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I was right to think too good to be true then!

Anyone used the hexclad pans - any good? Non stick but metal utensil safe sounds good, obviously worry it's too good to be true

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Can't vouch for these but have seen them and work looks good?

Three grand for the suit isn't bad really

I would - I use bicarb of soda in water for the same job on mine, works pretty well

without it being in the manifesto, tells you it was at least partially ideological

Why? I don't really follow - surely ideological changes are more likely to be political (and hence in a manifesto) whereas technical ones less likely?

Ah gotcha. Yeah if anything the disparity in military power is greater between Israel + Hamas, but it does seem a very different battle, being within a city

Israel aren't analogous to Ukraine in this situation.

Agree with this.

They are the other guys.

Don't think this follows though. Israel hasn't just decided to invade apropos of nothing - they were the victim of a huge attack, which itself was in the context of over a century of friction between two main groups in the same area.

Fuck, they're the last one I'd have guessed

I find this discussion really interesting - I'd not have thought Blair was what people mean by neoliberal (and it seems I'm not alone in that) but there are obviously lots of people who do think that's a fair description. I'd agree he doesn't reject capitalism but if he's neoliberal, how broadly is that really defined? Which countries could really be said not to be neoliberal by that definition?

Interesting, cheers - will check tomorrow and see if that confirms it. Makes it more tempting to eat one if the Latin name includes "delicious"!

Found tonnes of these in the garden! Not tempted to eat them no matter what (think local rodents have already had a crack at most) but any ideas what they are?

Not on Twitter so hadn't seen it but (assuming you mean me) obviously yes, not acceptable at all.

Yeah this is them wanting to raise cash from shareholders so you get the choice - pay for more shares or don't (and accept your shareholding is diluted by all the people who do)

Can I self-refer here?

I guess at least in that respect you win by telling us you're not?

I think we all get one of those for being on the website tbh, I just thought the self own was quite funny.

Are you trying to confess that your analysis is at "early teenage" levels of sophistication?

You didn't seem to be discussing Israel's reach in the media generally, the reply was in context of this statement specifically. Which makes me wonder if it is even possible to boil this down to "Israeli view" or "Palestinian View" when it comes to how this phrase is used?

Thanks for the reply. I do get the difference between societal structure and individual interactions, I'm just not sure why my view on this falls within that framework. Completely understand there are a plurality of views on this, but I guess that's my point - given that is the case, I don't understand why we don't take the more cautious approach (like I'm sure most of us would in almost any other case where something could be viewed as racist)

Eh? "We're talking about the phrase generally"

"Let's get back to exactly what the individual said"

the Israeli position is better represented than the Palestinian one

If that's right (and I'm not sure it is) then wouldn't that be reasonable anyway - if the question is whether a statement is antisemitic, then I'd suggest the views of Jews should be given most precedence?

To put it another way, given you know it is viewed by many Jews as offensive, why not just find another phrase to support Palestinians (which noone is saying you can't or shouldn't do)?

Is that right? I'm basing my view that it's potentially a difficult phrase from the view among Jewish people, not making my own view. I'm not trying to deny them agency, I'm saying that if at least a reasonable proportion of Jewish people consider it to have antisemitic connotations (not without any reason - there is history of it being used by antisemitic groups who do want to eradicate Jews from the area), then surely it's better to avoid it?

I don't see how that's denying the right of Jewish people to define themselves - ignoring the views of those who find the phrase offensive and using it anyway might be though.

No worries, just wondered if there was a BIN non eBay price. I'm only casually interested so not sure what a fair price would be tbh!

How much are you looking for on this (and do I want it?!)

Have been wondering about a practice amp for my very infrequent, unskilled pootling