La_Dolce_Vita

That's Bin Laden's point of view. But even if it was the Palestinian's point of view and was made more public, what do you think would happen? Very many Israelis and Jews think that all of those belong exclusively to the Jews and believe that Israel is should exist and should exist forever as their own holy land and they fight to maintain that.

I mean Israel's expansionist goals of eventually annexing the West Bank, Gaza and Golan Heights. That only works by making things so miserable and difficult for Palestinians that they decide to give up and move out. Though they're hardly ignored. They're harrased with checkpoints, clandestine assassinations and 'disappearances' by the military, the target of state terrorism and the victims of Israeli economic decisions that marginalise them. I can completely understand why Hamas have launched rockets. If you can effect political change through talk and when you have no military force to wage conventional war then less moral elements in a desperate society will choose methods like terrorism. It might have been politically effective in one respect by drawing more attention to the plight of Gaza, which would outlast the outrage that comes from the missile attacks. But I don't really know what the purposes of the attacks were. I certainly don't think the missile attacks were just a decision to kill some Israelis, even for some idea of revenge.

How many news reports are needed for it? Have a look now on IOM Today! Five news article. Crazy. You'd think the event was important.

But that would work for Israel. Israel wants rid of the Palestinians and that's why it makes life for them so miserable and difficult.. Their deaths would be one way to achieve that and the Israeli government wouldn't care about any Palestinians deaths

If it's true, the person shouldn't be in that position as a commissioner and should, in an ideal society, face some form of punishment for abuse of their position.

It seems slightly amusing to see that in the news. It seems like nothing more than propaganda to fool the world into having an even greater disgust of Hamas. And the more that is thrown at Hamas, the less outrage there is about Israel's criminal activities and the more the 'evils' of Israel are given less weight compared to those of Palestine.

I didn't realise how bad she was until reading stuff today about the latitude she was giving to the Police about dealing with supporters of Palestine. “It is not just explicit pro-Hamas symbols and chants that are cause for concern. I would encourage police to consider whether chants such as: ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ should be understood as an expression of a violent desire to see Israel erased from the world, and whether its use in certain contexts may amount to a racially aggravated section 5 public order offence...." She mentions 'certain contexts' but that's when you run into the Police overstepping the mark. “I would encourage police to give similar consideration to the presence of symbols such as swastikas at anti-Israel demonstrations. Context is crucial." And here again. It mentions context but that qualification doesnt make arrests acceptable. I don't think Israel is a nazi state but people should be able to express that.

Bridson got in bother in 2021 for illegally burning gorse on protected heathland in 2021 and also got in bother by putting up posts and earth embankments on Dalby Mountain. He farms in that area. He was ordered to remove them.

The far-right isn't necessarily nazi, as you know, and people see more commonality with Israeli citizens than they do Palestinians Arabs. My first assumptions on why people are ruled about all of this is largely how populist politics works. I don't think it has anything to do with the far-left. Where is the far-left or even the left these days? People have been on the streets in support of Palestinians or Palestine, etc. and these people, often Muslim (and, therefore, not seen as British) have been reported as making their political presence known in large numbers engaging in symbolic acts, such as sticking flags on things, and vandalism. That's enough to rile the far-right and drag the lumpen-proles out. The far-right tends to attract the attention of a lot of people whose education isn't that good on political matters. When they read already biased gutter-press new articles about terrorist attacks they are not interested in the history or understanding what happened. It's really seen as just a terrorist attack and therefore reduced to a matter of evil against the innocent. It's easy for far-right political leaders to drag the working class along with simple, emotive arguments, especially when there is a truth to it. Of course, the political situation is more complex. This is all boltered by the mistaken view that the Israeli state is utterly a victim of its situation. I wouldn't under estimate the effect that government propaganda and biased media has on all of this because support for Israel has shifted a great deal in the last few decades from the left to the right in the USA whilst Europeans governments have also shifted to outright support or approval of Israel in the last two decades.

You wouldn't normally have people with dementia in sheltered housing, unless they started developing dementia but they would usually be moved into a care home once it has pronounced effect on their mental faculties.

https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/iom-creameries-clarifies-butter-comments/ Clarified contents like clarified butter. Is that a joke or bad writing?

Closing down the House of Manannan would be a good idea. And then funnel that money into other things. I can't see any good reason for keeping the HOM going.

Are you saying the pushing of diversity and a woke agenda is simply age inappropriate and that it should be taught when children are older? I am not really sure what you're objecting to and why. We could start from the position of saying that twenty-five years ago there no mention of homosexuality in schools, yet there was education and discussion about sex which went beyond sexual intercourse. Something had to change.

I thought it rhymes with bird or heard.

The problem with applying for public housing is that someone could potentially still have to wait for a year or more even if they have proof of being homeless. It all comes down to points and the possibility of discretion.

Weird. I didn't realise this was a thing. If anyone made apologies it wouldn't be coming from any of the people who made the decisions. Summerland was built over fifty years ago.

I thought it might have been if they hadn't published this person's name. I don't know him but it sounds like he is unwell.

The more I think about it, if Malik was a real Christian and not a wind-up, then, as someone has said, rational argument is not going to do any good. If someone is just making references to the Bible then they're not operating on the same level when it comes to the subject of belief.

I would say many people do abstain but I would say that most of the reason why people don't vote is apathy. I disagree. If a person's political views can't really be expressed through a vote in a system like ours then having nothing to do with the charade and complaining about the system is perfectly understandable. On the other hand, participating in the system by casting your vote for someone to make decisions on your behalf means that you have to put up and shut up. If you don't feel that you political views have contributed to that decision-making, what were you expecting? I think there are times when voting is worthwhile bearing in mind that a political system isn't going to vanish overnight and when you know a political person or party is going to be a problem. But I do think people fool themselves into thinking that their vote in parliamentary democracies carries much weight than it really does in determining decision-making. But then most who don't vote seem to know this. I think systems like ours lead to apathy.

I am not completely sure what toh mean. What I was getting at is that we have beliefs about all sorts of things, like believing that we are breathing air, that the thing we are sitting on is a chair, etc. I am just pointing out that these are beliefs too, as beliefs only mean that which we think is true. And then we easily explain these things whilst. And a lot of these things are in a sense unwavering. I'm disagreeing with you completely, as religious belief is unwavering belief normally. And it's where people claim to really know the truth. But unlike chair and air etc., they don't seem to have good reasons believing the Bible is anything more than just a book, like Harry Potter. Malik hasn't made any argument whatsoever. Malik has said very little other than to peer in Revelations for answers, which is why I think he is a wind up.

Why naive?

If unwavering belief means thinking something is true consistently then i suppose we could talk about the existence of a table or a dog? I could explain that and I could get others too as well. I could get good evidence for it's existence. I wouldn't waver in my belief whilst it had all the signs of being a dog. But if it means believing something is true regardless of what evidence is given then that's stupid thinking.

I dont think referendums are any solution but I don't agree with your view here. Assuming referendums lead directly to decisionmaking, if people are given the opportunity to participate then they don't really have good cause to be aggrieved if they don't participate and don't like the result. Not unless they disagree with the system itself. It's quite a different thing voting for a politician or party and where non-participation in election owing to apathy is understandable.

That's not helpful. That's not answering why you believe in what is written in Revelations, which you are required to do.

At the least, you do need to provide us with good reason for us to believe as you do. What you need to do is demonstrate to us why you believe in these things. And we don't need proof. We just need some evidence to think your beliefs are credible. All Christians need to do this.