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by Raggs
Mon Jun 15, 2020 9:35 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
Replies: 6897
Views: 711309

Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)

I think lawfully it does give cop a licence to use deadly force. It bloody well shouldn't. The charges he was arrested on should not have qualified police to shoot him. Did they genuinely fear for the lives of the public or officers if he got away? If not, don't shoot, surely. I mean, anyone runnin...
by Raggs
Mon Jun 15, 2020 8:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
Replies: 6897
Views: 711309

Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)

I think lawfully it does give cop a licence to use deadly force. It bloody well shouldn't. The charges he was arrested on should not have qualified police to shoot him. Did they genuinely fear for the lives of the public or officers if he got away? If not, don't shoot, surely. I mean, anyone runnin...
by Raggs
Sat Jun 13, 2020 4:21 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
Replies: 6897
Views: 711309

Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)

bimboman wrote:Oh, that’s bad for America. Not relevant here though.
Not relevant in a topic discussing American cops, in a quotation block starting off talking about an American database, talking about Americans?
by Raggs
Sat Jun 13, 2020 4:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112692
Views: 7623741

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

Sorry for the intrusion gents but has Jack Willis been capped yet? If the new interpretations from this morning’s Soup rugby come up north he’ll be an absolute weapon! Best English poacher I’ve seen (at prem level anyway) since Fatty Armitage. Nope, he was due to go on the 2018 SA tour, but wrecked...
by Raggs
Sat Jun 13, 2020 12:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3371589

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

Lockdowns in Europe saved millions of lives The Imperial study assessed the impact of restrictions in 11 European countries - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK - up to the beginning of May. By that time, around 130,000 people had died f...
by Raggs
Fri Jun 12, 2020 11:11 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: No More laughing.
Replies: 44
Views: 6952

Re: No More laughing.

Netflix had the version of Fawlty Towers that has repeated use of the word nigger to describe the West Indies cricket team. Most people don’t even remember that scene is there because for quite a while it’s been cut from the version on TV. Somehow the streaming services had the old version. They’ve...
by Raggs
Fri Jun 12, 2020 11:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Game Reviews
Replies: 8371
Views: 869937

Re: Game Reviews

DA2 was a completely different play style from what I'm aware of. Playstyle compared to what? DA2 was panned because they scrimped on locations but the characters and storyline were great. ME2 was absolutely the better of the two but it was the same principle, more quality characters and story, sho...
by Raggs
Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Game Reviews
Replies: 8371
Views: 869937

Re: Game Reviews

You will not regret playing the Mass Effect Trilogy. It's a pity you started with Andromeda (unless you meant the whole series above). It's fine but not a patch on the trilogy. There is controversy over the end of the Trilogy but that's mostly [not all tbf] pre the release of the extended version w...
by Raggs
Fri Jun 12, 2020 8:36 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Game Reviews
Replies: 8371
Views: 869937

Re: Game Reviews

Will seek out the Gears of War series, currently deeply involved in Far Cry 5, so lots to complete. Slow as the old fella I am ;) Look into getting game pass. Cheap monthly subscription (you probably got a code for a free month with the xbox), with loads of good games, including I think the entire ...
by Raggs
Fri Jun 12, 2020 8:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112692
Views: 7623741

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

He's got another season on his academy contract. He's also not going to qualify for JIFF, so may not be that attractive to many French clubs.
by Raggs
Fri Jun 12, 2020 8:02 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Game Reviews
Replies: 8371
Views: 869937

Re: Game Reviews

Mass effect one and two both brilliant story driven games.

Didn't enjoy the forced parts of far cry 5 but it was alright.

You might want to try gears of war for mindless fun shooting. Coop if you have a friend makes them even more fun.
by Raggs
Fri Jun 12, 2020 4:46 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112692
Views: 7623741

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

Jack Willis showed a fair turn of pace against Glaws.

I think we could do with one extra backrow to feel comfortable. Both Willis' can cover 8, as can Shields, and Vailanu.
by Raggs
Fri Jun 12, 2020 3:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112692
Views: 7623741

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

Nizaam Carr leaves Wasps to go to the bulls :(.
by Raggs
Fri Jun 12, 2020 11:52 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Game Reviews
Replies: 8371
Views: 869937

Re: Game Reviews

CM11 wrote:Anyone know anything about Valorant? My 12 year old is bugging me about it. It's rating varies between teen and 16s and I think I'm going to cave.
Seen a little. FPS, but more fortnite like graphics than realistic, not seen much though.
by Raggs
Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:11 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: How many kids does Mr. Smith have?
Replies: 26
Views: 3471

Re: How many kids does Mr. Smith have?

pieman99 wrote:'had' ?
Probably it, so 0.
by Raggs
Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: How many kids does Mr. Smith have?
Replies: 26
Views: 3471

Re: How many kids does Mr. Smith have?

Anonymous. wrote:Mr. Smith had 4 daughters. Each daughter had 4 brothers. How many kids does Mr. Smith have?
8.

Now tell me why I'm wrong.
by Raggs
Fri Jun 12, 2020 8:25 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
Replies: 6897
Views: 711309

Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)

Yeah, but what does the Bible say? I could be wrong, but I don't think it states what the Israelites were actually doing in Egypt, just that they were slaves. They'd have been there after the pyramids were built. Of course, there's no evidence whatsoever that they were in fact ever in Egypt, but ev...
by Raggs
Thu Jun 11, 2020 10:43 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
Replies: 6897
Views: 711309

Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)

How many days/weeks before people stop caring about or noticing statues? This is all getting fairly tedious. People have been noticing and campaigning for decades. Glad to see the powers that be can't ignore them at the moment. Long may it last. And yet the pyramids and the Great Wall are still the...
by Raggs
Thu Jun 11, 2020 12:55 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
Replies: 6897
Views: 711309

Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)

Hey quick question, mightyreds...have you always been a complete f uck ing loon or is this a new thing? Thomas, you're not a bad guy when you stick to talking about rugby - as soon as you hit a topic where you find disagreement, you become an angry and dysfunctional 3-year-old shaking his rattle at...
by Raggs
Wed Jun 10, 2020 11:21 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Spectacularly bad timing for the BBC to be pulling this...
Replies: 47
Views: 6510

Re: Spectacularly bad timing for the BBC to be pulling this.

That feels like a fairly rote and not particularly sincere apology, would probably carry more weight if they hadn't done it before and also in other sports with more prominent individuals (eg. the Kobe thing from earlier this year). What about it isn't sincere. Seems fair enough to me. If it had be...
by Raggs
Wed Jun 10, 2020 11:15 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Spectacularly bad timing for the BBC to be pulling this...
Replies: 47
Views: 6510

Re: Spectacularly bad timing for the BBC to be pulling this.

That feels like a fairly rote and not particularly sincere apology, would probably carry more weight if they hadn't done it before and also in other sports with more prominent individuals (eg. the Kobe thing from earlier this year). What about it isn't sincere. Seems fair enough to me. If it had be...
by Raggs
Mon Jun 08, 2020 11:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Game Reviews
Replies: 8371
Views: 869937

Re: Game Reviews

Anyone with Bannerlord, the new Beta seems more unstable, but I've been playing for a while now with seemingly very little kingdom creep (most are still roughly equal in power). In addition, my previous approach was wrong. Smithing, not trading, is how to make money. It's also satisfying to use your...
by Raggs
Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
Replies: 6897
Views: 711309

Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)

Bimboc69 wrote:I for one won't cry crocodile tears after the death of a violent recidivist.
Hoping for the death sentence against Chauvin then?
by Raggs
Sat Jun 06, 2020 11:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
Replies: 6897
Views: 711309

Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)

Thing is the whole quote is a few bad apples ruin the bunch. The whole lot turn bad, which seems to be what has happened.
by Raggs
Sat Jun 06, 2020 12:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9055982

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

Also, hispanics appear to be doing worse than blacks in almost all categories so why is this just a white versus black conversation? Because right now it's the black people getting murdered by the police? I'm more than happy to be upset by every abuse of power and piece of racism, but unless you ca...
by Raggs
Sat Jun 06, 2020 12:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3371589

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

meanwhile in the UK 4 week ago. At a Downing Street briefing on Friday, England's Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jonathan Van Tam made clear: "There is no evidence that general wearing of face masks by members of the public who are well affects the spread of the disease in our society." and now, in 1...
by Raggs
Sat Jun 06, 2020 11:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9055982

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

Fonzee, pick a white person in America. Any background, rich or poor. See the amount of hardships they have. Now imagine they were black, but everything else was the same. Are you telling me that in basically any circumstance that the black version wouldn't have a tougher life? That is white privil...
by Raggs
Fri Jun 05, 2020 11:02 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9055982

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

Fonzee, pick a white person in America. Any background, rich or poor. See the amount of hardships they have. Now imagine they were black, but everything else was the same. Are you telling me that in basically any circumstance that the black version wouldn't have a tougher life? That is white privile...
by Raggs
Fri Jun 05, 2020 9:47 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Reducing subs: a scientist's view
Replies: 33
Views: 4791

Re: Reducing subs: a scientist's view

Is it only me who thinks that, at the top end at least, this will make no difference...as we'll miraculously find a plethora of tank sized 'freaks' who can suddenly go the full 80 with ease (I.e. EPO and other such derivatives will start to become the juice of choice). Like I said, for me, the only...
by Raggs
Fri Jun 05, 2020 9:44 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
Replies: 6897
Views: 711309

Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)

Watching the first 5 minutes of this breakdown 4071 - this is f**king nuts. Every movement you make qualifies as a threat and must be surpressed. What in the holy fudge is this? You dont remember the Simon Says game of death that one cop played with a guy just so another swat team member can shot a...
by Raggs
Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:03 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Reducing subs: a scientist's view
Replies: 33
Views: 4791

Re: Reducing subs: a scientist's view

Doesn't optimum performance mean e.g. still smashing rucks like a human missile? If so, bringing on a replacement to keep doing that does mean the intensity of the hits remains high. It may well be that reducing subs makes little or no difference, but something's got to give. The levels of injuries...
by Raggs
Fri Jun 05, 2020 12:29 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Reducing subs: a scientist's view
Replies: 33
Views: 4791

Re: Reducing subs: a scientist's view

As i replied to him. It's basically only props that can't/don't regularly play 80 minutes these days. And prop subs will always be required.

I just don't see it having the desired effect.

It will reduce playing time of youngsters and developing players though.
by Raggs
Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:24 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112692
Views: 7623741

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

Wasn't there some issue with a group of academy lads too? I seem to remember rumours about the time that Paolo Odogwu shipped out to Sale that there was more to it than just a desire for more game time and it went beyond just him. Could be misremembering. Umaga, Odogwu and one other. Rumoured to ha...
by Raggs
Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
Replies: 6897
Views: 711309

Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)

This thread shows humanity is not heading in the right direction People baying for blood Looting and violence Extremist virtue signalling Those saying see this is what they’re like if given the chance shouting at people for cleaning vandalism What a legacy being left. Better we go back to drowning ...
by Raggs
Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:26 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
Replies: 6897
Views: 711309

Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)

Weird over-reaction to someone posting a supporting opinion No doubt you're confident they can prove the cop had 'intent' to assault him (leading to death), instead of simply arresting him, whereas 'second degree' is more like 'negligently causing death' under English law. I know which one I'd rath...
by Raggs
Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:58 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
Replies: 6897
Views: 711309

Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)

Some business owners were arrested when they called the police about looters... Arrested for what ? Being black. I don't know if they were arrested but the cops put them in handcuffs while a news crew was filming. They may have been released once the cops knew they'd pinged the wrong people. Basica...
by Raggs
Thu Jun 04, 2020 8:06 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
Replies: 6897
Views: 711309

Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)

All 36 people arrested by St. Louis police during riots have been released without charges, according to Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt. Schmitt said that St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner declined to charge any of the people arrested during riots between Sunday and Tuesday. "To see th...
by Raggs
Thu Jun 04, 2020 7:54 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)
Replies: 6897
Views: 711309

Re: American Cops behaving Badly (All inclusive thread)

All 36 people arrested by St. Louis police during riots have been released without charges, according to Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt. Schmitt said that St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner declined to charge any of the people arrested during riots between Sunday and Tuesday. "To see th...
by Raggs
Wed Jun 03, 2020 4:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112692
Views: 7623741

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

Scrumhead wrote:In his defence, I can’t think of a huge amount of Tigers’ academy products that left and went on to achieve better things from the Cockerill era.

Maybe the academy players weren’t quite good enough to promote?
Or maybe with the gametime when they were younger, they'd have got further ahead?
by Raggs
Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112692
Views: 7623741

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

And exposure to opportunity, Sarries will promote their youth in a way that too many sides are hesitant of. Although Sarries don't always get it right, and that does get glossed over with their success (and with their cheating) Yep. Again, easier to expose their youth when they're dominating the le...