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    Ebola

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    Nomoss

    Point taken.

    I was a Clinical Scientist rather than a linguist.

    Nb A consultant surgeon (urology) was once in awe of me in that I had a higher degree, whereas he only had two first degrees. His dad was a Clinical Scientist though  .

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    Ebola

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    And just to clarify, whatever way you work it out, the normally accepted value of risk of 1 in 20,000 is not (yet) reached in the UK or France.

    This was, I think, the main thrust of the thread.

    Ebola

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    OK Chancer I see where it comes from.

    However I fail to see what on earth the relevance of such a derived figure can possibly have on the comments made before with respect to relative risks. It really only adds a certain amount of confusion to the discussion on risks.

    Two Words, Sounds Like...........

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    Really cant see your logic here.

    If its "stay on the right", then it either means exit or keep to the right hand lane of the carriageway.

    The latter seems a somewhat unusual command on the motorway or perhaps it knows you are already on the right carriageway.

    You actually do say using the English setting in France was OK. I can see no reason why the set language has to be that of the country you are driving in, except for some rather funny pronunciations being made. Presumably its merely switching to another word look-up table or character recognition table.

    Presumably you used the visual display to guide you. When the words were spoken, what did you actually do?

    Tesco

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    As well as management greed (incompetence at best), I would like to think that the BDS movement made a little contribution

    Just one link:

    http://www.timesofisrael.com/bds-stickers-placed-on-israeli-products-in-ireland/

    Perhaps we should reflect on this

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    Totally agree, RH.  Likewise the UK government - who sent more military weapons to Israel than China and Saudi combined.

    Its entirely hypocritical for the US to condemn Israel while simultaneously and voluntarily restocking Israel's arsenal before Congress breaks for summer recess.  This restocking is on top of the $3bn a year it is providing in military aid.  The US sends more 'aid' to Israel than it does to the entire African sub continent.

    EDIT Not referring to you RH, MEMRI was a source quoted by Quillan.

    Arms sales are entirely motivated by profit with complete disregard for human life.  If there were better international controls over arms sales maybe Russian separatists, ISIS etc wouldn't be armed to the hilt - and our own soldiers wouldn't be facing arsenals of weapons manufatured but a few miles from their home towns. 

    One of the more 'sick' outcomes of the wholesale slaughter of Gazans is that Israeli companies like Elbit have seen their stock rise by 30% as their products can now be sold as 'field tested'....on women and children.

    Perhaps we should reflect on this

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    An enquiry after Cast Lead showed ZERO evidence of Hamas using civilians etc as human shields however it DID find evidence of Israel using captured Palestinians as human shields - again a war crime.  Israel did this again in the Shujiyah massacre of a few days ago.

    Perhaps we should reflect on this

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    It happened on two occasions and on both occasions UNWRA located and removed the rockets and issued a public warning to Hamas.  The two schools were unoccupied.

    The UN had given the precise co-ordinates of the schools being used as UN shelters on seventeen that's 17 separate occasions - which makes any sane person think that Israel is deliberately targeting the shelters. You also seem to forget that the attacks were witnessed by international journalists.  Even the US has condemned the attacks now.  This targeting of civilians would be consistent with what I witnessed while living in the West Bank i.e.the IDF using children for target practice.  Israel have also prevented the access of ambulances and have shot at ambulances and medical staff trying to get to the wounded resulting in many many more deaths.  Friends in Gaza acting as human shields to three of the hospitals that have been deliberately targeted by Israel: al-Wafa, al-Aqsa and al-Shifa have all been targeted when trying to evacuate patients.  Israel deliberately targeted the hospitals bombing the ICU and the suite of surgeries killing both patients and medics.  These are war crimes.

    You seem desperate to justify the murder of thousands of civilians, including many children Quillan?

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