If you know anything about games between Celtic and Rangers, you will know that his status as a referee in the Scottish Premier League makes him very suited to mediating disputes where violence is a real possibility.
However, I think that the fact that he's a professor of Geology as his day job is the primary consideration, and his referee status merely makes him the most suited among peers in this case. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah >Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 1:43 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [funsec] Here's mud in yer risk analysis ... > >Interesting story touching on risk analysis, liability, and the risk >from liability. > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/science/nature/7699672.stm > >(Also interesting that they had to get a football referee to moderate >...) > > >====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) >[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sometimes, when we lose ourselves in fear and despair, in routine >and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy, we can thank God for >Bavarian sugar cookies. And, fortunately, when there aren't any >cookies, we can still find reassurance in a familiar hand on our >skin, or a kind and loving gesture, or subtle encouragement, or a >loving embrace, or an offer of comfort, not to mention hospital >gurneys and nose plugs, an uneaten Danish, soft-spoken secrets, >and Fender Stratocasters, and maybe the occasional piece of >fiction. And we must remember that all these things, the nuances, >the anomalies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize >our days, are effective for a much larger and nobler cause. They >are here to save our lives. I know the idea seems strange, but I >also know that it just so happens to be true. >- `Stranger Than Fiction' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420223/quotes >victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm >blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ >_______________________________________________ >Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. >https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec >Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
