I think your latter two points are true. I don't think we ought to go overboard on the national (or even municipal, or regional) pride. But I also wish we didn't go so big on the national s… (View Post)

It's not even the "patriotic" lobby. I love my country. But I recognise that that's a function of me growing up in this country and being rooted in it, and human psychology valuin… (View Post)

Motivation for the destruction 'just drunken stupidity'. In some ways, I find this something of a relief. It's not a *good* reason, certainly, but the least bad reason I can think of. (View Post)

I'm more baffled at the moment about the apparent shrug with which the world has greeted the news that Trump has apparently elected to award the World Club World Cup trophy to himself - not leas… (View Post)

It really isn't 'a right wing blog'. It has posters from across the spectrum, fairly representatively, although Reform are significantly underrepeesented - largely because we are dispr… (View Post)