President Trump

Blue Maverick said:
Queens pulled a blinder hasn’t she, she obviously doesn’t want to meet him and pulled a sickie and I don’t blame her, no woman should want to meet this sex pest, much respect to her.
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I thought you meant THE Queen. Met him once, then said 'I'm not doing that again. I'm off'.
 
mosssideblue said:
I’ll ask you the same question of a poster who posted similar, what would you expect her to do?

As the other poster didn’t reply, I’m not optimistic you will either
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I don’t think she should be in the game at all. Out of her depth, just like her husband was.
 
johnny crossan said:
We are where we are - democracy is under massive threat from without and within - we need to get a proper perspective of our colonial past. Usually the Empire created better conditions than those it replaced and was considerably more civilized than its contemporary competitors and historical predecessors. Fed up of statue destroyers and tv historians feeding the reparations industry.

Said this in another thread without response: Denigrating colonialism has been well described by the distinguished theologian Nigel Biggar as an “important way of corroding faith in the west”. The British empire, for Biggar, “was not essentially racist, exploitative or wantonly violent”. It was born out of many motives, from “cultural curiosity” to “the vocation to lift oppression”, none of which was “morally wrong”. Britain’s “involvement in slavery was nothing out of the ordinary” but its attempts to abolish it were particularly selfless given “the higher price that British consumers would have to pay for freely produced sugar”. He concedes that the empire “did contain some appalling racial prejudice”, but this was relatively marginal. Rather, “the empire’s policies… were driven by the conviction of the basic human equality of members of all races”.

camd.org.au

Cruel Britannia? - ethics & empire - CAMD

Nigel Biggar on reckoning with colonialism
camd.org.au
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Perhaps no-one responded because no-one really believes colonialism had such selfless motivation.
 
Vic said:
Perhaps no-one responded because no-one really believes colonialism had such selfless motivation.
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Who said it was selfless? The briefest acquaintance with the East India Company's history makes the economic incentives pretty clear.
www.bbc.co.uk

BBC Sounds - The Rest Is History, East India Company

The fascinating and shocking story of the East India Company in the 18th century.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
 
johnny crossan said:
Who said it was selfless? The briefest acquaintance with the East India Company's history makes the economic incentives pretty clear.
www.bbc.co.uk

BBC Sounds - The Rest Is History, East India Company

The fascinating and shocking story of the East India Company in the 18th century.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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This bit?

In the 18th Century, the primary source of the Company's profits in Bengal became taxation in conquered and controlled provinces, as the factories became fortresses and administrative hubs for networks of tax collectors that expanded into enormous cities. The Mughal Empire was the richest in the world in 1700, and the East India Company tried to strip it bare for a century thereafter. Dalrymple calls it "the single largest transfer of wealth until the Nazis." [Dalrymple, William (2019). The anarchy: the relentless rise of the East India Company]
 
mosssideblue said:
I’ll ask you the same question of a poster who posted similar, what would you expect her to do?

As the other poster didn’t reply, I’m not optimistic you will either
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Mrs Balls showing what a political hypocrite she is.

She preaches fighting sexism and misogyny then waits to shake hands with a known sex offender who has no qualms with being so.

By all means respect the office of President but you don't have to respect the **** who currently holds the position.
 
TinFoilHat said:
Mrs Balls showing what a political hypocrite she is.

She preaches fighting sexism and misogyny then waits to shake hands with a known sex offender who has no qualms with being so.

By all means respect the office of President but you don't have to respect the **** who currently holds the position.
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Don’t go into politics, you won’t survive
 
mosssideblue said:
Don’t go into politics, you won’t survive
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Been there, done that...

Anyone with any social morality has it quicky beaten out of them by sociopathic careerists. You either succumb to the corruption or leave forever scarred by the experience.

Capital trumps protection of the majority to feather the nests of vipers.

The billionaire controlled media pushes narratives to divide and conquer, rather than unite so those who have nothing fight over the crumbs whilst the politicians and the rich steal more of the cake.

A man who was best friends with a child rapist is given the 5 star treatment sickens me as our government and Charlie fellate his button mushroom.
 
TinFoilHat said:
Been there, done that...

Anyone with any social morality has it quicky beaten out of them by sociopathic careerists. You either succumb to the corruption or leave forever scarred by the experience.

Capital trumps protection of the majority to feather the nests of vipers.

The billionaire controlled media pushes narratives to divide and conquer, rather than unite so those who have nothing fight over the crumbs whilst the politicians and the rich steal more of the cake.

A man who was best friends with a child rapist is given the 5 star treatment sickens me as our government and Charlie fellate his button mushroom.
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Sickens me too and I bet she hates having to be seen to be welcoming, but sometimes you have to put your personal feelings to one side for the better
 
mosssideblue said:
Sickens me too and I bet she hates having to be seen to be welcoming, but sometimes you have to put your personal feelings to one side for the better
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Yeah.

I'm not sure I could. Hence walking away from it.

Bit like the Mandy stuff. We all know he's a shady **** but the government saw fit to put game with game as they had a common, albeit perverted friend.
 
Jimmieblue said:
Why is she there, dressed in blue then?
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To check whether that's really Melania or a remote-central droid.

Not always easy to tell.



Tell you what, though - We should employ one of these precision choreographers as a defensive coach. Some of those square 90⁰/180⁰ turns are mightily impressive.
 
Vic said:
This bit?

In the 18th Century, the primary source of the Company's profits in Bengal became taxation in conquered and controlled provinces, as the factories became fortresses and administrative hubs for networks of tax collectors that expanded into enormous cities. The Mughal Empire was the richest in the world in 1700, and the East India Company tried to strip it bare for a century thereafter. Dalrymple calls it "the single largest transfer of wealth until the Nazis." [Dalrymple, William (2019). The anarchy: the relentless rise of the East India Company]
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Exactly so, the ignorant stupidity of those who believe themselves intellectually and morally superior to our forebears always astonishes me.
 
Bazzmand Show said:
I struggle to believe he even thought twice about that after 24 hours had passed. He got asked a question about Kirk the next day and he palmed it off and spoke about the new ballroom being built in the Whitehouse. He doesn't have real empathy.
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Indeed he did. Funny that he didn't want to discuss it once it was suggested he was a groyper.
www.distractify.com

What Is a "Groyper"? This Far-Right Term Became an Icon of a Conservative Culture War

The alt-right is at war with itself, with one group of far-right extremists calling themselves "groypers." What exactly is a "groyper"?
www.distractify.com www.distractify.com
 
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