Making the news today....

[eggsarascal]

Just been to the pub for three pints of Guinness. Back home now, ready for mass debating.

[Mark Bolam]

Absolutely.
And booze while we're doing it!
No boozing for me tonight though.
I'm on Fosters.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

55 minutes ago, WesD said:

Got to be honest I am rather ignorant to the whole Israel/Palestine conflict in the sense of I know nothing about the conflict or the history there but I have to say that is a scary graphic!

The graphic is entirely intended to be scary Wes....  That was it's purpose when it was designed and published.

 

If you think of it simply as a 1 dimensional representation of border / occupied areas as defined by a timeline, it presents a fairly oppressive representation of Israeli dominance in the region.

 

But, when you overlay the history of conflict in the region - who started what, why and what the objectives were, it presents an entirely different perspective on the graphic.

 

If you and I were sat in the pub together and I had 4 full pints in front of me and you had none, someone that had just walked in might think - look at that greedy barsteward, he's got all the beer and his mate has an empty glass. What they wouldn't know by looking at the table is that I'd been letting you punch me in the face for the past 20 minutes and each time you punched me, I punched you back harder and took your beer.... 

 

 

[Gary Prentice]

1 hour ago, WesD said:

Got to be honest I am rather ignorant to the whole Israel/Palestine conflict in the sense of I know nothing

Me neither. 

 

But after a couple more glasses of wine, I'll have enough of an opinion to disagree with someone

[Mesterh]

6 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Absolutely.
And booze while we're doing it!
No boozing for me tonight though.
I'm on Fosters.

Pregnant?

[Gary Prentice]

11 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

Just been to the pub for three pints of Guinness. Back home now, ready for mass debating.

Predictive text?

[eggsarascal]

1 minute ago, Gary Prentice said:

Me neither. 

 

But after a couple more glasses of wine, I'll have enough of an opinion to disagree with someone

No you won't.

[billpierce]

The graphic is entirely intended to be scary Wes....  That was it's purpose when it was designed and published.

 

If you think of it simply as a 1 dimensional representation of border / occupied areas as defined by a timeline, it presents a fairly oppressive representation of Israeli dominance in the region.

 

But, when you overlay the history of conflict in the region - who started what, why and what the objectives were, it presents an entirely different perspective on the graphic.

 

If you and I were sat in the pub together and I had 4 full pints in front of me and you had none, someone that had just walked in might think - look at that greedy barsteward, he's got all the beer and his mate has an empty glass. What they wouldn't know by looking at the table is that I'd been letting you punch me in the face for the past 20 minutes and each time you punched me, I punched you back harder and took your beer.... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remind me not to go drinking with you please. Anyway don't think they drink pints ower there

 

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[kevinjohnsonmbe]

21 minutes ago, Gary Prentice said:

But after a couple more glasses of wine, I'll have enough of an opinion to disagree with someone

Quote above posted 18 minutes ago! (at time of posting)

 

21 minutes ago, Gary Prentice said:

Predictive text?

Posted 16 minutes ago

 

What exactly is it you're drinking Gary?  It's fast acting!!!

 

 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Any body else in a similar state of apoplectic rage  at the number of EU (spew) flags in the RAH?  Wave that sh1te during Jerusalem and the NA?  I'm going outside, I may be some time.....