tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post7462268277020098008..comments2024-03-28T16:48:18.088+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond thinks soma might be the solution for Dame Slap, the dog botherer and prattling Polonius ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-28415303282859010342017-05-27T21:08:28.298+10:002017-05-27T21:08:28.298+10:00"It is time for us to get angry" says Da..."<i>It is time for us to get angry</i>" says Dame Slap.<br /><br />But just what does she think will be done with all this "<i>anger</i>" ? Invade Afghanistan and Iraq all over again ? Carpet bomb Libya like the Yanquis once carpet bombed Cambodia ? Pack every suspected Muslim up into internment camps ?<br /><br />What exactly does she think should be done ?GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-8409639093757392922017-05-27T21:00:18.281+10:002017-05-27T21:00:18.281+10:00Ah yes, mass terrorism involving children:
"...Ah yes, mass terrorism involving children:<br /><br />"<i>But the deadliest school-related massacre in American history happened in 1927, at an elementary school in Bath, Mich. A school board member named Andrew Kehoe, upset over a burdensome property tax, wired the building with dynamite and set it off in the morning of May 18. Kehoe’s actions killed 45 people, 38 of whom were children</i>."<br /><br />I wonder what madrassas it was that radicalized him.GrueBleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-90775468833285123992017-05-27T18:18:06.376+10:002017-05-27T18:18:06.376+10:00Never mind of course that the right wing (armchair...Never mind of course that the right wing (armchair) culture warriors seem to be constitutionally incapable of acknowledging the centuries long project of Western terrorism, especially in the 20th and 21st centuries.<br />www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Terrorism/Terrorism_watch.html <br />And the dark irony of the orange monster being in Saudi Arabia when the Manchester murders occurred. And how he referred to the multi-billion sale of "beautiful weapons" to the Saudis too. <br />And the well known fact that the Saudis are the PRINCIPAL source/sponsor of the various mosques and madrasas all over the Western world, and especially in the UK, where unhinged young men are radicalized.<br />And the well known fact that both the Saudi government and private Saudi citizens too, provide the finances for terrorist groups their murderous activities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-33319793951445917662017-05-27T17:52:20.499+10:002017-05-27T17:52:20.499+10:00For the pond's many sins, FrankD, the sentence...For the pond's many sins, FrankD, the sentence was post-grad history ... and after reading Albertini, it seemed best not to attempt further research on the start of the war, since he'd done more than enough, and like you, the pond was none the wiser, apart from the usual notion of human lunacy (mixed with colonial greed, wild adventurism and fools imagining it remained a jolly jape amongst chums, as if nobody had read what happened to the French in the mud of Agincourt).<br /><br />But what a delight to see you quibble with the quibbler. These days the pond can't be bothered with close readings of the prattler, but loves it when others whack the mole ...dorothy parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816807935021738560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-42212104027931646052017-05-27T15:37:04.218+10:002017-05-27T15:37:04.218+10:00Albertini as set text? For realsies? What on earth...Albertini as set text? For realsies? What on earth were you studying? <br /><br />I've probably read 20 books on the origin of the first world war (most recently the proceedings of a conference of international relations experts trying to unpick it), and while none of them can agree with each other (and I couldn't tell you why it started, its abiding mystery being the source of my continued interest) they would all agree that Princip's actions provided at most the opportunity, but not the motive. Coincidentally, my copies of Albertini arrived via Amazon a few weeks ago, but I haven't got around to cracking them open. <br /><br />But since I always enjoy quibbling with a quibbler - Princip was not 23 when he whacked the Archduke. He was 19. At 23, he was dying of tuberculosis in an Austrian cell in Theresienstadt.FrankDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-63579252187095654532017-05-27T14:43:37.910+10:002017-05-27T14:43:37.910+10:00How do the nitwits manage to twist their thinking ...How do the nitwits manage to twist their thinking so that blaming the warmongers who made the ME a mess into blaming the victims? <br /><br />Sheesh they are desperadoes - I wish the bloody train would come and take them away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-22131463038253678952017-05-27T14:23:50.189+10:002017-05-27T14:23:50.189+10:00A most interesting read especially the piece where...A most interesting read especially the piece where the excuse for a man Kenny is quoted as Alexander working hard he would not work in an iron lung.<br />Your work is very much appreciated Dorothy keep it up as we are starved of good analysis of current affairs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com