Quote from: Josquius on May 13, 2024, 04:52:49 AMHas Seinfeld said something about the Israel situation or is it just "OMFG a Jew! That means Israel!" at play here?
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 12, 2024, 04:08:45 PMQuote from: crazy canuck on May 12, 2024, 01:17:29 AMRight, which is why I am not sure you made a comment about there being a gap between truth and malice.I thought it was striking - and still do - that in one court you have a finding of no libel because of the defence of truth and in another a finding of libel with actual malice. The gap between those two results seems pretty huge.Quote from: Sheilbh on May 12, 2024, 04:08:45 PMQuote from: crazy canuck on May 12, 2024, 01:17:29 AMRight, which is why I am not sure you made a comment about there being a gap between truth and malice.I thought it was striking - and still do - that in one court you have a finding of no libel because of the defence of truth and in another a finding of libel with actual malice. The gap between those two results seems pretty huge.
But you are just repeating the statement that made me question why you think there is a gap. Let me ask it this way, why are you surprised that different defences render different results? And especially in defamation cases where truth is an absolute defence.
QuoteYeah and as I say I think this would be helped by a more consolidated industry. I'm not sure how you encourage that though.Is this another area where we curse Thatcher?
QuoteNot really. My point is that higher education is shaped by our economic structure and people are doing vocational degrees because there's demand from both sides for it - and are in every other sector. The reason 75% of students are doing law, accountancy, business, medical professions is because our big exporters are professional services and (as everywhere else in the West) healthcare is also a sector with a lot of demand for graduates. It's not culture and we can't just magic that economy into something else (I'm not sure we should necessarily want to either).Not sure I'm reading what you're saying here right- 75% of students are doing these subjects you mentioned? Where'd you get this? That seems crazily high even considering you're grouping a few big ones.
Call centres typically don't require degrees - as I say this is the Tory line of higher education churning out people with shit degrees going into shit jobs and it's not really true. It's people doing pretty useful degrees and going into everyday jobs. All of the administration and management and project management etc in the NHS, all across the civil service, in every big-ish company (it's just we also export it as consultancy). But the reality is the vast majority of students are not doing Media Studies and then ending up trapped in a call centre they're vastly overqualified for. That's a tabloid stereotype.
QuoteUniversities normally run all sorts of short courses and certificates, same for FE colleges (which are funded by local councils so fucked). But looking up stats and apparently 44% of adults in the UK have taken part in some sort of formal learning in the last three years and 55% of full-time workers are doing it right now.That's amazingly high.
It looks more common as you get older (wealth and, I suspect, kids growing up probably being key factors) and there's a big socio-economic split.
Quote from: Tamas on May 13, 2024, 03:21:23 AMQuote from: Valmy on May 12, 2024, 10:23:31 PMQuote from: Admiral Yi on May 12, 2024, 09:18:12 PMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ciV2nU04oo
Duke students walk out on commencement speaker Jerry Seinfeld.
Well that could have gone worse all things considered.
Are we drawing the success line at "the Jew didn't get lynched" now?
Quote from: Valmy on May 12, 2024, 10:23:31 PMQuote from: Admiral Yi on May 12, 2024, 09:18:12 PMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ciV2nU04oo
Duke students walk out on commencement speaker Jerry Seinfeld.
Well that could have gone worse all things considered.
Quote from: Josquius on May 13, 2024, 03:12:48 AMQuote from: Tamas on May 13, 2024, 03:09:00 AMOn the other hand a reading of the "cabinet reshuffle" is that a further shift to a war economy is planned. Which would indicate the Russian leadership is not nearly as assured of their victory as Western commentators reading their propaganda are.Surely this would line up with a total victory too?
Ukraine smashed...still need to get things ready for the next conquest. And even if thats not on the horizon tightening control and ramping up the authoritarianism
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