Comments by "Ralph Bernhard" (@ralphbernhard1757) on "The Guardian"
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Why the suffering?
What lessons can we learn from history.
Today, we watch on while history repeats itself in the Ukraine, because leaders make the same mistakes again and again.
A virtual repeat of the leadup to WW1, as history "rhymes" in eternal cycles.
On the micro level, only a fool would try to ensure own safety, by making friends 200 miles away. No, of course, a strong neighborhood, and support of a competent local police is what people choose. Yet, when it comes to states, and empires, leaders become erroneous in their decisions on alliances or co-operation. Choosing a faraway state or empire to ensure own interests, is simply not a good idea.
A lesson I fear which will never be learnt.
Re. the British Empire at the time, and their self-appointed role of Pax Britannica "defenders of the world" (lol) Lord Palmerston stated: “Therefore I say that it is a narrow policy to suppose that this country or that is to be marked out as the eternal ally or the perpetual enemy of England. We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.”
And regarding the post-WW2 Pax Americana as the new alpha USA took over the role of "protectors of the world" (lol again), Henry Kissinger repeated the policy almost verbatim for the American Century: “America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests”.
Has anybody ever explained what such a policy meant in practice?
It means that if the safety of "poor you" wherever you live, doesn't serve the "interests" of these kind eternally smiling gentlemen, you'll be coldly written off with a few "thoughts and prayers". It means the slimy deceitful "Albions" and their modern associates and political inheritors expect you (personally) to be there to advance their interests today, but that they probably won't be around to protect you tomorrow...
Solution: If they won't be around to protect you tomorrow, to hell with them today.
A lesson I fear which will never be learnt...
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Kai Ingebrigtsen I'm talking about gun nuts, not sane law abiding citizens.
So, are you saying that Breivik would not have been able to find other crazy people to team up with?
With over 500,000,000 people in Europe, not even 2 potential nutcases?
With that, you have practically defeated your own argument, which that each adult should be armed to fight criminals and freaks....what for, if most people are decent.
Well, that is what I've been telling you all along.
There is no need to arm ourselves, since most people are decent :-)
Increased gun ownership will simply increase the risk of accidents...
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Kai Ingebrigtsen I'm almost 50 years old. I have never been attacked by a crazy person with a knife.
None of my family and friends has ever been attacked by a crazy person.
None of my neighbors, colleagues at work, or anybody else I know has ever been attacked, raped by strangers, burgled, stolen from or 'had genitals cut off with dull blades'....
You are obviously paranoid, and easily manipulated into thinking that the statistically provable isolated cases of crime you read about and see on TV are actually a wide-spread phenomena, and that the we therefore ALL have to carry guns around to make the world a better place....ROTFL....
Tell me Kai, how often do you get robbed, mugged or molested every week to justify your hopelessly exaggerated paranoia?
Bear in mind, that it not me who wants a stupid law imposed on people, which would lead to a majority of citizen to become criminals....
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