RANT CORNER
BBC journalism, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63923234
"What role did these police have in Floyd’s death?". Over a picture of three police officers.
Am I missing something here? "these police" is so crude a corruption of the subject of the sentence.
Surely, it should be "the police", or "these police officers", or "these individuals that were police officers".
I despair.
"What role did these police have in Floyd’s death?". Over a picture of three police officers.
Am I missing something here? "these police" is so crude a corruption of the subject of the sentence.
Surely, it should be "the police", or "these police officers", or "these individuals that were police officers".
I despair.
Oh man why are we so thick as a species sometimes. 
"Search under way after people pulled from icy lake near Birmingham"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-63937739
"Search under way after people pulled from icy lake near Birmingham"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-63937739
WTF is the point of a press conference when all they've got to say is, we don't have that information at the moment, I'm not aware of fatalities, I'm not prepared to answer that question at this moment in time, I'm not willing to speculate on what happened.....?
It's natures way of thinning the heard, I mean if your a Zebra and you like wondering off away from the herd you become easy pray for the Lions, thus they take care of the "wondering Gene" that maybe passed onto future generations. However Humans put up signs, fences, all sorts of safety measures to protect idiots form doing dumb things. How do these idiots repay us? They pass on the idiot gene ensuring there is an endless supply of idiots
Existentialists believe exploring the world for yourself is the best way to live. I would say a bit of education would be disproportionately informative.andy28 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 11, 2022 8:47 pmIt's natures way of thinning the heard, I mean if your a Zebra and you like wondering off away from the herd you become easy pray for the Lions, thus they take care of the "wondering Gene" that maybe passed onto future generations. However Humans put up signs, fences, all sorts of safety measures to protect idiots form doing dumb things. How do these idiots repay us? They pass on the idiot gene ensuring there is an endless supply of idiots
To simply explain the physics of how ice forms on standing water might save a few lives of the those that are unwisely entrepid.
A lot of these people don't realise that so-called daredevils have thought through and tested the risks that they take.
It's like jumping into a lake in summer assuming there are no nasty objects just below the surface. Or like tombstoning off some coastal cliff becuase you've seen someone else do it and survive.
But perhaps you're right, perhaps it is natural selection at work.
You can't follow children around everywhere they go. My brothers and I got up to a lot of mischief. It's just a tragic accident but I'm sure, just like road safety advice, a lot more can be done to educate children.
True. I agree but there does have to be some responsibility to educate as these risks manifest. I don't think we've had a freeze like this for a while. An 11-year old wouldn't have the first clue of the risks. The adults around him should and inform him (or her).
Do you suspect a degree of manipulating the media that are so intrusive in their lives? Just a thought.