02-01-2019, 10:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-01-2019, 10:55 PM by Mystic Wanderer.)
(02-01-2019, 10:39 PM)BIAD Wrote: I know what you're thinking, tall chimneys and the chime of Big Ben. A chirpy street-urchin doffing his cap as
a lady passes and grey clouds threatening rain over the capital of a country that once ran two-thirds of the world.
Maybe you're contemplating the land outside of London, rolling fields of green dotted with quaint villages where
the faint sound of a radio in a cottage window reassures the passer-by that the BBC hold standards high above
other countries.
Then there's ruddy-faced Scotsmen who'll marvel at the countryside that braves the elements rarely seen in the
south. The faint tune of a bagpipe and a canny wink of admiration of a bonny lass washing her ankles in the cold
waters of a loch.
The Welsh sing of their valleys as they tramp home from another shift at the coal-face. A language of their own
in a place of rugby and the birthplace of the Stonehenge monoliths. The mountains of Snowdonia watch over its
people and daffodils nod in their peaceful groves.
Ireland, the land that stares down the Atlantic. With Guinness flowing like the peaty streams winding their way towards
the rocky coasts, Banshees and Leprechauns endure Ireland's modernisation along with the ghosts of famous scribes.
But not anymore.
Quote:FGM: Mother guilty of genital mutilation of daughter
'A woman who mutilated her three-year-old daughter has become the first person in the UK to be found guilty of female
genital mutilation (FGM). The 37-year-old mother from east London wept in the dock as she was convicted after a trial
at the Old Bailey.
Spells and curses intended to deter police and social workers from investigating were found at the Ugandan woman's
home, the trial heard. Her 43-year-old partner was acquitted by the jury.
Prosecutors said the mother "coached" her daughter "to lie to the police so she wouldn't get caught".
Police said they found evidence of "witchcraft" in the woman's home, including limes stuffed with written curses.
Neutral reporting because of their Diversity Department, it's a shame Trump doesn't get the same pass.
#BelieveAllWomen
You are correct that what we once thought in our minds of these places no longer applies. Sad... just so sad. I have faith that someday they can be restored to the beauty and glory they were once famous for. Those days may be longer off than we wish, but the first steps are being taken. It depends on how strong the people are to carry forward and how bad they want their old values back.
As for the woman who butchered her daughter, I have a spell of my own for her. May she be found guilty and prosecuted to the full degree the law allows, and may she never see the outside of a jail cell again! May the angels of goodness take the evil ones out and send them back to the darkness from which they came! May they bind her and her curses to come back on her quickly and for all eternity!
What she did to this innocent child is beyond deplorable!
