Not very far down - there was a deliberate decision to stop at the top layer. Stalin would I think have cheerfully agreed to shoot everyone who was in the SS for a start (since they'd just got throug… (View Post)

The opinion of a charity specialising in easing children's suffering that current Israeli policy is causing massive suffering to children does seem relevant. Personally as one of the few MPs who was … (View Post)

All the very best to Big_G and Mrs G. (View Post)

Quiet and seemingly random terror is a good way to achieve population control but a bad way to prevent people from actually trying to escape. My mother's family - professional and apolitical Russians… (View Post)

Yes, and perhnaps it's partly a subconscious desire to avoid thinking about babies being murdered and focus on an intellectual debate. But the debate is worth having unless it actually does distract … (View Post)