Panther, here til Sunday, try the veal.

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jul 12^th, 2016 at 6:28am:

Do you seriously believe that every leftist protest in America just comes together spontaneously, and that every protester who participates is from that local area, and that not a penny of Soros money has ever been pumped into any left-wing organization?

If so. you're probably the kind of guy who gets excited every time you get an email from some Nigerian prince offering to share his $20 million fortune with you in exchange for the number of your bank account.

And what do Jews have to do with anything?

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jul 14^th, 2016 at 1:14pm:

OK, fine with me ... I like jokes.

(Even if it's hard to tell who's joking around here sometimes!)

The4thEstate wrote on Jul 14^th, 2016 at 6:01pm:

To be fair, as an American you're at a disadvantage with Australians when it comes to irony...

Those of the English speaking world who would understand our humour the most easily are the British, the Irish, the Kiwis and (to a large degree) the Canadians (not sure of the order)

Unfortunately, with Americans, as George Bernard Shaw (apparently) quipped - The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language - (especially when it comes to humour) we too are separated by a common language.

NorthOfNorth wrote on Jul 14^th, 2016 at 8:45pm:

I generally get irony; it was the Jewish reference that momentarily threw me.

But it's all good. Language misunderstandings can always be worse. Put yourself in the place of British comedian Peter Cook, who -- as the story goes -- once appeared on an American talk show and discussed how much he enjoyed smoking.

"I'm never happy unless I've got a fag in my mouth," he innocently quipped, prompting an avalanche of laughter that he was clueless to understand.

A post from a another thread.



Why is it if you take a stand for something you are automatically against something else? If you support Black Lives matter then you are anti police. If you support the police then you must hate black people.

Why can't you be pro-police and pro-black?

Only a fool deals in absolutes.

The treatment of black people by a number of police should be cause for concern in America. But even when there is video evidence critics bend over backwards to justify these deaths.

When a 12 year old boy playing with a toy gun in a park was killed within 2 seconds of police showing up city officials blamed the child for his death accusing him of "Failure to exercise due care to avoid injury."

It's his fault he was playing in the park. It's his fault he was killed in under 2 seconds by responding police.

It's his fault that the police officer who shot him quit his previous police job before being dismissed for deficiencies such as being emotionally unstable and unfit for duty, especially in handling firearms. only to be hired by a police department under federal investigation for allegations that officers use excessive force, including unreasonable deadly force.

And it's his fault that he was not seen as a child. Cleveland Police Patrolman’s Association president Steve Loomis said "He's menacing. He's 5ft 7, 191 pounds. He's not what you see in the video, he's a 12 year old in an adult body."

When things like this happen you can understand why people want to protest against police. Stories like this is almost a daily occurrence in America and the officer involved need to be investigated.

However these officers represent only a tiny fraction of the overall police force. The rest are honest police officers doing their best to serve their community. An oft time hard and thankless job but one they continue to do.

We do neither side any favours by failing to acknowledge both.

Raven wrote on Jul 18^th, 2016 at 1:20am:

They need to bring in the army. Black America is out of control.