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Causing $1million in damages to a university building is not a protest but an attack. The group which led the occupation was literally acting on behalf of Hamas. Here are the first two sentences from the explanation of their actions they posted online (my bold text): "We are taking this building amidst the current and renewed wave of the student Intifada, following the uprising of student action for Palestine after the heroic victory of Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7th, which shattered the illusion of zionist-imperialist domination and brought Palestine to the forefront for all justice-loving people of the world. We respond to the call made by the Palestinian student movement in Gaza to 'raise the pace and ceiling of your struggle and your honorable stances, quantitatively and qualitatively, against the institutions, corporations, and governments that participate in the slaughter of our children, our students, and our people.'" https://medium.com/@super.uw.seattle/we-demand-uw-will-no-longer-be-complicit-in-genocide-0099dc761f92 Here's the link to the call by Palestinian student groups for "escalation of the global intifada:" https://samidoun.net/2024/05/a-call-from-the-palestinian-student-movement-in-gaza-time-for-revolutionary-escalation-of-the-global-intifada/ The mistake the U of Washington made, just like in the past, was to not prevent the occupation. Instead of removing occupiers after they have done the damage, the university admin should have ordered campus police to use whatever force was necessary to keep the protestors out of the building. I doubt very much the protesters would have stood against nightsticks and pepper spray. Moreover, the university and local officials need to insist the protesters are prosecuted for their crimes to the full extent of the law. Any students should be kicked out for life. Until those in power show some background, such violent protests and waves of destruction will continue.

It all goes back to supply and demand. It seems there is more demand for a mosque than a pub and that is, at the very least, unusual for what had previously been a thirsty, Christian Anglo-Saxon country.

I have a feeling incidents such as the one below will help Farage. It's the most blatant example of the U.K. turned upside down and the disruption of the classic British lifestyle. Calls to stop Kent pub being converted into mosque Plans to convert a Victorian pub into a mosque has ignited a debate among residents. A charity has applied to change The Peacock in Gravesend, Kent, into a mosque six months after a similar application was denied. The pub closed its doors for the final time on Jan 1 last year after being bought by the Al-Haqq Academy charity, having been on the market for four years. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/calls-to-stop-kent-pub-being-converted-into-mosque/ar-AA1Egwux?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=EDGEXST&cvid=209c2d5a5444490b95d38b6e41d8557b&ei=18

All such lists are subjective, reflecting the preferences of the person or group compiling the list. Contrary to what you believe, Thai food is often included in lists of "the world's top 10 cuisines." CNN puts Thai in eighth place: 8. Thailand Street eats are a Thai attraction. Flip through a Thai cook book, and you’ll be hard pressed to find an ingredient list that doesn’t run a page long. The combination of so many herbs and spices in each dish produces complex flavors that somehow come together like orchestral music. Thais fit spicy, sour, salty, sweet, chewy, crunchy and slippery into one dish. With influences from China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar and a royal culinary tradition, Thai cuisine is the best of many worlds. The best part about eating Thai food in Thailand, though, is the hospitality. Sun, beach, service with a smile and a plastic bag full of som tam – that’s the good life. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/world-best-food-cultures/index.html Another list that puts it in eighth place: https://slurpculinaryacademy.com/top10-exquisite-cuisines-around-the-world/ There are dozens of such lists and most include Thai cuisine somewhere in the top 10 or top 20.

According to Thai news sources, the fruit was Gold Apple from the Diospyros decandra tree. It's a type of persimmon with fruit that is supposed to be edible. Diospyros decandra is common in some parts of Thailand and is the provincial tree of Chanthaburi and Nakhon Pathom provinces. The Gold Apple is grown commercially and sold in markets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diospyros_decandra There's no explanation as to why it proved poisonous to the seven Russians.

@Eloquent pilgrim Well put! Me, too! The Jews of Israel literally have they backs against the sea. They are fighting for their own survival and the survival of Israel, the Jewish homeland and the world's only Jewish-majority nation. Israelis want nothing more than to live in peace, but have never had that chance due to the centuries-old antisemitism of Muslim Arabs, It's only the military might of the IDF that protects them. Standing with Israel is the best way to stand against antisemitism and another Holocaust.

The Fourth Geneva Convention places obligations and constraints on both sides of a conflict. Hamas has consistently violated the terms of the Convention. In Part I General Provisions, Art. 3 states in part: To this end, the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons: a) violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture; b) taking of hostages; c) outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment; d) the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court, affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples. Art. 34. — The taking of hostages is prohibited. The Convention also has Articles which remove protected status from hospitals which hide military activity and from civilians who attack the occupying power. Hamas has violated the Convention since Oct. 7, 2023 and continues to do so by not releasing the hostages. In fact, Hamas has blatantly violated the Fourth Geneva Convention since its founding in the 1980s.

I hope some BM will keep us updated as to what fruit it was and whether the flesh of the fruit is actually poisonous or had been heavily doused with insecticide. Many times children have been poisoned because they put "ornamental" fruit not meant for consumption into their mouths.

Midwest Safety is another good channel for police body cam videos. Here's a seriously intended question for BMs from Europe: Do the police in Finland, Italy or the Netherlands- or any other European country for that matter- ever have to deal with drunks like this? What are the chances a female in a European city would be carrying a handgun in her pocket? Do any of you believe the police in the vid could have handled the situation in a better manner? Here's an example of how they deal with an argumentative but non-violent guy from Serbia. What is the major difference between these two videos?

These videos keep in perspective the hassles tourists have with girls, security staff and cops in Thailand.

I really find the "scare prank" videos to be very entertaining. I have always wondered what would happen if someone tried something similar in Thailand. The Brazilian pranks are the most elaborate. And a less frightening North American prank.

The "Tasting History" channel features recreations of classic dishes from many time periods and countries. It always includes a lot of interesting background information.

I wonder how Thai security guys would have handled this situation? https://youtu.be/cErY7evSZcU?si=EyCYFxnUwt4JP1_a

I like the police body cam channels.

Translation- Packer is intellectually unable to answer my straight-forward questions, so he chooses the response of opponents of Israel everywhere, an ad hominem attack. Asking whether Jews are entitled to a national homeland and who will fight for Jews in case of another Holocaust always (100% of the time) baffles the haters. But in case anyone else would like to lend Packer much-needed assistance, please this simple question: Are the Jews of the world entitled to a Jewish-majority national homeland? For the first and perhaps only time, I agree with something you have written. The Jews of Israel have nowhere else to go; they literally have their backs against the sea. That's why they fight so hard to preserve their homeland.