Andrew Coupland
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Andrew Coupland
@coupland73.bsky.social
No one is free till Palestine is free!
Dendrophile, Social Anarchist.
IWW member.
There’s no indication that ‘nonomancer’ is nothing but a trolling account.
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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and when they have stood before the altar, swearing by the name of God, they go away and think no more of the holy altar than if it were a mere heap of dirty stones.

Gildas
6th century British monk, writer and then saint
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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They have many prisoners in their gaols, loaded with chains, but this is done in treachery rather than in just punishment for crimes;
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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but seize every occasion of exalting to the utmost the bloody-minded; the proud, murderers, the combined and adulterers, enemies of God, who ought to be utterly destroyed and their names forgotten.
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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but in contrast to this is a whole pile of crimes which they have committed; they sit on the seat of justice, but rarely seek for the rule of right judgment; they despise the innocent and the humble,
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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they make war, but their wars are against their countrymen, and are unjust ones; they rigorously prosecute thieves throughout their country, but those who sit at table with them are robbers, and they not only cherish but reward them; they give alms plentifully,
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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they have an abundance of wives, yet are they addicted to fornication and adultery; they are ever ready to take oaths, and as often perjure themselves; they make a vow and almost immediately act falsely;
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
…Gil rebuked the claims, declaring: “The name of Venezuela is too great to come out of your filthy mouth and your hands stained with innocent blood. We are a people who struggle for our sovereignty and defend human rights and international law. You represent the opposite.”
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM