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I sometimes wonder how preppers feel when they are dying. Do they feel disappointed that the thing they were prepping for didn't happen in their lifetimes, that it was a waste of time? At least if you've spent your life worshipping a god, you can tell yourself you're going to heaven when you die.

On 18/04/2024 at 14:08, RollingJ said:

OK - as it seems I'm being followed around on here, I shall stick to commenting on things where I have solid data - clearly 'alternative' views are not welcome by some.

I don't think someone replying to two of your posts consulted constitutes being followed around. If you're going to make fairly bold statements (nothing wrong with doing that), expect a bit of push back.

Here's that list

It seems most survivalists in the US are interested in survival in a rural context, which makes sense given the swathes of wilderness they have. For people in the UK, the most relevant recent experience is probably the siege of Sarajevo because of its urban context. I remember seeing a list of the things that survivors of that siege thought were necessary, in order of importance. I remember fuel, dogs, guns and ammunition being near the top, as was cooking oil so you don't have to boil literally everything you eat.

The thing with a national day is that it's often to celebrate winning freedom and autonomy from occupiers and oppressors, which endows the event with a more universal meaning or resonance, though that gets diluted over the decades and centuries. England's national day doesn't have that because historically, England was the occupier and oppressor. "Remember the days when we stuck it to the Micks and the Blacks" wouldn't really cut it.

I don't get at all triggered by St George's Day, it's altogether very meh. The most notable thing about it for me is how every year, a certain kind of person commemorates St George's Day by loudly complaining that you're not allowed to commemorate St George's Day, while commemorating St George's Day, which I find mildly amusing but not that funny because it's the same joke every year.

3 hours ago, The_DADDY said:

Are you really surprised?

Some of the footage I watched live streamed showed the police provoking, assaulting and bullying ordinary people. On guy trying to get his screaming daughter away from she trouble was assaulted, an older lady was pushed over then the coppers used a police horse to bully some more.

Absolutely disgusting but absolutely predictable behaviour from the met.

You can't even go into central London, drink 12 cans of Stella, do a couple of lines of beak and throw bottles of **** at a good old British bobby without getting arrested these days, and all because the Tory party are all Trotskyists now.

5 minutes ago, cressida said:

haha  that should be 'allow the interpreters to settle in the U.K.'

That makes more sense. The Tory government shouldn't be allowed to settle in the UK 😊

5 minutes ago, Al Bundy said:

Thanks.

 

You obviously seem quite passionate about this subject which is laudable, I admire passion regardless of whether I agree with the cause of not.

Judging by your posts you strike me as an educated individual ( although your crude language leaves a lot to be desired) so one assumes you will be doing ok in life, decent job, property and assets.

 

Now this maybe the result of your white privilege, or maybe if you went back far enough on your family tree there would be a good probability of a ancestor either directly or indirectly benefitting from the slave trade which was handed down throughout your relatives? So, being a passionate voice on what you think should happen, will you be looking into giving repatriations yourself, or not?

 

My sister went a long way back in our family tree (she's a historian). Mostly Irish and Italian proles for us (although if you go back past 1100 there's probably a Norman knight in there somewhere), no indication of any involvement in the slave trade. I do recognise my privilege though and adhere to the writer Ursula le Guin's notion of wealth - it's not about what you've got, but what you can afford to give away. Which isn't loads in my case, certainly nowhere near Drax's £3m, but I do what I can.

19 minutes ago, Al Bundy said:

You have absolutely no idea, but a predictable response however.

 

Can I ask, are you white?

You can, I am.

Man goes to protest to try and provoke an aggressive response, with intent to film said response and present it as proof of anti-Semitic hate on the protest

Man does not get aggressive response

Man claims he is victim of anti-Semitism

Well it's clear now that this guy was trying to engineer an assault on himself - the fact that no-one took the bait seems to prove that these are not 'hate marches'. I see Braverman has weighed in - I wouldn't be surprised if she and he hadn't come up with this wheeze together.

1 hour ago, Al Bundy said:

Each to their own.

 

 

I wouldn't.

Of course you wouldn't, it would involve thinking of morals and values rather than your own narrow self-interest.

Just now, Axe said:

I have never defended the MET.

 

 

Lol. A mendacious contribution.

Just for clarity, and for the benefit of myopes like Axe / West77, there have been large, very visible Jewish contingents on all of the big London pro-Palestinian demonstrations, who have been welcomed. Therefore, it's a lie that London is a no-go area for Jews when there is a protest, though it's clearly true that there has been a steep rise in anti-Semitic incidents in general.

1 hour ago, Axe said:

The  leadership of the MET police have clearly lost the plot. 

Funny how you've been defending their treatment of Black people all this time and it's only now that you realise just how awful the Met are. Those must be some really thick blinkers you've got.

6 hours ago, Al Bundy said:

How about the relatives of the folk who originally sold the slaves, I've no doubt the money they received was used to buy things that the relatives of today benefit from?

 

Should they also pay repatriations?

Yes, I think so. I certainly would.

2 hours ago, Al Bundy said:

I don't understand why someone should be held accountable for something that happened hundreds of years ago.

 

It's quite simple in my eyes...

 

You want to give repatriations, fine, if you dont, dont.

 

 

If he doesn't profit from it, the actions of his ancestors have nothing to do with him. If he does profit, then they do have something to do with him. 

On 18/04/2024 at 22:03, Baron99 said:

Yes, I'd give the Catalonia region a wide berth for any breaks this year. 

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/04/17/catalonia-tourists-may-soon-face-water-restrictions-but-swimming-pools-spared-as-climate-r#:~:text=The reservoirs for Barcelona and,drought regional authorities call historic.

 

I heard Paul Hudson speaking about this a couple of days ago.  Apparently, some of the Barcelona footballers are already complaining about "Third World conditions." 

 

Well try helping gentlemen by ditching the Bentleys, Ferraris & Lamborghinis for something smaller. 

Many in Spain want fewer tourists anyway, due to the pressure they are putting on their fragile resources https://news.sky.com/story/amp/thousands-of-people-in-canary-islands-take-to-streets-calling-for-limit-to-tourist-numbers-13119441

1 hour ago, Al Bundy said:

Well unfortunately I only have the word of someone who calls the government scum to go on.

With respect, your obvious prejudice leads me to take your experiences and opinion on this matter with a pinch of salt.

Yeah, nice get out. This is what people who approve of Tory welfare policies have to do - tell themselves that they are fair and that anyone who reports otherwise has an agenda and can't be trusted. The alternative is to accept that what they support is really disturbing and wrong, and no-one wants to do that. 

There are of course loads of testimonies available to read online about the arbitrary brutality of disability benefits assessments, but I'm sure you can think of reasons why you shouldn't believe any of those either.

1 hour ago, Al Bundy said:

"He denied claims his plans lacked compassion, arguing that there would still be a "safety net" for "those who genuinely need it".

 

 

How can you possibly argue with that statement?

 

Still I guess it's easier just to go all melodramatic for effect.

 

 

Carry on.

God, are you really that naive? He says there'll be a safety net, so there'll be a safety net, is it? Dear god. I've been to tens of these assessments, the reality is so far from what you think it is, it's unreal.

1 hour ago, Al Bundy said:

State of that.

Taking money from people too mentally ill to work = fine 

Calling Tories scum = morally reprehensible 

42 minutes ago, altus said:

You obviously didn't read it very carefully:

So "little old UK" tried to smarmy their way up to some EU countries by proposing youth mobility deals and the EU have responded by saying it's got to apply to all the EU.

 

It appears brexiters still haven't got their heads around the fact that the EU will not let brexit undermine the single market.

Absolutely nailed it there pal. 

2 minutes ago, Axe said:

Disgraceful contribution.  Just no need to name call like that.  It makes you as common and uncouth as Angela Rayner. 

I guess we'll have to wave bye bye to Axe after the election as well, after all the gentleman's assertions that the Tories will win are proved wrong. Better start thinking of your new username.

February 2024: Tory MP tells of attempt to end his own life

"Malingerer". "Sick note culture".