dontpanic said...

dontpanic at 05:54 PM JST - 23rd September

I say no. I see no connection with paying taxes and the vote. Taxes pay for services and no more.

Voting rights are the citizens rights to wield power. I dont understand why anyone would accept foreigners wielding power over their lives. If you wish to vote then commit to…

Posted in Should foreign residents have local voting rights? at 05:54 PM JST - 23rd September
dontpanic at 06:42 PM JST - 20th September

"After letting the Lockerbe (sp) murder go home, shut up."

You gat that connection from this issue? You must have been daydreaming mate.

Moderator: Stay on topic please.

Posted in EU leaders press Obama on bankers' pay, climate change at 06:42 PM JST - 20th September
dontpanic at 11:07 PM JST - 19th September

SuperLib - "I was talking more about the public opinion polls from the UK"

Funny that, the last opinion poll I saw in the Washington Post in August indicated 51% of US citizens didnt believe the war is worth fighting. Pretty close to the 53% of UK citizens as reported…

Posted in Targeted deaths curb al-Qaida's expansion at 11:07 PM JST - 19th September
dontpanic at 04:52 PM JST - 19th September

timorborder - "Although it is (mainly) American boys and girls crunching at the hard yards, to call it America's war undercuts the fact that a great many nations are involved"

I applaud your statement and while I dont want to get into a body count competition, the ratio is roughly…

Posted in Targeted deaths curb al-Qaida's expansion at 04:52 PM JST - 19th September
dontpanic at 04:31 PM JST - 19th September

cow76 - Like you and me cows fart methane, not CO2. I believe the numbers are 9% from human related farming but as methane is a stronger greenhouse gas its regarded as a 20% equivalent. Changing feed and reducing growth compounds would improve cow emmissions no end. Thats not to…

Posted in Birth control could help combat climate change at 04:31 PM JST - 19th September
dontpanic at 03:54 PM JST - 19th September

4thEstateDotCom - "Pakistan exists because Great Britain and India allowed it to come into being"

In returning independance to India the Mulsims required their own state too. What would you have done, wiped them all out?

SuperLib - "America's war, eh?"

I think Britains demonstrated well enough that the US…

Posted in Targeted deaths curb al-Qaida's expansion at 03:54 PM JST - 19th September
dontpanic at 03:19 PM JST - 19th September

TomTom saved my marraige. Stopped all those navigation arguments at a stroke.

Its good software. The car I have now has a built in system that isnt anything like as user friendly.

Posted in Sanyo to tie up with Dutch firm to develop car navigation systems at 03:19 PM JST - 19th September
dontpanic at 03:07 PM JST - 19th September

Bushlover - "Back when there weren't seat belt laws there were never these many kinds of accidents because people were generally more on the ball than they are today"

The three point seatbelt is considered the single most important safety related development in cars, bar none. It's so important that…

Posted in Woman, child not wearing seatbelts fall out of car at intersection at 03:07 PM JST - 19th September
dontpanic at 06:38 PM JST - 18th September

Whats the point?

Posted in Nomura Principal in talks with HMI to rescue Huis Ten Bosch at 06:38 PM JST - 18th September
dontpanic at 06:35 PM JST - 18th September

Seems to me that if you have a bit more money, you'll get laid a bit more. I think it was always like this, anywhere, why are people shocked?

Posted in Low-income bachelors victims of widening 'sex gap' at 06:35 PM JST - 18th September