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Hold on, what exactly are you comparing here? The far left have been responsible historically for more deaths than the far right though in truth both ideologies are equally reprehensible. Nowadays the far right is mostly fringe groups widely condemned as racists who are a bit of a joke. The problem is that many get confused by what the far right actually is because idiots are so quick to label any dissenting voice a nazi or a racist. You understand that "Kek" is not actually racist right? The far left are in my view much more of a problem particularly in the west since they have infiltrated positions of power within many learning institutions and businesses. Members of BAMN and antifa have been arrested recently for arson and assault, people have had their heads cut open by bike locks swung by professors, been shot and heads have been caved in by these thugs.

Would you consider antifa liberal? Or BAMN? Or black lives matter? The authoritarian left is just as bad - if not worse- than the far right. The rest of your points aren't worth addressing because they have either been debunked in this thread before or you have just written stuff to try to get a rise from me.

Fair enough. The points it makes are still very fair though and worthy of discussion.

A really interesting article from a Liberal site that everyone- particularly people like soggy- should read: http://nypost.com/2017/06/30/the-tolerant-left-has-no-problem-bashing-those-who-speak-out-against-muslim-extremists/amp/

What sort of weird world do you come from where not wearing a tie equals a lack of professionalism? It's football ffs not dining at Buckingham Palace.

[emoji23] what on earth are you talking about? Some right nutters frequent this forum.

I didn't believe that but then someone showed me his belt buckle and it suddenly became so obvious.

It's bizarre. A thread about terrorist attacks is in soggy's world not allowed to discuss the biggest cause of these attacks (Islamic extremism) and their followers without first discussing every other criminal act committed by a non Muslim just in case people forget that non Muslims commit crimes too. It might be useful to use a disclaimer at the top of the page like "everyone posting here acknowledges that terrorist attacks and many other crimes are committed on a daily basis by people of every faith. Discussing the problem of Islamic extremism and the many attacks committed by these people does not change this fact." Maybe that would keep him quiet for a bit but I doubt it.

Thanks. I'll have a look at that and ask elsewhere.

I have an event that requires a sign up that I am advertising through Facebook. It requires a fairly simple landing page with a few details on it that I don't have time to create. I just wondered if someone capable fancied the job off here before I go to look for a media company- shouldn't take more than a couple of hours and I'll pay obviously. Let me know.

Players will leave abd they will say something like "we had no intention of selling players but pellegrino has decided to let some go for squad harmony and to improve the squad." it would be naive to think otherwise.

It doesn't sit easily with me either but the alternative is much worse.

University education should be free for the top achievers who take subjects where we need people such as the STEM fields. Gender studies, women's studies and other identity politics nonsense should be discouraged wherever possible.

Oh I absolutely do not attribute it solely to teaching but it undoubtedly has a very significant impact and not just in the UK. Have you seen the ordeals that the likes of Jordan peterson have had to go through? Or that American university last week who was urged to resign because he refused to leave the university due to the colour of his skin? Or the university lecturers who have been unmasked as antifa members who have been hitting people in the head with bike locks? It's disgusting, dangerous and is contributing to this far left plague by playing on the idealism that you rightly state is a characteristic of the young.

Not sure I can agree that that sort of thing is widespread in more conservative areas. My experience (and what we can see with demonstrations and some of the Liberal idiocy at top universities) suggests that there is a fair amount of this leftie bias infecting the minds of the young. No wonder someone as unpalatable as corbyn is viewed as a saviour by them.

A superb article and sums up one of the main problems for me.

Pochettino sounded like an uninspiring nobody and he was superb.

Good shout. Bell-end-agrino an early front runner.

I'm really struggling to come up with a mocking nickname for him when we start doing badly. Doesn't bode well.

Can certainly agree there. Thanks to whoever put up the financial times link, it was a good read and a neat summary of how much the country has changed since the 90s.

Possibly in Pyongyang but as I'm sure you know that certainly is not a place which typifies north Korean life. Most defectors outside of Pyongyang (sadly a dwindling number nowadays) have spoken about openly defying officials without too much fear (see that leaked clip of a woman having a go at an official when she was criticised for her hair a few years ago for instance.) Have you read nothing to envy and the impossible state? They are eye opening reads and nothing to envy in particular talks about the burgeoning black market which is now essential to everyday life and as such the regime would never dream of shutting it down. Oh and if we are name dropping, Tom Matlock- the former head of the British embassy in Seoul - is an old friend.

That isn't the picture that many paint of the general public in North Korea. Of course that form of punishment exists but in general there is a growing indifference to the rules, which started after the famine of the 90s. The average north Korean knows that unless they are in serious trouble they can just bribe themselves out of any serious charges.

I do agree with you on many things but I'm sorry, no one who describes themselves as a "thought leader" is going to come across as particularly convincing in an argument on here. It makes you sound like a legend in your own head.

Short of a nuclear war, most experts believe the North Korean problem would most likely be solved by some sort of uprising amongst the people. Since the famine of the 90s there has been much looser controls typified by a growing black market that would have been forbidden beforehand but is now tolerated across the country. Technological advances have made it impossible for the party to have total control and the general North Korean public outside of pyeongyang are no longer the innocents blind to the outside world that they used to be- most have seen South Korean soap operas, listened to broadcasts from the south made by defectors or watched western films like titanic that have been smuggled over on usb sticks or flown over the dmz by balloon. An uprising would be the best outcome possible but it could only really happen from inside pyeongyang since the rest of the country wouldn't have the resources or the ability. That's definitely an initiative I would support though, particularly if it avoided all out war.

It's economic but also as I mentioned strategically it makes a hell of a lot of sense to have a whacky neighbour on their border than a best mate of the United States. It's in their interest to keep the kim dynasty alive for as long as possible because the alternative to Chinese eyes is worse.