JonnyF

Stop wriggling. Do you support the roles of black historical figures being taken by white actors in the same way that you support the roles of white historical figures being taken by black actors? It's a simple question. Yes or No. You either support racial equality or you don't.

No chance. Inflation would skyrocket and manufacturers would relocate to other SE Asian countries.

So you’d support Tom Cruise playing Michael Jordan? Or can you work race into his story as well ? It seems you think race is integral to every black persons story. That’s identity politics I guess. incredibly divisive but a staple of the Wokerati diet.

How am I equating them? And what difference does it make if they are equatable? Get a grip woman. So the acceptability of playing the part of someone from a different race is dependent on the status of the person you are playing? What is your point exactly? It’s ok for white people to play the role of bad black people but not good black people? Or black people can only play the part of bad white people? A white guy can play John Allen Muhammad but not Muhammad Ali? You’re tying yourself in knots again. You’re going all Sturgeon on us. You might want to see how that worked out for her. Let’s be honest, what you are really saying is that it’s ok for black actors to play white roles but not vice versa. You perfectly embody the hypocrisy of the left once again. Well done.

We all know cultural (mis) appropriation works one way only. To the left. I never saw anyone complaining about black skateboarders, Markle straightening her nose and hair to appear Caucasian, black motocross riders, black golfers, guitarists etc. But as soon as a white girl applies fake tan and gets an Afro perm all hell breaks loose. Heaven forbid a white guy gets dreads and plays the bongos. I even remember the hate towards Eminem (from white leftists) for daring to be a white rapper until they realized he was very talented and possibly top 5 all time. The middle class white self hate is strong on this one.

Ok how about Rowan Atkinson playing Michael Jordan ? I’m guessing every famous black man is a victim of racism whose race is central to the story in your leftist woke world? The fact you see race as a central point in every argument only highlights on your own agenda and prejudice.

The gun didn’t kill anyone. It is a piece of metal. The individual who used the gun was responsible. As long as hate is being stoked by identity politics and the far left baiting the flames of injustice this will continue. Take away the guns while continuing to stoke tensions will result in the type of knife/machete/bomb/vehicle murders that we are currently seeing across Europe. Address the root cause - divisive politics - not the choice of weapon.

Makes you wonder what Biden (well, his handlers) has promised. Because I doubt they are supporting him for his economic genius.

There were. But Anne Boleyn was not African. Would you support a film about MLK or Muhammad Ali having a white woman playing their role? It’s stupid and massively detracts from the movie for the sake of political correctness. It’s like a remake of Lassie where Lassie is a cat. Inane woke nonsense. History will show the last decade as a low point for supposed intelligence of the human race.

This is great news. There is no way a criminal would own/buy an illegal gun. So this will solve everything.????

Of course they are protecting him. Same as we are seeing multiple law suits against Trump and De Santis. Corporate America choosing the next president. Democracy - USA style. Makes Thailand look angelic.

Of course they exist. But you don’t see them every 3 milliseconds, playing historical characters from 18th century Britain unless you watch the Woker than Woke left wing propaganda jizz that the BBC spaffs out.

Debbie does Dallas?

No. The EU isn't huge on Democracy. Not even the President is elected by citizens of the EU. There are many layers between the electorate and the positions of power. A very convoluted process to give the impression of a Democracy while ensuring the people have no say. No citizen voted for Von Der Leyen and they cannot vote to remove her. In fact, despite all it's faults Thailand has a superior version of Democracy than the EU so it is strange that these diplomats would be so critical. At least the Thais know who they are voting for to lead the country. In any case, these diplomats will be ignored by the Thais. They have little interest in making the same mistakes that is leading to the downfall of The West. The East is rising, free of the shackles of Woke ideology and socialist ideals and a few dinosaurs arrogantly pontificating from a fading power won't change that.

Yes of course, and so do expats. However that wasn't my point. My point is that this needlessly affects business owners and tourists. It would be so simple to allow foreigners to be excluded from this silly paternalistic tradition.

Never understood why they don't allow the purchase if a foreign passport is provided. That would help the tourist businesses to continue as normal and not ruin 2 days of peoples holidays. It's not like they have a problem differentiating between Thais and foreigners on other issues. I guess they only like to do that when it results in a benefit for the Thai as opposed to a benefit to the foreigner.

They are still there. He certainly knows how to make them feel very uncomfortable. Poor girl is shaking at the 38 second mark and he gets "the eyes" from the help to tell him to stop it at 0:40.

I agree. None of the trips and falls are a big deal in isolation but the sheer number of them is alarming. Also his forgetting of names, his inability to finish sentences because he's forgotten what he was talking about. The slurring of words. It's all very worrying for someone in his position. Trump on the other hand seems very switched on. He says stupid things, but that's because he's Trump and it's his style to shock people and grab headlines in that way. But there are no signs of that mental decline we see in Biden. As for Ozimoron's fat shaming. Very disappointing that such behaviour is tolerated simply because it is Trump. No doubt if someone did the same to Diane Abbott he'd be objecting to it. The hypocrisy of the left once again.

The Tuono is a lovely bike. I really like the 660 but it's ridiculously priced here. As for small 4 pots in Europe, they haven't released any for years. The ZX-25R was Asia only. I think the ZX-4R will be released there but I'm not sure how well it will do, since lots of people there like the pub/forum bragging rights of a bigger bike. I think the 4R would do very well in the Alps as long as you kept it on the pipe. Torque is a lot of fun, my MT09 wants to lift the front wheel until you get into 4th. But there's something fun about extracting every bit of power out of a smaller engine. I know it's a cliche, but it's true that it's more fun riding a slow bike fast than riding a fast bike slow. I sat on the 4R at the motor show and it's surprisingly comfy. Higher bars than most supersports, not quite as high as the Ninja 400 but not far off.

Given the results, I'd probably avoid any Joe Biden workout routines.

Not according to the electorate. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3958930-biden-approval-rating-nears-lowest-level-of-presidency-poll/

I think DeSantis beats Biden. But I think Biden beats Trump. It's really sad when I look at Biden compared to past presidents. I didn't agree with their politics a lot of the time but they were strong, charismatic leaders. The likes of Reagan, Clinton, Obama. Now we have a guy who can barely string a sentence together, can't remember other leaders names (Rashid Sanook anyone?) and struggles to climb stairs. Unsurprisingly, the demise of the country seems to be mirroring the demise of the quality of leaders.

Cut him some slack, probably mad that they're going to cut off the corrupt SNP's funding. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/snp-nicola-sturgeon-humza-yousaf-latest-news-b2323980.html

Do you have a link to back up that claim?

Indeed, Trump was living rent free in his head, like he does with so many Democrats. As Dems go, I didn't think Lemon was too bad. Many of his 'misogynistic' comments were simply telling the truth. Such as more people being interested in men's sport because it's generally of a higher standard than women's sport. I guess that's why CNN fired him. Can't have the truth getting in the way of Woke agendas.