It's a cultural capital and the sights are well worth it. "shit and a waste of time" is a little harsh.

Hahah I was waiting for the "Israeldidit" reply. smh...

Slashdot? Ahahhahahahahaaahah I crack me up.

Also as a European, I do fully understand that if a heavily armed team like a SWAT team is sent in, they will be expecting a certain situation. Now, the question is, why were they and not a nomal police unit sent in on the basis of one call? (I'm not saying there wasn't a reason, just thinking out loud.) I agree that the US and other places have issues with police using excessive force but in this case their actions were the result of a multitude of contributory factors. Highly armed response units like this are trained to shoot because generally that's what they need to do.

Fuck right off. If you're a white hetero male then every day is your day. I say this as one myself - we don't need a day because, fuck me, we don't need to struggle for anything as a population group. Man, whiny people who are part of the establishment (whether they see it or not) really annoy me. Pipe down!

Stop obfuscating the role that Europeans / European Americans had in the slave trade. A machine has many parts, sure, but you're making a false equivalence.

The statues thing - the term "these people" - wtf? Also no one is trying to rewrite history. People are, quite rightly, saying that monuments to specific people who did specific horrible things be removed. I've no problem with that, not sure why you do.

Back under your rock you go.

This is either the best troll Slashdot has seen in a while, or we've got a low UID grumpy old git...

Damn, I thought I was going to get first post AND call out a dupe, but damnit I was beaten!

1 out of 2 ain't bad.

"Haven't we seen story this before?"

-JG

Except that wasn't the case:
http://ukmediawatch.org/2016/01/25/report-refutes-guardian-indy-claims-ethiopian-jews-given-birth-control-wo-consent/

Works well and is cost-effective. If my other half and I go into London from where we live in the suburbs, it's invariably cheaper to drive and pay out the nose for parking than it is to get the train. Not a few pence cheaper - around double the cost. And we're not far from London at all; we're in the commuter belt.

Yeah, that damn liberal Conservative party. They'll be the ruin of this country, I tell you.

Do your bloody homework!

--JG

As someone who grew up in an Arab country still technically at war with Israel, and with a passport filled with Arabic stamps, I had a very courteous experience with El Al security both at LTN and TLV. Maybe it's because I've flown in and our of JED (and RUH) 50+ times, and I'm used to Saudi security, I didn't find the folks at Ben Gurion too bad at all. Always very polite.

The story above sounds a bit fishy as well - a little bit too horrible for an international travel experience.

How can you be so arrogant as to assume English is his/her first language. Que barbaro!

You can still appear on radar w/out a functioning transponder. You just won't have any altitude data, squawk code etc. I've had a Mode C transponder fail in flight - we didn't just disappear from the controller's screen.

** Except the UK for 1, 2, 4 and 5...

It would cost me nearly £10 per day to commute 15mi each way on the train. Compare that with around £3 in my (1.0L engined) car. The UK is back-asswards when it comes to public transport. Even the bus to the station would cost me almost as much as driving to my damn office.

(not an armchair pilot here either - commercial multi engine rated).