OT - Manchester again.

[ramAnag]

And then there was George Floyd, A poor innocent individual of impeccable behaviour lionised after death by police officer.....

I assume that’s more sarcasm. Never entirely sure with you.

[ramAnag]

You totally missed my point(s) here rA and I?m only replying out of politeness as I?ve not been around to reply, there?s no point putting you right as the conversation has moved on

Of course I missed your point. That’s what I politely explained in relation to your Row Z/moshpit analogy, but if you’d rather move on than explain that’s up to you.

[ramAnag]

responding to rA and TTR debate on stats for arrests, the pro Palestine Action march seems to have surpassed belief / all records. Approximatley 1000 protestors and so far "at least 355" arrests (per BBC website). The authorities requested they respect the dead by cancelling - they seem to have found their own very special way to disrespect them all on their own. Bunch of c****. it also questions Starmer's authority that noone has taken any notice of his, perfectly reasonable, request.

I believe amongst those you call a ‘bunch of c****’, there was a rather dignified elderly lady who said she was quite capable of mourning last week’s two Jewish victims while still mourning the tens of thousands of those in Gaza who have lost their lives, quite possibly via starvation. There was also a vicar who quite simply unfurled a banner disapproving of Israeli generated genocide, sat down and closed his eyes. Both were arrested.

[Geoff Parkstone]

I believe amongst those you call a ‘bunch of c****’, there was a rather dignified elderly lady who said she was quite capable of mourning last week’s two Jewish victims while still mourning the tens of thousands of those in Gaza who have lost their lives, quite possibly via starvation. There was also a vicar who quite simply unfurled a banner disapproving of Israeli generated genocide, sat down and closed his eyes. Both were arrested.

Good. Once a c*** always a c""' regardless of age or profession. They support an organisation whose stated aims include breaking the law and criminal damage and has been rightly proscribes, as should any organisation condoning law breaking. Therefore they are beneath contempt.

[SithHappens]

Is it not possible to find the killing of thousands of innocent people in Gaza unacceptable but still not support Hamas?

[ramAnag]

Is it not possible to find the killing of thousands of innocent people in Gaza unacceptable but still not support Hamas?

Of course it is…100%.
I fear Rog has just slipped into cantankerous, reactionary, old git mode as he is sometimes prone to do.
Without people breaking the law to some extent women still wouldn’t have the vote, black people in the U.S. (and elsewhere) wouldn’t be able to travel on the same buses as whites and wild animals would still be being hunted for fun across the UK.
I also imagine many an international or human rights ‘law’ has been broken in Gaza over the last two years and no…before the usual suspects shout ‘foul’, my comments are neither anti-Semitic nor pro Hamas. Nor are they ‘blinkered’.

[Geoff Parkstone]

As opposed to soft liberal **** mode 😃😃

[ramAnag]

As opposed to soft liberal **** mode ����

Certainly! But possibly not opposed to occasional - in your own vernacular - Curmudgeonly, Unctuous, Noxious, Twit mode.

[Andy_Faber]

Is it not possible to find the killing of thousands of innocent people in Gaza unacceptable but still not support Hamas?

Yes. Count me in, are you number 2? The problem is polarisation, too many people see only one POV

[Geoff Parkstone]

Certainly! But possibly not opposed to occasional - in your own vernacular - Curmudgeonly, Unctuous, Noxious, Twit mode.

Does Mrs rA know about your occasional dabblings?