Vance Booker

People vote for a myriad of reasons, some of them rational, sticking to their actual ideologies and others irrational, against their own interests, part of tribalism and buying into silly narratives. In multi-party democracies (most countries other than the US) you have actual choice other than dipshit vs. fuck-face. In those countries you can…[Read more]

Indeed there isn’t overwhelming love for the monarchy in Edinburgh. I don’t know any monarchists amongst my Scottish family/friends, though they absolutely exist. Now that Elizabeth is no longer with us, I would imagine there will be far fewer monarchists in Scotland. It is time to end the monarchy, or at the very very least, seriously diminish…[Read more]

Actually Reg, I couldn’t find this instalment of Sunday School until Robert posted his comment.

Sunday School Sept 11th did not appear on the Sunday School forum page at all.

I guess I’d never realised how much else the Queen was responsible for until now. 😉

Thanks, Reg!!

Yeah…to be honest if Santiago Barnebeu, Wembley Stadium or Muray Field were called: Telefonia Stadium, Vodafone Centre or Bank of Scotland Field…it would induce cringes throughout the continent. That isn’t to say it won’t happen (may be inevitable) but the increasing sponsorship is not just tacky but culturally soul destroying. I am unaware of…[Read more]

Many European countries regulate advertising. This ranges from fining companies that put on misleading (or downright false) advertising. The UK can be pretty harsh on false advertising as they should be. Spain has strong laws on predatory advertising. Belgium doesn’t allow advertising that particularly targets vulnerable groups/people. Most…[Read more]

Welcome Doug!  I hope you enjoy debating 🙂

Excellent recommendations for reading are found in our Sunday School group, where Reg (the Fronkey farmer) creates our weekly digest.

There’ll be a new one up shortly, if Reg hasn’t already posted it.

Which is not to suggest no one behaves in accusatory manners, but anytime you discuss ways in which the status quo harms you, no matter how much you try to soften it, no matter how much you try to demonstrate you understand that it’s not a matter of people setting out to antagonize you (generally), it’s still treated as an accusation or con…

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I think there is a problem with perceived infantalisation and crying wolf.

If by perceived infantilisation, you mean people conflating society at large not tolerating abusive behaviour, allowing people to enjoy their lives without unnecessary menace/bullying/harm with the creation of some kindergarten state…then I agree with you it is a problem.…[Read more]