[Closed] EU Insurance ruling

And where the hell did we get "premia" from?

Premium: Noun [url= http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/premium ](plural premiums or premia)[/url]

Cougar - there is a HUGE amount of data nehind premium rating, it's just that as you only speak to a customer service drone nowadays rather than an actual underwriter, they won't have a clue!

How would people feel if the London Tube security were routinely checking that young males with tanned complexions, beards and rucksacks weren't carrying large quantities of explosives

I would think that al qaeda will certainly be stepping up recruitment amongst 70 year old chinese women.

Just found out that it's the Belgians that are to blame for all of this. Pesky Belgians, what good has their existance ever done?!

I would think that al qaeda will certainly be stepping up recruitment amongst 70 year old chinese women.

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's not the same. The whole point is to instil terror by the act of someone so dedicated to their cause that they're willing to die for it. You're supposed to feel hopeless in the face of their fanaticism, or something. An "outsider" bomber wouldn't be the same, you might as well just hide a bomb.

Pesky Belgians, what good has their existance ever done?!

Apart from the beer, and the chocolate, and the waffles? And, curry ketchup.

it's a massively hypocritical situation and we take it as normal

Hear hear.
That's why there shouldn't be any variables which are off limits.

Touche Cougar, actualy have a bottle of Curry Gewurz Ketchup in the cupboard! The g/f is half Belgian too, but that doesn't count 😉

Which half?

I was kinda going for the "Romans, what have they ever done for us" thing, but I don't think it worked.

The whole point is to instil terror by the act of someone so dedicated to their cause that they're willing to die for it

Is it?!
My impression is that al qaeda et al are waging a war using any and all means available to them, and wouldn't be too picky about the method of delivery. It's just that suicide bombers can be efficient without the need for great technological sophistication.

In fact I'm not sure if I'd be more terrorised by those who blow themselves up for religion than those who hide bombs for money. The second one is scarier.

But maybe you're right, because it's true that people dying for their beliefs does hold a certain special message.

Assuming you ARE right, and if the tube decided to start searching people, tanned beardies with backpacks do seem like an effective place to start. IF the goal is to find terrorists. If the goal, on the other hand, is to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, random will do.

Which half?

left iirc

Yup, went over my head

for instance, if someone is called 'steve' they get a higher premium by someone called 'shirly'

...and how much does [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Shirley ]Steve Shirley[/url] pay for insurance?