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Apparently the US forces are acting as stop group along the Afghan border and British SAS are on the Pakistani side. Having been in this territory and knowing the local tribesmen I can tell you one thing a result isn't a forgone conclusion. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I thought that might be the case when President Bush said something about the Paki's on live TV and had to appologise to President Musharaf for the gaff. We almost pissed ourselfs laughing this side of the pond. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Could be wrong but I don't think you ment it like this but did you realise that Paki is roughly the equivalent of Nigger? When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Pants = Crap, Rubbish, Useless. And yes at this time of year the weather is totaly unpredictable, utter pants. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Hmmm....Nethers eh? When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Fair play I agree. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

OK, I haven't jumped in the UK this year. Every time I have a weekend I can jump the weather is PANTS! Was hoping for this weekend but now we get gales and rain forcasted. So how are the rest of you doing? This carries on much longer I'm back off to Sebastian! When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Looks like someone I know in senior mangement. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

There is alot of evidence to show that circumsicion carried out by medical staff in a sterile enviroment does have health benifits in later life. As it is a surgical procedure it does of course still carry a degree of risk, mainly infection but with proper care this risk is minimal. Circumsicied men are less likely to carry and develope STDs including HIV, Herpes, Syphilis, et al. Circumcision can now be carried out by laser surgery with effective results. Another advantage is you done end up looking like the last turkey in the window at Christmas But see for yourself: HIV risk greater for uncircumcised men. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2003 Dec;17(12):670. No abstract available. PMID: 14748364 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] The male role in cervical cancer. Salud Publica Mex. 2003;45 Suppl 3:S345-53. PMID: 14746027 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Expression of DC-SIGN in human foreskin may facilitate sexual transmission of HIV. J Clin Pathol. 2004 Jan;57(1):77-8. PMID: 14693841 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Uncircumcised men have high HIV risk. AIDS Read. 2003 Nov;13(11):512. No abstract available. PMID: 14649619 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] [Childhood circumcision: review of the evidence] An Pediatr (Barc). 2003 Nov;59(5):448-53. Review. Spanish. PMID: 14588217 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Risk factors for infection with herpes simplex virus type 2: role of smoking, douching, uncircumcised males, and vaginal flora. Sex Transm Dis. 2003 May;30(5):405-10. PMID: 12916131 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Potential for an intervention based on male circumcision in a South African town with high levels of HIV infection. AIDS Care. 2003 Jun;15(3):315-27. PMID: 12828151 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Male circumcision: an acceptable strategy for HIV prevention in Botswana. Sex Transm Infect. 2003 Jun;79(3):214-9. PMID: 12794204 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Carbon dioxide laser circumcisions for children. Pediatr Surg Int. 2003 Apr;19(1-2):11-3. Epub 2003 Jan 09. PMID: 12721714 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Correlates of human herpesvirus 8 seropositivity among heterosexual men in Kenya. AIDS. 2002 Oct 18;16(15):2073-8. PMID: 12370507 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Circumcision reduces risk of HIV infection. Conference coverage (Vancouver). Sex Wkly Plus. 1996;(Sample No):13. PMID: 12320360 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Risk factors for genital HPV DNA in men resemble those found in women: a study of male attendees at a Danish STD clinic. Sex Transm Infect. 2002 Jun;78(3):215-8. PMID: 12238658 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Before responding to this post please read How not to argue about circumcision. Am J Bioeth. 2003 Spring;3(2):W1. No abstract available. PMID: 14635630 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Points 6 and 2 contradict themselves. Chop Chop! When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

I'm not suggesting that he was ordered to shoot at known civvies. Was just taking the Mick a bit. I genuinly think that this guy is either genuinly screwed up by what he experienced in which case he needs help, or he's swinging the lead and taking the piss and being a slacker (which would suprise me of a Staff Sgt, at least in a British infantry regiment, maybe things really are very different in the US (No insult intended)). Either way in either condition he's not someone I'd want covering my back. But if he is genuinly messed up by what happened then he needs help. What I want to know is why the big fuss over this guy when there were 200,000 Conciencious Objectors (COs) in the Vietnam War, 4,300 in the Korean War, 37,000 in World War II and 3,500 in World War I. The military granted 111 COs from the army in the first Gulf War before putting a stop to the practice, resulting in 2,500 soldiers being sent to prison, Source: Bill Gavlin from the Center on Conscience and War, quoting a report from the Boston Globe newspaper. The most he could be guilty of is going AWOL and failure to obey a direct command. Not saying thats good but... deserter? When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

'Last I checked, Tony Blair does what GWB tells him to' True, which is why he won't be in power for to much longer, hopefully he will piss off to your side of the pond and prance about to the adoration that you all love to give the prat. British soldiers have a legal responsibility to not carry out illegal orders so yes they are able to pick and choose in that respect. Unlike your government which with amazing forsight chose not to be included in international legal agreements that mean British soldiers can be put on trail for war crimes. American soldiers are free to commit war crimes and therefore don't have to make such decisions. FYI I have worn the uniform of my country (In two colours). When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

'You get your orders, you salute smartly and carry on. ' Last I heard that didn't go down to well at Neuremburg. I heard on the news that this man did not want to return to Iraq becasue he was in an action where US troops shot and killed women and children in an engagement. Allegedly he was stating that he did not want to be placed in that situation again. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Shouldn't judge a man 'till you've walked a mile in his boots. A lot of people sitting safe in thier easy boys shouting hang him here. He's already seen action. How many of you have? If he's such a little shit then how did he get to the rank of Staff Sargent? Is the American millitary so inept that cowardly hypocritical alien pricks often make it to Staff Sgt? I don't suppose this is something he's done lightly. To break from his men trash his career, his reputation. Disgrace his regiment. Thats not something one does lightly. Ever thought that maybe he had real reasons? When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

'Um, we've been a role model with more freedom and liberty than any other country in the world for over 200 years. They don't have to look far IF they want to see a country striving to let its people live free and happy. We ARE a role model. When other countries fester in tyranny AND make attempts to spread their way of doing things, we have an obligation to ourselves and the rest of the free world to stop such movements in their tracks.' Err... How long ago was it that aparthied ended in America? What was up with that McCarthy thing? Freedom? Get off your high horse old boy! The only time your current government wants to intervene is when Oil or political/ strategic gain is involved. Other wise Zimbabwe would have a McDonalds on every corner by now. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

And your point is? When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

LOL Fantastic! Definately on my list of things to do 'just' before I die. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Its true, once you ask God into your life amazing things start to happen.

Hi, To answer your questions I'll do so but not in that order. 2) No I was raised a Muslim. I started to feel like I knew that God was there but it was as if he couldn't hear me somehow, like there was a barrier between my prayers and his answers. I also had a huge problem with the Wahibi element that seemed to be insidiously taking over Islam in the UK prior to 9/11. I had prayed in Churchs as well as Mosques from a young age. When eventualy a friend asked me to go to church with them one sunday. I did and felt something that I hadn't experienced before. 1) I went on an Alpha course. The Alpha course is run in something like 48,000 churchs and locations around the world. It is a non denominational course which originated in my church HTB in London. Its designed for people who aren't Christians or 'Lapsed' Christians who want to know more. Its run over ten weeks and is one evening a week. Each week covers a different area of Christian belife. I garentee you there is one near you. Theres no problem with not being a beliver because thats who the course is aimed at. Don't agree with something? Great! Tell them so. The purpose of the course is not to try and talk you into becoming a Christian , its for you to find out more about God and I supose is more of an introduction. Then its upto you to decide if you want to develope your relationship with him. At any point of the course you can say, Nah, not for me and walk off. No one is going to go knocking on your door. Its compleatly upto you. How did I know it was the right choice? Because after all those years of standing and calling God with a brick wall between us all of a sudden I went round the corner and found a open window, I prayed and God answered me though the Spirit. That window was Jesus, it was like looking for God through a frosted glass then finding a lens that focused everything into clarity, Jesus is that lens. How did I know I was a Christian? I used to argue all the time. I was a aggressive charicter and half the reason I enjoyed the Alpha course to start with was because I could go and argue as much as I wanted. Then on week four I went off to Empuria Brava in Spain. I was on a rented 285 canopy, it was my 50th jump. They called a 50 jump wind hold. I got on the load. As we rolled down to the runway they called a 100 jump minimum. As we took off it turned to a 200 jump minimum. Just before I exited I decided to say a little prayer thanking God for the privlage of being a Skydiver. I jumped and all was fine until I had a slamer of an opener. I then started flying backwards over the road and over fields. I was still flying backwards over a cabbage field when I was preparing to do a backwards PLF. I looked down at the middle of the large field below me and realised with horror that what I'd taken to be cabbages were in fact what appered to be eight foot high Hop poles about two meters apart squared covering the whole field. I turned and was side on to the wind trying to get out of the field. I started to pray and then all a sudden the most amazing calm came over me and I knew every thing was going to be OK. The wind died and I just made it out of the field, turned and landed into wind. I landed in the most beautiful field of wild flowers and made the softest landing ever. My canopy just hung over my head on landing. Behind me was a bright yellow sea of rape plants and all around me red and white wild flowers. I touched down and felt like I'd been caught by the hand of God. The sun shone down on my face and I didn't feel alone. In front of me was a small building to either side trees along the edges of the field and then the hop poles. I came back to the UK and my personality changed. Where I'd had a hard heart it softened, where there had been anger there is now calm. When I'd be irritated with people I now feel compassion. I recived what I now know to be the gifts of the Spirit. Its not airy fairy its very real. The most real thing that you'll ever experience. 3) How did I know it was the right choice? I've become the person that I always wanted to be. I'm, not perfect but I know what God wants of me and am happier for it. Someone once said that Guilt is the difference between the person you are and the person you'd like to be. i feel more happy about who I am. People open up to me more, I am happier and never feel lonley anymore. I feel a freedom that I never experienced before. Check it out you can't loose and have everything to gain. http://alphacourse.org/default.htm When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

ROFLMFAO! When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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1) Doesn't it hurt your neck when you fly upwards (after deployment) 2) Whats to learn? You're just falling. 3) Wow are you an instructor? (Asked by someone when I'd completed just 30 Jumps) 4) Do you jump with people tied to you? (Kinky eh?) 5) How do you breath? (130mph wind up the nose helps) 6) How many times can you jump in a day? 7) Is it bad for you When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Sounds terrible Vibes and prayers coming your way. Good luck When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Hoe kom ons in die taal kan ne praat ne? When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Did you know that you will never find the word gullible in a dictionary? Its true, have a look if you don't belive me. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca