Obviously, some of the PB oldies have rose tinted glasses on, and remember the 80s as a time when you could leave your front door open, go on holiday for a fortnight, and the local kids would go in a… (View Post)

The way I look at is like this: Criminals think about - chance of getting caught - likelihood of getting punished - distance in the future before said punishment happens and - severity of punishment … (View Post)

Norway, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, and Switzerland all wave hello. All have - to you - extremely low levels of incarceration, all of which pursue policies which you would regard as wanky and liberal.… (View Post)

Coldplay did produce one genuinely excellent album. The rest of their discography is rubbish, mind. (View Post)

It's quite hard to attack Taiwan, due to the large amount of sea that the invasion force would need to cross. At the very least, we'd get lots of warning because China would need to martial… (View Post)