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Reasonable Use of Force

If Patrick Walsh has pushed the burglar from his window ledge, should he be punished, or has he used reasonable force? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml =/news/2007/08/10/nintruder110.xml...

stokemaveric

madelline

so the portugese police say that they may now beliveve that the little girl may now be dead.if they had handled the case better in the first place maybe she wouldnt.or if the parents had not left her...

sigma

Wim Wam

If I asked what something was my grandparents answered "it's a wim wam for a ducks bridle". Has anyone else come across this saying, where did it originate from and what does it mean ?

lab.lover

Lump after being microchipped.

I had my puppy microchipped on Tuesday and today I noticed a lump about the size of a grape on her neck where the chip went in. Is this a normal reaction or should I contact the vet?

styley

Do youy notice anything in particular about this passage?

Up to about its primary school days a child thinks, naturally, only of play. But many a form of play contains disciplinary factors. "You can't do this," or "that puts you out," shows a child that it...

jake-the-peg

Mindless destruction?

If you watched an episode of Antiques roadshow where, after a steep valuation was placed on a piece of ancient china, the owner deliberately smashed it, and said it was because he'd become too...

lab.lover

Puppy cries at night.

I have just got a 10 week black lab puppy and I am not sure whether I should keep coming down to her at night when she cries. The first night she cried a little, the second night not at all and then...

ruby27

Do Ladies have the intellectual rigour to be classical scholars

Feminist Translation of Qur'an Muslim feminist Iranian-American is soon to publish a new English translation of the Qur'an. blog.http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2007/august The translation will focus...

bedgrove

Team leadership

My area is used to dealing with jobs of various quantity levels and skill requirements.Explain how you would expect a team member to approach a large (200+)job and the same team member given a one off...

confused79

How did you make up your username?

Following on from Nuoyg wanted a new username it got me wondering???

MrBen5

Anyone watching Despatcheson channel 4 now?

Its real interesting. i would like to hear your views after the programme. Dont bother if you havent watched the programme (china doll, women, etc)

ruby27

Are you happy, its official.

"It's official: most of us are happy. Life satisfaction in England averages 7.3 out of 10, according to the first government measure of how we view our lives"...

styley

Rituals.

Do you have a daily ritual that maybe you never even realised til you read this. Like, I almost always use the same cup for my morning coffee before I head to work. There's probably loads more too....

anotheoldgit

Muslims call to prayer

Should we allow a situation such as this in our schools? And should this teacher be sacked? Why do we skirt around issues that might offend other religions and yet ignore issues that might offend...

Shadow Man

Are women born stupid, or just evolve as such?

Just read about Britons, and in particularly women, having an incapacity to comprehend maps. We are not talking a recon satelite image with no compass bearings, nor antiquated moon charts, we are...

bobtheturkey

when ab breaks down

on the rare occasions when ab is not functioning i was thinking maybe the site could link with another site and show various job vacancies in areas around the uk which members could browse until the...

idly_enjoys

Abused children books

I am slightly disturbed by all these books being published about people's horrendous childhoods. I am reading 'A Child Called It' and I can't believe how horrible it is. i can't stop reading it even...

snakehelp

best 1 ever you will agree

a vampire walks into a pub and asks for a pint of blood, the pub owner says"we dont serve blood in here only beer mate sorry" so the next day the vampire comes in again and asks for a pint of hot...

chitchat

Should Gordon Brown be worried?

Since Gordon Brown has taken over the PM's job, the UK has had the London and Glasgow terror alerts, extreme flooding in the North and Midlands/West and now foot and mouth. Is this just a strange...

isis4691

Chat room or Answerbank?

Why do people use Answerbank like a chat room? If you want to talk/insult/flirt with each other why don't you all logon to MSN or another chat room. This is a great site where we can all really help...

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