Yanks and Guns contd...

[Rowley Birkin QC]

Fake.

You do know the creator of Pugwash successfully sued a national newspaper for repeating that particular urban myth? 

[reddishblue]

You can sue for innuendo now? What is the world coming to.

[Rowley Birkin QC]

NOT innuendo when it's reported as fact. That's slander.

[Ludo]

As a QC surely you should know that's libel.

[reddishblue]

Fake.

You do know the creator of Pugwash successfully sued a national newspaper for repeating that particular urban myth?

What urban myth was that exactly?

[Ludo]

The myth that he named characters 'Master Bates', 'Seaman Staines' and 'Rodger the cabin boy'

[Rowley Birkin QC]

As a QC surely you should know that's libel.

Close enough 

[Rowley Birkin QC]

What urban myth was that exactly?

Shit - you didn't actually think it was true?

[reddishblue]

Never heard the myth. Was it commissioned by  the BBC?

[Swiss]

The characters aren't actually called Master Bates, Seamen Staines etc etc

[Rowley Birkin QC]

And keeping in mind Pugwash (books and TV) was aimed at kids there's little wonder the show's creator was furious when reputable newspapers (like the Guardian !) started reporting the Seaman Staines / Master Bates nonsense as fact. I would have sued as well.

[goat]

But trumpton was an advert for communism and bagpuss a recruitment tool for scientology

[reddishblue]

50+ dead in Orlando.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36512308

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

That's where i'm heading in 37 days!!

I'll be staying away from the gay night clubs!

[The Blue Blooded Maniac]

Police described it as an act of terrorism.
Officials said the killings were likely to be ideologically motivated, though there was no information that the gunman was associated with a particular group.

Hmm...

The gunman, named by officials as Omar Mateen

Ah

[goat]

"He saw two gay men kissing in front of his wife and children, so he got angry" - Orlando killer's father.

so.... two questions

what was he expecting in a gay club?
and
why the fuck did  he  take his family?

[reddishblue]

The feds interviewed twice in the last couple of years so he was on a list. The question yanks should have is why was he was able to go out and buy the guns last week.

[lee]

"He saw two gay men kissing in front of his wife and children, so he got angry" - Orlando killer's father.

so.... two questions

what was he expecting in a gay club?
and
why the fuck did  he  take his family?

it was the pork scratchings that flipped him out

[nimrod]

The feds interviewed twice in the last couple of years so he was on a list. The question yanks should have is why was he was able to go out and buy the guns last week.

Apparently to buy a semi automatic assault rifle in Florida you don't have to have a background check, this can easily be adapted into a fully automatic rifle

There are some 3 million of this model currently owned in the USA

[reddishblue]

That explains everything.