Simon Paynton

Unseen wrote:
But white folks with black adopted children?

I know a pair of adults with Nigerian heritage who were adopted by white parents.  I don’t know how much it happens.  There are a lot of mixed race children and adults around.

Unseen wrote:
How many white parents with black adopted children are you aware of in your daily life or even over your entire life experience so far, Simon? I don’t think I’ve ever seen such situations depicted on American shows and I’ve never experienced such situations in my personal life.

For one thing, America’s blacks generally disappr…

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Unseen wrote:
One does see gay or lesbian couples in American TV, but far less often than on UK shows. Granted, I’m an outsider but to me it feels a bit forced.

You don’t think it’s political at all? People kind of forcing their aspirations on the viewing public? Liberal content creators infusing their work product with their closely-held polit…

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Unseen wrote:
It would seem that if I took UK programming as reflective of the actual situation in the UK, interracial couples and white parents with black children are really commonplace, which is certainly not the case in the United States, at least in our middle class.

Also, Muslims are presented in everyday life situations much more so than…

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Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
If St. Christopher* was any good at his job you should never find any in a car wreck

lol

This also comes to mind.

I’m definitely into living a more healthy life so that I can stay healthy for longer.  On a BBC programme it said you should try and eat 30 plants (no matter how little of each) a week for a healthy gut biome.  Since I’ve been trying to aim for this, I’ve had more energy, a better mood, and less pain in my bad shoulder.  I suspect it is good fo…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
its borders determined by external forces in the West and with NATO using it as a threat against Russia

NATO was set up to defend the West against Russia.  It’s only a threat to Putin because he is a humiliated bully.

Unseen wrote:
Unless yu are relying on a western press that gets highly-biased “information” from official Ukrainian sources.

“Everything you have been told is a lie.”

Unseen wrote:
this proxy conflict

It’s just not a proxy war with Russia.  It’s a defence of Ukraine and wider Europe.

Unseen wrote:
Ukrainian war crimes exist as well. Emotions run high in war time and which side has more to hate? The West is a lot more interested in identifying and documenting Russian war crimes than doing the same re: Ukrainian war crimes.

Ukraine has been criticised by Amnesty International for shooting a few Russian prisoners.  But Ukraine…[Read more]

@jakelafort – well, it’s only Russians who are doing all the raping and murdering. But I didn’t mean to imply that all Russians are like that. If I did, that was my mistake.

@davis – true, he needs to look after the coalitions that keep him in power.

Davis wrote:
The war doesn’t make Putin feel good. It helps maintain his interests.

What interests is he maintaining, while he holds his own country’s head down the toilet?  Only his emotional / demagogue interests.  In fact he operates a lot like Trump.

Unseen wrote:
It’s widely accepted that all Putin wanted was for Ukraine not to become a member of NATO and to declare itself a neutral nation. This may still be the position that will bring an end to the war. IF the U.S. really wants the war to end that is. Unfortunately, there’s no reason for the military-industrial complex to want the war to…

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jakelafort wrote:
I didn’t think you did the us/them, good v. evil game.

It’s a case of “evil vs. everyone else”.  Putin is flat-out evil.  They have camps in Ukraine where they torture, rape and murder women and girls.

Also, when did the war start, and who started it?  Mr P.

Unseen wrote:
Wars mean defense spending. It’s big business in the U.S.

Seriously?  That’s a pretty frightening and cynical world view.  Putin is at war because it makes him and his country feel great.  Apart from that, the war is threatening the world economy and food supply.  Yay!