In my experience, anyone who writes one liners on the bottom half of the internet without a terminating punctuation mark is indeed expecting to be taken seriously
There are compelling arguments on both sides. I am very well read on the subject, and listen to Farming Today, which presents a balanced view of a contentious issue. Dairy farmers are in enough trouble already from the supermarkets and the processors, and I couldn’t be more sympathetic about that. But I can only offer a personal view based upon everything I know about the situation, and since a cull has not been proven to be a foolproof solution, I do not think a cull is a good idea.
Maybe if I was a dairy or beef farmer I’d feel differently. But maybe if a dairy or beef farmer was a badger they’d feel differently, so it’s not a useful hypothetical.
Incidentally the answer to the questions ‘Who numbers weeks?’ is ‘Swedes’. I live and work in Stockholm and have done so for 6 years. And can I get my head around what time of year it is when someone refers to ‘week 12’ or ‘Week 24’? Can I heck. I’m trying to fight back and use ‘the last week in May’ or ‘at the beginning of Autumn’ but it’s not catching on, dammit.
Never Knowingly Underwhelmed 
Agreed.
Well that’s that sorted then
Agreed.
In case anyone hasn’t already signed it, here’s the link to the e-petition:
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/38257
I wish I could sign that petition without giving all my details to the government.
Brilliant analysis, I especially like the bit where you fail to come up with any viable alternative
Not sure if that’s a dig or not?
In my experience, anyone who writes one liners on the bottom half of the internet without a terminating punctuation mark is indeed expecting to be taken seriously
Agree.
Hazel
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Maybe if you were a dairy or beef farmer you’d feel differently.
There are compelling arguments on both sides. I am very well read on the subject, and listen to Farming Today, which presents a balanced view of a contentious issue. Dairy farmers are in enough trouble already from the supermarkets and the processors, and I couldn’t be more sympathetic about that. But I can only offer a personal view based upon everything I know about the situation, and since a cull has not been proven to be a foolproof solution, I do not think a cull is a good idea.
Maybe if I was a dairy or beef farmer I’d feel differently. But maybe if a dairy or beef farmer was a badger they’d feel differently, so it’s not a useful hypothetical.
It’s as if squirrelgate had never happened
Incidentally the answer to the questions ‘Who numbers weeks?’ is ‘Swedes’. I live and work in Stockholm and have done so for 6 years. And can I get my head around what time of year it is when someone refers to ‘week 12’ or ‘Week 24’? Can I heck. I’m trying to fight back and use ‘the last week in May’ or ‘at the beginning of Autumn’ but it’s not catching on, dammit.
Might this be a viable alternative? It popped up on my twitter feed. http://twitter.com/Miss_Bally_Ball/status/248389290176966658/photo/1/large