Bad science ....

[Herd900rd]

It would be odd if quality of life were measured in years alone. Am I the only person who thinks the long-term prospects for humanity are not pleasant?

[Herd900rd]

....but Wild About Britain is about our efforts to protect the environment, not our own future. Perhaps the topic should be quietly terminated (no pun intended).

[Biomotors]

Originally Posted by Herd900rd

The government is imposing a charge to act as a deterrent to drivers and encourage use of public transport I would imagine

I think it is more likely that they are imposing a charge just to raise money, and just because they can; in a hospital car-park they have a very captive group who have no choice but to pay. When is the last time you didn't go to hospital because of the 2 pound parking fee?

Dominic

[earthdragon64]

One of the reasons that Raigmore Hospital in Inverness gave for introducing a parking charge severeal years ago was to discourage people from leaving their car there and taking the bus into town to go to work or go shopping.

Pretty pointless as the fee for all day was £1.00, which was still an awful lot cheaper than the bus fare and town centre parking charge.

There isn't a fee now, the Scottish Government abolished them across the country from the start of this year.

[Meta menardi]

Originally Posted by earthdragon64

There isn't a fee now, the Scottish Government abolished them across the country from the start of this year.

Scottish rule for England!

Oh, we have Gordon Brown!

[Herd900rd]

I don't think therte are that many people who would give up there vehicles without being "prodded". Vulnerable groups shouldn't be penalised, but the drivers aren't always ill are they?

[Herd900rd]

No funds raised no hospitals. Few doctors, nurses, porters, domestics and cooks work for nothing.

[Digit]

No funds raised no hospitals. Few doctors, nurses, porters, domestics and cooks work for nothing.

Accept that my local hospital sold of the car parking collection rights to an independent company.

Roy.

[Meta menardi]

Originally Posted by Herd900rd

No funds raised no hospitals. Few doctors, nurses, porters, domestics and cooks work for nothing.

Taxes? Why should the chronically sick be taxed further. It may be 2 to 3hours per day for many days a week. I enjoy good health, I would pay the minute tax increase to cover the parking charges. Very poor argument.

[captaincarot]

[quote=Hobjob;503372]re- the original Lancet Wakefiled study

IIRC there were twelve authors. All except one (guess who?)
have publicly retracted their opinions and give no credance
to the study at all.

The Lancet has publicly stated similar.

On a closed scientific forum where I also lurk, there is frequent
moaning about the lack of interest and lack of insight and
understanding of most of the media to scientific stories.

At a slight tangent, radio 4 this morning was quoting figures from an as
yes unpublished study from St John's, Durham, some amazing
statistics about the ignorance of the public for the major Bible stories.

75% own a Bible
But
9% do not know Whitsun is
85% do not know the significance of Advent calendars
57% do not know about Josph and his banishment

to Egypt - even one the interviewed had seen the musical!

Sadly the UK is well dummed down. Even if not professing Christiantiy
surely we should have greater understanding of our cultural heritage?[/QUOTE]

i fail to see why an absence of interest in a book of myths written between the 4th and 6th centuries in order to control the peasants. has absolutely anything at all to do with a dumbing down of the general populace.

on the other hand the abject lack of understanding of scientific methodology and practice combined with the hysterical reactions displayed to pseudo scientific theories most certainly does.