Current Affairs Don't mention the War !

[summerisle]

The craziness, stupidity and down right lunacy of people never ceases to amaze me.

A peaceful, easy life hasn’t made us happy. Perhaps it’s time to give war a chance

I was wondering, idly, recently if maybe it was time for us to have another war with someone. I didn’t really care who, although I would prefer it if it were a war we might win, which removes only four or five countries out of the 197. Not a hi-tech war against impecunious Arabs, such as the Iraq w

www.thetimes.co.uk

 

[Mr. White]

The craziness, stupidity and down right lunacy of people never ceases to amaze me.

A peaceful, easy life hasn’t made us happy. Perhaps it’s time to give war a chance

I was wondering, idly, recently if maybe it was time for us to have another war with someone. I didn’t really care who, although I would prefer it if it were a war we might win, which removes only four or five countries out of the 197. Not a hi-tech war against impecunious Arabs, such as the Iraq w

www.thetimes.co.uk

I think you missed the irony...

 

[summerisle]

I think you missed the irony...

Rod Liddle doesn't do irony, and if he did what is the point of this article ? What point is he trying obtusely to put across ? Is it perhaps that he's an attention-seeking egotist who'll do or say anything for him to get the attention it appears he needs desperately.

 

[Mr. White]

Rod Liddle doesn't do irony, and if he did what is the point of this article ? What point is he trying obtusely to put across ? Is it perhaps that he's an attention-seeking egotist who'll do or say anything for him to get the attention it appears he needs desperately.

I think you have probably answered your own question. For attention. Still, I guess that's his job!

I thought it was boring, unfunny and I struggled to finish without losing interest. It's also an advert for The Times to get more subscribers.

 

[Gwladysover]

I went to one of those 40's weekends recently. One thing puzzled me and although questions were welcomed by the re-enactors I was too afraid to ask. Are you a Nazi?Why dress up as one? Surely to do so implies you have a certain sympathy or admiration for the regime.

 

[peteblue]

I went to one of those 40's weekends recently. One thing puzzled me and although questions were welcomed by the re-enactors I was too afraid to ask. Are you a Nazi?Why dress up as one? Surely to do so implies you have a certain sympathy or admiration for the regime.

Or maybe it’s hard to re-enact something if you only show one side, a bit like the English civil war and only having Roundheads........

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Thought this was interesting

Who won the war? We did, says everyone

New research suggests people from Germany, Russia, the UK and US all think their own country was the most important in World War II.

theconversation.com

 

[summerisle]

Interesting article. China second in the table of WW2 deaths might surprise some.

 

[Gwladysover]

Or maybe it’s hard to re-enact something if you only show one side, a bit like the English civil war and only having Roundheads........

Take your point but just find it a bit odd and disconcerting that anyone would want to dress themselves and their children as Nazis.

 

[Aberblue]

Take your point but just find it a bit odd and disconcerting that anyone would want to dress themselves and their children as Nazis.

Surely the whole idea of fancy dress is to pretend to be something you're not?

 

[Gwladysover]

Surely the whole idea of fancy dress is to pretend to be something you're not?

But it's not a fancy dress party! Clearly I'm out of my depth so I'll leave it there. Agree to disagree and all that.

 

[spectateur]

Surely the whole idea of fancy dress is to pretend to be something you're not?

But maybe someone they'd like to be?

 

[Aberblue]

But maybe someone they'd like to be?

I once went to a fancy dress party as a tramp.

Got any change you don't want, Mr Spectateur?

*sits on pavement, smoking*

 

[summerisle]

 

[Aberblue]

What a loathsome remark by Aaron Banks.

The evacution at Dunkirk (which resulted in thousands of deaths, btw) was only possible because of the sacrifice of many French and British soldiers fighting together.