draculina

Pleasantly surprising to see some self-criticism, Janey.

I think we all know when banter becomes abuse.

Banter can get close to the line, but that’s what makes it interesting, keeps people on their toes.

It goes over to abuse when photos are used without consent. The same goes with the verbal abuse that goes way over the top, in terms of…[Read more]

Of course, i did, Nem…

and I took no offence…though I think we both have a different definition of nerdy, and the majority may well agree with you. Doesn’t bother me.. I see your point and the limerick was amusing…

I’d had a look at a poetry site recommended by AD, and noted that there was a serious post on T.S.Eliot, that’s all. I would…[Read more]

Artful Dodger,

aren’t you worried that I will write on people like T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound in a very nerdy way??

I think my definition of nerd is different from the people on jc, though.

I thought of writing limericks here, but something stops me. Limericks aren’t nerdy enough, I guess

I’ll go to your poetry link this week, AD.

It looks good.    

Well, I laughed….

though the last post is a totally inaccurate attack form the Brexifanatics who have only one thing in mind to wreck this country’s economy and etc etc etc

Not me..I’m too busy reading

Your box is locked to my messages, too.

Could you let me know in some way how I don’t see what’s really going on? x

I guessed who it was, but in my book I address the person’s name.

Nobody is ever sure in the anonymous world of the web – I’m glad you’re taking all the attacks less seriously – at least I hope you are.

On the surface, that seems like a really strange report,. It doesn’t say the UK is the second greatest power as much as it has the second greatest ‘geo-political capability’, whatever that is.

I’ll read it this weekend and let you know.

My point about international law still holds. Might doesn’t equal right yet, despite Trump.

Drac,

there’s nothing to stop us torturing people to death, or crucifying them, or making stateless a young  girl who was groomed into a death cult by a man twice her age, and then says stupid things at the age of 19 – and who at the age of 19 doesn’t say stupid things. We all say stupid things here; or leaving her and her surviving baby to rot…[Read more]

You’re welcome.

The poem doesn’t strike me as arrogant.

Perhaps it’s  the brooding within me whihc led me to see that.

I see what you mean by acceptance.

Your box is locked too.

I have no idea and zero interest in who or what this poem is about

but I do like the poem.

A real brooding sense of sadness and anger in the rhythm.

Well done.

That’s great.

To me, this is a real problem in contemporary British society.

What did you find?

It’s not legal. It breaks international law.

It’s not a directive at all, from the UN or anyone else. It’s a Declaration of Universal Human Rights to whihc the UK is a signatory. There are several such expressions of international law, which means internationally agreed law.

We’re signed up to the Geneva Convention on the Rules of War,  as…[Read more]

There’s bloodlust all around.

If that baby dies because he’s been kept illegally in a refugee camp for too long, then his blood will be on the head of Sajid Javid.

The three girls were 15 when  they joined that death cult, and they were bright by all accounts. At 15, their hormones must have been racing around their bodies like racing cars on…[Read more]

Yes, I get the gist of it.

I’m a Christian (no need to repeat your antipathy to this, you’ve made it in very strong terms). I have sympathy for both groups of people. But one set – the Manchester people – are victims; the other set – the ISIS people – are killers and need to be punished.

I’ve no idea whether she’s a killer. If she is, then she…[Read more]

I totally agree with the above statements.

This may get quite complicated, and it’s easy to rush to judgement.

The Home Office have stated that they will ensure she is not stateless. But the family seem to be denying that she has dual citizenship, so it goes to law.

It is starting to look like Sajid Javid making a bid for the Tory leadership…[Read more]

You jump to conclusions bloody quickly, don’t you?

Thin is absolutely right on the legal points.

Everybody (including the Met, who were warning her that the moment she came back to Britain she would be held in detention and thoroughly investigated) has been working on the assumption that she is British, and has no other nationality. Under…[Read more]