Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "BBC News"
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Well, it’s still a, “What if?” at this point, so? . . . Ultimately, it’s meaningless to policy and policy makers. Keep digging and find the origins, by all means, for sure. But the mere fact that the Chinese will continue being secretive and uncooperative tells investigators very little from which we can infer anything. This story only becomes truly meaningful when we get a conclusive answer, or are forced to draw a line and identify the blockage preventing us from getting to the truth. I don’t doubt the full program will have value, explaining a lot about the science and procedures for tracing a pandemic back to its source, so it will be educational; especially for those thinking about the broader political ramifications. But ultimately, it’s a none-issue until we know something for sure.
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@dirtyharold7164 : If you could just take a step outside of that space (which you seem to think is inside my head and thought processes) and allow me to disabuse you of your incorrect assumption, no . . . I was inspired by her words. More to the point, I was inspired by what she said, when she said it, and where. Context is everything, dear boy. I also disagree with some of what she said, but I don’t think that makes her a bad person.
What you won’t be able to do (and this is fact, not assumption) is point to one single example of people being, “punished,” by her, or her acolytes, for, “refusing to behave in a particular way.” Nor will you be able to show me one iota of evidence that she, or anyone who took any part in the, “Young leaders program,” (which I honestly think you’re mistaking for some type of Manchurian Candidate, “deep state,” version of MK Ultra, instead of an effort to promote the futures of promising young leaders) ever once stated the goal of turning the world into some, “weird, dystopian nightmare.”
I know this because it is a fact. In the same way that I know that YOU have literally stepped into the public domain on this day to spout out an unqualified, un-thought-through, misogynistic and prejudicial conspiracy theory, riddled with assumptions and distorted by your own negative emotions, whilst achieving very little, unless your goal was to create a mental image in the heads of the adult, reading public of YOU beating out your angry words with your fists and forehead, missing all of your typos due to the tears of impotent rage misting your vision, whilst sitting on your bed instead of doing something useful with your time.
Although, you have provided me with a modicum of entertainment, so it’s not all wasted. You have my sympathies, son.
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@CountScarlioni : The only smart comment I’ve read in this thread. It seems like some people have nothing better to do with their failed lives than to utter their ignorance to all who care to read it, just so they can show us all why their lives never quite worked out the way they wanted.
Yes, by holding regular votes, each country is thereby forced to make its position clear and take the consequences in trade, military aid and soft power politics that come with that vote. They are compelled to show the world where they stand, so there can be no excuses later on. And, even a minor change, from a positive or negative position to an abstention, from one country, is of significance.
It’s easy for idiots to snipe at that, merely demonstrating their ignorance. But, considering that the countries of the UN all show up and vote tells us that they take it seriously. There has been no war between the powers that were once always at war throughout the centuries: namely Britain, France and Germany, for over 80 years. And these, “talking shops,” have played a great role in ensuring that.
But at least you get it. So, the internet is now completely populated by armchair ignoramuses, which matters . . . ✌️
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@joemcnamara4774 : No I don’t deny it. Putin even told us he’s willing to use those nukes whilst putting his nuclear bases on high alert. Whether that’s a bluff or he’s that insane, what he’s done there is the equivalent of pulling out a shotgun in a courtroom and demanding he be allowed to win the trial. And now no one cares, all of a sudden, what his issues are with Ukraine’s future. Now, all that anyone cares about is getting the mad man’s finger off the trigger. He’s massively overplayed his hand, and no sane person allows a mad man to point a loaded gun at their head a second time. Now, the west has no choice but to see to it that Putin is taken out, deposed or assassinated, just in case he’s not bluffing. For many of us, Cold War II began around 2010 or thereabouts, with the arrival of web groups like Anonymous, who up and vanished into the ether once Putin didn’t need them anymore. But for those who are still catching up, the Cold War begins here. No one in the west can pretend Putin is their, “friend,” any longer. Not unless they’re the kind of people who get Stockholm Syndrome? Putin threatened every last one of them, including everyone they know and love, with nuclear death. There’s nowhere to go from there, except down and, hopefully, OUT!
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Makes you wonder if this was because they consider a journalist to be one of their own, or if they truly cared about being unbiased in their coverage? Personally, I think the BBC is one of the most valuable British exports the country has, with a historic value that is incalculable by comparison to all other journalism AND national heritage. But, I am also deeply concerned at the deterioration of the BBC’s values over the years, and the way that bias has crept into their journalism, making them one of the, “sides,” in the political debate, rather than a truly unbiased source of news. Worst of all, I don’t think they see it. If you complain to them about anything, they get truly defensive and obtuse! They are myopic about their own short comings, which will make me glad to see the back of the people running the place, if not the institution, when they inevitably get privatised.
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@josephinwood : It’s always hard to know if your interlocutor is really who they claim to be, though your channel seems to be real enough? That is the tragedy of the age we live in; one of trolls, misinformation, propaganda and downright lies, all dressed up to look like something . . . other.
Taking you at your word, which I read within hours of you replying but was hesitant to respond to (for the above stated reasons), I would first congratulate you on your excellent reporting and for drawing a wider audience’s attention to the fact that the war in Ukraine is not happening in a vacuum, but is having unlooked for consequences globally.
I would question that editorial decision, however? It was the first question that leapt to the front of my mind and, though I cannot speak for everyone, I feel sure that there must have been many who thought the same things? Especially those in your audience who, like me, were adults at the time of the bombings and witnesses to the mounting international pressure for the west (Tony Blair in my country’s case) to respond.
Surely it was THE pertinent question? The hypocrisy seems so stark? And I believe it is in the interests of the viewers to hear how these people who claim victimhood at alleged atrocities, holding up pictures of innocent children, etc, to hear the answer to the main question: HOW do these people reconcile the difference between what they were doing to an entire race with what happened to them?
I can see many arguments for why the bombings were wrong. Mostly due to the fact that they wouldn’t have been necessary had the UN forces on the ground not been so reluctant to intervene earlier. Some arguments are more valid than others; and yet others, mere red herrings. I heard all of those at the time. But these were in the process of genocide. Do they even know WHY they were bombed?
You say you put that to some of these people. I would dearly wish to know how they answered? What their level of honest awareness was (and is?) and whether they value some lives more than others? Were they ignorant of the genocide? I am curious as to how that editorial conversation went too? But, I understand why you may not be able to discuss that fully.
But, surely this type of, “911,” style remembrance, transformed into abiding bitterness by propagandists, can only be occurring in a place where people have either been given false accounts of the reasons for the bombings, or they simply don’t know or care to know?
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@harisiregar232 : Oh, we’ve, “marked your words,” alright. But that’s not your real name, and the chances are you’re just an algorithm and not even a real person. If you are, you’re either sitting in bunker in St Petersburg or one of those trump cults, who takes money for spewing lies, hate and that all important DIVISION which has become the mission statement of Russia since the invention of the internet. None of us are fooled into believing that Russia changed in any way since the fall of the Soviet Union. All that happened was that the Kremlin dropped the encumbrance of Communism and took on a new, freewheeling, mafia backed, DICKtatorship that Boris Yeltsin drunkenly sleepwalked Russia into, while Putin sat perched on his shoulder waiting for his moment, with his mafia and KGB buddies all waiting with him. Well, this is the end, my friend. It’s do or die. Because, if Putin doesn’t pull the trigger now, the west will get to him, one way or another. You can’t threaten to nuke the Earth and expect to be left to run your own country until the next hissy fit comes up. Putin may well f*ck us all. But I guarantee he’s f*cked himself for good and all now . . . Watch this space.
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@raheel2245 : I don’t remember dropping bombs on any children in Palestine or any of the other countries you just listed, son? You got the wrong guy there. Seems you’re confused between the varying, “politics,” of a bunch of different countries that you’ve grouped together in your head and decided are all, “evil,” because they are not run by Putin, and the issue of threatening to NUKE PLANET EARTH, kid. You can’t make, “comparisons,” right or wrong, and then say that, “justifies,” a threat to NUKE PLANET EARTH, son? It just doesn’t work like that. You’ve got NOTHING. So put it away, because you’re making a fool of yourself.
You’ll get to say that to your creator. “I made a complete tw@ out of myself, and then Putin NUKED PLANET EARTH. Yeah, that was my final act. I took a few Rubles to speak up for an utterly insane guy who threatened THE ENTIRE EARTH with NUKES! If only I’d had a sense of perspective, I might not have been busy making a complete git out of myself as my final act on Earth.” 🤦♂️🙄
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@scottshepard3662 : And if you’re not responsible? If you’re not the owner of the gun, or legally responsible for what’s in it? You surely cannot be suggesting that Baldwin was in any way responsible for this tragedy? He’s a Hollywood actor, with no expertise, or responsibility. That’s why they hire an armourer, or there would be no point in doing so if they were just using an honor system, which would be ludicrous. Actors put themselves into the hands of specialists every time they step onto a set, often with a million special effects; squibs, fires, explosions (big and small) falling scenery, smashed furniture, etc, erupting about them at all times. They know that experts are hired to take care of all these things and have to trust that everyone’s done their jobs. You don’t know if Baldwin even knows anything about guns. A, “responsible gun owner,” might well check the weapon in his hand, but let’s say Baldwin did that? Would the director take an actor’s word for it? How would that look in the aftermath? “We disregarded what the hired expert said, because Mr Baldwin said it was fine.” No sir. The armourer takes full responsibility and is hired to do so, thus taking legal liability with it. You don’t ask a plumber to check your car? You don’t ask an actor to be a weapons expert. You hire one.
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