@#8 Brassmule:
Just to clarify: the disc was sent by 'internal' mail (handled by TNT), not through Royal Mail. And yeah, the vast majority of stuff that goes astray in the post is actually down to poor addressing or packaging rather than problem posties.

Still, as said above, the issue is less the exact way the data was transported and more the management / cultural failures at HMRC that made the loss possible in the first place.

In light of this and many other stories in the recent press, we of the Rest Of The World would like to convey the following message to the USA:

"Dear America - What. The. Fuck?"

@ #37 [Takuan]:
"christians are specifically interested in sex because they wish to pervert it into a tool of control. If there were a more handy instrument to subjugate others with, they would be targeting that."

Thanks for your sweeping demonisation there, Takuan, not to mention the rest of your flames.

Please take a moment to remember that, like most public-facing groups, a few loudmouthed / well-connected nutjobs give everyone else a bad name. For my part, I consider it my Christian duty to oppose discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, religion etc - including so-called 'positive' discrimination. I personally find it sickening that so many self-appointed public advocates for my faith choose to forget the message of grace in favour of hate. To any such nutjob fundies reading this: that's not how it's supposed to work, guys. Go back and read it again.

FWIW, I consider my beliefs to be 'fundamentalist', but in the Sermon-On-The-Mount, The-Second-Greatest-Commandment kind of way rather than a 'OMG God hates gayz!' kind of way. I guess most would consider me a 'moderate' by that standard - so here I am, standing up to be counted as requested.