tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725045245352843933.post4048945675029837380..comments2023-05-15T16:31:46.151+01:00Comments on This side of the house: Risks and LibertyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725045245352843933.post-46154332316433096842008-05-29T00:01:00.000+01:002008-05-29T00:01:00.000+01:00"What can be said can be said clearly." but not ne..."What can be said can be said clearly." but not necessarily in public. We begin to trespass where confidentiality might apply. fd80atdialdotpipexdotcom (preventspam) to further the discussion.The 50-Year-Old Pupilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10143818439614741406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725045245352843933.post-19645858393245872782008-05-28T22:26:00.000+01:002008-05-28T22:26:00.000+01:00Oh! Now that's wonderful!Yes, the rumour is still...Oh! Now that's wonderful!<BR/><BR/>Yes, the rumour is still going around this year about him!<BR/><BR/>I must admit, I hadn't read Barrister 2B in sufficient detail... feel I MUST not read the whole of the blog :)<BR/><BR/>Mr X is teaching us for PI (which, I will concede, he is not a bad tutor in. Though the WGS send us all to sleep. Spent most of the last one debate by text and note whether ---https://www.blogger.com/profile/16057304348178484164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725045245352843933.post-9991778930932397532008-05-28T22:11:00.000+01:002008-05-28T22:11:00.000+01:00This Mr.X!Remember that your entire way of life de...<A HREF="http://barrister2b.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2007-05-18T04%3A40%3A00Z&max-results=5" REL="nofollow">This Mr.X!</A><BR/><BR/>Remember that your entire way of life depends on those "unintelligent" people. They feed you, collect your refuse, fix your plumbing, save you when you have an accident and entertain you when you are blue. "It makes you doubt your status as an intellectual."The 50-Year-Old Pupilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10143818439614741406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725045245352843933.post-68691841629705002612008-05-28T20:18:00.000+01:002008-05-28T20:18:00.000+01:00Ha ha, very true. The problem is that we all know...Ha ha, very true. The problem is that we all know the risks, are all intelligent enough to consider them and understand them but our pesky egos keep getting in the way :)<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure who you mean by Mr X. Are you perhaps getting me confused with a different blogger? If so, I do hope you've found the diversion worthwhile!---https://www.blogger.com/profile/16057304348178484164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725045245352843933.post-50354258274815769812008-05-28T20:07:00.000+01:002008-05-28T20:07:00.000+01:00If you think about it, doing the BVC is like betti...If you think about it, doing the BVC is like betting around £20-30k on getting pupillage. The odds are rather worse than going into the Manchester235 Casino, going up to the roulette table and putting all that money on "red".<BR/><BR/>Bar students not in a position to snear at gamblers methinks!<BR/><BR/>How is Mr.X getting on this year? Not in his syndicate group are you?The 50-Year-Old Pupilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10143818439614741406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725045245352843933.post-30740546855373858342008-05-28T17:35:00.000+01:002008-05-28T17:35:00.000+01:00Maybe, and I'm arguing somewhat from a devil's adv...Maybe, and I'm arguing somewhat from a devil's advocate position here, it indicates that we're still rubbish at individually assessing risk (swimming pools v guns, for instance) but collectively, over the years we haven't been too bad?<BR/><BR/>Or perhaps, more realistically in my view, we have less accidents because there are less dangerous professions and trades around and accidents are no ---https://www.blogger.com/profile/16057304348178484164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725045245352843933.post-71996465701152158122008-05-28T17:18:00.000+01:002008-05-28T17:18:00.000+01:00Another article by a Guardian journo about a compl...Another article by a <I>Guardian</I> journo about a complex subject he knows nothing about. If people don't understand risk, why are we richer and safer than 100 years ago? And who does understand risk? Oh yeah, <I>Guardian</I> readers who like telling other people how to live their lives. <I>Risk</I> by John Adams is a good starter for the mathematically challenged.The 50-Year-Old Pupilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10143818439614741406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725045245352843933.post-39849456112101635442008-05-28T08:07:00.000+01:002008-05-28T08:07:00.000+01:00My school didn't teach anything like that.I feel l...My school didn't teach anything like that.<BR/><BR/>I feel left out. :(---https://www.blogger.com/profile/16057304348178484164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725045245352843933.post-45065295881655492132008-05-25T23:42:00.000+01:002008-05-25T23:42:00.000+01:00Oh, and also stuff like - never taking a lift with...Oh, and also stuff like - never taking a lift with a stranger (in a residential building obviously). I still remember than one :)Androidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12001994727389453144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6725045245352843933.post-787187565223660062008-05-25T23:40:00.000+01:002008-05-25T23:40:00.000+01:00At my school in Russia we had a subject called 'Th...At my school in Russia we had a subject called 'The basics of the safe living' (or something like that), where we were taught about situations like gas attacks, carbon monoxide escapes, fires, earthquakes, lightening storms etc etc :) It was great fun :)Androidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12001994727389453144noreply@blogger.com