Will this increase or decrease the likelihood of terrorist actions in America, Europe and the rest of the world?

If you were a member of a family murdered in this conflict, would you be seeking revenge?

Should Tzipi Livni and Ehud Olmert, be tried for war crimes if or when this conflict comes to an end?

What will the price of oil be in 4 weeks time?

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gausie has the right idea .....swamp site with recipes to register our disapproval ..... passive protest i think it's called

i don't get offended and very rarely upset by comments on this board ..... i just get fed up with the rabid rantings of some; they're just tiresome!

mnamreh,
No problem :)

MN.

I think, one of the problems with either the written, or spoken word, is often not the actual words used, but the distortion of the meaning of the words by the recipient.

To me, it seems obvious from this and other threads, that what is actually written is of a total irrelevance to some of those who read it. Sometimes, the response is made to what they have organised as key words and the reaction is then automatic.

Eg. Dont fire, becomes FIRE.

Eg. Israel administration in interpreted and becomes as anti-Semitic.

Often, the response to key words seems due to emotional triggering, retrogressive in processing and disproportionate in response.

Often, the the response seem to be made using universal quantifiers and fixed wiring.

(I wish, I knew a little more about, neuro-linguistics and linguistic pathology.)

I am often challenged by two of my daughters.

Gausie - surely the good patissiers of konafah do not use frozen filo, for i would have thought that would tend to dry out too easily, ending a very sub-standard product - something one gets far too often i'm afraid .... when i'm in dubai in a couple of weeks, i shall try to find some top or at least high quality sweetmeats to try, though prob not to bring home - too difficult

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i'm afraid that i'm not a great one for making puds, and indeed i eat far less sweet stuff now ..... however, to make a change from my fish recipes, i'll try to dig out the recipe for passion fruit souffle ..... it's not at all difficult and prep can at least be started a day or two in advance, not least with the creme patissiere

Cynic - I can't really comment on the merits and demerits of frozen pastry. I must admit to not being any shade of expert in the field of pastry cooking.

Perhaps other BBers could assist with some expert knowledge? Or at least some received wisdom?

Freddy must know a thing or two about this - the words 'flaky' and 'puff' are adjectives that perfectly compliment most of his posts.

We could, of course, and by way of a new alternative, discuss what would be best for Sarah Ferguson to do now.....

Yes. She has made an absolutely massive mistake but there does have to be a way back.

And that is the similarity with most, if not all, of the issues on this thread.

People do make mistakes, either acting on purpose or by accident, either through misinterpretation or plain clumsiness.

Bu there usually has to be a best route back. Just as there has to be one for Sarah Ferguson, there also has to be one for the Israelis and Palestinians too.

and an english teacher would spank you until you learnt to differentiate between compliment and complement!

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you mean Porky would be good for both the jews and the muslims?

When did the Fergie sting take place?

I was at a fund raising party that she attended on Thursday in Battersea - and she seemed pretty cool at the time. She was on top form, with her and Beatrice auctioning off a watch and some jewellery that supposedly had been bought as Andy's birthday present.

She was relaxed and laughing and joking with the bidders - my guess is she couldn't have known this was about to blow.

i confess that i do feel quite sorry for her, though she has and does bring a lot of trouble on herself ..... just naive? - probably

Hey B,
She met her nemesis on Tuesday evening.
No way back from this. Mind you, just look at Aitken and Archer.
I assume she has already taken bribes before so might be up on corruption charges eventually, though I'm sure the monarchy will do its best to bury any such outcome.

bribe? .... yes i suppose so in rather a vague way, but in honesty(!!) if someone is mug enough to part with such a sum merely to gain audience - and it really is no more than that - then it's their own stupidity

I believe the NOTW launched this story very, very carefully, and a tadge bit late with it too, so as not to let their competitors get in on the scoop.

Thus the first Fergie would have know about it, would have been when one of her friends rang her on Sunday morning to tell her what was about to hit the street and be all over the media.

Re: Archer - Apparently Maggie Thatcher has never, ever missed one of his Garden Parties. Hmmm? So that must make at least make him alright with the Thatcherites, then. Oh, and all the charity auction people like him too. And my wife has just rather impatiently bought his latest book.

Re: Aitken - Having done his time and converted to religion, as well as doing charitable works too, he can now hold his head up reasonably well above most parapets.

Re: Fergie - Poor lass. After all she is so short of money. And Beatrice has lost a lot of weight too, so I think Fergie might make a comeback on the back of her two lovely daughters. Perhaps in about a year's time. Meanwhile, I'd suggest she gets a new job in the States.

But more importantly, is there any way back for both Israel and the Palestinians?

What do they have to do to correct their mistakes?

cynic
you seem to have an aptitude for misinterpretation

"Islam you have a problem"

These lunatics with rats in their skulls are causing great damage to Islam
They are setting themselves against all civilised norms and bringing it into direpute

Seems like Thailand, Malaya and Phillipines etc are much in the same boat

It looks to me as though Islam now needs some new secular type leadership to deal with all this rubbish

I thought I saw the makings in Iran but the reformers seem to have been trodden underfoot or executed

iran is terrifying with severe torture leading to death being a hobby to cheer the dull evenings for the ruling cabal

Poor Fergie (myarse), judging by the way she was quaffing the wine a visit to Alchoholics Anonymous looks on the cards. she has obviously lost the plot, she got caught end of!