dontpanic said...

dontpanic at 12:10 AM JST - 25th August

Wolfpack - "Compassion for an adversary that seeks only to destroy you is indeed naive and idiotic"

"Releasing this man not only hurts the Scots and the UK in general (including those fighting in Afghanistan) but all countries that oppose tyranical religeous fanatics like the Taliban"

Whats naive is to…

Posted in Scottish government defends Lockerbie bomber's release at 12:10 AM JST - 25th August
dontpanic at 10:20 PM JST - 24th August

SuperLib - "So Gadaffi admitted to executing of these innocents, managed to get his guy released from jail, gave him a proud welcome when he promised not to, then openly admitted that the release was discussed along with lucrative financial deals for the UK knowing full well that disclosing that…

Posted in Scottish government defends Lockerbie bomber's release at 10:20 PM JST - 24th August
dontpanic at 05:04 PM JST - 24th August

Wolfpack - "Islamic extremists see this as weakness and they are right".

This is your opinion. I dont think you know anything of Islamic extremists, or the Scots for that matter. I think if you spoke to the Taliban that meet the Scots every day in Aghanistan you might get…

Posted in Scottish government defends Lockerbie bomber's release at 05:04 PM JST - 24th August
dontpanic at 04:30 PM JST - 24th August

Taka313 - "I'd capture them. Take the tamer of the captured monkeys to train as handicapped helper animals and the rest would be relocated to more remote areas"

So you'd enslave the good ones and pack the others off for a slow starvation somewhere out of sight? The monkey population…

Posted in Man held over shooting death of fellow hunter during monkey cull at 04:30 PM JST - 24th August
dontpanic at 04:10 PM JST - 24th August

AstraZeneca, GSK et al must be loving this!

Posted in Japan to import new-flu vaccine despite global shortage at 04:10 PM JST - 24th August
dontpanic at 08:36 PM JST - 19th August

molenir - "You must not know much about history. If there is a public scheme, within just a few years, there won't be a private one any more. Happened just that way in Canada"

I'll admit I dont know much about the way health care works in Canada, but I…

Posted in White House appears ready to drop 'public option' on health care at 08:36 PM JST - 19th August
dontpanic at 05:47 PM JST - 18th August

sfjp330 - At least theres something we agree on, I too agree hybrids, diesel or petrol, are a stop gap. But we disagree on the long term solutions, plug-in electric cars are just another stop gap measure swapping dependance on imported oil to imported lithium.

Posted in Toyota to sell compact hybrid with better fuel efficiency than Prius at 05:47 PM JST - 18th August
dontpanic at 04:48 PM JST - 18th August

SuperLib - "there is a very, very large chunk of the population that will probably see reduced quality at a higher price"

If you mean those that can afford the best insurance and the best of care, they could still do that with a public healthcare system by continuing to…

Posted in White House appears ready to drop 'public option' on health care at 04:48 PM JST - 18th August
dontpanic at 02:47 AM JST - 18th August

Dont know why the US doesnt opt for a public health system, for all its faults the NHS in the UK has managed to continually improve UK life expectancy, you cant say that for the US system. There is excellence in the US system but not for everyone and for…

Posted in White House appears ready to drop 'public option' on health care at 02:47 AM JST - 18th August
dontpanic at 02:14 AM JST - 18th August

mael thats nonsense, if the poor man had been vaccinated he wouldnt have developed the pneumonia that killed him. Vaccinations have saved untold lives. Keep your wikipedia science to yourself and let people make decisions based on info from professionals.

Posted in Okinawan man, 57, confirmed as Japan's 1st death linked to new flu at 02:14 AM JST - 18th August