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Banks to stay - not go!

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It is such a shame that the story of lemmings rushing pell-mell over a cliff to their deaths is just a myth created by Walt Disney because it describes really well the panic that sometimes grips financial markets.

One such panic was (can we ever forget) when Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy and all hell broke out in the financial markets,...

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The off-topic Conversation #69

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Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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Full reply from Luke Formosa

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When asked by The Conversation for a source to support his assertion that findings from the Netherlands Euthanasia Report in 2014 indicate that 550 newborn babies with diseases or disabilities were killed, Luke Formosa sent the following:

I can’t provide an accurate figure, but it is also impossible to know for sure how many cases have been...

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Full response from Andrew Denton

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When The Conversation asked Andrew Denton to provide sources to support his assertion, he sent the following email:

We checked official published reports and sought interviews with primary sources to test the validity of the oft-repeated claims that in the Netherlands, euthanasia law has resulted in doctors killing babies.

I listened to Sydney...

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