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Just so I don't get interpreted incorrectly what I was trying to say was: What the guy got CHARGED for wasn't really deserving of a 9 year sentence. There is absolutely no suggestion in the article that the girls were raped, abused or even regretted what happened. They met up with him and had consensual sex...they probably knew full well when meeting him that this is what he was interested in. There are thousands of 14 year old girls who are maturer both mentally and physically than their age would suggest. Plenty of these girls know fine well what they're doing and even go out looking for older guys so assuming that these girls weren't really innocent little children (which, in my opinion most 14 year olds nowadays are not) then does the guy really deserve 9 years based on these charges alone? The guy had child porn on his computer and was obviously going for underage girls. This is also illegal behaviour and I believe he should have been charged for this, or at least put on the sex offenders list or held because of the potential risk to young girls he may pose in the future. The unhealthy obsession he has will most likely get worse in time and whereas he might be happy with consensual sex with 14 year olds for now in the future he may go for younger girls, or turn to rape. So to conclude yes the guy is sick and needs to be watched/punished but it was the consensual sex he got charged for. I think at 14 a girl knows what shes doing and a 19 year old guy shouldnt be sent to prison for 9 years for being involved with her in a mutually consenting way (sorry to keep repeating that, but a lot of you brought up "rape" so I think its important to make the difference between the two). And to reply to: No, I think grooming young children is not acceptable but I just don't believe that 14 year old girls are that naive and innocent that they don't know better...especially with all the media coverage on paedophiles and why young girls shouldn't meet with strangers off the internet.

Well Geoff managed his first 3 in 8 minutes which I found pretty impressive. I'm afraid I'll have to doubt your "I'm a better subway muncher than you" claims until I see them proved in person though . Set another date and I shall turn up...as a spectator only this time though .

I can't comment on this because I haven't done advanced studies into physics...maybe volume can change when you're talking about forces in the magnitude of black holes. But we're talking about blenders here, not black holes so I don't see how this is relevant ?( . Totally true, I agree 100%. Neither contradict my arguement. The only reason the whole guinea pig doesn't fit as well in the container is because all of its parts are still joined and resisting compression. I understand the concept of volume perfectly well thank you...my whole education has been science based so I would be pretty fucked if I hadn't grasped that yet . More to the point though...just assuming or suggesting I'm ignorant to add to your arguement doesn't really get you anywhere so its best left out.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5106612.stm Rather worrying that now you can be sent off to prison longer for having consensual sex with 13/14 year old girls than you can for murder. A murderer with a life sentence could potentially be released after 5 years where as this guy will probably have to serve the full term of his sentence because there is more of a stigma attached to his crime. I'm not in any way condoning what he did or was trying to do...the evidence (the child porn and such) showed that he was a sick bastard but the crime he is getting charged for is having consensual sex with girls old enough to have an idea of what he must be after...bearing in mind he was 19 at the time (not that big an age gap) I think its shocking that you can get punished more for this than murder 8o

I had a great weekend, but reading the Download forum now it seems there were very violent riots, explosions, damage and clashes with police. I was in the Red camp site which was pretty quiet, and got a reasonably early night so i missed all of this...knowing it all happened is making me feel lucky to get away ok though, and seriously putting me off going back again .

(of June) okies. Now that you've called my bluff I think I should probably be worrying X-(

How about we do it when Untitled is up for a visit since he mocks my eating capabilities

Not going to join in? I might lose my appetite under pressure if I have a non-participating audience

Did anyone ever get round to doing this??(

According to the Sunday times today: Aberdeen has the highest level of antisocial behaviour in Scotland, followed by Glagsow. Edinburgh has highest crime rates over all, with the highest rate of drug offences, acts of vandalism, fire-raising and crimes involving offensive weapons. Glasgow has the highest rate of murders, attempted murders, serious assaults and robberies. Is anyone else suprised? I wouldn't have thought Aberdeen was more anti-social than Glasgow, or that Edinburgh had that much crime ?( . I suppose you could expect Edinburgh to have more drug problems and thefts because it attracts more tourists and money though.

To anyone (most people I imagine) who has seen the video to Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah: Will I get slapped for saying Lordi looks like the demonic/evil version of Stuart? The likeness isn't shown in that clip, but with a beard you could almost be convinced that Lordi is actually Stuart in a bad mood...

That new Frosties advert drives me absolutely nuts X-(

Does anyone else not have their ticket yet?

From http://www.budgies.org/ Yours is yellow, so its quite possible that it is a fallow one, and therefore it could be male or female. Maybe you could take it to the vet and find out which it is? The sex of it might effect someones decision to buy it or not.

Are you sure about that crime rate ?( ? I spent a month in Bulgaria with just one other girl, we spent a lot of time in town and went out at night a few times and we had absolutely to problem at all. Everyone was really friendly and helpful. Maybe it just depends on what part of Bulgaria you're in

I would check out the beginner forum on www.myfishtank.net (or reject_monkey's forum) both will probably tell you all the information you need to start out and keep the fish healthy.

http://homeclick.com/showpage.asp?itemid=123531 I go to www.myfishtank.net it's very helpful for fish related stuff

There's a sink to go with it as well. Does the cistern water actually come from the tank? I didn't think they were connected

Yeah, its going to suck, but it'll be worth it for the bigger fish I can have (as long as the whole tank doesn't fall through the floor)