RuamRudy

The law and all decent minded people find your regular attempts to minimise the rape of children by rich white men disgusting.

Trump really seems to relish that taco moniker.

Am I correct in understanding your logic here: children exploited by Asian men are victims; children exploited by rich white men are prostitutes?

Palestinian action are clowns who should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. To classify them as terrorists is, however, a gross and obscene distortion of what true terrorism actually is. Also, these clowns have made themselves the headlines. They claim to be acting in support of the Palestinian cause but all they do is further enable those who want to see the eradication of it by distracting attention and furthering the suggestion that the cause itself is not a just one.

Pick any of them. Who did they set out to terrorise?

Of course it's there for multiple reasons, including as a deterent against dissent. In this case, who in particular was terrorised by the acts carried out by this group?

What they did had nothing to do with terrorism - just because the law says otherwise doesn't make it so; just another bad law written by weak politicians.

Thank you, I am now better informed. It does feel, however, that equating the actions of a pressure group with those who set out to deliberately kill innocent people is an abuse of the term.

Is that the name of an English law or just a phrase you cobbled together?

Which law defines the escalation of a charge from vandalism to terrorism based upon the financial cost of the attack? What other acts of violence have they carried out?

If this protest group begins to plant bombs, behead people and commit other such atrocities then certainly. By the same token, should all people who commit acts of vandalism on public property be labelled terrorists?

Interestingly, 5 years ago Sultana backed a bill that would compel an MP who changed parties to be subject to a recall petition, and if 10% of their electorate backed it, the seat would be declared vacant. I wonder will she honour her previous convictions.

We already have laws in place to prosecute them for their actions. Why do we need to label them terrorists?

So, as usual, you have nothing to offer except the appearance of a thoroughly unpleasant person. What a sad way to live your life.

Then provide a credible source to dispute it.

You suggested that there is an equivalence in the behaviour of Ukrainian troops. I have seen nothing of the sort of horrors meted out by the Russians, hence my perfectly reasonable question.

Can you give examples?

And your corrupt president and his pathetically weak hangers-on have just gutted medicaid. Screw them too? Medicaid cuts in Trump's 'big beautiful bill' will leave millions uninsured, threaten rural hospitals https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/07/01/how-trump-bill-medicaid-cuts-will-impact-us-health-care.html

You do understand that he wasn't a mere mortal, don't you? For reasons even more important to the integrity of the state than the lack of challenge of Jimmy Saville, Mountbatten was unassailable.

Not my argument but if you are unaware of the allegations about Mountbatten you must have been living in a cave for the past 40 years.

Foreign to whom? I spent a lot of time in Moscow in the 2000s and the Moscow Times was freely available across the city; it made much more interesting reading than Аргументы и Факты or Правда, the only newspapers available in the city I lived in in the east.

The Bhutan entry makes it seem like each day you need to hand over another $100 to continue your tour; not the case. When I visited, all visitors needed to part of organised tours, and the Sustainable Development Fee was rolled up into the overall cost of the tour. Other than being a bit pricey, there was no indication of a quirky entry requirement. If anyone is tempted, Bhutan is a beautiful country with a fascinating culture and very friendly people but the food is a bit of a let-down.

I think you are confusing Britain with Lalaland, a place you seem to be spending an increasing amount of time in.

I didn't suggest that they were wholly fighting a 20th century war, but there is definitely a strong reliance on technology from that era, and on the use of domestic vehicles for their efforts in the meat grinder. Russian Army’s Use of Donkeys in Ukraine Underscores a Staggering Equipment Shortage https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/03/russian-armys-use-of-donkeys-in-ukraine-underscores-a-staggering-equipment-shortage-a88174 "Meanwhile, the Russian army has resorted to using civilian vehicles for attacks on Ukrainian positions, reducing combat effectiveness, increasing casualties and slowing their advance. ... "Pro-war blogger Kirill Fedorov claimed that the Defense Ministry had sent a donkey to his unit due to a shortage of vehicles. More evidence of Russian soldiers using donkeys, horses and even camels to transport supplies emerged soon after. Lieutenant General Viktor Sobolev, a member of the Russian State Duma’s Defense Committee, said the army’s use of pack animals was a “normal” practice."

There is clear evidence of them using horses, domestic vehicles and antiquated equipment so they are hardly equipped like a modern army. They are using convicts, mercenaries and press ganged unfortunates to wage their war as the casualties grow hideously by the day. Even if this madness ended tomorrow, Russia is so surely screwed, both internally and internationally, that it will never recover in our lifetime. Nor does it deserve to.