I once got caught out travelling between Cardiff and home just as an International rugby match finished at the then Cardiff Arms Park, now Millennium Stadium.
It was quite revolting, with men peeing in the crowded station toilet sinks with the door open and people puking on the train.
I got hit on several times. I'm kinda hoping my sneer response conveyed the message "I wouldn't find you attractive if you were sober, mate. What makes you think I'm going to now you're drunk?"
So, on International days round here, add bodily fluids to alcohol as a social lubricant.
I didn't want to submit to the army and then, on the day of judgment, have God say to me, 'Why did you do that?' This life is a trial, and you realize that what you do is going to be written down for Judgment Day — Muhammad Ali
The first drone attack authorised by Trump after coming into office killed 23 civilians, including 10 children under the age of 12.
President Trump described the attack as a 'win'.
The drone assassination programme was started by Obama, but has been ramped up by Trump. Thousands of people have been murdered, targets being selected using a faulty computer algorithm. 80% of the men, women and children killed have never been named.
Countries aren't supposed to have souls, but the same does not apply to those in power.
Y'know, I've really warmed to you of late, Let_us.
You were a damned good sport when we were ribbing you the other day and either you've pulled back a bit on your enthusiastic punctuation, or my poor old, dyslexic eyeballs are getting used to it.
I've read more of your posts and, whilst I don't agree with everything you say, you've pulled some real gems out of the hat.
The trouble is, I'm neither a girl, nor a guy (is that a man guy, or a gender neutral guy?) and I'm a bit confused about who you would like to contribute to your thread.
I agree Dedo, it is unnatural to express doubt, or otherwise in percentages.
It comes from an off the cuff experiment carried out by the British/American lawyer Clive Stafford Smith, the founder of the human rights organisation Reprieve. I saw the clip a long time ago, so I can't remember it exactly, but he presented a questionnaire to a number of people asking this question.
The people he asked were former jurors from a particular case, I think, and some other people involved including the judge.
Some responses were very low near the 50% mark and I think the judge put 95%.
The trial it followed was a murder trial in the US and I think our Clive had serious doubts about the guilt of the man condemned to death.
The judge saying 95% sort of equates to her being okay with 1 in 20 people executed being innocent.
Should we be using the term 'beyond reasonable doubt' if it's possible that it can be interpreted such that some doubt is reasonable?
I can't help thinking that's a bit like Deep Thought breaking down irreparably half way through working out the answer to life, the universe and everything.
I don't think the public wanted someone, anyone to go down for the bombing, Molly.
I can't say exactly, I was very young at the time and my perception has no doubt been altered by time, but I'm pretty sure that's not quite accurate.
My perception of that time is that there was a lot of fear. I lived in England and the IRA were bad, scary people who went round killing people in horrible ways for no apparent reason.
The English however, were reasonable, trustworthy people who were trying to stop the baddies.
No doubt my perception was influenced by my German mother who was likely more fearful than most and would have wanted it to all go away for slightly different reasons than most.
I don't think public opinion wanted someone, anyone. I think people wanted the horrible stuff to go away. I think the people trusted that the British legal system, the envy of the world, had got those responsible on trial. I think the people wanted those responsible.
I do think, however, the Guildford Four and Birmingham Six were found guilty, beyond reasonable doubt, of being Irish.
At about the same time as Karanjit Alawalia went down for life there was a chap tried at Winchester Crown Court who got 6 months for murdering his partner. I remember my dad coming home for his lunch (he worked there) with a face like thunder over that one.
Karanjit was a victim of domestic violence. Asian women often have a difficult time escaping because of informative family networks and other cultural issues. Her husband kept finding her even when she was in secret refuge.
She splashed petrol on his feet in an attempt to burn them so he wouldn't be able to chase her. It didn't work as she planned and he went completely up in flames.
The chap who got 6 months? His partner put the ketchup in the wrong place on the dinner table. It was deemed an understandable reaction.
Incidentally, I think it was Judge Pickles who revoked the law on provocation and I think it was the day before the Guilford Four were released.
Yes, human instinct is expected from humans, Molly.
Perhaps it's not unreasonable to assume that evaluation of body language, for example, may provide an indication of whether a person on the stand is being truthful, or not.
On the other hand, psychology and law is a fairly hefty research field and the reality is, gut instinct also applies to judging people according to racial, gender and class stereotyping. It has put into question the efficacy of trial by (untrained) jury.
Even the law itself is subject to stereotyping. Do you remember the hoo har in the early 90's regarding the law on provocation? Men were viewed as having a tendency to snap under provocation (manslaughter), as women were viewed as being calculatiing (murder) and that was commonly reflected in sentencing at the time.
So how does that reflect upon our percentage of allowable doubt?
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RE: Confused and tensed :(
I just had to Google B.Com and Honours B.Com.We don't have them in the UK anymore, even though apparently they originated here.
A commerce degree may cover a wide variety of disciplines, so without knowing which aspects of commerce you studied, it's not possible to help much.
I guess what you need to know is where the job market currently has skill requirements in Canada.
Could you perhaps find a careers advice centre in Canada, preferably one attached to a university and email them for advice?
Maybe the recruitment department of a university would be able to point you in the right direction for advice, as well.