I Just Can’t Help Believing - it seems that we humans need to have cultural norms otherwise the world is confusing and depressing.
Nihilists tend to be depressed.
But this doesn't mean that religion or belief in God is necessary.
I've just watched a fascinating conversation between Jordan Peterson and Stephen Fry. Well worth watching if you have the time.
I accept science. You kinda have to, don't you? lol
I have some belief in myself to try and look at things critically. I also believe that doing one's best and being the best version of oneself is desirable and worthwhile. Of course, it's easier to say this than do it!
Some myths, including even religious myths, can have some value, even if they're not literally correct or real.
I obviously don't believe in organised religion at all.
sadly, british blm activist sasha johnson is critically ill in hospital after being shot in the head.. first, i'd like to wish her a recovery if this is possible.. but i also think this could be a good test case of how the british media report this event.. i think it could be good to explore media bias.. so, we have the right-wing daily mail saying that, according to her friend, sasha johnson was shot in the head due to being in the cross-fire of a gang shooting, and that she wasn't the intended target, neither was she targeted because of her politics.. at the other end of the spectrum, the left-wing guardian is saying that she was shot after receiving death threats, according to her political party that she founded.. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9612115/drive-gunmen-shot-black-panther-oxford-sasha-johnson-head-fired-house-party.html.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/23/blm-activist-sasha-johnson-in-critical-condition-after-gunshot-to-the-head.
Where do upstanding brits get a gun? - Brits can get a gun licence and a gun, but we don't have the right to bear arms.
Gangs use guns and, even more so, knives. Gangs and other criminals just ignore British law, lol.
sadly, british blm activist sasha johnson is critically ill in hospital after being shot in the head.. first, i'd like to wish her a recovery if this is possible.. but i also think this could be a good test case of how the british media report this event.. i think it could be good to explore media bias.. so, we have the right-wing daily mail saying that, according to her friend, sasha johnson was shot in the head due to being in the cross-fire of a gang shooting, and that she wasn't the intended target, neither was she targeted because of her politics.. at the other end of the spectrum, the left-wing guardian is saying that she was shot after receiving death threats, according to her political party that she founded.. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9612115/drive-gunmen-shot-black-panther-oxford-sasha-johnson-head-fired-house-party.html.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/23/blm-activist-sasha-johnson-in-critical-condition-after-gunshot-to-the-head.
The definition of gang covers BLM and supremacists - no, BLM aren't a 'gang', despite whatever prejudices they may have. BLM is an organisation with a political agenda. That agenda being to weaponise certain crimes against black people to try and insert Marxism into society.
Gangs as used here refers just to gangs as commonly understood - people going around in groups, committing crime, selling drugs, feuding with each other, shooting each other, whatever.
sadly, british blm activist sasha johnson is critically ill in hospital after being shot in the head.. first, i'd like to wish her a recovery if this is possible.. but i also think this could be a good test case of how the british media report this event.. i think it could be good to explore media bias.. so, we have the right-wing daily mail saying that, according to her friend, sasha johnson was shot in the head due to being in the cross-fire of a gang shooting, and that she wasn't the intended target, neither was she targeted because of her politics.. at the other end of the spectrum, the left-wing guardian is saying that she was shot after receiving death threats, according to her political party that she founded.. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9612115/drive-gunmen-shot-black-panther-oxford-sasha-johnson-head-fired-house-party.html.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/23/blm-activist-sasha-johnson-in-critical-condition-after-gunshot-to-the-head.
Quick update:
Now The Guardian is reporting Sasha Johnson 'may have been shot by mistake'.
From the article:
They [the police] urged people to avoid speculating as to the motive or the circumstances behind the shooting.
Hilarious! That's what The Guardian were doing originally - speculating her shooting was due to her activism - when they posted the original article which gave a platform to her political party spokesperson.
Both ends of the media are biased, but in this case, it seems The Daily Mail were accurate.
No mention in this updated Guardian article about it being a possible gang shooting. They're willing to speculate about shootings caused by political activism but not by gang warfare.
sadly, british blm activist sasha johnson is critically ill in hospital after being shot in the head.. first, i'd like to wish her a recovery if this is possible.. but i also think this could be a good test case of how the british media report this event.. i think it could be good to explore media bias.. so, we have the right-wing daily mail saying that, according to her friend, sasha johnson was shot in the head due to being in the cross-fire of a gang shooting, and that she wasn't the intended target, neither was she targeted because of her politics.. at the other end of the spectrum, the left-wing guardian is saying that she was shot after receiving death threats, according to her political party that she founded.. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9612115/drive-gunmen-shot-black-panther-oxford-sasha-johnson-head-fired-house-party.html.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/23/blm-activist-sasha-johnson-in-critical-condition-after-gunshot-to-the-head.
Sadly, British BLM activist Sasha Johnson is critically ill in hospital after being shot in the head.
First, I'd like to wish her a recovery if this is possible.
But I also think this could be a good test case of how the British media report this event.
I think it could be good to explore media bias.
So, we have the right-wing Daily Mail saying that, according to her friend, Sasha Johnson was shot in the head due to being in the cross-fire of a gang shooting, and that she wasn't the intended target, neither was she targeted because of her politics.
At the other end of the spectrum, the left-wing Guardian is saying that she was shot after receiving death threats, according to her political party that she founded.
jews have been vilified for centuries!
they were nomads looking for the promised land.
they have been nearly exterminated and yet they are still in the middle east as well as a brotherhood throughout the world.
The Jews killed Jesus - this is ridiculous.
Jews living today obviously have nothing to do with this.
Blaming people alive to day for what their distant ancestors may have done is just crazy.
so, we've recently had local elections across the uk on may 6.. mayoral elections, elections for councillors, and the hartlepool by-election.. labour did pretty well in wales, the snp did well in scotland, and the conservatives killed it in england.. hartlepool, a city that's been labour for 50 years, voted in the tory candidate.
hartlepool voted for brexit in 2016 (70%) and the labour leader, keir starmer, thought it was wise to offer up a labour candidate who is a kent-born remainer.
labour has seriously lost touch with its voter base, that base being traditional working class people.. it is now a party for students, social activists and the perpetually-offended, and trendy self-hating middle class people.. labour will continue to get its ass handed to it in elections until it actually starts listening to ordinary people, the voters.. and ordinary people aren't interested in woke nonsense such as preferred pronouns or taking the knee.. there has been much labour naval-gazing recently following the elections but i'd be surprised if anything is learned.
What you describe being pro-labor, pro-regular people, pro-free speech and pro-business is rather conservative - this is the issue.
Labour's working class voters are basically small-c conservatives. The Labour elite sneers at these people, even openly calls them racists, then expects them to vote Labour come election, lol.
so, we've recently had local elections across the uk on may 6.. mayoral elections, elections for councillors, and the hartlepool by-election.. labour did pretty well in wales, the snp did well in scotland, and the conservatives killed it in england.. hartlepool, a city that's been labour for 50 years, voted in the tory candidate.
hartlepool voted for brexit in 2016 (70%) and the labour leader, keir starmer, thought it was wise to offer up a labour candidate who is a kent-born remainer.
labour has seriously lost touch with its voter base, that base being traditional working class people.. it is now a party for students, social activists and the perpetually-offended, and trendy self-hating middle class people.. labour will continue to get its ass handed to it in elections until it actually starts listening to ordinary people, the voters.. and ordinary people aren't interested in woke nonsense such as preferred pronouns or taking the knee.. there has been much labour naval-gazing recently following the elections but i'd be surprised if anything is learned.
@Phizzy - the Labour party was founded to take care of the traditional working class, hence the name 'labour'.
When was Labour's last leader who connected strongly to the traditional working class or was working class himself?
Keir Starmer - Islington lawyer.
Jeremy Corbyn - grew up in a posh house and went to grammar school.
Ed Milliband - son of left-wing intellectual and studied PPE at Oxford.
Gordon Brown - not really working class.
Tony Blair - went to a posh Scottish boarding school (Fettes) and studied jurisprudence at Oxford.
most every state has a plan to get back to normalcy.
many countries also are ready to get their citizens on the road to recovery.. where does this leave the witnesses?
will they ever go back to house to house ministry?
JWs and normal activities, lol.
