Current Affairs Critically ill man is former Russian spy

[Jib in lad]

Whats the odds on a chemical attack in Syria using the same stuff or a variant of it.

Or would that be to obvious.

 

[peteblue]

What does the May government need helping with? Because she doesn't seem to know what is going on, as usual, and had to ask 'the Russians need to tell us what has gone on'.

Where has the 'nerve agent' come form? Russia or Uzbekistan or Porton Down or America or Israel or anyone the scientists sold the chemical make up to?

We can all rest assured because at least we have Johnson on the case and stuck it to the Russians. Nice to know that 'smug and sarcastic' responses are a sign of 'guilt' or in Johnson's case a sign of buffoonery.

Boris Johnson owned by an 11-year-old boy after challenging him on history question
The Mayor of London said he was feeling 'smug' because of his degree.

Boris Johnson has admitted he was shown-up by an 11-year-old boy in front of a classroom when he tried to correct him on a history answer and was proved wrong.

Johnson challenged the boy at a school in Brent, who was asked when the Roman Empire converted to Christianity and answered 312 AD.

According to Politics Home, the Mayor of London told an audience at the Centre for Social Justice think tank that he “felt a bit smug […] with all the confidence that comes from a degree in Lit Hum” and informed the child that the answer was in fact 313 AD.

The boy was insistent that he was correct however, and a quick Google search proved Johnson’s 'Lit Hum' degree was no match for this child’s knowledge of Roman history".

Degree education in Johnson's case is overrated and only breeds a smug and sarcastic idiot.

Boris was however correct. While Constantine may have become Christian sometime in 312, it was when both Emperors, Licinius and Constantine, issued the ‘Edict of Milan’ in 313 that the Roman Empire formally proclaimed religious tolerance. So if you are going to attack the man, at least get your facts straight.....

 

[peteblue]

Whats the odds on a chemical attack in Syria using the same stuff or a variant of it.

Or would that be to obvious.

It will turn up somewhere so that Russia can say ‘look someone else has it too’........

 

[Jib in lad]

It will turn up somewhere so that Russia can say ‘look someone else has it too’........

 

[tsubaki]

Boris was however correct. While Constantine may have become Christian sometime in 312, it was when both Emperors, Licinius and Constantine, issued the ‘Edict of Milan’ in 313 that the Roman Empire formally proclaimed religious tolerance. So if you are going to attack the man, at least get your facts straight.....

Establishing religious tolerance doesn't mean the same as "when did the Roman Empire become Christian". The kid and Boris were wrong, but the kid should be given a break as he hasn't wrecked the country.

The answer is 380 by the way.

 

[Milkman]

How the hell are we back on Roman Emperors again??

 

[Kurt.]

How the hell are we back on Roman Emperors again??

Because the Russians should break into the house of Teresa may and ceaser. ... or something.

Might stop her slowly eradicating the lower classes in society.

 

[peteblue]

Establishing religious tolerance doesn't mean the same as "when did the Roman Empire become Christian". The kid and Boris were wrong, but the kid should be given a break as he hasn't wrecked the country.

The answer is 380 by the way.

Well the question was actually when did the Roman Empire convert to Christianity, and the edict of Milan in 313 allowed for people to convert, 380 was when Christianity became the official religion of the empire, so it’s a matter of interpretation of the question. Either way, the kid was wrong so Boris was right......

 

[peteblue]

How the hell are we back on Roman Emperors again??

History usually helps to explain or forecast elements of the future......but god only knows.....

 

[magicjuan]

Establishing religious tolerance doesn't mean the same as "when did the Roman Empire become Christian". The kid and Boris were wrong, but the kid should be given a break as he hasn't wrecked the country.

The answer is 380 by the way.

Rome 'adopted' Christianity around 322/3. It was Constantine's mother that pushed it. The Nicene creed was formulated in 325. There were many, many christian sects around and the adoption again of pagan festivals were used to quiten unrest amongst Romans. The religion itself is of course a bastardised nonsense stolen from other regions of the empire. At the council the illiterate bishop's had managed to wittle down their list of gods to 5 and it was Constantine that chose it.

 

[magicjuan]

Well the question was actually when did the Roman Empire convert to Christianity, and the edict of Milan in 313 allowed for people to convert, 380 was when Christianity became the official religion of the empire, so it’s a matter of interpretation of the question. Either way, the kid was wrong so Boris was right......

Not quite, it banned persecution, conversion was allowed many years previously. The tale of the pre battle cross in the sky that Constantine witnessed is where a lot of confusion arises.

 

[ilikecheese]

History usually helps to explain or forecast elements of the future......but god only knows.....

Which one?

 

[mezzrow]

How the hell are we back on Roman Emperors again??

History usually helps to explain or forecast elements of the future......but god only knows.....

I bet you've already trolled these muddy waters, but if you haven't, just Google "Third Rome Putin" and let the bon temps roulez.

 

[mezzrow]

I bet you've already trolled these muddy waters, but if you haven't, just Google "Third Rome Putin" and let the bon temps roulez.

edit - to be sure, you'd do better to start with "Third Rome" and let that sink in before you wander out into the fever swamps of the "Third Rome Putin" speculations. One led to another...

 

[tsubaki]

Rome 'adopted' Christianity around 322/3. It was Constantine's mother that pushed it. The Nicene creed was formulated in 325. There were many, many christian sects around and the adoption again of pagan festivals were used to quiten unrest amongst Romans. The religion itself is of course a bastardised nonsense stolen from other regions of the empire. At the council the illiterate bishop's had managed to wittle down their list of gods to 5 and it was Constantine that chose it.

There were an increasing number of Christians, but there is no evidence that the state "adopted" Christianity as the official religion of the empire until 380.