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originally posted by: LABTECH767
a reply to: Oldcarpy2
haha got to agree the old Liberals at least knew who they were but they were long before our time with there last government being before the first world war becoming nothing but a traditionalist zombie party until they merged with the equally unpopular social democrats.
Basically it is also my appraisal that they do not know there arse from there head most of the time.
originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
originally posted by: Ohanka
originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
originally posted by: Ohanka
With the way Commissar Patel was speaking yesterday, regarding using the murder as a pretence for further empowering the police and reducing civil liberties even more, it seems the Johnson Government is jumping for joy that this dude got knifed.
Guess you didn't watch the tributes paid to the guy in the House today.
Genuine empathy shown.
Politicians are professional liars and psychopaths. Those who manage to worm themselves into government posts are the worst of all. Guarantee first thing they thought of was "how can we use this to our advantage?"
Never let a good tragedy go to waste, after all.
Not all. The dead guy you are so happily slandering his memory had no ministerial ambitions and led a life of exemplary public service serving his constituents for nearly 40 years.
I'm a bit of a cynic when it comes to politicians, but there are some exceptions. Not many, I'll grant you.
But this can not be used as an excuse to introduce more draconian measures or allow MP's to retreat even further from the people they are elected to represent.
originally posted by: sapien82
nae # deserves to be stabbed to death at work
anyway this is what happens as a result
priti patel considering removing online anonymity to prevent online abuse of MP's
so this would suggest that we would no longer be able to openly criticise mp's ?
without fear of being deemed abuse or hate?
so gone would be the days when I can openly call tory MP's dirty thieving #s
so better get as many in now as possible
but all politicians are most likely dirty thieving #s
they are your masters , bow down !
originally posted by: Tulpa
a reply to: Freeborn
My point was about the entrainment methods in media. The target categories are labelled for convenience and not reflective of my opinions.
A woman is murdered... All men are suspect.
A man is murdered....No women are suspect.
A left wing politician is murdered......All right wingers are suspect.
A right wing politician is murdered......No left wingers are suspect.
Someone from group X commits a crime.....We must blame all the X.
Someone from group Z commits a crime.....We must not blame a group for the actions of an individual.
It's the inconsistencies that annoy me most and the expansion/contraction to or from the target category.
You can see the results often in Joe public as they conform their responses to the ones provided for them without thinking.
You have my sympathy for the daytime TV, by the way. Sounds rough.