Baht Simpson

Definition: "exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally." It's the worst possible way to make point if you want to be taken seriously. 🙂

It would be if this is what happened, but it wasn't. Initially Robinson was sued for libel, which is covered by civil law. i.e. private plaintiff v. defendant. He lost and was ordered not to repeat the falsehoods. He subsequently defied the court order, a serious crime under public or criminal law which then involves the state. The sentence handed down was for that crime and he gave the judge little alternative and acknowledged his guilt. Thinking that's the result of a corrupt judge when it's standard procedure is preposterous.

By that measure terrorists are just doing their civic duty. Maybe she had a moral duty which led to civil disobedience but that's not what civil duty means. Civil disobedience must be morally justified. Rosa Parkes had that by taking a stand against racism. Robinson doesn't have that by defying a judge and repeating proven libelous remarks.

Your civil duty is to obey the law, pay taxes, refrain from violence and generally do all that is required in a polite, civil society to live together. Civil disobedience usually, but not always, involves breaking the law. They're broadly opposites. Civil disobedience sometimes has its place but it must be done in the correct way. That's where Robinson had failed.

That was civil disobedience not civic duty. You're confusing the two.

Civic duty is defined in part as obeying the law and that which is legally mandated. If you disagree with the law you campaign to get it changed, you can't just disobey it without consequence.

You don't get to judge what's legal or illegal. That's why we have the judiciary. Apparently he repeated claims that were proven in court to be libelous. If you have evidence to the contrary rather than just an opinion I'm sure they'd be happy review it. He himself pleaded guilty to the charge and I believe him.

Not to mention two previous cases of contempt of court in 2017 and 2019. One suspended sentence and one jail term.

You can't hug a PDF. 😀

You're just being silly. Fortunately that isn't a crime either.

Contempt of Court is a crime in most countries including the U.S.

He wasn't jailed for his views, he was jailed for the serious crime of Contempt of Court which he plead guilty to. He gave them no option. Did you really ask AI if your opinion was right? Lol. I'm not surprised it gave you a wishy-washy answer.

When I left the U.K. for Thailand 20 years ago I did much the same thing, giving away all my art and uni books. I brought just 8 or so books I couldn't bear parting with. I've got a little library now and have augmented it with some newer ones. My most recent purchase was a Sherlock Holmes collection with all the wonderful, original Sidney Paget illustrations from the Strand Magazine. Regarding reading them all, I agree with you, and Umberto Eco put it thus: "It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones. "There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion. "If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That's why you should always have a nutrition choice! "Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity."

There aren't any roofs left in Palestine.

As he was in hospital he might have been drugged up to the nines. He was clearly in a fragile mental state.

Yep, and if you're ordering something inexpensive then the free shipping offers and worth having.

How do you wax your moustache? 🙂

Yes, but I think it's only available in Australia now. English Leather is still being made and some people say it reminds them of Imperial Leather, although I have yet to try it.

Yes. Called classic bar soap.

This is a stock photo from Google. I won't show you mine as it's down to a sliver at the moment. I need a new bar. If you do try it out, get the original in the red wrapper. I've seen them in 7/11.

I like Imperial Leather. It's one of the few soaps that seems to have retained its original scent. And it doesn't turn to mush quickly like many other cheaper soaps. For a while now I've been using aloe vera gel to shave as it doesn't leave me so red-faced. I managed to pick up a bottle of the U.K. /Germany Old Spice after shave lotion recently. Again it seems to be nearer to the original scent, if a tad weaker.

Stop being so childish.

Quite.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Führer:_Debating_the_Enigma_of_Hitler's_Sexuality Sorry, I forgot to include the alternate link in my haste. In any case the original link does allude to that. i.e. "To be clear, there are few reputable historians today who would argue that Hitler was gay, and their arguments have not been seen as persuasive... Lothar Machtan's The Hidden Hitler (New York: Basic Books, 2001) has not generally been well received by historians."

"Most mainstream historians and surviving eyewitnesses dispute Machtan's argument"