(01-22-2021, 06:11 PM)Wallfire Wrote: 1/ who was the first person to fly non stop across the Atlantic.
2/ Sami Davis Jr
1/ No it was Alcock and Brown
2/ same thing

Quote:SEE NO EVIL University of York pulls three wise monkeys from their website over ‘racist stereotype’ fears

'The University of York has pulled an image of the three wise monkeys from its website - over fears the creatures are
a "racist stereotype". Woke academics issued a grovelling apology over the use of the image, vowing to "be accountable
for our actions".


Some wooden effigy and a more stiffer figure of silliness, York University.

But experts have been left baffled by the decision - and say they have "no idea" why the picture was deemed controversial.
The image of the monkeys - known worldwide for centuries to mean seeing, hearing and speaking no evil - was pulled ahead
of an art history conference, The Times reports.

Organisers say the poster promotes a "longstanding visual history of oppression and exploits racist stereotypes".
In a statement, they said: "We bring this to your attention, so that we may be held accountable for our actions and, in our privileges,
do and be better.”

The image, associated with Buddhism, first became popular in Japan in the 17th century before spreading to the west and,
traditionally, the creatures are seen as helpers for divine figures. Tim Clark, who retired as curator of the British Museum’s
Japanese collections in 2019, told the paper he had “no idea” why the monkeys would have been an issue.

Meanwhile, Lord Moore of Etchingham, former editor of The Daily Telegraph, slammed the decision in his column for the Spectator
magazine. He said: "One of the difficulties about being woke is that you develop a sort of hypersensitivity to particular phrases and
images, which ultimately makes it almost impossible to say or do anything because you are concerned that someone may take
offence." He said organisers have "inflicted upon themselves a show trial in which they do a stammering confession".

Meanwhile, Dr Lucia Dolce, who has been studying Japanese Buddhism at the School of Oriental and African Studies for 20 years,
told the paper the monkeys are seen in a positive way in Japanese culture. Asked if the image could be controversial, she said:
“That would be wrong because the monkey is a sacred being."

A spokeswoman for the University of York said that the organisers of the online conference - Sensorial Fixations: Orality, Aurality,
Opticality and Hapticity - were worried about accidentally insulting people.

“The Japanese symbol of the three wise monkeys was used to represent a postgraduate conference about the sensory experiences
of the body," she said. "It also appeared on a document that asked for submission of research papers to the conference on a range
of areas, one of which included papers that represented black, indigenous and people of colour.

“It was considered that a monkey, which has been used in a derogatory way in the past, could cause offence in this context, despite
this not being the intention of the organisers, so the image was removed.”

In 2007, four members of union Unison used the image to hit out at leaders who they claimed were ignoring their criticisms.
But the leaders said the image was intended as a racial slur against one of them, who was black.
In 2013, an employment tribunal awarded the members £49,000 after ruling no reasonable person could interpret the use
of the image as a racist slur...'

(01-23-2021, 12:43 PM)Wallfire Wrote: This thread gives me an opening to something I have been trying to find a way of writing about.
If a person is deeply attracted to or deeply fascinated by something that they cannot accept it starts a
hate process.

The person is filled with hate and pain and sees no way of escaping from this inner agonies.
They cannot openly talk or express the feelings so they blame the innocent subject for the pain ( this is
the very short version )...

(01-23-2021, 03:44 PM)BIAD Wrote:

(01-23-2021, 12:43 PM)Wallfire Wrote: This thread gives me an opening to something I have been trying to find a way of writing about.
If a person is deeply attracted to or deeply fascinated by something that they cannot accept it starts a
hate process.

The person is filled with hate and pain and sees no way of escaping from this inner agonies.
They cannot openly talk or express the feelings so they blame the innocent subject for the pain ( this is
the very short version )...

I've been thinking for some time on how to approach this topic and conjured with a soft approach
or the way of purveyance that I grew-up in, something called 'life'. As you can see, I went with the latter.

I only hope others will step forward to show that identity-politics, false chivalry and fake virtue, are masks
of those who accuse others of an ailment they buried deep in their own psyche.

(01-22-2021, 06:11 PM)Wallfire Wrote: 1/ who was the first person to fly non stop across the Atlantic.
2/ Sami Davis Jr
1/ No it was Alcock and Brown
2/ same thing

(01-29-2021, 12:55 PM)gordi Wrote: A Muslim terrorists' wife is trying on a new rucksack (backpack)...
... So, she turns to her friend and asks:

"Does my bomb look big in this?"

... I know... I know...

Quote:ISLAM


Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult. In its fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of life.

Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military components. The religious component is a beard for all of the other components.

Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their.

religious privileges.

When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands.
...
for their religious privileges, some of the other components tend to creep in as well.

Here's how it works.

As long as the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, they.

will be for the most part be regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens. This is the case in:

United States -- Muslim 0.6%.
Australia -- Muslim 1.5%.
Canada -- Muslim 1.9%.
China -- Muslim 1.8%.
Italy -- Muslim 1.5%.
Norway -- Muslim 1.8%.

At 2% to 5%, they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs. This is happening in:

Denmark -- Muslim 2%.
Germany -- Muslim 3.7%.
United Kingdom -- Muslim 2.7%.
Spain -- Muslim 4%.
Thailand -- Muslim 4.6%.

From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. For example, they will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves -- along with threats for.

failure to comply. This is occurring in:

France -- Muslim 8%.
Philippines -- Muslim 5%.
Sweden -- Muslim 5%.
Switzerland -- Muslim 4.3%.
The Netherlands -- Muslim 5.5%.
Trinidad & Tobago -- Muslim 5.8%.

At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves (within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islamists is to establish Sharia law over the entire world.

When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase lawlessness as a.

means of complaint about their conditions. In Paris, we are already seeing car-burnings.

Any non-Muslim action offends Islam, and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam, with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam. Such tensions

are seen daily, particularly in Muslim sections, in:

Guyana -- Muslim 10%.
India -- Muslim 13.4%.
Israel -- Muslim 16%.
Kenya -- Muslim 10%.
Russia -- Muslim 15%.

After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations,

sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, such as in:

Ethiopia -- Muslim 32.8%.

At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing.

militia warfare, such as in:

Bosnia -- Muslim 40%.
Chad -- Muslim 53.1%.
Lebanon -- Muslim 59.7%.

From 60%, nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels, such as in:

Albania -- Muslim 70%.
Malaysia -- Muslim 60.4%.
Qatar -- Muslim 77.5%.
Sudan -- Muslim 70%.

After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide, as these nations drive out the infidels, and move toward 100% Muslim, such as has been experienced and in some ways is on-going in:

Bangladesh -- Muslim 83%.
Egypt -- Muslim 90%.
Gaza -- Muslim 98.7%.
Indonesia -- Muslim 86.1%.
Iran -- Muslim 98%.
Iraq -- Muslim 97%.
Jordan -- Muslim 92%.
Morocco -- Muslim 98.7%.
Pakistan -- Muslim 97%.
Palestine -- Muslim 99%.
Syria -- Muslim 90%.
Tajikistan -- Muslim 90%.
Turkey -- Muslim 99.8%.
United Arab Emirates -- Muslim 96%.

100% will usher in the peace of 'Dar-es-Salaam' -- the Islamic House of Peace. Here there's supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrasses are the only schools,

and the Koran is the only word, such as in:

Afghanistan -- Muslim 100%.
Saudi Arabia -- Muslim 100%.
Somalia -- Muslim 100%.
Yemen -- Muslim 100%.

Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for.

a variety of reasons.

'Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother;.

me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; the tribe against the world, and all of us against the infidel. -- Leon Uris,

'The Haj'

It is important to understand that in some countries, with well under 100% Muslim populations, such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in ghettos, within which.

they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by Sharia Law. The national police do not even enter these ghettos. There are no national courts, nor schools, nor non-Muslim religious facilities. In such situations, Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. The children attend madrasses. They learn only the Koran. To even associate with an infidel is a crime punishable with death. Therefore, in some areas of certain nations, Muslim Imams and extremists exercise more power than the national average would indicate.

Today's 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world's population. But their birth rates dwarf the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and all other believers. Muslims will exceed 50% of the world's population by the end of this century.

Credit to Chester Harmony.

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I replied: "He can smell she is ready . That's how nature works."
 
We then walked past some sheep field and the ram was mating the ewe.
 
Again my girlfriend asked: "How does the ram know when the ewe is ready for sex?"
 
I replied: "It's nature. He can smell she is ready."
 
We then went past a cow-field and the bull was mating with the cow.
 
My girlfriend said: "This is odd. They are really going at it. Surely the bull can't smell when she is ready?"
 
I said: "Oh, yes; it's nature . All animals can smell when the female is ready for sex."
 
Anyway, after the walk, I dropped her home and kissed her goodbye.
 
She said: "Take care and get yourself checked out for Covid-19."
 
Surprised, "Why do you say that?" I asked her.
 
She replied: "You seem to have lost your sense of smell."