ham2 Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Without being condescending, how old are you ? :oTRIALS CENTRAL AUTOMATED WARNING*******GROOMER ALERT< CODE RED******** All politicians now are members of a co-operative with there main agenda squarely focused on remaining in power at what ever cost to anyone but themselves.... Steveo you and b40rt may have misjudged the humour; The Co-op, up North is (amongst other things) most likely to be responsible for your burial, after you have paid into one of their funeral savings funds of course. Story of my life, only Ham 2 occasionally encourages me (in a patronising way, obviously) Me? Patronising? Do you even know what the word means? I got it. I even thought it was funny! Me too How many lives did WSC ruin with his incessant warmongering and self belief that he was destined for greatness? Yet he went to the grave universally mourned...... That's an unparalleled analogy. Those were exceptional times and exceptional decisions had to be made, there was a rampaging, ideological cancer violating Europe, it had been proven that nothing else but a show of force worked when dealing with the Nazis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ham2 Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Re-birth ! Still plenty of coal, environmental and politics rapidly killing it off however. Like I said in a previous post my dad worked for the NCB at the time of the miners strike and he was reluctant to admit that mining coal in Britain was not economically viable at the time, the unions knew it but unfortunately for them, so did Maggie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofasttim Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 That's an unparalleled analogy. Those were exceptional times and exceptional decisions had to be made, there was a rampaging, ideological cancer violating Europe, it had been proven that nothing else but a show of force worked when dealing with the Nazis. Under the circumstances at the time couldn't you say that communism/socialism was "rampaging ideological cancer"? Yes I agree that the analogy was simplistic but it was the best I could think of at the time. Oh and don't be so defensive about WSC. he was ridden with faults. Am I being patronising? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 B40: I have read about the gas cooled reactor and if memory serves it was a bad bet. The PWR is a much better option. BTW I am a nuke engineer but not of reactors. GCR was British, I think the PWR was American. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Dabster, sometimes a culture or society needs a serious kick up the a*** or, in management speak, a paradigm shift. Perhaps the UK was in a spot where it needed that? To see the old wood die and new take over when it was sufficiently mature? Labour, at that time, was pretty poisoned (as was management as we saw with the UK motorcycle industry). . A kick up the ar$e it needed not cut off at the balls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofasttim Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 (edited) GCR was British, I think the PWR was American. PWR was the Westinghouse design. GCR worry me. Compressed gasses are scary things. Nor do I recall what gas they were using but, again, which isotopes could be produced as a result of thermal neutrons? Dabster I agree. Edited April 12, 2013 by toofasttim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ham2 Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Under the circumstances at the time couldn't you say that communism/socialism was "rampaging ideological cancer"? Yes I agree that the analogy was simplistic but it was the best I could think of at the time. Oh and don't be so defensive about WSC. he was ridden with faults. Am I being patronising? Nein. WSC was a product of his environment, the very worst environment we could imagine, with the extermination of civilians solely because of their ethnicity, religion, political background and physical and mental disabilities. I know communism runs the Nazism close second for WW2 atrocities though. Nobody is without faults,frailties or weakness not even b40rt, but fortunately for us Winnie was the right man at the right time, our warmonger in a war-torn Europe ,if you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Google - faults,frailties & weaknesses. Says see b40rt ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Nein. WSC was a product of his environment, the very worst environment we could imagine, with the extermination of civilians solely because of their ethnicity, religion, political background and physical and mental disabilities. I know communism runs the Nazism close second for WW2 atrocities though. Nobody is without faults,frailties or weakness not even b40rt, but fortunately for us Winnie was the right man at the right time, our warmonger in a war-torn Europe ,if you like. The Japanese were not without their faults ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmac Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Don't be surprised if this topic disappears. Every place I've seen it discussed - news sites, social networking and other forums, it's descended into a pitch battle. Well we are 3 days in and no Pitch Battle yet. Trials Central must be a hotbed of reasonably intellectual and balanced thinkers! I must be on the wrong site again!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ham2 Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 The Japanese were not without their faults ! Hmm, you noticed that aye? Are you trying to link the Japanese, a little boy and Toofasttim the nuclear engineer (if its not power generation then it's the other ) together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ham2 Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Well we are 3 days in and no Pitch Battle yet. Trials Central must be a hotbed of reasonably intellectual and balanced thinkers!....... Hold the bus... There's a certain trinity of Canadian residents yet to post on the subject ..'By the pricking of my thumbs...' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IE6Fvc4s_M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Nein. WSC was a product of his environment, the very worst environment we could imagine, with the extermination of civilians solely because of their ethnicity, religion, political background and physical and mental disabilities. I know communism runs the Nazism close second for WW2 atrocities though. Nobody is without faults,frailties or weakness not even b40rt, but fortunately for us Winnie was the right man at the right time, our warmonger in a war-torn Europe ,if you like. Its misinformation like this that makes the daily mail seem truthful. The nazis murdered millions, where and when did communists do more than 25,000? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj65 Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Stalin (communist) is estimated to have killed about 20 million of his own people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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