Yep. What can I say.? It was very nice indeed. Even got to say hello to Hugh. He's a very nice grounded chap. The food was excellent.
The UK is the most tornado-prone country in the world. Must be true, as I heard it on QI. And Stephen never lies. Vin
Unfortunately, it missed my office so I'm still going to have to work over the weekend. Might try again tomorrow...
Yes, here and the state's. In fact there are constant tornadoes in Boris Johnson and Donald Trumps hair.
Newspapers embargoed until midnight but a UK court has ruled in favour of a terminally ill teenage girl who wishes to have her body cryogenically frozen until such a time in the future that she may be brought back to life to live well. Thoughts?
As we have no idea of what the future holds, I wouldn't want to leave my 'life' in the hands of unknown people and be brought to life when all I know and love is gone. And it speaks of great conceit to think that you are worth reviving in a world already filled with lots of people.
As sad a story it is that a 14 year old has died of cancer (and having lost immediate family to cancer I fully understand the horrible suffering), I am uncomfortable with the thought of bodies being frozen "in case a cure is found in the future." My next statement may give some offence so apologies if some is taken. We are a species that needs to die naturally. We are running out of space and resource on our planet as it is. Illness and death is nature's way of balancing out the planet, as tough as that is to deal with on a personal level when it effects us.
If her family want to pay for it, then it's up to them. delusional though in my eyes, as she's been frozen on the off-chance that future science will not only be able to cure the disease that killed her, but be able to ressurect the dead... Don't even get me started on the waste of resources to store a corpse indefinitely or the con job that the storage company have pulled off when they persuaded the girl's parents to part with their money.
And you can never be sure in what state your body will be restored. You are trusting unknown people to act in your best interests. Head in a bell jar anyone?
Technically not a good solution. It would take a dozen pages to go through the issues but it's not going to work. Morally, I think that the thoughts of a 14-year-old dying of cancer would be unfathomable and I certainly wouldn't want to moralise on her motives. If the thought that she might be able to return helped her through the last days of her life, good for her; it's harmed no-one. She's dead and frozen rather than dead and buried. She'll not know the difference. Vin
They could have just lied to her...she'd have been happy and they could have used the money to help others. I would be worried about what would happen to her when the money inevitably ceases or the company go bust. The only possible reason that anyone would resurrect a patient (which is unlikely anyway) is to do experiments in a future we would possibly not recognise. I suspect that if the company is still active in a hundred years, they will ditch bodies as soon as relatives cease paying to make room for the next mugs.
The inquiry into historic child sex abuse is an absolute mess, and has been from the start: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38022074 Onto the 4th Chair of the inquiry, 2 most-senior lawyers & another have resigned, now the largest victim's group have pulled out due to the current Chair's lack of leadership ability. Theresa May has full confidence in her though.
Probably only Tom will be interested......but anyone watch the first episode of Grand Tour? I thought it was pretty good.
Before taking my friend's two dogs on a long walk up the mountain late yesterday afternoon, I had a lunch of avocado and a tin of tuna fish. It was wonderful as it gave me the energy to do this 10km hike. The dogs could easily do 20km, and they are not big, each one weighs around 12kg.
Not sure why it should offend,but then again it seems many people at the moment need to feel offended. That is sad isn't it?
