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[women led]

Watched Annihilation on Netflix at the weekend based on decent reviews. Didn't do it for me at all - 6/10 at a push.

Annihilation would be lucky to get a 4 from me - really bad.

Was looking forward to Annihilation after the very good reviews - it was awful

Yep. A lot of the positive reviews must have been based on the fact that it was "women led".

You'll get in trouble

Syferus, get him!!

Syf still hasn't addressed bcb's post. If it was anyone else he'd be over it like a rash.

He is a rash

If he did say it there was undoubtedly a tactic played. Frank is a very grounded down to earth man and wouldn't think like that at all.

Don't doubt that and agree that there must have been a reason, or the quote taken without context surrounding it, given how strange it sounds on its own. 
Prosecution perhaps focussed on the middle-class rugger buggers who thought they could take what they wanted, with the defence pointing out that there were people of similar background close by who, by virtue of their own upbringing, should/would not have been intimidated by them?  Without reading the full text, we'll never know.

But that won't stop the ones who have convicted them from the start..

Syferus has full on blinkers!

That's escalated quickly! Corrupt solicitors now!

Lads, the door was open for 45 seconds. You know this for sure because Milltown mentioned it above. He hasn't pulled that out of his arse or anything so one of them must have had a stopwatch on the go and it's been leaked to him but not mentioned in court.

It was under a minute. It could be 10 or 50 .. if I open a door in a room and someone is having sex I could make a quick call on that, and whether it's the correct call it's still my view, as it's DF's view as it's your view and others

I'm not going to comment on the case per se here, but did anyone find the following quote from Olding's barrister extremely offensive? 
"A lot of middle class girls were downstairs, they were not going to tolerate a rape or anything like that."
So, working class girls would tolerate rape? I just find it bizarre (and indicative of the bubble the 'professional classes' are in) that anyone would make that comment. Surely the jury isn't entirely made up of 'nice' middle-class people?

Good point sir... was very elitist comment and by reason wud suggest working class girls dont have the same standards.

Or intellect I think is the way he was going with that statement..

As expected the closing arguments tearing the girl to shreds.

If Dara Florence has said she didn't think she witnessed a rape then how can you convict lads beyond reasonable doubt??

She's never seen a rape. She never saw a threesome even. She's not what could be called an expert.
And she only had a gawk for less than a minute.

Count out in your head 45 seconds, or open a door in the office and look in and count 45 seconds..

Ive never seen a rape before but if i looked for that amount of time and was asked whether i wanted to join in, I think that I'd know what was going on.. Hey thats just me

[hide the handbag in the bed room routine]

the old, hide the handbag in the bed room routine, I still try that but the wife is getting worried that I'll be trying on her dresses next

Got from the GAA referee coaching manual MR? Teaching youse how to become (if not already) devious hoorbags 

I'm still waiting on the brown envelope in the ref's room,generally the only thing brown in there is someones pooh!

I'm in the same boat but almost 10 years older  . The job I'm in at the minute is actually affecting my mental health but I'm not sure where to turn or what I'm qualified to do...

If its affecting your health you need to review your current choices, and yes you have to take into consideration the money side of things but if the job starts to have a down side medically then I'd be looking a way out or speak to those within the company to reduce the pressures of the job, if possible

the old, hide the handbag in the bed room routine, I still try that but the wife is getting worried that I'll be trying on her dresses next

Been down this route a couple times, from an engineering background originally and got into teaching engineering in training colleges.. good sector to get into providing you have the temperment and skills.. Most training organisations will put you through all your exams also, up to a teaching certificate..

Lots of other things to branch off into within those jobs, management, auditor, and so on

But I changed all that about 5 odd years ago and got into medical sales, mine is a niche market of sales which required a foundation degree course but its been the best move yet, very tough to give it a go in your 40's, I was 41 so for me it was a gamble that has paid off and works well for me..

I'd full recommend to change your job if your feeling like that

when will the jury get to decide on this? after today?

Olding, McIlroy and Harrison's barristers haven't summed up yet.  There's that to be done and then the judge's direction to the jury.  Not sure how long all that will take.

McIlroy and Harrison's barristers will have to earn their crust I'd say, Hearing prices of over £300,000 for just one of the defendants has paid for legal fees.....

when will the jury get to decide on this? after today?

The guy was a traitor. I feel sorry for his daughter, but he knew what game he was in. If this was a British defector in Moscow, responsible for the deaths/ exposure of British agents in Russia, and he was taken out by MI6, the Sun and Mail would be in total jubilation mode

"But wait, look at my imagine hypothetical reactions from a couple of English tabloids to an event that hasn't actually happened!"

What is your point?

Is it that Putin would and should just sit there like a good little boy if the Brits were murdering a load of people they didn't like in Russia?

Is it that the Brits should be allowed poison or stage "suicides" of a load of former IRA members in the six counties because they were "traitors" to the UK during the Troubles?

Because that seems to be the implication.

That escalated quickly, to UK v Russia to now the RA?  always comes back to here