An element in this has been the perpetual war (mostly performative these days) from their neighbours, combined with the disgusting behaviour of just about every other regime in the Middle East toward… (View Post)

The Rohingya genocide (ongoing) hasn't put 'a target on the back of every Buddhist, every Buddhist Temple on the planet.' (View Post)

Yeah Just re-watching "The Devil's Share" from Person of Interest Civilization rests on the principle that we treat our criminals better than they treated their victims, that we not st… (View Post)

International law isn't a joke because of that. It just depends on something other than abstract morality - the biggest stick For most of history, that's how it worked. (View Post)

When I was student, I found a folio of letters in one of the second hand books stores near the British museum. Sadly I lost them, long ago. Letters between an RN midshipman and his sisters in the 19t… (View Post)