Not the place for politics.....?

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Easy to say, less easy to achieve!

 

There is politics, in a lesser or greater degree, in a lot of the posts here.

 

Not a squeak, not a mention, not a comment on:

 

BBC News - Oxfordshire arson spree: Fire guts council building

 

But, I'd suggest, this is more extreme, more news worthy, more significant than radical islamists burning flags, flying planes into high-rise buildings or executing hostages.

 

Why? Because that's all 'been there, done that', without wishing to detract from the personal agony of those intimately involved. But it's all quite 'last week', it's what we've come to expect.

 

Who knows anything about this person that filled their PU truck with gas bottles and drove into the council building?

 

Was he just an individual whacko or is this indicative of the what we might expect as the new norm?

 

I don't know if he was a 'Brit' or not, but seriously, Brits don't jump the queue, Brits pay for a TV license, Brits give up their seat for the elderly and young Mums on the bus, Brits hold the door open for the next person.

 

Brits don't fill their truck up with gas bottles and drive into the council office, they dress as superman and protest on a bridge....

 

What happened here? Why aren't we talking about it??

[Tom D]

I don't know.

It sounds like he had some grudges against various locals and he lost it.

 

At least he didn't do it with a shot gun....

[skyhuck]

Easy to say, less easy to achieve!

 

There is politics, in a lesser or greater degree, in a lot of the posts here.

 

Not a squeak, not a mention, not a comment on:

 

BBC News - Oxfordshire arson spree: Fire guts council building

 

But, I'd suggest, this is more extreme, more news worthy, more significant than radical islamists burning flags, flying planes into high-rise buildings or executing hostages.

 

Why? Because that's all 'been there, done that', without wishing to detract from the personal agony of those intimately involved. But it's all quite 'last week', it's what we've come to expect.

 

Who knows anything about this person that filled their PU truck with gas bottles and drove into the council building?

 

Was he just an individual whacko or is this indicative of the what we might expect as the new norm?

 

I don't know if he was a 'Brit' or not, but seriously, Brits don't jump the queue, Brits pay for a TV license, Brits give up their seat for the elderly and young Mums on the bus, Brits hold the door open for the next person.

 

Brits don't fill their truck up with gas bottles and drive into the council office, they dress as superman and protest on a bridge....

 

What happened here? Why aren't we talking about it??

 

Really you think the destruction of a few building is more "news worthy" than extensive loss of life???????????????????

[MATTMOSS]

Because we have been desensitised by the once unbelievable stuff that seems to happen everyday these days.

There seems no point in making a fuss, no one listens anyway, things have gone too far, just sit back and enjoy the show.

[easy-lift guy]

Apathy breeds dissension which in turn can and will destroy civilization as many members presently know it very quickly. The problem with sitting back and enjoying the show is that when the show is over who is left to clean up what's left, much less start over!.

easy-lift gut

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Really you think the destruction of a few building is more "news worthy" than extensive loss of life???????????????????

 

 

rtfq?

[egnsean]

There are things/people your not supposed to talk/think about in the hope that it will simply go away, it won't:sneaky2:

[skyhuck]

rtfq?

 

?? Read the expletive quote?????, if that is what you mean, yes I did, although I did not really need to as I had seen the report on the news and heard about it on the radio.

[spiral]

Local farmer in planning dispute....

 

South Oxfordshire fires: Farmer caught in 30 year planning row under arrest - Mirror Online

[treesrus]

you're right, we are collectively steered away from uncomfortable truths by the media, but there are some out there who are rocking the boat, most notably Russia Today, must view, especially Abby Martin. check these out, there are many more: Chris Hedges on the Roots of Terrorism - Truthdig

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