I've just seen this posted on Twitter and it's a day old. I promise I've only just seen it!
https://www.theguardian.com/global-deve ... -not-yemen
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:48 ] |
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Satsuma wrote: Everything about this Saudi torture murder is making me sick to my stomach. Yes. |
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| Author: | markg [ Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:54 ] |
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What am I missing here? It's pretty fucking far from being the worst thing they'll get away with in return for their lovely money. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:57 ] |
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It's awful, but how is it any different to what America has been doing in the middle east for 30 years? |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:28 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: It's awful, but how is it any different to what America has been doing in the middle east for 30 years? Hello, Mr Milne! |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:47 ] |
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MaliA wrote: Lonewolves wrote: It's awful, but how is it any different to what America has been doing in the middle east for 30 years? Hello, Mr Milne! It just fascinates me as to what people will take notice of and what they don't. |
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:57 ] |
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You are too woke for most people. I’ve seen the light, this isn’t a story at all. You go explain it to his bereved fiance and family, you insufferable prick. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Oct 18, 2018 11:08 ] |
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Satsuma wrote: You are too woke for most people. I’ve seen the light, this isn’t a story at all. You go explain it to his bereved fiance and family, you insufferable prick. I wrote: It's awful Also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_emotion. It's not that this isn't a story, it certainly is. I just don't understand why it's more of a story than millions starving in Yemen in part thanks to Great Britain. But nice personal insults from someone who I consider a friend! |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Thu Oct 18, 2018 11:11 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: Also also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Oct 18, 2018 11:13 ] |
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: Lonewolves wrote: Also also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhataboutismExcept I wasn't trying to deflect attention away from it, it's horrible and awful and deserves media attention. I genuinely am fascinated with what gets traction in the media and what doesn't. |
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| Author: | Malc [ Thu Oct 18, 2018 11:29 ] |
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The Yemen stuff is being covered in some media, I've seen it on C4 news and in the Guardian etc I think what makes this bigger in people's minds is that he was a journalist who had written for Western Press and been on the BBC and so on. It's the whole Monkeysphere thing. |
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| Author: | Kern [ Thu Oct 18, 2018 11:37 ] |
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Even with a regime as evil as Saudi Arabia, there's something uniquely horrific about someone going to their country's embassy and inside being murdered by the regime. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Oct 18, 2018 11:37 ] |
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I've just seen this posted on Twitter and it's a day old. I promise I've only just seen it! https://www.theguardian.com/global-deve ... -not-yemen |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu Oct 18, 2018 20:43 ] |
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In "stuff I really like" news, the Miele vacuum cleaner is very good. Seems superb quality. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Fri Oct 19, 2018 11:07 ] |
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Does anyone want this. It got sent by mistake from eBay. Been refunded and they don’t want it sending back. Something to do with a drone |
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| Author: | markg [ Fri Oct 19, 2018 11:09 ] |
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Yeah definitely. I'll send you some coin! |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Fri Oct 19, 2018 18:18 ] |
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Close one. Walked past a woman in a red dress so I punched the next guy in a suit and booked it. Operator! |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Oct 19, 2018 19:31 ] |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Fri Oct 19, 2018 20:28 ] |
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I mopped the wooden kitchen floor with a dilute bleach solution. That was an error, wasn't it? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Fri Oct 19, 2018 20:34 ] |
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You've only "cleaned" a bit of the varnish off. You get to choose of you want to clean the rest of it to match or get some more varnish / woodstain. |
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| Author: | Kern [ Fri Oct 19, 2018 21:05 ] |
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MaliA wrote: I mopped the wooden kitchen floor with a dilute bleach solution. That was an error, wasn't it? 2010 called. They want their hipster aesthetic back. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Sun Oct 21, 2018 10:54 ] |
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The new butter I just opened is best before August 2018. If I don't post again, you know why. |
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Sun Oct 21, 2018 12:03 ] |
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That’ll be fine, unless it’s gone rancid, in which case it’ll be very unpleasant but still harmless I think. Not much can grow in salted butter. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Sun Oct 21, 2018 12:07 ] |
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Tasted alright to me, my crumpets were just dandy. |
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| Author: | Bobbyaro [ Sun Oct 21, 2018 12:08 ] |
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Oh God, don't start that one again! |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Sun Oct 21, 2018 19:46 ] |
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https://www.menkind.co.uk/haynes-electr ... t-calendar |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Sun Oct 21, 2018 19:49 ] |
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Only fools and losers pre order. |
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| Author: | krazywookie [ Sun Oct 21, 2018 20:56 ] |
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Cute-as-a-button daughter has decided that screaming her head of for at least 30 minutes every night at bed time is how "going to sleep" is done. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Mon Oct 22, 2018 1:36 ] |
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Pretty much how I do it. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Mon Oct 22, 2018 8:01 ] |
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"I Sent Fake Versions of Myself On TV and Everyone Fell for It" |
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| Author: | Kern [ Mon Oct 22, 2018 10:52 ] |
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Early front-runner for both the 'best local headline of the week' and the 'best sentence of the week' awards: This is Oxfordshire: Massive inflatable bacterium suspended from Oxford museum roof Quote: The 92ft-long E.coli is among 55 exhibits aiming to 'rehabilitate' the reputation of bacteria.
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Mon Oct 22, 2018 10:59 ] |
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Giant sperm attempt to get back into worlds largest condom. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Oct 24, 2018 0:37 ] |
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You want the limited edition of Devil May Cry 5? Only £6,100. https://www.e-capcom.com/sp/devil5/ |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Wed Oct 24, 2018 7:22 ] |
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Wow. I’m really impressed with POTUS’s action to sanction the suspects of the Khashoggi murder, by revoking their visas. That’ll teach ‘em. And now it’s bsck to flogging the Saudi’s more weapons. Murder is only murder, but business is business. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Wed Oct 24, 2018 9:21 ] |
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Keep a lookout, Markg https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... e-45960806 |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:48 ] |
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I see we are gearing up to "argue about the poppy symbol" season. I feel that the poppy has been hijacked as a form of nationalism*, now, and I'm not at all comfortable with that.Which is why I won't wear one. *I also find the "Help For Heroes" thing unsettling as elevating anyone who has been in the army to hero status doesn't seem right. A step too far in the direction of the US I fear. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:02 ] |
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If you don't get your kids poppy pyjamas you are disrespecting our fallen heroes, Mali |
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| Author: | Kern [ Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:04 ] |
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Go all out and get trench foot. |
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| Author: | markg [ Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:06 ] |
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Even organisations who you would expect to respect what it's all meant to be about seem to have lost the fucking plot. It's all "a river of a million poppies" or, as I half heard on the news this morning, "a giant six metre poppy!", trying to outdo last year like it's Christmas decorations or something. I guess it's because the events are passing from living memory and soon it'll probably be just another yearly festival, detached from any real meaning at all. But then again those who did fight in the wars would probably think that struggling to get people to solemnly remember what it was like when there were regular all out wars between large countries is rather an unexpectedly nice problem for their grandchildren to have. |
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| Author: | Kern [ Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:09 ] |
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MaliA wrote: I see we are gearing up to "argue about the poppy symbol" season. I feel that the poppy has been hijacked as a form of nationalism*, now, and I'm not at all comfortable with that.Which is why I won't wear one. Yes, I'm increasingly uncomfortable with gaudy displays and anything other than a quiet token of respect and the formal civic religion event at the Cenotaph. But as those with a direct connection to the world wars pass away, we're going to lose that connection. Memorial Day in the US is now just a big party. |
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| Author: | devilman [ Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:10 ] |
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markg wrote: ... like it's Christmas decorations or something. https://twitter.com/BBCWiltshire/status ... 9788721153
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:11 ] |
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I usually wear a white poppy but even these are controversial now for some reason. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:12 ] |
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Also follow @giantpoppywatch on Twitter if you still frequent that hellsite. |
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| Author: | Cras [ Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:13 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: I usually wear a white poppy but even these are controversial now for some reason. They were somewhat designed to be controversial, to be fair. |
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| Author: | Kern [ Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:17 ] |
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devilman wrote: https://twitter.com/BBCWiltshire/status/1054665029788721153 That's awful. Aboslutely nothing about it makes me pause and reflect. The Windsor Castle display a few years back, with the thousands of poppies pouring out over the walls, looked genuniely moving (I only saw pictures) and, as all art should, caused an emotional response in the viewer. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:18 ] |
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That Poppy tree is vile. Has dignity died with the veterans? |
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| Author: | devilman [ Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:23 ] |
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Kern wrote: devilman wrote: https://twitter.com/BBCWiltshire/status/1054665029788721153 That's awful. Aboslutely nothing about it makes me pause and reflect. The Windsor Castle display a few years back, with the thousands of poppies pouring out over the walls, looked genuniely moving (I only saw pictures) and, as all art should, caused an emotional response in the viewer. The 'weeping window' display round here has proven very popular Attachment: window.jpg
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:34 ] |
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NEEDS MOAR POPPEES |
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| Author: | Pundabaya [ Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:36 ] |
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I don't wear a poppy. Cos I hate having stuff pinned to me. I don't do badges or anything like that. I always put a quid in if I see a poppy box though. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:44 ] |
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I have a small enamel poppy pin, that normally I forget to wear. Think I've always donated though, if not me directly, then through giving my kids money to put in at school. Those huge displays are awful. I know they've been trying to create something bigger due to the 100th anniversary this year, but the tone is wrong. |
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| Author: | markg [ Thu Oct 25, 2018 10:10 ] |
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I don't think there's anything more poignant than a faded to pink giant poppy zip tied to the front of a Rover 75. |
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