Like Benkei, I don't accept this dichotomy. People from Bangladesh are not hostile towards the Irish on the whole, for example, and we Irish are not h...
If it were simply about the cultural values of women exposing flesh, they'd be forcing nuns to strip at the beach. But it's not. It's about Islamophob...
It's over. The ban was found "seriously and clearly illegal". The cultural fascists lost. The only people pulling guns on women now to force their clo...
My opinion is that as long as Israel needs support to defend its existence, it should get it. If the US weren't in the picture, Europe should do it (t...
I'm well aware of Trump kissing Putin's backside. But he's not going to win. And nothing he says matters much anyway because he has no underlying prin...
I don't know. As one of the "like minded folks", I thought that by Hanover's standards this comment wasn't particularly harsh (I checked it against th...
Happy to help those in need. But note that it's not really a history lesson seeing as it's about the present. Call it a lesson in common sense, and si...
Britain and France have nuclear weapons, Mongrel. Europe is not helpless. The only potential major threat is Russia, which is extremely unlikely to ri...
Isn't that similar to the sort of hyperbole that fascists spout to push their anti-democratic agendas? "All this democracy, it's just too dangerous!" ...
The end result of the US intervening with aid and eventually entering WWII was it becoming the richest and most powerful country in the world. By far....
That seems wrong to me too, but it bears almost no relation to the burqini issue because the majority lose nothing by allowing burqinis to be worn. A ...
To say that "women must be covered up" is acceptable for them but not for us because it's an unnecessary restriction on personal freedom that flies in...
To link back to the original conversation, this and the previous comment illustrate why political positions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are se...
I blame the Dutch for this (yes, that means you, @"Benkei"!). If they don't stop pissing Americans off with their damn opinions, we're all getting nuk...
America's in NATO because it's in its interest to be in it. It's not going to pull out. And Trump is a narcissistic blowhard who doesn't believe in an...
Thank you. And I hope @"Thorongil" responds in kind to your offer of a civil conversation. Well, you did say "Vent your frustration". At least that's ...
Some interesting stuff there. I'm not sure I approach the news primarily for information though or that I need the media to change for my benefit. I s...
That kid went to hospital and was released after treatment to my knowledge. The emotional trauma was probably worse than the physical in his case, I c...
You wrote this: "A humanitarian intervention would remove Assad from power. No country in the world is going to take on that mission, though. What we'...
I was highlighting the fact that from a government / media perspective, the victim will remain invisible until he or she serves a purpose. That's wher...
I'll tell you what bothers me, Mongrel. The face of that child linked to in Benkei's post is a face I have been seeing for the past 15 years. It's a f...
It's not a given that humanitarian military intervention will live up to its name. I didn't say it did originally, but geopolitics are involved now. R...
@"Thorongil" in his interaction with @"Sapientia" seemed to think his use of the term was unproblematic. I was arguing it's not. The fact that he woul...
"Would you consider the Gulf and Iraq wars to fall under the definition as you understand it, for example?" — Baden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac...
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