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Women and Children First? Titanic and the Suffragettes
Whatever the ancient world thought, I think now, in the modern age, that all people have a basic claim to liberty, and part of the exercise of this is having a say in who governs them. This means the having the vote. There are people who can ...
frankbeswick, on 01/16/2014
Nordic Noir aka Scandinavian Crime Fiction
Thanks..... I've been really enjoying reading these books, I hope you'll give them a try
MaggiePowell, on 01/16/2014
Women and Children First? Titanic and the Suffragettes
No Sir, rape and death are not worse than injury or death, unless you believe that a woman's vagina is more valuable than a man's life - I do not. In the film "Lawrence of Arabia" T.E. Lawrence ...
john thames, on 01/15/2014
Women and Children First? Titanic and the Suffragettes
Sorry, Mr Thames. I've asked you not to swear. You did within minutes of me intimating that I'm going to bed. I've therefore deleted this comment. Please feel free to resubmit it with more forum appropriate language, while it's still fresh ...
JoHarrington, on 01/15/2014
The Balfour Declaration: A Jewish Homeland in Palestine
I'm going to be completely honest and say that it's the early hours of the morning for me, hence I'm too tired to get into the ins and outs of Zionism, Israel and that whole history.
I've scanned your comments for appropriate language. Thank ...
JoHarrington, on 01/15/2014
The Balfour Declaration: A Jewish Homeland in Palestine
Since Miss Harrington took her BA in Holohoax Studies I will begin with the following salient points. The Arabs were not responsible for the "gas chamber" hoax; the fact that Haj Amin al-Husseini ...
john thames, on 01/15/2014
The Balfour Declaration: A Jewish Homeland in Palestine
The basic idea behind Zionism was the incompatibility of Jew and gentile. Chaim Weizmann once stated that 'whenever the number of Jews exceeded the saturation point in any country, "that country ...
john thames, on 01/15/2014
Women and Children First? Titanic and the Suffragettes
How can you say that men have paid for their votes in blood, when most of the people who vote haven't even served in the military or been to any war. If what you're saying should be believed then the only people that should actually have the ...
Jyreeil, on 01/15/2014
Women and Children First? Titanic and the Suffragettes
Robin Hood:
Take a look at the rows of crosses in Arlington National Cemetery. You will not find many women and children there. Read the casualty lists of all the military casualties in American ...
john thames, on 01/15/2014
The Balfour Declaration: A Jewish Homeland in Palestine
Although Palestine never had an independent political existence, the claim that the Palestinans were merely immigrants from other lands or immigrants from Egypt in the mid-19th century, is ...
john thames, on 01/15/2014
Women and Children First? Titanic and the Suffragettes
Miss Harrington;
If only women had to fight and die in wars, you damn well would think it has something to do with voting rights.
john thames, on 01/15/2014
Women and Children First? Titanic and the Suffragettes
If Miss Harrington will redo this blog so that essays in excess of 500 words may be published, I will gladly post several essays on Zionism in Palestine that will indeed show that I "know my ...
john thames, on 01/15/2014
Women and Children First? Titanic and the Suffragettes
To Frankbeswick:
Voting is not a human right. As Angry Harry quite cogently points out on his well-reasoned website, men did not have the vote either throughout the centuries - and had to shed ...
john thames, on 01/15/2014
Women and Children First? Titanic and the Suffragettes
Thank you, Frank. The feeling is mutual.
For the record, I was a kick-boxer in my dim, distant past. I've also been known to wade in and help out people under threat. But violence is always a last resort, and generally aimed at cutting short ...
JoHarrington, on 01/15/2014
The History of Southern Pecan Pie
Thank you for reading! Yes, moms and gramdmas make this pie best :)
AbbyFitz, on 01/15/2014