I'll remember that next time I'm in Mumbai and a friend wears Levi's and says something is "cool"...

*did

It was put in a very cringeworthy manner but there is some truth to it. One of the most effective counter-terror programs seen was based around ensuring that young Saudi men in at-risk groups had the resources to buy a car and a house.

I agree when you say that they obviously invest a lot in photoshopping because they want it to look realistic, but I think that it's a mistake to say it's aspiration and not fantasy. Victoria's Secret isn't trying to make its customers aspire to be these models, or even feel that by putting on one of their bras they…

I can't give blood (not that I ever would, I faint thinking about it...) in the US either because I lived in the UK during the mad cow disease era.

No, 3,200 (or more...) are stationed there, of whom a far smaller number work with the PSNI.

Why do you say occupied, though?

That's true, but it's a nine-week limit in NI and the bar for actually getting one is a lot higher than in GB. I think a lot of Irish women will still come over for the foreseeable future.

Sort of. Most Irish women just go the UK but they actually make efforts to block even that, I think it's illegal in Ireland to provide information on the abortion services provided to Irish women in the UK.

Occupied?

I was thinking much the same thing. I think it's a great idea but I can't see how it won't blow back if you take on a big group of people with good IT skills, social issues and a track record of acting immorally.

Yes, because anyone who's filing an IPCC complaint obviously thinks that the Met is staffed exclusively by innocent lambs who have part time work doing sensitivity training for Haringey council...

The French police are notoriously... unsympathetic, to say the least.

Ah no, that is a pain and I expect now you're in the US the costs for the pill aren't exactly negligible.

What part of the UK was that, out of interest? I had thought that these things were relatively standardised across England and Wales but I suppose that IUDs might not fall under the right bureaucratic boxes for uniform access.

I don't think you're wrong in identifying worrisome discontent and underlying problems, I just think you're wrong in asserting that youth culture is unusually negative and harmful in the UK. I think the sensationalism of the UK press can make this appear to be the case to people abroad. After all, it's a lot easier to…

As everyone else has said, happy slapping hasn't been in the news for yonks. Also it wasn't that big of a "trend" anyway.

I'm not arguing that the beliefs are legitimate, if you'll note this all began because I said social conservatives do actually care about persuading people and in fact did so successfully in the 80s and 90s. You argued that all they care about is banning stuff, which is not true and doesn't explain how they've managed…

Oh, completely. This loosening of the rules still obviously exists in a patriarchal context - insofar as it opens space for women it's by granting an exemption to certain rules - and is hardly creating a space of equality and unicorns and mutually enjoyable casual sex. Indeed, even trying to remember the most…

I did but you're rather missing my point. You said Racism = Power + Prejudice. I agree.