TheSalamander
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Got banned from Twitter for representing 'inauthentic views' (I think Mid-Life-Crisis-Man's bots took exception to me.)
Yes but legally it's hard to prove what someone knows, and again you're relying on someone to arbitrate that, and if that person is corrupt, you end up with fascism.
January 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Yes but legally it's hard to prove what someone knows, and again you're relying on someone to arbitrate that, and if that person is corrupt, you end up with fascism.
It depends on what the next time is, speaking as a European.
January 29, 2026 at 3:16 PM
It depends on what the next time is, speaking as a European.
But you'd also have to be able to prove that they knew it was a lie, surely? If we time-travel this law back a few hundred years, and someone said the world was flat because they genuinely believed the world was flat, do they deserve to be punished?
Who knows what we'll discover tomorrow?
Who knows what we'll discover tomorrow?
January 29, 2026 at 12:26 PM
But you'd also have to be able to prove that they knew it was a lie, surely? If we time-travel this law back a few hundred years, and someone said the world was flat because they genuinely believed the world was flat, do they deserve to be punished?
Who knows what we'll discover tomorrow?
Who knows what we'll discover tomorrow?
The problem is that it only works well in an honest democracy to start with.
However, to have a system like this, someone needs to decide what the truth is. Again, if that person is honest, all good; if they're not, they can use this to fire people for telling the truth by saying it's a lie.
However, to have a system like this, someone needs to decide what the truth is. Again, if that person is honest, all good; if they're not, they can use this to fire people for telling the truth by saying it's a lie.
January 28, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The problem is that it only works well in an honest democracy to start with.
However, to have a system like this, someone needs to decide what the truth is. Again, if that person is honest, all good; if they're not, they can use this to fire people for telling the truth by saying it's a lie.
However, to have a system like this, someone needs to decide what the truth is. Again, if that person is honest, all good; if they're not, they can use this to fire people for telling the truth by saying it's a lie.
I'd appreciate clarification for a moment, if the UK is right of centre econoomically what country would you suggest is the centre or closest to as a model?
It'd help me understand your point if I understood where you consider the centre to be.
It'd help me understand your point if I understood where you consider the centre to be.
January 28, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I'd appreciate clarification for a moment, if the UK is right of centre econoomically what country would you suggest is the centre or closest to as a model?
It'd help me understand your point if I understood where you consider the centre to be.
It'd help me understand your point if I understood where you consider the centre to be.
Jesus is the biggest redeeming factor of Christianity. His dad's a right wrong un.
January 28, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Jesus is the biggest redeeming factor of Christianity. His dad's a right wrong un.
Its not about being ABLE to defend ourselves, let's be honest, it's fear of discomfort. Everyone is used to complaining about how awful everything is while living in the most comfortable time in all of human history.
We absolutely could defend ourselves, but it'll hurt
We absolutely could defend ourselves, but it'll hurt
January 26, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Its not about being ABLE to defend ourselves, let's be honest, it's fear of discomfort. Everyone is used to complaining about how awful everything is while living in the most comfortable time in all of human history.
We absolutely could defend ourselves, but it'll hurt
We absolutely could defend ourselves, but it'll hurt
Lets be honest the US needs to clean house. If there is a connection between Trump and Putin and other populist and nationalist figures in the West, it needs to be dragged out into the light in such detail that it's impossible to miss, even if that means some dems go down for corruption/noncing too.
January 26, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Lets be honest the US needs to clean house. If there is a connection between Trump and Putin and other populist and nationalist figures in the West, it needs to be dragged out into the light in such detail that it's impossible to miss, even if that means some dems go down for corruption/noncing too.
I mean, in Iran, the people tried to overthrow their leadership without violence a few weeks ago. Then the regime sent out troops to massacre what is likely more than 5000 of them by now.
I'm no fan of the US, and I detest the Trump administration, but I won't cry for the Iranian regime either.
I'm no fan of the US, and I detest the Trump administration, but I won't cry for the Iranian regime either.
January 26, 2026 at 1:08 PM
I mean, in Iran, the people tried to overthrow their leadership without violence a few weeks ago. Then the regime sent out troops to massacre what is likely more than 5000 of them by now.
I'm no fan of the US, and I detest the Trump administration, but I won't cry for the Iranian regime either.
I'm no fan of the US, and I detest the Trump administration, but I won't cry for the Iranian regime either.
Funny how all the people swarming to defend him have generic names and no profile pictures, almost like they're bots 🤔
January 25, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Funny how all the people swarming to defend him have generic names and no profile pictures, almost like they're bots 🤔
Grovelling coward, in Helmand, British troops operated side by side with Danish troops and tanks in deep offensives into Taliban controlled territory. If our troops were on the frontline, so were their brothers from other NATO nations.
He can apologise for the whole thing or shut up.
He can apologise for the whole thing or shut up.
January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Grovelling coward, in Helmand, British troops operated side by side with Danish troops and tanks in deep offensives into Taliban controlled territory. If our troops were on the frontline, so were their brothers from other NATO nations.
He can apologise for the whole thing or shut up.
He can apologise for the whole thing or shut up.
Someone else said it in the thread, apparently it's from the days when being an MP came with no pay or anything like that, so it was possible for corrupt people to get elected, vote once on the thing they cared about, then quit forcing the expense of another election for the seat.
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Someone else said it in the thread, apparently it's from the days when being an MP came with no pay or anything like that, so it was possible for corrupt people to get elected, vote once on the thing they cared about, then quit forcing the expense of another election for the seat.
There are two of them, Northstead and Chiltern Hundreds, and yes, not exactly, whenever an MP quits, they remain in that 'post' until the next MP quits.
It's funny because these days we'd be OK with MP's quitting, but it's evidence of how they used to game the system in a very British way.
It's funny because these days we'd be OK with MP's quitting, but it's evidence of how they used to game the system in a very British way.
January 24, 2026 at 4:04 AM
There are two of them, Northstead and Chiltern Hundreds, and yes, not exactly, whenever an MP quits, they remain in that 'post' until the next MP quits.
It's funny because these days we'd be OK with MP's quitting, but it's evidence of how they used to game the system in a very British way.
It's funny because these days we'd be OK with MP's quitting, but it's evidence of how they used to game the system in a very British way.
Nah, point is it's illegal to resign, but if MP's take a post where they recieve an income from the crown they are immediately kicked out (Because parlaiment was meant to be independent of the crown.)
So in THEORY this comes with an income from the crown (That they don't collect) so they get yeeted
So in THEORY this comes with an income from the crown (That they don't collect) so they get yeeted
January 24, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Nah, point is it's illegal to resign, but if MP's take a post where they recieve an income from the crown they are immediately kicked out (Because parlaiment was meant to be independent of the crown.)
So in THEORY this comes with an income from the crown (That they don't collect) so they get yeeted
So in THEORY this comes with an income from the crown (That they don't collect) so they get yeeted
Politics is stupid. There has never been a government that wasn't stupid, in pretty much all of human history. It's important for young people to learn that else they might come to believe politicians can be competent - a dangerous fiction to live in.
January 24, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Politics is stupid. There has never been a government that wasn't stupid, in pretty much all of human history. It's important for young people to learn that else they might come to believe politicians can be competent - a dangerous fiction to live in.
Honestly, I might be weird too, but I kind of like it. The world is dark and horrible, but this is kind of whimsical; it's totally pointless, but it doesn't really have a mechanical effect, and the weirdness makes me smile.
January 24, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Honestly, I might be weird too, but I kind of like it. The world is dark and horrible, but this is kind of whimsical; it's totally pointless, but it doesn't really have a mechanical effect, and the weirdness makes me smile.
That is not how any of that works.
January 24, 2026 at 3:39 AM
That is not how any of that works.
British troops are NATO troops. Canadian troops are NATO troops. French troops are NATO troops. Saying 'NATO troops' stayed off the frontlines, or that the US didn't want them involved, includes British, Canadian and French troops.
But I guess a platoon house in Sangin isn't the frontlines now?
But I guess a platoon house in Sangin isn't the frontlines now?
January 23, 2026 at 2:12 AM
British troops are NATO troops. Canadian troops are NATO troops. French troops are NATO troops. Saying 'NATO troops' stayed off the frontlines, or that the US didn't want them involved, includes British, Canadian and French troops.
But I guess a platoon house in Sangin isn't the frontlines now?
But I guess a platoon house in Sangin isn't the frontlines now?
I doubt he's been getting much sleep.
January 21, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I doubt he's been getting much sleep.
Make a game with dice rolls involved, but if you press anything but start at the front every roll will be done as roll twice and take lowest, entirely silently, it won't tell you it's happening or why.
January 20, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Make a game with dice rolls involved, but if you press anything but start at the front every roll will be done as roll twice and take lowest, entirely silently, it won't tell you it's happening or why.
Maybe, but a single officer seems a bit undercooked for preparing the basing for a battalion in arctic conditions. Maybe you're right, and this is just the first guy to touch snow over there, but I'd expect at least a dozen different specialists involved in preparing logistics on the ground.
January 15, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Maybe, but a single officer seems a bit undercooked for preparing the basing for a battalion in arctic conditions. Maybe you're right, and this is just the first guy to touch snow over there, but I'd expect at least a dozen different specialists involved in preparing logistics on the ground.
Europe cannot fight Russia and the US at the same time without resorting to nuclear weapons, which would just mean everyone loses. Strategically Europes best chance is to cause the US military to hesitate and delay until the end of November this year at which point, one way or another, things change
January 15, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Europe cannot fight Russia and the US at the same time without resorting to nuclear weapons, which would just mean everyone loses. Strategically Europes best chance is to cause the US military to hesitate and delay until the end of November this year at which point, one way or another, things change
It's a tripwire, the point is to invade Greenland US troops will have to shoot at British, Norwegian, German and whichever other country are sending members and contingents. It turns it from seizing an 'empty' island to a deliberate attack on people they have trained and fought alongside for decades
January 15, 2026 at 4:29 PM
It's a tripwire, the point is to invade Greenland US troops will have to shoot at British, Norwegian, German and whichever other country are sending members and contingents. It turns it from seizing an 'empty' island to a deliberate attack on people they have trained and fought alongside for decades
They just throw a dart at a world map and go for it. Who knows?
January 14, 2026 at 4:19 PM
They just throw a dart at a world map and go for it. Who knows?
Who needs generative AI when you can just pay your employees basically nothing and treat them like trash?
January 14, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Who needs generative AI when you can just pay your employees basically nothing and treat them like trash?