Lush's wretched employment record proves that "The louder he talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons." (View Post)

No, and no, mostly . (View Post)

The Russian economy is certainly in recession now. Despite what is sometimes claimed, Russia has not actually gone over to a Total War economy. Military expenditure is about 7% of GDP, which is high,… (View Post)

Villeinage, in this country, was certainly an improvement on being a chattel slave. The Norse and Danes' (and England was essentially half-Danish in 1066), treatment of slaves was awful. Serfdom in 1… (View Post)

I'd add a further point. If you are accepted as a refugee, the receiving country owes you a duty to provide asylum. However, you in turn, owe no obligations to that country, in terms of respecting th… (View Post)