R- the green, I just joined the 'bandwagon' ;)

I agree with Alenthony, I think the alternative to the current regime would be somewhat less autocratic, as every keeps saying 'baby steps'.

He does have a point though. Divorce does lead to greater use of resources, 2 people now using 2 homes, instead of one, and everything that goes along with that.
It may be better if people didn't get divorced but that's not always going to happen, and in many cases one of the partners may have no say in the matter.

To put a religious spin on it, from what I've read religious people have a higher divorce rate than non-religious people.

it's that old saying "I'm open minded, but not so open my brains fall out".

What's the harm in vaccine denial? Part 2. Some more data, yes it's from the cdc site, but they give data for illnesses caused by vaccines as well. The whole page is quite interesting, but the section on Risk from Disease versus Risk from Vaccine should give the anti-vaxxers something to consider.

Yes, pro-research there is no harm in asking questions, but there is harm in getting the wrong answers. From what research I've done it would strongly suggest that the world is far better off having all children vaccinated.

There may be slightly better methods to deliver the vaccinations, and there may be chemicals that should be avoided being used in them (as Racheal has already pointed out, mercury has been removed from vaccines for the last 8 years), but the risk to the wider community in not vaccinating children is far worse.

What's the harm in vaccine denial? Here's a few stories to make you think.

OK pro-research, what the heck do you or don't you support? I'm a little confused from your conflicting comments. Are you for or against vaccines? Do you believe the MMR vaccine causes autism ?

I had a quick look at the cochrane.org site you suggested and did a few searches for vaccine and related. I found this pdf article. Which opens with this sentence:

There was no credible evidence behind claims of harm from the MMR vaccination

So in a few moments search I have proved using your recommended link that there is no harm from the MMR vaccine. Thanks for the link, oh and next time, save us the searching and link direct to the report you wanted us to read.

more... soon on harm not vaccinating children causes to the wider community...

Adams sometimes comes across as a very weak atheist, he occasionally seems to pander to the religious. I wonder if that is just his public face to avoid too much confrontation?

What is the problem with Norway and Norwegians?

Not sure if we can get jaffacakes here in Aus, must keep a look out for them in the shops,

Like Eric I had to choose the first option even though my Dad's dead. Additionally I didn't have a particularly good or bad relationship with my Dad and left home at 16 and moved around the country so didn't really get to know him all that well. But overall I'd say it was a good relationship, and I'm an atheist.

There's evil, and then there's Catholic evil!
How horrible is that Cardinal. Trying to deflect their evil abuses and cover ups by trying to say abortion is worse. Truly, the Catholic Church has its priorities all wrong.