Tiger attack, or not?

A keeper at a wildlife park in Cumbria, Wales, died over the weekend after being mauled by a tiger.

the tiger in question had previously mauled 2 keepers at another park 14 years ago.

Should it be destroyed?

I say NO!

Yes, it is a tragedy, but as the tigers, and other big cats, are kept in large enclosures, without direct human contact and fed raw meat they are still semi wild.

so, surely if you decide to walk into their enclosure, whilst they are running free, you are asking for trouble. natural instincts will kick in, so they will attack!

rally death

much as it is sad that someone has died whilst watching a rally, i really don't see how the sport or anyone connected can be blaimed.

it was just one of those things, a racing incident!

there is no way that you could plan / predict what could happen at any point, of what is at times a very unpredictable sport. I mean, can you guess how any particular driver will react with any part of a rough circuit and a specific car, with unknown weather conditions?

No, so lets hope common sense prevails and no stupid H&S rules are put in place that restrict a great sport

Another dictator bites the dust

Gadaffi is gone, thank god for that

the world is a safer place as another terrorising dictator is killed, removed, and destroyed

no matter the localised cost, and the loss of lives, surely removing people like him from our lives, our world, can only make it a better and safer place for everyone

A legend has gone

What a real shame it is that Sir Bobby Robson has died, finally the cancer that he has been battling took him.

Here a REAL life legend has passed from out number's, yet despite all of his fantastic achievements at club and international level and NO major scandel's, you can pretty much guarantee that outside the football / sports world no-one will really care.

How is this far compared with the ludicrous amount of coverage that MJ got? Yes he gave great music to the world, but he was also a bit wierd and dogged with some very bad scandel's - what can be worse than what he was accused of with kids?

But Sir Booby also inspired people, accross the generations, with his personality, his drive and his dedication.

RIP to a real and great legend of a man, YOu will be missed for year's to come

Another plane crash!

Hopefully this is the last of the group of three, we don't need anymore - no matter where in the world it happens

Iran this time, but at least for Airbus it wasn't one of their's this time, but a Tupelov! Still, 2 out of 3 isn't exactly good publicity for Airbus!

168 dead, another total loss of life - this time though it exploded and was on fire before it hit the ground. What a terrible way to go, and gruesome for the rescuer's n fire crew's.

support our boys

Today, as on many other days, it is important in my opinion, to show support for our brave and gallant boys n girls fighting around the world. Another eight poor souls came home in coffins, and were greeted with respect and support, as well as grief, buy the thosuands lining the route from Lyneham airfield. They have died sighting for their country, to help us and others stay free, or be freed, from oppression and tryany. How can anyone say this is wrong or pointless? If everyone thought like that would the world be different today? If we, and others, hadn't objected to Hitler invading Poland and hsi treatment of the jews, or what happened in the former Yogoslavia? Show support, stop mouthing off at them being in the wrong!

Swine flu - worried or not?

A 9 year old child has died from Swine Flu, the latest victim. But does this worry you, and should it? Hundred's of thousands of people have the infection, and the drugs are being used to try and control those closest to the infected people, and so reduce the risk of it spreading. Many people have said that these drugs should have a wider use, to prevent the risk of infection. But all this will do is make them less effective as the virus will be able to build an immunity to the drug's! Should we be worried or scared? I don 't think so as we have faced many challenges throughout our history and survived. After all, not that long ago the end of the world was proclaimed with the onset of HIV and aids, and we are still here!

MJ - enough is enough

Although i agree that the passing of the great MJ is very sad, and he did give us some fantastic music. Isn't it time to move on a bit? Everyday for the entire week the TV and radio have been full of him. He hasn't released a new record for years and was hardly ever played. Then, as soon as he dies he his back on the airwaves every few records, and no end of TV shows about him and his life. I can understand this at the start, and then again around the time of the funeral and memorial service - but not every day. And many people seem to have forgotton the more dubious parts of his life - such as WHY he lost his home and fortune. Now the row is over his children, and who gets custody. Why shouldn't two of them go to their natural birth mother? What is so wrong in that? RIP MJ, enjoy the peace that you now have!

Tazer gun's

What next? A man has died after being shot with tazer / stun gun's by police in Australia. But he had to be shot 28 times! This has caused human rights groups etc to question their safety? But surely if he had to be shot 28 times then he was seriously resisting arrest? Who would really want to have that number of electric shocks for fun? And, consider the alternative. If the police felt the need to tazer him, the other option was to shoot him with a standard hand gun. Maybe it's just me but he would have died with fewer that 28 bullets in him!

mother in the freezer!

Could you do it?

Keep your mum in a freezer, in the garage, for up to 20 years?

Well its been done. Police were called in after a neighbour raised the alarm. They found the body in the garage freezer, and at the moment are treating it as natural causes rather than a suspicious death.

Then why oh why do it? Would you really want that, imagine a power cut or if it broke down? The smell! How would you explain it or deal with it then?

Not a nice thought

Baby P - I'm sorry!

IS she for real? The mother of Baby P has apologised for failing him, causing him suffering and pain! Bit late for that, as with her partner and lodger, they killed him! What sort of life, short though it was, must that poor little boy have had. No love, no tenderness and no fun. Instead the people that are meant to protect him abused and killed him. Makes me sick. Added to the fact that social services and everyone else 'missed' the signs. What were they doing? What were they looking at? Or was it more a case of 'I'm busy, got too many cases to handle so just rush through and do the minimum amount that I have too'. Sick bastards

Waste of police time

What is it with wasting the time, and resources, of our police force nowadays. Not only do they waste time prosecuting a couple that FOUND a lottery ticket on the floor. Yes, it was a winning ticket, yes they cashed it in. But my view is the original owner lost it, they FOUND it. They didn't steal it, mug her for it or anything like that, they found it on the floor. They get an 11 month suspended sentence, yet real thieves, burglars, shop lifters, mugger's and worse get away with much less, or even just a caution... if they even get taken to court, how many get off as there is no CCTV so the good old police and CPS drop it as lack of evidence? Add to this the investigation into the fatal crash resulting from a police chase. Yes, I feel sorry that a 16 year old died, it's a waste when anyone dies. But he did steal a car, he did try and drag race a Subaru in his Mercedes, he did make off from the police after initially stopping. And he had been bailed for car theft just 24 hours earlier - bit of a pattern? So what did the police do wrong in this instance? Nothing. They did their job, and yet still get investigated for doing it. The youth that dies sped off at up to 130mph, so who is to blame here?

violence in the world today?

What is going on at the moment? As if we don't have enough natural disaster's n deaths to deal with. The real IRA seem to want to try and restart the troubles in Ireland, killing soldiers and innocent civilians (the pizza guy's are targets as they delivered food to the soldier's!). Even Gerry Adams has disowned them, not wanting any part in renewed violence. Now we have two deaths in France. Plus all the riots around the G20 and NATO summit's. How do these people live and survive? Or are they on benefits, which if they are should be removed and given to more deserving people, those that actually want to get a proper job, work and pay taxes to support their country!