Why do our generation need to pay a 'reckoning' for stuff that happened a generation or two ago? Let alone stuff that happened longer ago. And if so, what other things need a reckoning for?… (View Post)

Well, no. Leaving all that aside, the giving money to registered voters, including a million dollars to one person a day, is utterly wrong. Hopefully you'd agree with that. (View Post)

That's all true. And it's also doing an injustice to the modern generation, who had f-all to do with events 200 or more years ago. But it appeals to two groups: *) Those whose countries hav… (View Post)

The problem with people who think that is simple: why do they think he is lying just about those issues, and not the issues they care most about? If you like him because of his stance on (say) immigr… (View Post)

AFAICR that was not why he was laughed at. People were laughing at the comment itself. Wrongly. It even won a 'foot in mouth; award. I remember hearing a 'comedian' - probably on the B… (View Post)