Bit of a singularity going on mate. I’m struggling to connect to my old thinking.

Am interested where this came from. If the German stingers are not usuable that's a worry and the entire inventory needs to be checked

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

I am against laws that inhibit free speech and freedoms in general and would never vote for any party bringing them in. As stated previously, they pit left against right to bring about a political environment where everyones freedoms are eroded. Tony Blair and the like did the same, and at the time that had war mongers cheering away, but said laws of course were used against whoever becomes inconvenient.

In Russia, you can literally be arrested and imprisoned for even saying a war is happening there. This isn't a matter of degrees. And a whole host of other views are are not allowed to be voiced. From 8000+ arrest of entirely peaceful protestors from children to the elderly, we see what freedom means there. Poisoned political opponents by the dozen. Opinions aren't cheap in Russia.

While I find your easy breezy attitude towards far right groups with extreme connections concerning, on one level it's almost amusing that you appear so unbothered in that political direction yet deeply disturbed by bog standard views in the other. That's for you though and as I say indicative of a life lived online. I certainly don't for a moment agree that it's right that anyone calls the police due to a persons opinion, but I would hope that it led nowhere and so realistically again it proves my point about our society vs others. I genuinely believe in freedoms. You certainly believe in them while you feel its yours under attack. The love-in for Russia by some (not necessarily you) on here, is far more revealing of the kind of government and clampdowns on freedoms some are fine with as long as they are aligned to their views.

Edited by BlueJay (05 Mar 2022 12.23am)

I believe you when you say you're against freedom restrictions.

My point is that the the society you seem to be speaking about is more true of the past. I gave specific examples and what the reality is now.....and what is coming...Well, I think it's certainly going to shut me up, I'm not going to bother, it's literally the closing down of anything that opposes the state's ideologies.

As for me, so you assume that after a Police visit I'm not on a list now then? Really? So the Police get told I'm some kind of extremist and interview me and that's led to nothing has it.

Let's just say I'm rather less confident it'll lead to nothing.

My attitude to 'far right' groups is certainly concerned.
I think they are treated with huge gaping double standards.....Most of the people in them are pretty normal but are seeing their history and ancestry being attacked and diminished and would have been in the Tory party twenty years ago. Being called 'far right'....what does that mean exactly?...Those that are willing to stand for traditionalism? Stand against the ruinous outcomes of social liberalism? Higher crime rates, reduced social cohesion, told to sign up to work declarations they don't believe in or lose their jobs? Told to kneel? or they are some 'ist'.

The number of times I have to reply to posts talking about frigging neo nazis. I can point out that my views on historical ancestry claims have been echoed by figures like the Dalai Lama and is common and accepted all around the world..but you know that.

Indeed, when the South Africans were talking about their racial rights to rule their country during apartheid the left had zero issues with those claims...but the truth doesn't change the angle of attack does it. Who cares about truth when a winning tactic frightens people.

f*** Nazis, nothing I believe in has anything to do with mid century Germans or their murderous leader.

Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Mar 2022 12.18am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Certainly. I get very worried about any infringement of freedoms (be that speak, or just living a peaceful life who anyone sees fit) because there laws are always brought in under false pretenses, misused, and never returned. I guess on obvious upcoming battle would be encryption. As in it's something that it would be very easy to scare and persuade people is 'bad', as it can be misused in terrible ways, but the lack of it can also be abused in terrible ways by government. We see the likes of how the hacking tools of that Israeli company were used by horrendous regimes to pick people off essentially.

I think for all intents and purposes we're all on a list and it is filtered based on what we search for etc. Take today, in writing some of these posts and in relation to Ukraine, I've been Googling 'neo nazi' terms and the like. Nuke and weaponry terms too. I mean, I doubt it gets me put on any list that's positive .

Btw, I was intentionally keeping my 'nazi' comments to Putin's ludicrous claims of 'denazifying' Ukraine, and how comical it is to suddenly see some unlikely characters (again not particularly you beyond some light Putin massaging) suddenly turn on 'neo nazis' like their lives depend on it, solely because there's a murderous, freedom hating, war mongering authoritarian who demands their support instead. It's darkly amusing and pause for thought, though not for those engaging in it of course, because there is little thought to pause in the first place with this 'denazifying' propaganda.

Edited by BlueJay (05 Mar 2022 3.07am)

Thanks Ouzo

Old East German stock of Russian made missiles declared unfit for use in 2012...WTF

Edited by HKOwen (05 Mar 2022 4.40am)

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.