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Susan Harley's avatar

Thanks for the clarity Laura, I was confused as I thought Genocide was wrong ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ

Now the people who masquerade as government , the army and air force are not complicit they are on the moral high ground of the bones and blood of the dead. Itโ€™s so easy to spot them nowโ€ฆ

Elizabeth Chandler's avatar

A brilliant reply , in gratitude to Lauraโ€™s moral clarity . ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ˜†

Kate Walker's avatar

"moral high ground of the bones of the dead" is a FANTASTIC piece of phrasing. Chapeau!

Susan Harley's avatar

Thank you Kate, that is much appreciatedโ€ฆas words often fail me about what is happening in Gaza ๐Ÿ˜ข

RakB's avatar

All I can say is - Thank you for the clarity ๐Ÿ˜‰

Hetty in Scotchland ;-)'s avatar

Yep, not sure if the MSM reported on those disgraceful scenes in Bristol, it certainly seems the cops were Ok with the hate on display. Those idiots really are so thick as to believe the immigrants are to be feared and viciously opposed, when it's those in positions of power who are removing peoples' rights for opposing genocide, that they should fear. Crazy.

Adeel Mirza's avatar

very well said. Many thanks

Ace Levy's avatar

No pun intended...

Adeel Mirza's avatar

LOL. It must have been my mood at the time...

Baz's avatar

Okay, Iโ€™m setting aside my usual pithy comment to share my one interface a couple of years ago with Yaxley-Lennonโ€™s EDL lads. It was on an early Saturday morning tube train, there was only me and a young woman on the other end of the carriage when a bunch of about 30 of them, already tanked up, poured on. The young white woman was immediately sexually abused by the leader who stood thrusting his groin at her face while sniffing her hair and all the while being encouraged by his laughing comrades. This was going on for several minutes and

I was contemplating at what point I was to intervene and get a good old defence league hiding myself when the train pulled into Waterloo and the young lady made her escape.

Okay, cue pithy remark:

โ€œDefend England by sexually abusing its women.โ€

susan cartwright's avatar

Not sure if you are male or female Baz, but witnessing abuse is also traumatic. I feel for the young woman but also for you. You have my sympathy as the story you told is frightening, sickening, and soul wounding. If one event of humiliation and injustice lessens us all, imagine what the people of GAZA are going through.

Baz's avatar

Thanks for your comment, Susan Iโ€™m a guy and yes, I guess I was affected by witnessing what I saw. Retrospectively I regret not thinking on my feet, what I shouldโ€™ve done was jump straight off the train with the young woman and first make sure she was okay and then offer to go with her immediately to report the incident. (maybe the police could have apprehended the gang that very morning) I was overly concerned about getting to my work and not focusing on the young victim.

I went to report incident to the Transport Police but they had had no complaint from anyone that morning. We can only guess how badly affected the young woman was.

Iโ€™d originally supposed they were just common or garden drunk football hooligans but because of my description of the perpetrators (many wore a small pin badge) the police told me it was the EDL and they were aware of their travel to Manchester.

Makes you wonder what exactly they are โ€˜defending Englandโ€™ from.

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Baz's avatar

Love the โ€œno shirtsโ€Dezza.

I found out from the British Transport Police later that they were on their way to Manchester to disrupt a Hindu festival in Bury, they obviously had an early train to catch.

Lawry Roberts's avatar

There is no Justice

There is just Us.

Anna-Goanna's avatar

Thankyou for putting the dreadful so well.๐Ÿ˜ข

So much of what I read this year makes my blood run cold, so often that I should have blood so cold it's turned to ice, but that's my problem it hasn't.

I guess I can only have incandescent anger occasionally?๐Ÿคจ

Again thanks for all your writing, take care of yourself, please.๐Ÿ™

Jennifer Akdemir's avatar

Well, after all, the "kill 'em all" side are also firmly on the side of the "free" market. And that's what counts! ...................................................

Adeel Mirza's avatar

as i have been saying repeatedly, the Devil IsRael states of america has unleashed the antichrist on us all.

Spunty's avatar

Welcome the New World, where up is down, black is white, hate is love... and the most (supposedly) intelligent rule the (once) "free" world.

Avigail Abarbanel's avatar

This bullshit wonโ€™t last unless this country officially decides to formally rebrand as a dictatorshipโ€ฆ

Rebel Nun's avatar

I donโ€™t know, Avigail. The US hasnโ€™t formally rebranded as a dictatorship, but itโ€™s happening anyway. Itโ€™s all illegal by our own laws, and yet itโ€™s happening. Weโ€™re puzzled and weโ€™re frantic, but theyโ€™re showing every other government in the world that it can be done. Look out.

salahuddin c's avatar

Wow! Ant and Nige running the UK according to the Gospel of Donald. Now that's a real New Enlightenment. Something to put a skip in one's step. Innit?

David Latin's avatar

Insanity prevails!

I would not dismiss the possibility that the CoVID19 virus, which was very likely developed as a US bio-weapon to spread through the air, has made very many people irrational!

We all know that even the MURDER of ONE child in society has the most severe punishment, including the death sentence!!!

AL Kennedy's avatar

Just when we didn't need more crazy - a COVID fantasist. And you're so close to the truth - Covid infection does cause cognitive deficits for a period of time we don't want to investigate because we're assuming it will only affect the weak and poors. Definitely no connection with increased numbers of people with disabilities. We can cull them by torching their benefits. Yaaaay! It's going so well.

David Latin's avatar

Guessing you donโ€™t have much medical knowledge or awareness of Science. But a virus does attack brain cells.

AL Kennedy's avatar

I can only assume your vast medical knowledge doesn't include the meaning of the phrase 'cognitive deficit'...๐Ÿ™„

David Latin's avatar

Can have two meanings:

โ€œlow IQโ€ or due to virus etc. Viruses are real, not imaginary.

Avigail Abarbanel's avatar

People have always been irrational. Having modern technology has not advanced us psychologically or spiritually, perhaps even contributed to the oppositeโ€ฆ

David Latin's avatar

But never irrational to this extent, not so many people.

MURDERING CHILDREN is apparently fine with so many. Really????

Avigail Abarbanel's avatar

Most Israelis, almost 90% of them support everything their military is doing and would like to see all Palestinians removed from all of historic Palestine. Given no significant international intervention, Israeli is en-route to complete its settler-colonial project. It means millions dead or forcefully displaced.

David Latin's avatar

Will there be a โ€œWarsaw Ghetto uprisingโ€ for 7M Palestinians???

Avigail Abarbanel's avatar

Theyโ€™ve tried. But Israel is crushing them just like the Nazis crushed the Warsaw Ghetto resistance, killed everyone and flattened the ghetto.

Rebel Nun's avatar

It seems that way, but remember: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, India, Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq, so many more. It was never any secret that entire civilian families and villages were being bombed, burned and ravaged. โ€œPatriotsโ€ in the U.K. as well as the US cheered it on. Prince Harry says he killed 25 โ€œTalibanโ€ in his two celebrated tours in Afghanistan; we all know they were underarmed, underfed, and many probably underage. And all for the sole benefit of US/multinational oil corporations, although many of the โ€œpatriotsโ€ allowed themselves to be convinced otherwise.

David Latin's avatar

Criminal Racist mindset. Europe is full of extreme racism.

susan cartwright's avatar

Western nation citizens are all so brainwashed into thinking that this is all "normal." This quote from someone on substack in the US:

"I don't like the far right OR the far left. I like things to stay in the moderate center, where genocide is fine and people's healthcare money is given to cruise missile manufacturers."

Caitlan Johnstone

Dean's avatar

That was sarcasm...

Hilary Minor's avatar

Right! Got it! โ€œWar is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.โ€

Mark's avatar

Misdirected anger has been a staple of twatriots since day dot.

Mara Bryan's avatar

Us oldies are to be feared! We are either retired, or about be. We are full of rage, and sick of this kind of shit. We may need helping into the police vans, but Cooper and Starmer made a BIG MISTAKE taking us on!