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Realrocknrolla
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jamesg46 wrote:
Tue Feb 16, 2021 4:55 pm
https://youtu.be/kZ86gUZfFPw
The top comment did me

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Realrocknrolla wrote:
Tue Feb 16, 2021 5:08 pm
jamesg46 wrote:
Tue Feb 16, 2021 4:55 pm
https://youtu.be/kZ86gUZfFPw
The top comment did me

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Made me chuckle too!
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Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrIYNRuX6GM

Great talk.  Be sure to get round to this one.
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In these overly sensitive times, I find Hitchens can always offer the dose of realism and perspective that many people, many relics, so obviously lack:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD0B-X9LJjs
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arbitrage16 wrote:
Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:45 pm
In these overly sensitive times, I find Hitchens can always offer the dose of realism and perspective that many people, many relics, so obviously lack:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD0B-X9LJjs

Careful that's blasphemy you might get stoned and not in a good way!

Or worse still the thread could be locked :roll:
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Trader Pat wrote:
Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:14 pm
arbitrage16 wrote:
Fri Mar 05, 2021 1:45 pm
In these overly sensitive times, I find Hitchens can always offer the dose of realism and perspective that many people, many relics, so obviously lack:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD0B-X9LJjs

Careful that's blasphemy you might get stoned and not in a good way!

Or worse still the thread could be locked :roll:
It's funny how Christians can preach to atheists and talk about God as though it's fact, yet they don't get accused of pissing on our beliefs. :)
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Derek27 wrote:
Fri Mar 05, 2021 2:32 pm
It's funny how Christians can preach to atheists and talk about God as though it's fact, yet they don't get accused of pissing on our beliefs. :)
Exactly I thought the same thing.

No athiest said "All of this talk of believing in God is infringing on my religious beliefs and I find it disgusting, delete this thread immediately!"

I'm pretty disappointed to be honest, there was worse stuff on that thread than a cartoon, like homophobia hiding behind religious belief. A cartoon which by the way was poking fun at religion itself not at any particular person or their beliefs.

And I'm sure the "offended" wouldnt have had a problem if it was a cartoon of Muhammad.

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I'm not remotely religious, but I'm well aware that Politics and Religion and the cause of many circular arguments. I can see how Political debate can shape a trading market, not so sure on Religion!
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Euler wrote:
Fri Mar 05, 2021 4:12 pm
I'm not remotely religious, but I'm well aware that Politics and Religion and the cause of many circular arguments. I can see how Political debate can shape a trading market, not so sure on Religion!
Like I said I think thinly veiled homophobia would have been a much more legitimate reason to lock the thread rather than somebody getting their knickers in a twist over a cartoon.

I didn't think we did but maybe we do need some forum rules about which topics are off limits. There have been plenty of interesting debates and threads that had nothing to do with trading or any markets and they weren't locked. I can only remember one thread in my time here that was locked and justifiably so.

I have to ask Peter would you have locked the thread if you hadn't been called out by name?
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I wasn't even aware that I was called out by name?

I don't particularly have much involvement in moderation on a day to day basis as I've got so much on my plate, so it's typically not me that gets involved. The thread was locked to give people a bit of time out. 99.999999999% of stuff here is free and easy and we want to keep it that way where possible.
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I don't want to fall out with anybody over this so maybe I'll just keep religion out of my comments going forward.

Unless Betfair open a next Pope market of course!
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Trader Pat wrote:
Fri Mar 05, 2021 5:19 pm
I don't want to fall out with anybody over this so maybe I'll just keep religion out of my comments going forward.

Unless Betfair open a next Pope market of course!
keep yer eyes open, we'll if one popes up

i'll get me cassock!!
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