Harvester Of Souls

Unlikely as Harris' health is sound... unfortunately.

A must for Christmas! Hearing Bill sing "Common People" must be worth the price alone. Seriously tempting... maybe the album contains some beautiful music I could ask to be played at my funeral? Editted to add... Listening to Bill sing Common People is worth the cover price alone.

Nothing like a viral plague to keep us on ground level... How many people have started stock piling dust masks?

Living here in the 6th dimension plays havoc with the depth perception... I thought your species were all 2ft tall, red points, with reflective clothing?

The irony here is the Python-esque way the whole thing is being treated. This virus has killed 60 people, worldwide, since 2003. Time to build an aviary...

Interesting thread this. First of all the point about free speech is bollocks. There is no free speech on this forum as it clearly states when you register. You're bound in agreement to abide by the rules. 'Failure to do so can result in account termination... etc etc.' Second point. Taste. This is a forum for discussing those about to die. Taste doesn't come into it. We're gambling on the famous soon to be dead... nuff said. Anyone that plays the Taste Card (Internet equivalent of the Race Card) is on the wrong forum. Third point. K1r5ty H0ward. 'Sick kid meets the Beckham legend' and she is instantly lifted to stardom. Yep it doesn't comply [famous after sickness] with DL rules to but delete threads that discuss impending death, because it pisses of a few surfers, goes against the whole point of the forum. If that's the road then you need to think of changing the forum name to something more sanitary... like Tampax. That way anyone who wants to discuss death can find another place to do it. If that's the way DL is going then I hope Trading Standards get in on it, and bollock the guilty parties. Banning them from ever opening forums ever again! Fourth point. Inclusion of K1r5ty H0ward in the 2006 DL. It won't happen. It won't happen because despite the DL technicality of being famous after developing a terminal illness, we all have our own personal morals based on who should be included. K1r5ty H0ward is a child and despite the forum content she makes us feel all gooey... bless her. She won't be included because we don't want to see her there, even though she is a likely candidate for 2006 or 7. Fifth point. Regular contributors can use this particular topic matter to demonstrate how DL works when these difficult subjects arise. Upto now I've not read anything derogatory about K1r5ty H0ward, infact most of it is pretty sympathetic. Sure you get the occasional drive by ranter that posts simply because they've read the topic title but so what? It's been demonstrated that K1r5ty H0ward is reasonably out of bounds with regular DL banter so why start deleting awkward threads? DL has a mandate that needs to be kept so stop being f*****g soft. As Oatsey's just said... it's the parents exploitation of her condition that warrants the scrutiny... <end message>

Seconded!

That's only because every year the US invests less in damage prevention.

I thought it was common knowledge?

They happen every year. Quite alot. This year has seen America embarassed by one and as a result they're popular news. Everyone is waiting for the next New Orleans.

Blair? Bush? Thatcher?

Welcome aboard Purpletrumper! Karma got me many years ago so I thought I'd put a little back...

That path suggests that Wilma is a commie. regards, Hein The path suggest that Wilma is infact a -Guest- on the Fidel Castro thread.

Wasn't that enshrined in the Tory manifesto?

Estimates of 50,000+ Britains to be killed by the virus if we don't repent... It's about time the British Isles saw a cull.

Those 'genii' have cancelled another gig claiming they're exhausted. Can't be from over work the idle b******s.

Sounds like another heathen religion trying to find purpose and meaning! I'll drink to that...

I like the cut of your jib! Can it go any lower than that?

That may be true, but it should not in anyway hinder the punishment decided at the end of Saddam’s trial (if or most likely when) he is found guilty. If the punishment that is decided is based on the reaction by some fanatics instead of the crimes that he was found guilty of, then the whole trial process will be viewed as a sham. If there is to be real justice he will be treated fairly. Can't see that happening in Iraq's kangaroo courts.

Maybe it is. As you said though life is ever changing. Death isn't. It's constant. Life sprung from a series of random coincidences. At a finite moment it was created and the cycle has continued ever since. Before life there was no life. Death is the absence of life. Life itself is finite and always heads towards death so why can't death define life? We have a short space of time to continue the cycle while we're here. Death always wins. We can't cheat the Reaper It's a moment of clarity inbetween levels of intoxication.

Death is the definitive part of the life cycle. The one constant. Sure the death of one thing may mean the life of another but that life also heads inevitably towards it's death. The two have to co-exist but it doesn't necessarily mean it has a meaning... there is no higher purpose other than to continue the cycle. We like to think there is because we have the intelligence to reason... the fact that there is no purpose scares the S**t out of [some] of us. Hurry to meet death before your place is taken

Only if you pay them

"The Torch Song Trilogy" on a permanent loop, Now that would be pure evil. Maybe Saddam Hussein could relive his execution day in a permanent loop, similar to what happened to "Bill Murray" in the movie "Groundhog Day". Particularly if he dies horribly. I wonder if that plastic shredder he had is still around. I think he should be allowed to face George II in the Colusseum.

Naaah! Life just get's a head start. Death always wins. It's the only guarantee in life.