On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:59:07 -0000, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...

In article ,
martin writes:
| |
| | The fact that they are a serious health risk in the tropics is
| | not necessarily evidence that they are in the UK.
| |
| | Mosquitoes are there and not here.
| |
| | and unless you live near a major international airport.
|
| Even then, only for some ridiculous meaning of the word "serious".
|
| Catching malaria is serious for the person involved, but not you
| sitting on your bum in a college somewhere :-)

I suggest that you read the above a little more carefully. They
are not a serious health risk in the UK, because the chance of
them transmitting malaria EVEN near Heathrow is miniscule. The
aircraft flying overhead are more of a health risk, as you will
discover if you look up the statistics.

And the car journey to and from the airport is even more risky ... :-)

but malaria is forever.

How many people get nv CJD a year?

How much has nvCJD cost Britain?

I suspect that there are far more malaria victims in UK than there
will ever be nvCJD suffers.

http://www.ntu.ac.uk/life/sh/modules...ures/349-1.htm
there were 1110 case of malaria reported in UK in 1998

In article ,
martin wrote:

Several people a year catch malaria in the vicinity of European
International airports. Forget statistics and look at reality.

Aw, gee. A risk of about 0.0001% per annum, or a lifetime risk
of less than 0.001%, assuming that you live close to a major
international airport.

You youngsters are just wimps. Where and when I was born, there
was something like a 30% per annum chance of catching malaria.
Worry about something real, like tripping over your own feet,
falling down stairs and breaking your neck.

Oh, and by the way, most forms of malaria are not forever; the
recurrent form is relatively uncommon.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Victoria Clare26/3/04 11:28
20

"Martin" wrote in
:

Sacha wrote:

To state to others that they are vermin
is not only misleading but in your case it is downright dishonest and
if someone chose to take it far enough, could even be actionable.

I'm not interested in joining the debate about cats, but I strongly
believe that the statement above is just plain wrong at best. It would
not be possible to raise a successful action against someone who
called cats vermin in a newsgroup.

Indeed. I feel, though, that pointing out that deliberately hurting or
killing other people's pets is wrong was a worthwhile thing to do.

Except that I wasn't talking solely or even mainly about Mike telling people
here that cats are vermin. I *was* talking about someone reading his stupid
assertion, believing it, acting upon it by putting down poison for cats to
pick up, the cat/s dying and the possible legal consequences of *that* both
upon the poisoner and upon Mike who has given the wrong information
deliberately and perhaps encouraged an illegal action.
--

Sacha
(remove the weeds to email me)

Dcjtee wrote:
Cats are vermin, dirty and foul creatures and destroy people's lives and
their hobbies.


Cats are also excellent at spreading Ringworm to Humans.

They are also responsible for the proliferation of nuclear, biological
and chemical weapons.

They are also the secret beings behind ETA, the IRA and Al-Qaeda.

And they are also all paedophiles/illegal immigrants/other bogeyman-du-jour.

THE CATS ARE GOING TO GET US. WE NEED SOMEONE TO SAVE MANKIND FROM THE
FELINES!

In article ,
martin wrote:

Several people a year catch malaria in the vicinity of European
International airports. Forget statistics and look at reality.

Aw, gee. A risk of about 0.0001% per annum, or a lifetime risk
of less than 0.001%, assuming that you live close to a major
international airport.

You youngsters are just wimps. Where and when I was born, there
was something like a 30% per annum chance of catching malaria.
Worry about something real, like tripping over your own feet,
falling down stairs and breaking your neck.

Oh, and by the way, most forms of malaria are not forever; the
recurrent form is relatively uncommon.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Dcjtee wrote:
Cats are vermin, dirty and foul creatures and destroy people's lives and
their hobbies.


Cats are also excellent at spreading Ringworm to Humans.

They are also responsible for the proliferation of nuclear, biological
and chemical weapons.

They are also the secret beings behind ETA, the IRA and Al-Qaeda.

And they are also all paedophiles/illegal immigrants/other bogeyman-du-jour.

THE CATS ARE GOING TO GET US. WE NEED SOMEONE TO SAVE MANKIND FROM THE
FELINES!

"Andrew" wrote in message
...
Dcjtee wrote:
Cats are vermin, dirty and foul creatures and destroy people's lives
and
their hobbies.


Cats are also excellent at spreading Ringworm to Humans.

They are also responsible for the proliferation of nuclear, biological
and chemical weapons.

They are also the secret beings behind ETA, the IRA and Al-Qaeda.

And they are also all paedophiles/illegal immigrants/other
bogeyman-du-jour.

THE CATS ARE GOING TO GET US. WE NEED SOMEONE TO SAVE MANKIND FROM THE
FELINES!

Bring on the mice.

Mary

THE CATS ARE GOING TO GET US. WE NEED SOMEONE TO SAVE MANKIND FROM THE
FELINES!


What a pity you joke about such vile beasts

On 26 Mar 2004 17:26:55 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

In article ,
martin wrote:

Several people a year catch malaria in the vicinity of European
International airports. Forget statistics and look at reality.

Aw, gee. A risk of about 0.0001% per annum, or a lifetime risk
of less than 0.001%, assuming that you live close to a major
international airport.

and your source is?


You youngsters are just wimps.

which youngsters?


Where and when I was born, there
was something like a 30% per annum chance of catching malaria.

In UK? Rubbish, unless you are several hundred years old.

In the Netherlands where malaria was still endemic until the 1950s
Around 50 people died of malaria a year, far more died of polio.

Worry about something real, like tripping over your own feet,
falling down stairs and breaking your neck.

Like Mary said there is more to worry about traveling by car.


Oh, and by the way, most forms of malaria are not forever; the
recurrent form is relatively uncommon.

Both forms are relatively uncommon in UK.

"Andrew" wrote in message
...
Dcjtee wrote:
Cats are vermin, dirty and foul creatures and destroy people's lives
and
their hobbies.


Cats are also excellent at spreading Ringworm to Humans.

They are also responsible for the proliferation of nuclear, biological
and chemical weapons.

They are also the secret beings behind ETA, the IRA and Al-Qaeda.

And they are also all paedophiles/illegal immigrants/other
bogeyman-du-jour.

THE CATS ARE GOING TO GET US. WE NEED SOMEONE TO SAVE MANKIND FROM THE
FELINES!

Bring on the mice.

Mary

THE CATS ARE GOING TO GET US. WE NEED SOMEONE TO SAVE MANKIND FROM THE
FELINES!


What a pity you joke about such vile beasts

On 26 Mar 2004 17:26:55 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:

In article ,
martin wrote:

Several people a year catch malaria in the vicinity of European
International airports. Forget statistics and look at reality.

Aw, gee. A risk of about 0.0001% per annum, or a lifetime risk
of less than 0.001%, assuming that you live close to a major
international airport.

and your source is?


You youngsters are just wimps.

which youngsters?


Where and when I was born, there
was something like a 30% per annum chance of catching malaria.

In UK? Rubbish, unless you are several hundred years old.

In the Netherlands where malaria was still endemic until the 1950s
Around 50 people died of malaria a year, far more died of polio.

Worry about something real, like tripping over your own feet,
falling down stairs and breaking your neck.

Like Mary said there is more to worry about traveling by car.


Oh, and by the way, most forms of malaria are not forever; the
recurrent form is relatively uncommon.

Both forms are relatively uncommon in UK.

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 17:29:08 +0000, Andrew
wrote:

Dcjtee wrote:
Cats are vermin, dirty and foul creatures and destroy people's lives and
their hobbies.


Cats are also excellent at spreading Ringworm to Humans.

They are also responsible for the proliferation of nuclear, biological
and chemical weapons.

They are also the secret beings behind ETA, the IRA and Al-Qaeda.

And they are also all paedophiles/illegal immigrants/other bogeyman-du-jour.

THE CATS ARE GOING TO GET US. WE NEED SOMEONE TO SAVE MANKIND FROM THE
FELINES!

Cats often lead to chronic dementia in retired sailors.

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 17:29:08 +0000, Andrew
wrote:

Dcjtee wrote:
Cats are vermin, dirty and foul creatures and destroy people's lives and
their hobbies.


Cats are also excellent at spreading Ringworm to Humans.

They are also responsible for the proliferation of nuclear, biological
and chemical weapons.

They are also the secret beings behind ETA, the IRA and Al-Qaeda.

And they are also all paedophiles/illegal immigrants/other bogeyman-du-jour.

THE CATS ARE GOING TO GET US. WE NEED SOMEONE TO SAVE MANKIND FROM THE
FELINES!

Cats often lead to chronic dementia in retired sailors.

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No, but I can read just a little more than you can.

quote
I do, after checking that I do NOT have cat shit all over my shoes. Are you
stupid or something?
unquote

Write out 100 times 'I must read what is written, not what I think and WANT
to be written'