It's not democracy in that case, because such a scheme would not be possible if you had the freedom to protest, freedom of the Press, an independent judiciary, etc. Democratic elections are a consequ… (View Post)

Poodle is one of the better answers - gives the poll the seriousness it deserves. Given how well Denmark is doing in supporting Ukraine I would give my vote to a Great Dane. (View Post)

Does anyone know anything about the tens of thousands of drones the UK has said it will be sending Ukraine from January? (View Post)

Is it an extreme case? What we know is that the offending continued undetected for a very long period. It involved a large number of people - none of whom went to the police about it. It was only dis… (View Post)

And the other problem that follows from that is that these not unusual people will make up a not inconsiderate fraction of the jurors who are asked to decide on rape trials in a country like Britain.… (View Post)