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by Petaljam
Mon Mar 23, 2026 1:31 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Israel and Palestine
Replies: 3413
Views: 6802588

Re: Israel and Palestine

As I already suggested, do try to keep it real - I never mentioned the ambulances. But now that were on the subject of ambulances, over 1,500 incidents were reported in the past year of vandalism of ambulances and attacks on ambulance personnel - it's not a unique phenomenon. Last March, a convoy c...
by Petaljam
Mon Mar 23, 2026 1:07 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Iran- in full fledged war with Europe, US and Israel
Replies: 1144
Views: 34992

Re: Iran- in full fledged war with Europe, US and Israel

Roman Emperor wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2026 10:53 am If the West doesn't want refugees the West shouldn't create refugees.
You do know it was the Russians who wrecked Afghanistan? The west, and the US, stupidly tried to pick up the pieces afterwards and got cut by all the broken glass, to continue the metaphor.…login to view the rest of this post
by Petaljam
Mon Mar 23, 2026 1:00 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Iran- in full fledged war with Europe, US and Israel
Replies: 1144
Views: 34992

Re: Iran- in full fledged war with Europe, US and Israel

Religion must be the single most evil thing humans have invented. Hmm. The atomic bomb and other explosives used to mass-murder innocents come to mind. Weapons in general. Also, on a more individual level: rape, multiple methods of torture (and keeping people alive using medicine in order to be abl...
by Petaljam
Mon Mar 23, 2026 12:56 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Iran- in full fledged war with Europe, US and Israel
Replies: 1144
Views: 34992

Re: Iran- in full fledged war with Europe, US and Israel

Trump is either an extradordinary businessman or a complete and utter fool. Flip flopping every other day with his demands and threats. Having threatened to destroy Iran's fossil fuel industries, he's now been forced to declare a 'pause', since the Iranians logically said go ahead and we will destr...
by Petaljam
Mon Mar 23, 2026 12:41 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Israel and Palestine
Replies: 3413
Views: 6802588

Re: Israel and Palestine

Well they're not very safe in Israel, are they ! - and they certainly don't feel safe with nett emigration running at over 50,000 annually. Netanyahu (real name Mileikowsky) could always return to Philadelphia - his wife and son already live in Miami without too much difficulty. Larry Ellison, Mark...
by Petaljam
Mon Mar 23, 2026 12:37 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Israel and Palestine
Replies: 3413
Views: 6802588

Re: Israel and Palestine

To use the examples you gave when was the last time that western countries got together and gave a minority a nation of their own inside Pakistan, Turkey, Iraq? Second question- how do you think the locals would take to the idea? I was referring to the creation of Pakistan which, previous to 1947, ...
by Petaljam
Mon Mar 23, 2026 11:02 am
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Israel and Palestine
Replies: 3413
Views: 6802588

Re: Israel and Palestine

Sorry to be the one to burst the bubble, but the facts on the ground don't justify such misguided optimism. Even with American help, the Israelis failed to intercept numerous Iranian missiles fired at them over the past forty eight hours. Only yesterday Iranian missiles struck Dimona and Arad. The ...
by Petaljam
Sun Mar 22, 2026 11:15 am
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Israel and Palestine
Replies: 3413
Views: 6802588

Re: Israel and Palestine

No straw man at all. At least you admit that Israel is invented. Pretty much all modern countries are. Otherwise Australia would be multiple tribes of aborigines, Lithuania would still be ruling Ukraine and so on. Only antisemites need to apply a different purity test to Israel to (in)validate its ...
by Petaljam
Sat Mar 21, 2026 7:39 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Inclusion my @rse!
Replies: 43
Views: 4494

Re: Inclusion my @rse!

I don’t think most people care much. If they did this wouldn’t have died down as quickly as it started I agree. I think that proves my point though, that the outrage was largely performative. (and ironically it gave his film more publicity than it usually would have received). As far as I could see...
by Petaljam
Sat Mar 21, 2026 6:55 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Inclusion my @rse!
Replies: 43
Views: 4494

Re: Inclusion my @rse!

It’s not even remotely comparable. One example is a social media profile which would only have been visible to people actively wanting to engage or consume said person’s content. The second was a public event which was broadcasted internationally and therefore got a lot more exposure. I quite like ...
by Petaljam
Sat Mar 21, 2026 4:47 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Inclusion my @rse!
Replies: 43
Views: 4494

Re: Inclusion my @rse!

Interesting. It turns out that Zohran Mamdani's wife, Rama Duwaji, who is definitely not black, has used the "n" word on social media and nobody minds. Also "fgts" as in ""Whyyyyyy are all these fgts folllowing meeeeeeeee," - so we can guess what that one is too. S...
by Petaljam
Sat Mar 21, 2026 3:19 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Israel and Palestine
Replies: 3413
Views: 6802588

Re: Israel and Palestine

Getting the thread back on track I would summarise as follows: Israel is a colonial experiment in the Middle East backed up by some deeply dubious claims by Zionists, expansionist by nature, and without any form of verifiable historical context. This is a straw man as it is irrelevant to the existe...
by Petaljam
Sat Mar 21, 2026 12:50 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Israel and Palestine
Replies: 3413
Views: 6802588

Re: Israel and Palestine

Getting the thread back on track I would summarise as follows: Israel is a colonial experiment in the Middle East backed up by some deeply dubious claims by Zionists, expansionist by nature, and without any form of verifiable historical context. Palestine on the other hand has been mentioned as a d...
by Petaljam
Fri Mar 20, 2026 3:42 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Gender Theory Thread
Replies: 1590
Views: 1110441

Re: Gender Theory Thread

Faye Russell-Caldicott - an alias, as the claimant has been granted full anonymity - has brought an employment tribunal complaint against NHS England for indirect discrimination on the basis of sex (women), religion (Islam), philosophical belief (gender critical) and disability (PTSD). The claimant ...
by Petaljam
Sun Mar 15, 2026 11:04 am
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Israel and Palestine
Replies: 3413
Views: 6802588

Re: Israel and Palestine

And why did Hezbollah enter the Lebanese political system ? Hezbollah's emergence was a direct response to the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the subsequent occupation of the southern part of the country. Like practically everything else that's wrong about the Middle East, the plight of Leban...
by Petaljam
Sat Mar 14, 2026 11:31 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Israel and Palestine
Replies: 3413
Views: 6802588

Re: Israel and Palestine

I've never heard that charge that jewish kids in America are apparently responsible for Israeli bombings of Hezbollah in Lebanon so I don't know what Maga site you picked that up from. Oh and Susan Abulhawa is another one who thinks attacking Jewish children in America is a reasonable response to I...
by Petaljam
Sat Mar 14, 2026 9:06 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Israel and Palestine
Replies: 3413
Views: 6802588

Re: Israel and Palestine

At least you admit Netanyahu should be in prison. I've always said that. Netanyahu is dangerous and I have no time for him. And of course Donald Trump is a convicted sex-pest and that's well before you get to the Epstein files. Essentially your daughter, sister and wallet would all be safer with He...
by Petaljam
Fri Mar 13, 2026 6:20 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Israel and Palestine
Replies: 3413
Views: 6802588

Re: Israel and Palestine

It shouldn't be forgotten that Netanyahu is still going through an investigation on at least three charges of corruption. And the only reason his butler in Washington isn't in a cell now is because he managed to get elected in 2024. He is also of course a convicted felon on 34 charges. Both of them...
by Petaljam
Tue Mar 10, 2026 5:44 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Mary Robinson & U2 to get the European Order of Merit
Replies: 5
Views: 1252

Re: Mary Robinson & U2 to get the European Order of Merit

You left out the word 'woke', I think. Only if it’s woke to insist that a young woman who tried to flee her abusive family whom she said were trying to kill her is better off being forcibly brought back to them, even though another sister had previously “disappeared” and her whereabouts are still u...
by Petaljam
Sat Mar 07, 2026 7:45 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Israel and Palestine
Replies: 3413
Views: 6802588

Re: Israel and Palestine

Starry: In Support of Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) particpants, who are attempting to break Israel's 18-year long illegal maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip, and bring humanitarian aid to the starving population of Gaza. The only vessel still on course to Gaza is the ‘Marinette’ ; all the other GSF...
by Petaljam
Fri Mar 06, 2026 10:06 am
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Inclusion my @rse!
Replies: 43
Views: 4494

Re: Inclusion my @rse!

Why are you making the assumption that that was either the reason for the discussion or his view? It clearly wasn't and is missing the point by a mile. Highlighting racism isn't victimhood any more than highlighting misogyny is. I've already made it clear that I think she's entitled to her views an...
by Petaljam
Thu Mar 05, 2026 6:58 am
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Inclusion my @rse!
Replies: 43
Views: 4494

Re: Inclusion my @rse!

It’s actually quite odd that he was the one they chose to interview about it. Eddie Marsan is white, and he’s the one who mentioned the extraordinarily high suicide rate among Tourette’s sufferers. Not about British blacks. That should have been discussed and wasnt. How will people’s reaction to thi...
by Petaljam
Wed Mar 04, 2026 11:45 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Inclusion my @rse!
Replies: 43
Views: 4494

Re: Inclusion my @rse!

This might explain both sides and their respective complaints more clearly. There's a very good explanation at 6:50 and 17:00 about why the word is so offensive to members of the black community and at 21:00 about diversity and inclusion. It's quite long but worth watching to the end particularly f...
by Petaljam
Mon Mar 02, 2026 8:38 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Inclusion my @rse!
Replies: 43
Views: 4494

Re: Inclusion my @rse!

I think you misunderstood what I meant, or maybe you didn't. When I said affording them the same privilege I meant your reference to Davidson's prior negative experiences, it had nothing to do with the event. You talked about how he was beaten up by somebody, my point was you don't know what their ...
by Petaljam
Mon Mar 02, 2026 2:00 pm
Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
Topic: Inclusion my @rse!
Replies: 43
Views: 4494

Re: Inclusion my @rse!

I'm confused about what part of their behaviour needs forgiving? Did they demand an apology from Mr Davidson? I thought the issue was just that they remained silent and any criticism they had was directed at BAFTA. They are entitled to their opinion whether they voice it or not and being millionair...