UK General Discussion Thread: mayy lmao

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[Insert article about the Scottish Government banning the production of GM foods here]

The measured, responsible, and level-headed government of Scotland under the SNP hits it out of the ball park again with another fact-based measure!

GMO foods is generally seen as a more complex issue in Europe with a potential risk of unintended consequences from modified genes spreading to other plants. So there is substantial support for a "better safe than sorry" approach. The mainstream American position that "you are anti-science if you do not wholeheartedly embrace any new technology" (because we all know scientists never make mistakes..) is seen as a fanatical view by many this side of the pond (have you ever read Ulrich Becks "Risk society"? No coincidence it was written by a German) And a pro-science/anti-science dichotomy is considered flawed and primitive - and unhelpful in making public policy decisions.

From a purely economic POV this also makes good sense. Whatever you think of GMO foods Scotland does not really need them and depends on an "all natural" brand which allows them to charge a premium price for many products.

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I say that as a supporter.

GMO should not be something people were either supporters or opponents of, but something you had a critical approach to and wanted evalued on a case by case basis.

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TED HEATH

“I’d like to put it straight that he’s not a paedophile. He’s just an old, sad, gay man.”

So putting it straight that he was gay, though not gay enough not to be sad..

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Can someone explain me what's going on? I'd do a research but I'm too creeped out right now, and in terror of what I may find.

He didn't actually f**k a pig, right?...

As part of a student prank/initiation ritual he put his penis in the mouth of a dead pig, which somebody else was holding.

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Can someone explain me what's going on? I'd do a research but I'm too creeped out right now, and in terror of what I may find.

He didn't actually f**k a pig, right?...

As part of a student prank/initiation ritual he put his penis in the mouth of a dead pig, which somebody else was holding.

Well it's unlikely he ever actually was a member of the club which would have done this in the first place, so...

I am not sure the facts really are all that relevant in this case. Often these things takes on a life of their own, voters will never be able to look at Cameron again without thinking: Did he actually do it?

There is an old story about a Danish cabaret star in the 20s whose rival spread a rumor she had had sex with a Saint Bernard. Completely unfounded, of course. Nevertheless the audience started balking at her whenever she went on stage and she eventually had to quit. Later emigrated to Argentina (which would be an ironic place for Cameron to end). Not saying Cameron will meet the same faith, but there is something about accusations of animal sex (and the like) that just tends to stick. It really appeals to human imagination and the coarsest instincts of the public.