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MaltRam

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  1. 35 minutes ago, Alph said:

    Lord Libya Cameron out doing the media rounds. 

    Absolutely smashing it. He's like a shiny John Kirby. 

    Lots of Israelis can't go home, he said. That's unimaginable. Missile strikes could have killed thousands, he said. We can't allow that to happen. Not on our watch. If there's one thing we won't do it's stand by while people are displaced and killed on a huge scale. 

    Bravo, my Lord Brexiteer

    Little bit of politics there?

  2. 12 hours ago, BaaLocks said:

    Wht an utterly uninformed and ridiculous comment. The country is devoid of any infrastructure at all, even basic things like running water, food in supermarkets. The streets are ruled by random gangs of warlords with only criminal intent at mind. What do you expect them to do, write a letter to their MP? Maybe have a cake sale to raise funds for a new swimming pool for the kiddies?

    As @sage said, nobody from the outside is coming as there is no political benefit in doing so. Truly, it is a living hell - no hope to fix it yourself, no hope to get help to do so. We should collectively hang our heads in shame that the only time we care about our fellow (wo)man is when there is economic benefit to do so.

    It was a question, not a statement, so I'd appreciate it if you'd dial back the righteous indignation, but I'll explore the theme a little further. Haiti is a murderous s*******. Who's fault is that? 

    France's? They were kicked out by the inhabitants well over 200 years ago, and the colonial population killed. Not their problem, I would contend.

    The USA carry some blame as they occupied in the early 20th century and massively damaged the country.

    75 years later though, they've hit rock bottom. Is that anything to do with anyone in the UK? Not for me, especially when we've got our own roof to fix.

    How much blame do the inhabitants carry for their own circumstances? Some? None? 

    People kill each other in the absence of civilisation. That could almost be a workable definition of civilisation.

    Can a civil society be imposed? Even by a nation as powerful as the USA, backed by it's allies? The girls of Afghanistan would say the evidence is against.

    Until the people of Haiti stand for themselves, they'll live and die on their knees. They could be helped, and I'll bet they will be, slowly...but it's on them to learn their lessons.

  3. On 20/03/2024 at 18:22, DavesaRam said:

    I wish people would stop this snide picking on Diane Abbott. She made a gaff when she was suffering a diabetic blood-sugar problem which does mess with your thinking processes - one ,mistake - and the world has had its teeth into her ever since, going on for how many years? Think of the colossal number of gaffes from Bonzo Dog Johnson, let alone his blatant lies, yet no-one keeps taking him to task for much more serious "gaffes". The same is true for most of his many cabinet members who kept making mistakes, who continue to get away scot-free. Abbott may dress a bit oddly, but there is no excuse for continuing to do her down for one incident caused by by a health problem.

    I know her brother very slightly. He's been known to express the opinion that she's a sandwich short of the full picnic too.

     

  4. 13 minutes ago, Turk Thrust said:

    All these stats leave me cold. If they win and we draw and the third team lose and the second win etc etc. If my aunt had b******* she’d be my uncle etc.   If we could predict accurately we would all be millionaires. Just take it a game at a time

    Came here to say similar. I love the stats, the what ifs and all of it...but by Monday night it is time to park it again for a bit.

    Lose at Northampton and it's all to c***. 

  5. 10 minutes ago, Chris_Martin said:

    He knew that already then why set up that way to start with?

    We'd just had two or three convincing performances and wins and he didn't want to change approach?

    We won.

    Everything else is fluff.

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