badgerx16

Did you actually have a childhood ?

In one sense we are all eternal; every atom in our bodies has existed since the Big Bang, and will continue to exist until whatever effective termination the Universe will undergo. What was once a dinosaur became a mammoth, and is now posting on SWF.

"More than 175 historians have called on the Home Office to remove the history element of the UK citizenship test because of its “misleading and false” representation of slavery and empire." https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jul/22/home-office-urged-to-correct-false-slavery-information-in-citizenship-test?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB

And on the eighth day God created MLG, so that he could test and challenge His people, and prove that freedom of thought and foregiveness of doubt are the greatest of His gifts.

Perhaps competence and clarity of thought are quite low on the list of qualities the UK electorate desire in their politicians ? BoJo's bufoonery must appeal to a proportion of our population.

Are the trebles and baritones any better ? ( Not to discount any sopranos amongst the ladies ).

I ddn't say that BLM is no longer relevant, I just feel that the whole 'taking a knee' thing has become tokenism. How much longer will it continue ? Will it happen before every game next season ?

I'm sure racists couldn't give a toss. Their prejudices are ingrained, and like a Trump supporting coronavirus denying, Bible thumper, they are not going to be swayed by facts or informed argument.

I am neither gammon nor racist but I would give them kudos for their action. The whole 'taking a knee' thing has now run it's course and is verging on anachronism.

As long as the crew have parachutes.........

It did no harm, and keeping it would have continued to do absolutely zero harm.

I thought the Chinese created it.

God, no.

Other than Donald Trump and Bolsaro in Brazil, I'm not sure anybody has claimed it is made up. There do seem to be, however, questions around the veracity of the statistics, in England in particular.

There is an outbreak of CoViD-19 at a Test and Trace centre in Motherwell. I wonder how successful they will be in finding the contacts of those infected.

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He safely caught the 4 shots that went straight to him.

How easy is it to slip on a bar of soap on a private jet ?

Treason ?

Get the team that sorted out the Princess Diana problem to organise her reception committee.

True. It's not an issue of 'black' or 'white', what's more important is whether you are on the dark side of the Pennines, ( east ), or on God's side, ( west ).

Six miles northeast (ish) of my house is the site of Sambo's grave in Sunderland Point, on the Lune estuary. Sambo was a 'coloured' cabin boy who served the captain of a ship that anchored there, and a few days later Sambo died. Should his headstone be removed ?

A 21 year old lad in our village commited suicide last month after suffering with severe depression. His death certificste lists CoViD as CoD.

Nobody on here, ( I hope ), would think to use the 'N word' as an insult, or agree with the sentiments it evokes. However, the dog's name is a fact, the use of it as a code-word during Operation Chastise is a fact; as much so as the facts that the planes used were Avro Lancasters, and that they had the mid upper gun turrets removed to facilitate carrying the bouncing bombs. Rather than rewrite or erase the bits of history we might now disagree with, it is better to understand why it is now inappropriate to use the word, and to ensure that such attitudes never arise again.

The more you post, the more likely it becomes that you are a Russian bot.