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Say what you want about Hamas but they could teach us a thing or two about handling big infrastructure projects. They managed to construct a network of tunnels in Gaza bigger than the London Underground on a shoestring budget and were so discreet that none of the NGOs flooding Gaza knew anything about it, even with military bases adjacent to hospitals and schools. If you wanted to get something done in spite of the nimby protesters you'd be best hiring Hamas builders.

In many years time the internet archives will be trawled by academics curious to what it takes to justify this genocide, They might even find you, Someone unable to overcome their base prejudice and willing to overlook every action by a nation that films what it is doing and telegraphs the atrocities to come.

You have the reaction you were looking for. But it damns you.

You must have missed the films Hamas made of the atrocities and murders they committed on October 7th and subsequently of the hostages. I expect academics curious to know how this sort of slaughter - the worst atrocity against Jews since WW2 - came about will be looking at how such a group felt able to film its atrocities and how so many other people nonetheless sought to deny the existence, scale and brutality of such atrocities and their genocidal intent.

How many deaths in the civilian population of Gaza will it take to atone what happed on the seventh?

You are rightly so strident about the injustices our society. Can you not see them in Gaza? To be a civilian in the strip is to be bombed and starved and denied medication food and water. To have your home demolished, schools and universities razed and hospitals systematically shut down. Whole families are knowingly bombed out of existence to kill one militant. You are usually so free with your words of condemnation, do you have any for these victims of injustice or have you missed their suffering?

I'll ask: how can the razing of an entire city be a proportionate response to the seventh?

The death of everyone fighting for Hamas, unless or until Hamas surrenders unconditionally is how many it takes. It's war.

Yes collateral damage happens in war. That's why war should be a last resort but last resort was met by the seventh and until the war is won then it must continue.

Hamas could end the war today by surrendering. I blame Hamas for the innocents dying, it's not Israel's fault.

During war innocents can normally seek refuge outside the warzone to shelter for protection. Egypt is denying innocents that option currently which means more people will inevitably die.

My natural instincts are pro-Israel. Israel has made a number of peace treaties with neighbours over the years, and has handed back territory. Whereas Hamas simply want the extinction of Israel and Jews. Israel, though flawed, were the better guys.

The settlers were a massive part of the 'though flawed' clause above.

Now, however, it is hard, if not impossible, to make Israel out to be the 'better' guys. I understand your view, and I am in no way sympathetic to Hamas, but Israel has simply gone too far. It is not that Hamas are in same way 'better' than they were; they were, and still are, contemptible, evil asshats.

It's just that Israel are descending down to their level. There may be an argument that they have needed to descend down to that level in order to eradicate the threat Hamas poses, but it also makes it harder, if not impossible, for outsiders to support Israel, and makes criticism of the supporters of Hamas hypocritical.

And that will hurt Israel immensely in the medium and long term.

Say what you want about Hamas but they could teach us a thing or two about handling big infrastructure projects. They managed to construct a network of tunnels in Gaza bigger than the London Underground on a shoestring budget and were so discreet that none of the NGOs flooding Gaza knew anything about it, even with military bases adjacent to hospitals and schools. If you wanted to get something done in spite of the nimby protesters you'd be best hiring Hamas builders.

In many years time the internet archives will be trawled by academics curious to what it takes to justify this genocide, They might even find you, Someone unable to overcome their base prejudice and willing to overlook every action by a nation that films what it is doing and telegraphs the atrocities to come.

You have the reaction you were looking for. But it damns you.

You must have missed the films Hamas made of the atrocities and murders they committed on October 7th and subsequently of the hostages. I expect academics curious to know how this sort of slaughter - the worst atrocity against Jews since WW2 - came about will be looking at how such a group felt able to film its atrocities and how so many other people nonetheless sought to deny the existence, scale and brutality of such atrocities and their genocidal intent.

How many deaths in the civilian population of Gaza will it take to atone what happed on the seventh?

You are rightly so strident about the injustices our society. Can you not see them in Gaza? To be a civilian in the strip is to be bombed and starved and denied medication food and water. To have your home demolished, schools and universities razed and hospitals systematically shut down. Whole families are knowingly bombed out of existence to kill one militant. You are usually so free with your words of condemnation, do you have any for these victims of injustice or have you missed their suffering?

I'll ask: how can the razing of an entire city be a proportionate response to the seventh?

Say what you want about Hamas but they could teach us a thing or two about handling big infrastructure projects. They managed to construct a network of tunnels in Gaza bigger than the London Underground on a shoestring budget and were so discreet that none of the NGOs flooding Gaza knew anything about it, even with military bases adjacent to hospitals and schools. If you wanted to get something done in spite of the nimby protesters you'd be best hiring Hamas builders.

In many years time the internet archives will be trawled by academics curious to what it takes to justify this genocide, They might even find you, Someone unable to overcome their base prejudice and willing to overlook every action by a nation that films what it is doing and telegraphs the atrocities to come.

You have the reaction you were looking for. But it damns you.

You must have missed the films Hamas made of the atrocities and murders they committed on October 7th and subsequently of the hostages. I expect academics curious to know how this sort of slaughter - the worst atrocity against Jews since WW2 - came about will be looking at how such a group felt able to film its atrocities and how so many other people nonetheless sought to deny the existence, scale and brutality of such atrocities and their genocidal intent.

I remain perplexed by the implied unwillingness of the caring, empathetic female doctors in the ED to share their changing facilities with a 6ft 2 man who thinks he is a women, yet say nothing to managers who are throwing the book at a nurse who said no.

I noticed that the Dundee Courier has noticed that NHS Fife have issued a statement about the Information Connoisseur's response.

NHS Fife's production of The Operating Theatre of The Absurd goes on for another run next week.

Dr U worked in A&E. No-one has yet explained why he was not using the doctors changing rooms in A&E but instead went to the nurses one. Also I note that none of the female doctors who apparently gave him their support had to use the same changing facilities as him. Why not?

There is, I suspect, a class issue here, as well as a sexism one.

Oh and one of the managers suggested that the nurse change in the toilets. Well, why was that suggestion not made to the doctor?

Incidentally, there are lots of members of the Board plus many other layers of management but the one post which currently remains unfilled at NHS Fife is the Whistleblowimg Champion.

What a surprise!

Good news for the CEO caught cheating at the Coldplay gig

He doesn't work for NHS Fife...

What a can of worms that’s turning out to be,

You are being polite. It is a complete and utter fuck up.

I simply do not understand why they do not realise there is an obvious conflict of interest here between the interests of NHS Fife and Dr U. My guess is that there is no sensible instructing solicitor with the intelligence, competence or courage to say so and insist on different legal teams plus no intelligent, competent or courageous client to listen to and act on such advice.

It takes a special sort of incompetence to issue 4 versions of a statement which initially defames counsel for the nurse and a third party, pisses off the Information Commissioner who is now considering whether NHS Fife are in contempt and have breached undertakings they gave to him, appears to have been issued without its own barrister first being made aware, in the middle of live proceedings and reveals that the reason the hearing was transferred to Dundee was because of threats to the nurse and her legal team.

If NHS Fife conceded at this point after the outcome of the disciplinary hearing they could at least say "well, we had a disciplinary hearing, the outcome is what it is so there is no point to the employment hearing plus with the SC decision we will take steps to comply with the law". It doesn't dwell on the very many faults in their handling of the matter but it would be a broadly sensible way to bring the matter to a close.

But of course none of this would suit Dr U because it would mean that his evidence had been rejected, his honesty put in question and he would not be able to use the ladies' facilities. Plus there would be the issue of legal costs. So he has every interest in continuing to fight whereas Fife - if sensibly advised (a bloody big "if" to be fair) - does not.

I also suspect that one reason why Fife is continuing is because to concede would be to admit the incompetence and malice of some of their senior officials, all of whom have an interest in continuing to justify themselves and throw mud at Sandie P.

It is an absolute shit show!