All very reasonable and indeed necessary, but standing up to lobby groups and special interests needs moral courage, expertise, a sense of duty and perseverance in the face of hostile Twittermobs, so… (View Post)

Here's a question on this topic. Was the attempted extermination by the Nazis of occupied Europe's Jews (and gypsies and other minorities) terrorism? Under the definition in the header, it … (View Post)

Lloyd George was a opportunistic disaster as Prime Minister (and before). The First World War was won despite him, not because of him; his refusal to build enough ships as Chancellor before the war a… (View Post)

It is always tricky to define abstract concepts. However, I think the definition proposed is a bit broad: "any specific targeting of civilians either with the intent of doing them harm ..."… (View Post)

I unreservedly and completely admit my error and make a full apology to all sewers, gutters, drainpipes and septic tanks for even putting them in the same universe as Twitter/X (excluding Darth Putin… (View Post)