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And...? The Black Book of Communism, a postmortem of communist atrocities compiled by European and American academics in 1997, concluded that the human cost of genocides, extrajudicial executions, deportations, and artificial famines stood at over 94 million. While religious wars and pogroms have been going on since time immemorial the perpetrators lacked the means to inflict death on the industrial scale we saw in the 20th century. For example the Crusades, probably one of the biggest ever religious wars, claimed "only" 1 million lives over the course of 200 years. Prior to the advent of Islam in the 7th century, Jews and Arabs generally lived peacefully together in most areas. So the enmity and killings we see today didn't exist for most of human existence.

I think you will find old age and disease take the biscuit for that.. Communism would likely take 2nd place if you factor in the consequential deaths of events like the Great Leap Forward.

Would the regulations be any more lenient if game meat was being sold on for pet food? I no longer have my dog but often thought I'd rather be feeding him some real meat than the (don't know what's in them) commercial foods. And then you see what stuff like pigs ears and trotters fetches in the pet stores...

I'm glad they banned that, cruel cruel sport... 😛

Thanks, will do.

Tamsulosin did nothing for me and I'm currently recovering from a combined TURP/Urolift operation done privately on Saturday. Saturday night was uncomfortable due to being connected to various tubes including a catheter. When they told me I'd have a catheter in overnight I wasn't too worried thinking it would be a narrow thingy made out of soft latex. Nope, think 8mm diameter stiff plastic tube... I was glad to see the back of that even if having it removed was "interesting". Pain wise I'm doing fine, they sent me home with Paracetamol and Codeine but I haven't even bothered with the Paracetamol let alone the Codeine. My stomach is feeling a bit rough, probably due to the antibiotic they have me on but I finish with that tomorrow. No indication of cancer fortunately - my PSA tested out at 2.56 (at age 64) I must admit the fear of them finding cancer put me off getting looked at for far too long - don't do that, it's irrational.

References please? Oh, and some examples of orthodox Jews raping and murdering settlers.

You'd be surprised. I was on a Middle East cruise a number of years ago which included a day in Jerusalem. Part of the trip was into the West Bank. The Jewish tour guide sat among the tourists while the bus crossed the border, then he hopped off to visit a Palestinian friend while we went on to a hotel for lunch. The staff were very friendly and acted as if they appreciated us being there. So there are good people on the West Bank, and most likely in Gaza too who don't buy into the Jihad nonsense and just want to make a decent life for themselves and their families. Sadly they are often caught up in the conflagration which is entirely the making of Hamas and their ilk.

I don't see that. Article 13 of the Hamas Charter "“There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are all a waste of time and vain endeavors.” When Hamas revokes it's charter and demonstrates its commitment to peaceful coexistence with Israel over several years, then maybe some negotiation and compromises might be possible.

Or another 4 years of this one...

Congratulations, she looks lovely. Wishing you many happy days out on the fields together.

Married with two toddlers, we made our first home move from a 2 bedroom terraced to a 3 bedroom semi. We paid £25,500. A similar house on our old street recently went for £235,000.

She's gorgeous 🙂 I wish you many happy years together out on the fields.

Again, thanks all for the kind words, they are very much appreciated. We probably won't be getting another dog as our circumstances have changed since Louie came into our lives. But I'm thinking of maybe fostering rescue dogs when I retire in a couple of years and have more time to give them. Sorry for the loss of your wife. Losing a dog is bad enough, I just can't imagine the pain of losing the love of your life.

Thanks, appreciated.