All that does is confirm what I told you!

That there are other ways to receive information than actually being there.

There are long threads on the situations in Ukraine, the USA and Israel on these pages but I bet no one here has recently been in Ukraine, only a couple live in the USA and only one of us has been in Israel in the last year. That being me, in case you have forgotten.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Does anyone have a date when the ignore button will become functional? thanks

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.

Rubbish, it’s out there if you care to look.So it’s ok to receive death threats if you oppose transgenderism?

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Multicultural Britain. Some cultures….

COYP

I agree we are now in an Orwellian situation with ideas being policed and opinions being criminalised. I disagree with you on things but `i would defend your right to have your opinions without risking arrest.

I also agree the actions of the police under the last govt were enabled by a lack of control , lesbian nan etc.

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 visited Israel in September last year before Hamas committed their atrocities and Israel responded. On my return I expressed my concerns over Netanyahu here, the way he had to rely on the hard right settlers to stay in power, the attempt at controlling the Supreme Court and the protests against him.

Youngsters posting on the internet in ways that could incite others to commit murder isn’t bollix! It’s illegal. Examples need to be made, that whilst holding opinions are perfectly ok, how they are expressed can have consequences. Big Brother wanted to control how people thought. This is only about how people act.

I look forward to an ignore button being available. I will use it myself for a couple of those who never post anything other than personal insults. That others may choose not to read my contributions is fine too. That’s nothing new. You only need to do what I do, exercise self control and skip anything you don’t want to read.

It won’t stop me responding, should I choose to. Those that matter, the casual visitors and the lurkers, will still be able to read everything they want to and realise that not everyone who posts here holds extreme views. It will mean the self righteous echo chamber here that screams about others restricting their freedom to speak has just again confirmed that they don’t actually believe in free speech, unless only they get heard. Their echoes will get louder, the prejudices stronger and their separation wider.

I have been frequently told to go and use the BBS if I don’t like the views here. Why though do that? I have no wish to occupy a space in which my own views are simply confirmed. You learn nothing that way. Using an echo chamber is intellectually lazy. As is trawling the internet to find only sources that agree with you.

I predict that after an ignore button is introduced this section will slowly wither and die. Having conversations with clones will eventually become so boring that even the most convinced of their self righteousness will look for new challenges.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.