was willingness to mix socially and sexually. This is where the problem with a lot of Muslims comes to a head imo. Of course there are some who are willing to mix - as I've said before I worked with a Turkish lad until recently who is very Muslim lite but I still see big barriers in some areas as I've mentioned.

Back ones I presume? Not wanting to trivialise domestic violence, but if there was no medical evidence and was her word against his then it does become a bit of a judicial coin toss.

At the moment the only club I could see paying him that much who might be interested is Spurs - maybe its a week too late since they signed Gallas - though I was reading that Woodgate could be perma-fucked.

To be fair, a lot of that censorship is more down to security fears (eg British newspapers not publishing the cartoons) rather than "over-respect". I don't think the Mail or the Sun "respects" Islam.

Not so much Clerks but I've watched Dogma and Mallrats (I know its not generally rated) quite a few times. I also went to one of his "nights" about 5 years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it.

I won the £10 face in the crowd - strictly 90s as it was the Boro (1-4) game which I had to watch at SJP after failing to get a ticket for the game. Haha the screen was shite, couldnt see fuck all hardly. Norman whoever he was led the whole Gallowgate on to the pitch and I ended up taking a 2 foot piece of grass home from the penalty spot. Wonder what people must've though on the bus. In fact I'm actually on telly on the pitch, I was on the Warner Bros vid that came out shortly afterwards in a white arran jumper. 5 points for whoever can tell me who scored for the toon that day. I think we left after about 30 minutes/when it was 2-0 as it was pointless watching it. Somebody minor like Lormor or Nielsen?

I won the £10 face in the crowd - strictly 90s as it was the Boro (1-4) game which I had to watch at SJP after failing to get a ticket for the game.

Should have gone the whole Hog and called themselves Fulwell Television Management 73.

On the whole I think Soccer AM at least used to be tolerable and/or funny but I remember one thing summing it up when they referred to "League 1" being the "second division in old money" - no you should have said the third you stupid twats.

I don't claim to be an expert but surely a cat should be able to jump out of a bin?