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Common place or not a man wanting another man is not a natural thing.

Not natural? What does this mean? Do you mean animals don't do it?

It's a live style choice, when bitches are in heat a dog will ride anything, procreation and all that!

Huh? Dogs make lifestyle choices? It's natural but it's not natural?

Men being with women, and don't even start me on the child abuse that is two gay men going for adoption, that thing should never be allowed.

I will start you. How is it "child abuse" for gay people to have families?

Gay men to adopt children, if a gay women has a child the child is with their mother.  No one can deny the mother is the most important part of the family, a child needs that bond, how can such a bond be prevalent with two men?

So widowers shouldn't be allowed to keep their children unless they hook up with another woman? 

Where are you getting all this research from? (I'm joking. I know you're pulling this stuff out of your ass and don't have a single scrap of research to back up any of what you're saying.)

There's a ton of great eating houses all over the city. Personal favorites of mine include Gracias Madre, which is all vegan but still worth checking out even if you're not vegan, and a shitty looking little Taqueria also on Mission, I think it's near 16th. (I'd count Mexican food as a taste of America these days in the same way that Indian food is a taste of England.) Johnny Foley's is very good, but it's an Irish pub so probably not a taste of America. For that you could always go to Mel's Diner.

Will defo do the cycle over the bridge, views back must be amazing. the rock is on the cards and the chocolate tour sounds great. any more?

Wrap up warm when cycling over the bridge. Always bring a jacket and a handful of layers, no matter how hot it looks. Once that  fog rolls in the temperature can drop like a stone.

[it's sickening]

I'd say you are correct about repressed intolerant households, but two caring dads surely push the child down a certain path and as nature intended the mother to give birth and raise the young what maternal instincts have two gays in raising and supporting a young child.  It's wrong, it's unnatural and the PC world has gone mad to allow it.  Elton John is about 70 and him and his gay partner have basically bought kids - it's sickening.

Well then you're going to be very sick watching this horrific outcome of two lesbians raising children.

Men being with women, and don't even start me on the child abuse that is two gay men going for adoption, that thing should never be allowed.

I will start you. How is it "child abuse" for gay people to have families?

I think the point of gay pride and the 'coming out' business is for it to become so commonplace that in future we'll return* to a time when it'll be considered no big deal what your sexual preferences are. Nobody will have to 'come out' because they won't feel any pressure to be 'in' in the first place.  Gay pride parades are an act of defiance in cultures where homosexual or bisexual behaviour is or was suppressed, and I think the intention of them is to let gay people know that there's no need to stay in the closet.  It's like the atheist billboards doing the rounds in America at the minute reassuring atheists in religiously-dominated areas that it's okay to be an atheist and that they're not alone.

* Yes, return to a time when it's no big deal. The idea that there's something wrong with homosexual behaviour is a relatively recent invention. In ancient Rome and ancient Greece nobody gave a toss.

Man City and Arsenal out of their depth in the last 16 against the European elite,Chelsea and Man Ure haven't a snowballs chance in hell of even coming close to the trophy.The so called best league in the world, a billionaires playground with the best salaries in the world is truly an embarrassment these days

Thank you for your continued interest in British soccer.

Dan Quayle.

[Cork chief calls on counties to shoot down 'Nash motion']

Cork chief calls on counties to shoot down 'Nash motion'
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Cork GAA chairman Bob Ryan has launched a withering attack on the "Anthony Nash motion", questioning whether the GAA want to turn hurling into golf.

By John Fogarty
A motion from the playing rules committee will be voted on at Saturday's Congress making it illegal for a player to advance the ball deliberately passed the position where a free, penalty or sideline is to be struck from.

Ryan believes Cork goalkeeper Nash has been singled out for his success in converting two close-range frees in last year's All-Ireland finals.

Cork will strenuously oppose the motion in Croke Park and are urging counties to do likewise. "I would hope hurling people especially would see how nonsensical this motion is," said Ryan. "This one possible rule change would alter more than just how 20-metre frees and penalties are taken and I don't think it would be advantageous for the game. In hurling you must strike the ball using a forward motion. So if you win a 65 would it now become a 70? Maybe they want to change it to golf, I don't know. Maybe they now want people teeing up the ball!"

Ryan was taken aback by how the GAA have been so quick to react in an attempt to clearly neutralise Nash's style. "It is disappointing. I'm absolutely amazed that this attempt to change the rule is being made in view of the fact that 2013, by everybody's agreement, was the best year in the history of hurling. One of the highlights was Anthony Nash going up to take his frees. Now, for some strange reason, an attempt is being made to change. It defies logic."

At the Cork board's monthly meeting last week, Ryan suggested the rule change be debated at the hurling forum spoken of by GAA President Liam O'Neill.

He said he has had no feedback from Croke Park on the idea. "I don't know what their intentions are. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me," he said about the motion. "I think the thing to do now rather than go down the road of tinkering with hurling on a willy-nilly basis is to talk in the proper forum mentioned by the president and whatever needs to be rectified, do it, and then leave the game alone."

At the weekend, Clare boss Davy Fitzgerald stressed the importance for the motion to pass on the grounds of safety for players on the goal-line.

Former Cork defender Diarmuid O'Sullivan last week described the motion as "farcical". Speaking last month, ex-Wexford netminder Damien Fitzhenry felt it discriminated against Nash.

Prior to news of the playing rules committee discussing the rule change, former Clare goalkeeper Seamus Durack told this newspaper Nash's style had to be stamped out.

He said: "I'm not getting at Anthony who's a wonderful goalkeeper, but it's not right being allowed to throw the ball seven yards in front of you. It's a pure joke and must be stopped."

Irish Examiner

Is this what we're doing now? Changing the rules to prevent the evolution of the game?  Nothing good ever comes out of changing the rules in response to isolated events.  Who can forget the unbelievably stupid decision to experiment with abolishing the opening clash and replace it with a puckout in the league, all because of one single incident in a game in the previous year.

If every penalty or short range free becomes unstoppable and goals become guaranteed then by all means adjust the rules or move the ball back a bit, but FFS wait until it becomes a problem!

[especially when you consider the large amount of very elderly residents in the area]

5 days is far too much, especially when you consider the large amount of very elderly residents in the area. 2 concerts would be fine, but 5 is over the top.

And how, pray tell, does it affect elderly residents more than the youngsters?

If i lived there, i'd be doing a big shop and pulling the blinds for 5 days. It will be mayhem.

Yes it does.