If the Steven Fry thing ever ends up in court it'll be a very interesting case. Who will be the witnesses? Who will testify on God's behalf that he was so offended and hurt, some human has to go to jail for it? I don't understand people who believe in an all-powerful God who is so weak he needs the protection of the courts against hurtful words
Quite astonishing really that it is an offence in this day and age. (It's not in the UK.)
I respect someones right to believe but also respect someones right to say it's a load of b@llocks.
Fry was only responding to a question he was asked.
Anyway ...
Did anyone see the Piers Morgan Twitter spat yesterday when he was 'discussing' mental health? Poor old James Bond got dragged into it!!
Apparently James Bond is not a real person )
Piers Morgan is a complete and utter a.rsehole IMHO I make it my business to disregard this idiot as much as possible. I'm really just hoping he isn't a bond fan.
In fact here on AJB his name us used in the profanity filter instead of ****. ( C. U. Next. Tuesday)
If the Steven Fry thing ever ends up in court it'll be a very interesting case. Who will be the witnesses? Who will testify on God's behalf that he was so offended and hurt, some human has to go to jail for it? I don't understand people who believe in an all-powerful God who is so weak he needs the protection of the courts against hurtful words
Surely God would be represented by his earthly representatives would he not? You know those holier than thou Catholic priests who act in his name and do his will. :v
The Security Service has warned that a terrorist attack from IS in Norway is "likely" this spring or summer.
Tomorrow and on wednesday the king and queen will celebrate their 80th birthday in Oslo. More than 40 royals and heads of state and large crowds will be there. On the 17th of May it's our national day. Both occations are possible terrorist targets, so I worry.
I would think Oslo will be in a state of lock down during these times, with a visible security service presence and a huge intelligence and security effort going on unseen.
A successful attack on any royal family is a governments worst nightmare, they would be forced react in a very overt way.
It's these lone attacks that are the concern at the moment as they target mainly innocent civilians and are very hard to stop. Why is Norway such a target? Is it because of the nato forces stationed in your country #24?
No, I don't think it's because of the NATO forces here. They piss the Russians off, but they're not a threath when it comes to terrorism. It's more because of Norway's partisipation in NATO operations in Afghanistan and Syria. It's also because a few dozen of muslim extremists who traveled to Syria to fight with the IS, the terrorist attack in Stockholm and an improvised nail bomb found on a young man in Oslo. There is probably more information that's secret to the general public.
It's not possible to lock down Oslo on the two occations. We're not just a few royals eating dinner in a castle. On both occations, especially on the national day, there will by large crowds of civilians. On the 17th of May all the children in all the schools in Oslo will parade past the castle with big crowds cheering and watching. It could perhaps be compared to locking down London during the finals of Championship league, only a large part of the crowds are children. And smaller versions of this happen in every town and every large village all over the country. I think they will try to keep larger vehicles out of the city centres and deploy more police, but there isn't much more to be done.
No, I don't think it's because of the NATO forces here. They piss the Russians off, but they're not a threath when it comes to terrorism. It's more because of Norway's partisipation in NATO operations in Afghanistan and Syria. It's also because a few dozen of muslim extremists who traveled to Syria to fight with the IS, the terrorist attack in Stockholm and an improvised nail bomb found on a young man in Oslo. There is probably more information that's secret to the general public.
It's not possible to lock down Oslo on the two occations. We're not just a few royals eating dinner in a castle. On both occations, especially on the national day, there will by large crowds of civilians. On the 17th of May all the children in all the schools in Oslo will parade past the castle with big crowds cheering and watching. It could perhaps be compared to locking down London during the finals of Championship league, only a large part of the crowds are children. And smaller versions of this happen in every town and every large village all over the country. I think they will try to keep larger vehicles out of the city centres and deploy more police, but there isn't much more to be done.
I meant security lock down 24, as in bomb dogs patrolling, no leave for security services, spotters, ramped up stop and search, snipers deployed, air surveillance etc etc
I understand you ment security lockdown, but I was unsure of what that means in detail. There is still a limit to how much security the police can offer. The royal birthday can be managed, but the 17th of May is too big and spread all over the country. You can never guess how many helicopters the police has, six years after the Utøya attack, so I'll just say it: two
That's not just for Oslo, but for the entire country. Norway is the longest country in Europe outside of Russia.
Just been watching an interesting article, it seems Norway is in a spot of bother with an invasion! It seems an invasion from Russia first started in 1977 and has continued ever since, now the invaders number over 20 million. The good news is red king crabs are very tasty. Stalin brought these giant crabs ( up to 1.8 meters) from Alaska to feed his starving people. They are destroying Norways native species and desecrating the sealife. I think more crab fishing is needed.
I always feel the need to let number 24 know everything I learn about Norway
I understand you ment security lockdown, but I was unsure of what that means in detail. There is still a limit to how much security the police can offer. The royal birthday can be managed, but the 17th of May is too big and spread all over the country. You can never guess how many helicopters the police has, six years after the Utøya attack, so I'll just say it: two
That's not just for Oslo, but for the entire country. Norway is the longest country in Europe outside of Russia.
The mode of attacks these days is very hard to stop. It's quite frightening. But we must continue in our celebrations and not let the terrorist's affect us.
True. But you live in a country where I suspect the mindset around terrorism is different, partly because of your history with the IRA. We never really thought about when and where the next terrorist attack will be, because most of us didn't think there would be a terrorist attack here. That was much of the problem when responding to the attack six years ago. All the police stations had a folder about what to do in case of a terrorist attack, but only because the rules said they had to have one. In real life it didn't work.
But you're right. There's no point in sitting here talking about this. Let's see if anyone has posted anything on the Bond Girls with the biggest boobs-thread today!
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I could say "only in America", but I fear it isn't true.
Goat yoga is a big thing here. You do yoga in a goat pasture and have them run around. I wish I was making all of this up. I will say baby goats are pretty darn cute.
No need to apologise, America has given us so much like... KFC, macdonalds, burger king, dominoes pizza, coke, Pepsi, diabetes, obesity, 2 gulf wars.... Whats doga between friends
No need to apologise, America has given us so much like... KFC, macdonalds, burger king, dominoes pizza, coke, Pepsi, diabetes, obesity, 2 gulf wars.... Whats doga between friends
Don't forget the tattoo gun, sunggies, Twinkies and vajazzling. Never. Forget.
I doubt America invented diabetes, but I credit them with giving the world the ability to spread it more efficiently.
But on the other hand you gave us Westerns, rock music, Scarlett Johansson, Indiana Jones, Cormack McCarthy, Ernest Hemingway, Mad Men, cheerleaders and countless more gifts to the world.
No need to apologise, America has given us so much like... KFC, macdonalds, burger king, dominoes pizza, coke, Pepsi, diabetes, obesity, 2 gulf wars.... Whats doga between friends
Don't forget the tattoo gun, sunggies, Twinkies and vajazzling. Never. Forget.
I've never heard of sunggies?? Of course I was only joking, there are some great things from the US of A. Jack daniels being a personal favourite of mine, and all the other cool things 24 mentioned along with of course Felix Leiter and all those movies and movie stars I love.
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Stephen Fry under investigation by Irish police for .................... Blasphemy !
I keep telling people " Fr Ted" isn't a comedy, it's a documentary.
Quite astonishing really that it is an offence in this day and age. (It's not in the UK.)
I respect someones right to believe but also respect someones right to say it's a load of b@llocks.
Fry was only responding to a question he was asked.
Anyway ...
Did anyone see the Piers Morgan Twitter spat yesterday when he was 'discussing' mental health? Poor old James Bond got dragged into it!!
Apparently James Bond is not a real person
Piers Morgan is a complete and utter a.rsehole IMHO I make it my business to disregard this idiot as much as possible. I'm really just hoping he isn't a bond fan.
In fact here on AJB his name us used in the profanity filter instead of ****. ( C. U. Next. Tuesday)
Tomorrow and on wednesday the king and queen will celebrate their 80th birthday in Oslo. More than 40 royals and heads of state and large crowds will be there. On the 17th of May it's our national day. Both occations are possible terrorist targets, so I worry.
A successful attack on any royal family is a governments worst nightmare, they would be forced react in a very overt way.
It's these lone attacks that are the concern at the moment as they target mainly innocent civilians and are very hard to stop. Why is Norway such a target? Is it because of the nato forces stationed in your country #24?
It's not possible to lock down Oslo on the two occations. We're not just a few royals eating dinner in a castle. On both occations, especially on the national day, there will by large crowds of civilians. On the 17th of May all the children in all the schools in Oslo will parade past the castle with big crowds cheering and watching. It could perhaps be compared to locking down London during the finals of Championship league, only a large part of the crowds are children. And smaller versions of this happen in every town and every large village all over the country. I think they will try to keep larger vehicles out of the city centres and deploy more police, but there isn't much more to be done.
I meant security lock down 24, as in bomb dogs patrolling, no leave for security services, spotters, ramped up stop and search, snipers deployed, air surveillance etc etc
That's not just for Oslo, but for the entire country. Norway is the longest country in Europe outside of Russia.
I always feel the need to let number 24 know everything I learn about Norway
But you're right. There's no point in sitting here talking about this. Let's see if anyone has posted anything on the Bond Girls with the biggest boobs-thread today!
I could say "only in America", but I fear it isn't true.
But on the other hand you gave us Westerns, rock music, Scarlett Johansson, Indiana Jones, Cormack McCarthy, Ernest Hemingway, Mad Men, cheerleaders and countless more gifts to the world.
Yes , but where does she hail from : Sweden
Same with Ann Margret (who could've been mrs Presley !) , Ekland , Adams , Stavin , Wayborn , Dolph , Garbo etc
U.K is getting sugar tax now due to diabetes or so I've read.......
You had me... right up until Dolph...