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According to Wikipedia, Germany's position on euthanasia is "unknown, presumed illegal." So that kind of rules it out as a potential defence.

There was a case in Germany many, many years ago about a man who indulged in cannibalism and thus advertised on the Internet for a victim who would consent to ...

If the girls knew they could get themselves into trouble, they should be held to account. Maybe the men too, but certainly not the media and certainly not the parents.

America has a lot of influence in global politics. When making its decision about whether to get involved in a conflict, it needs to think VERY carefully about the potential ...

No. The ads don't interest me at all.

I would like to know where the statistics have come from. Then I might be able to make a better decision on whether they are accurate or not.

Has anyone watched Bonekickers on BBC One lately? If you haven't, I would not recommend it: it's the most ridiculous piece of drivel that the BBC has ever commissioned. The ...

I think 'equality' as a construct (see Rubric's argument) is an ideal that we all aspire to but in practice it never holds universally true. We have to accept that ...

I don't have any problem with it if extremely tight safeguards are imposed so that such technology does not fall into the wrong hands. Should that happen, who knows what ...

Agreed, idle_muse. I hate the treaty as it gives away most of our powers to Brussels and for the reasons you mentioned. Many people like myself want a referendum. The ...

I felt like being controversial with this one, so... fire away!

Haven't seen it yet. But it looks cute.

Does sound like Get Your Own Back, a now-defunt children's show. More specifics would really help on this one. Time? Which channel? Any notable people?

Agreed, Rubric. Pseudo-science is exactly that: it's not science.

Exactly, Sureal. The scientific community works by constantly reviewing and testing new hypotheses. If other scientists are unable to repeat an experiment to test a hypothesis and achieve the same ...