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Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Chazz Rheinhold, Nov 5, 2017.

  1. Barchullona

    Barchullona Well-Known Member

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    If you can't control the borders and stop things getting in that are banned then people will still get hold of things. It was a criminal offence to make, import distribute and sell alcohol during prohibition but more of the stuff was drunk than at any time before or since. One Scottish distillers built a distillery on tbe Canadian border and made a fortune.
    I don't think it will stop fruitcakes. It may stop the odd killing because someone was carrying a gun and used it, same as people who carry knives, because they got in an argument and used it?

    Over twice as many people are killed by cars than guns in the USA. More lives would be saved by banning cars.
     
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    Probably radicalised online.
     
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    Twenty times as many die of heart disease, more lives would be saved by banning McDonalds.
     
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  4. Barchullona

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    Not all heart disease is caused by McDonalds. They have heart disease in countries which don't eat many McDonalds

    They don't have McDonalds in Cuba.They have rationing of basic foodstuffs so no overeating like the USA. Few people with cars so not many road deaths.No guns so no mass shootings. Yet the life expectancy in the USA is slightly above Cuba. Maybe their health service is superior?
     
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    It wasn't a serious comment.

    Though it seems when food was heavily rationed during the sanctions in Cuba in the 90's, there was a significant drop in weight across the population, which led to a 50% drop in diabetes and a 30% drop in heart disease.

    Maybe they should just ban food.
     
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  6. balkan tiger

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    In Cuba there's loads of old blokes who sit in town squares who seem to do nothing but drink rum and smoke cigars.
     
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  7. originallambrettaman

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    I've never been to Cuba, I fancied going at Christmas, but the missus is moaning about a ten hour flight for a one week holiday.
     
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  8. Pat E O'Dors

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    Stop for 2 weeks then olm and the flight won't seem so bad then. <ok><laugh>
     
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    Don't you need injections to go to Cuba?

    Balls to that.
     
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    Antifa is an interesting one. It’s short for anti fascism. So, if you don’t like antifa, does that not by default make you a fascist?
     
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  11. balkan tiger

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    Do it now before its too late.
     
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  12. Plum

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    Did that for Xmas a few years ago,ok but the weather was a bit unreliable and some of the places we stayed had a distinctly Russian feel to them. Off to Morocco this year, similar latitude/temperature, shorter flights, half the price and no hurricanes.
     
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    I looked at Morocco, but the average temperatures there in December are significantly lower than Cuba, 14-21 against 18-27.
     
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  14. spesupersydera

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    We went in 2004, had a fantastic time - Havana is a fantastic city, the people are ok, we ate some fantastic fish dishes and found the weather in February to be absolutely perfect. You need two weeks though <ok>
     
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    Long time ago now (15 years) but we also did Morocco the year after Cuba and I don't remember the temperatures seeming that different. We were in Marrakech so it may have been cooler but with less wind. Either way it was t-shirts during the day and jumper at night. It's Essaouira this time so that might be a bit breezier.

    We concluded that if you want 'proper' sun at Xmas you have to go southern hemisphere and you certainly don't do that just for a week!
     
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    Haven't got two weeks, unfortunately, got a range to launch.
     
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  17. spesupersydera

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    It's certainly a long old haul for a week.
     
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    Jamaica and Barbados are brilliant at Christmas, problem is, they cost a fortune.
     
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  19. Amin Arrears

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    No. Just like football hooligans, they're just a bunch of ****s who enjoy violence using anti facism as a vehicle for their sick enjoyment.
     
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    My youngest lad married an American girl just over a year ago, he has currently gathered a collection of eight guns. His uncle-in-law has in excess of twenty and is one if the nicest people that I've ever met, but believe me when I say that no one will ever take his guns from him! They live in the midwest and both have a 'licence to carry', and neither of them would think twice about taking out a shooter if it meant saving lives.
     
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