Comments by "" (@redtela) on "Fast Jet Performance"
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I'm going to diversify and not go to the same place as lots of other people. That picture of the cops... that was just a junior school fancy dress party. No way those kids are even old enough to know how to tie their own shoes!
In good news, two "adults" have now been charged with an alleged assault at Manchester airport, and no officers are being charged with anything (IA review ongoing).
Why do all Germans sound angry (even if that particular one probably had cause to be angry)?
Also Tim, to save the channel, have you considered setting up another channel? Same amount of editing work, marginal admin overheads, reduce the risk and double the pitiful ad revenue (I wager most of your views, like myself, would watch both).
Hopefully another vid or 2 from you before Weds, but if not, have yourself a good Christmas fella! 👍
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Since that was a long comment: you ask what I'd do if I were that officer. Honestly, no clue, I've not walked in his shoes. I like to THINK that I'd act similarly to him, but minus the stomp. The kick sends the same message and probably had more affect.
You ask me to picture my family in the airport, and what I'd do. Well... a different story may shed some light on it. Some years ago, I was on the DLR with my wife, no kids with us, we were doing the art gallery thing. On the DLR, I heard a certain phrase come over the drivers radio, and I turned to my with with a "the next stop is ours, don't ask, just walk." The stop after we got off, the train had a very long wait, and no-one was ever told why. In those situations, with the ones you love, the best defence is distance. You just need to be awake enough to see it for what it is.
To the officers attending T2 on that day, and their families: heal well, I hope you're back in service after a short investigation. Sh*t gets ugly real fast with adrenaline.
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Tim, c'mon mate - this is as old as England itself. My highschool History teacher taught us about taxes. Back then, tax money paid for the already wealthy to get more wealthy. Sure, as a by product, we get things like the NHS and military. But you're a fool if you don't realise those at the top will bend the rules and take the cream from the top whenever they can.
Re the middle being squeezed, I live in Wales. If you're affluent enough to have a house in Wales that you choose to rent out as a source of income, why should that not be taxed? There are locals that in many cases can't afford a local home.
I happen to be a career long software developer, and had a salary that you would imagine comes from that. Before my old man passed away, he remarked that I was earning more in some months that he would do annually when I was a kid. I'm now self employed, much like yourself, and earn less than I once did. To a point, it's incumbent on those of us that can have the nicer things in life, to support those below us - and because too many won't, taxes exist. Are they fair? No. Should you perhaps get a tax break for renting out that 2nd home of yours to a local? Probably. But this is the system we've had for many, many generations.
I drive a 2013 Renault Megane - which I specifically bought for it's Euro 5 engine and VED exempt status. This next budget, they might change the rules so that my car is now susceptible to tax payments. But if they do, I've had a bloody good run of not paying VED, and I'm in a position to look at the market and choose if I want to opt for something else. I'm a cup half full kinda guy.
The world was never a fair place, and whoever told you it was, was lying to your face (while probably banking your taxes).
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Tim, I can't help but feel it all boils down to envy. Whatever the number of immigrants coming in, they're wanting to come to the UK because of the perception of our country from theirs. Envy also causes people to try to tear down the things above them that they can't achieve.
I've spoken to a few folks from overseas, and in their countries, the UK has a similar reputation to back when our ships were busy colonising the world. Of course, time has moved on, and the grass is always greener, but they're not aware that on the inside, many of us don't believe we still have the reputation.
I think "tired of it" is almost the wrong expression, because it hints that we may be close to breaking point. I was once in a room where they asked for volunteers to go searching for IEDs, completely out of my skillset, my hand was in the air as soon as they'd said "We need some volunteers" - the task didn't matter. If I were to be "tired of it" - maybe my hand wouldn't go up as quickly.
Nah, I'm not "tired of it" - annoyed by it, motivated by it. Much better.
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18mins Davies, what are you doing? The youth won't watch it ;)
The "idiot", since he's admitted guilt he - in my opinion, doesn't deserve to be named. However, he was, and remains British. We might not like it, but part of living here is that we don't strip people of citizenship rights just because they've gone to prison. We're better than that and have no need to stoop to the level that some countries operate on. The line is drawn above that. If he were not British, there might then be a discussion about deporting him at some point - and potentially that he might be triable under some other legal framework, and that would do an injustice - in my opinion - to the victims.
He is British, and as a result, should be forced to stand up and suffer the (legal) consequences of his actions.
Re dealing with threats in the moment - I've been tested, my kids have been tested. The police were involved in all those cases, but nothing needed to go to a court room. There is ALWAYS a proportionate - and legal - response.
In positive world news, very recently, Colorado's Supreme Court has ruled that elephants, are indeed, not people! It's a shame that case had to go through a court, but it is a light at the end of the tunnel!
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I've paused it just before the police statement, pinky promise I've not read it.
Initial reaction: dude on the ground with a woman next to him... he's clearly been tazed. He did something to deserve that. He turns his head and gets a boot to the face - ok, that's borderline - could be justifiable based on circumstances (disobeying an order, no prior event history from the video). The stomp, now that, to me is crossing a line. He didn't raise his hands to his face in response to the boot to the nose, and he doesn't appear cuffed, so the stomp feels like it's a bit too far.
That said, I also have clocked that officers are engaged in crowd control, and the female officer appears to be crying while continuing her job. An officer crying while doing their job isn't a normal Tuesday job with tea & biscuits. Maybe the officer with the over-reactive boots is having an emotional reaction to something that went on with his colleague.
Also, I go through Manchester airport - A LOT - it took me a minute to clock where this happened - it's T2's car park near the payment machines. So they're not in a "controlled" area of the airport - possibility for weapons etc whereas beyond airport security, people are unlikely to have a knife or other weapon.
Overall: I'll leave this to someone who gets paid to investigate it, to have an opinion on right/wrong.
Now I'll continue watching :)
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Tim, I'm sorry, but this comes across as somewhat of a reductionist argument. Especially with including places that I grew up around.
For a little context, it's me in the picture, I'm obviously a white dude. My brother is also a white dude. He, for a long time was a paramedic in/around Leeds. I met my first girlfriend at the ice skating rink in Bradford. I, a white dude, was at the Bradford riots (and no-one, on any side of that "debate" could give two s** that I was even there).
Sure, I'll grant you, the areas that - lets call them "foreigners" (even though many of them aren't) - live in have grown. The Asda in Dewsbury for example, is predominantly "dark skinned" folks walking round buying groceries, and while that Asda didn't exist when I was growing up around there, it sure FEELS like there were more "light skinned" folks as a proportion. All of them, as far as I'm aware, completely respectable folks, even if some will try to put on some bravado (which is no real difference to the old Mods vs Rockers around Whitby/York, and gets the same reaction from me).
Sure, there was racial tension between groups. BUT if anyone, of any group got too far out of line, it was the elders WITHIN that group that sorted things out. The nanny state didn't exist.
I like a lot of what Trump has said, and I've long since been a fan of FAFO - and that's what the problem is. Many people today don't get to FEEL the FO part, so they will FA. Take kids (of any race) in schools - I'm not saying we should bring back the cane, but I'd be happy with a blackboard wipe being hurled at my child's head if they were FA in a class - it didn't do me much harm. Can't do that though these days, without a teacher losing their jobs.
Bring on the FO!
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Tim, my big takeaway from this, is that I've probably bumped into Sam on a night out. I was probably wearing a dress at the time, despite being 100% straight. Damn good giggle on those nights, but man, yes, you see a lot of stuff. Point being, don't listen to the idiots throwing stones dude. No need to prove you're not, I've never met you, and I know your values enough to not listen to those trying to discredit you.
On the topic, fair play on that Admiral for not being scared of "cancel culture."
I've had more than my fair share of stones from from glass houses. My old man's advice was perfect, so I'll repeat it here. "Don't be throwing mud for the sake of throwing mud. It's Fing hard work, trust me. And all that happens is you end up dirty. But DO draw a line in the sand, and the microsecond anyone on the other side dares to put a toe over it, do whatever you need to do to chop their Fing legs off. Be extreme at times like that. Send a clear message about where the line is, and why it's there. And when they retreat, have the good grace to let them go lick their wounds & feel sorry for themselves."
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Banning "zombie knives" ain't a bad step, it's a step in the right direction, but it's less than half a step.
Unfortunately, Tim, using stats won't help. As my high school maths teacher drummed into us, statistics can be used to draw any picture you like. I personally treat every situation as unique, because relying on stats alone means those close to me are at risk due to blind spots. You don't fly a fast jet based on statistics, you fly it based on experience and what the situation infront of you shows. I learnt long ago to pay attention to the smaller details in life, and it's not done me wrong yet.
Off topic, my 19yr old brought home the "free palestine" ideology this weekend - I thought about emailing the exchange to you Tim. My response was the same as any sane persons should be. "Here's a map, show me where Palestine is, and if you can, I'll listen to you. If you can't, then you listen to my arguments on the topic." His final comment on the topic was "Well, since Britain setup Palestine, anyone arguing to free them, is arguing in favour of colonialism, and that isn't exactly free. So it doesn't make much sense."
Back to the topic, it's not race that matters, it's culture, and to a lesser extent, religion. A British black dude is British no matter where he was born, so long as he holds the British values as his own. Most of the people in the Isreal/Gaza conflict have the same skin colour as each other, but one side gets involved in fisty-cuffs more than the other.
Anyone showing hostility towards my family gets criticism, race, religion, skin colour doesn't come into it. Attitude is what matters. I watched all 17mins, and I already know you read all the comment fam. Make the wife a brew, that'll help settle the arguments.
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Tim, the format of this video made it's content lost on me. I see the point you were making by playing the game while talking, but it made it difficult to tell me what parts were the essay author's, and what commentary you were adding.
So, I went back to basics, back at college, I was a Computer Science student wanting to get into AI (so I took Psychology & Physics too), my girlfriend at the time was doing soft sciences (Sociology etc) and my best mate is now a Barrister (he was doing Law & History)... Tainter's book was right up our alley for reading & discussing without it being on any particular course. So we did, knocking on the door of 30 years ago. Wanting to get into AI and being aware of Mr Asimov's work around robotics, I always wanted to structure things around a moral framework - for no other reason than it felt like it made sense.
Regrettably, Tainter was an archaeologist rather than a historian, and in the book (in which he lays out his theory - and it is just that, a theory) he cites his framework as explaining the fall of Rome, for example. At it's very heart, his framework is reductionist at best. Sure, he might be on to something, but it needs fleshing out. To that end, a list of other books around the same subject that I recall reading:
- Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
- A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright
- The Wealth and Poverty of Nations by David S. Landes
- The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization by Bryan Ward-Perkins
- The list goes on, I'm sure you get the point...
Sure, there are parallels between modern society and Tainter's book... but one thing I don't remember mentioning (perhaps the essay didn't mention it), Tainter's book also states that the collapse need not be catastrophic. Not to mention his work being very ethnocentric - which always trips my "why though?" circuit when someone tries to be divisive (as he was - I'm not suggesting you are being). For example, his framework doesn't appear to fit the Mongol empire, or the Ottomans.
You make a long video, I make a long comment. Seems fair to me. 🤣
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Davies, bashing one out in the car huh? (Yes, I have the mind of a 12 year old). Re illness, it's not only stress, but modern offices with AC have a lot to answer for.
I'm not in the service, never have been. I work - a heck of a lot. I work in IT where there's a lot of imposter syndrome, I'm lucky to have never suffered with it, but I have helped a few through it. I don't think I'd describe my thoughts as "I'm not good enough" - but I have always chased the improvements. And there's always something that could have been done better.
An example on a tangent: I'm a biker, and I occasionally ride with a camera - not to post on YouTube, so that I can critique my riding, ask those I trust for their opinion, etc. The last one of those was a 7min video riding down a road I've known like the back of my hand for the last decade - and EVERYONE that I showed it to went "Don't be daft, I couldn't ride that well!" However, in that 7min video, I found 21 things that I consider I did wrong. It's just how my brain is wired: "I screwed that up and can do it better, so this is how I learn."
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Had I been on that train, my actions would have been simple.... dial 101 in earshot of the conductor "Hi, police please, I'd like to report a minor incident. I'm about to help this train conductor escort a non-paying customer off the train at station X, where the train is currently being held. I don't want to get violent, but I will respond appropriately in self defence if needed. If you would like to ask BTP to meet us on the platform, that'd be appreciated. I believe there's a fine payable for travelling on a train without a ticket, they might want to ask the chap about that when they arrive."
What happens after that, is the choice of the non-paying British Rail customer.
Also, notice how skin colour didn't factor into my comment? Yeah, I would do the same if it was a white guy not paying and delaying the train. And yes, I'd be happy to delay MY journey to help the train continue for others.
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Tim, I'm sorry mate, but you have a bit of a false dichotomy going on in parts of this video.
Example: "Is it right that my mum has to wait in line being people that have come into this country, when she's paid taxes all her life?" - well... the NHS is a first come first serve business. That's how the queues work, that's our free healthcare (for all, regardless of if they're a tourist or an 80 year old working class nan). Taxes pay for part of that. We also have an option for skipping the queue - paying for private health care. In the example, if your mum were in the wait before immigrants, she'd get an appointment to be sorted out, before them (unless, of course, your argument is that the NHS has corruption within it).
Being British, means waiting your turn - to do otherwise is entitlement.
In the last video, I commented that I have experience of the immigration system. You're not too far wrong - legal immigrants that contribute to society have millions of hoops to jump through to be allowed to stay. Illegal ones (who will still get NHS treatment under our system), typically don't come through an official border, or have a bank account, or other paper trail. Some get caught, some of those get deported, some "escape." But I still question the numbers reported. It seems to me like immigration is just a divisive topic, no different than Brexit was... and I, for one, would love to get us back to a United Kingdom.
There's no easy answers in life, but the protests that are ultimately about poor quality service from the Police etc, should be held (regardless of who is highlighting the issue - that's not supporting the person, that's supporting the cause).
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While not on topic, I have my own thoughts about the people marching around London recently. I'll leave that there until you do a video on that topic.
The group of Brits that surrounded the cenotaph - the original sentiment behind that, I fully support. No different as I support the arrests for vandalising other cenotaphs like the one in Rochdale. Had they done so without any of the macho BS, perhaps committing to do it in silence out of respect. They would still have my full backing. But the chants etc, was just trying to antagonise an already tense atmosphere. Chasing the march through London and keeping the Met busy was simply out of order, and not in line with the stated spirit of that gathering.
To the tweeter - for all you know, Tim's mum might have been in that crowd that you've just branded as tw**s. That's bang out of order fam. Watch your mouth.
When does remembrance become remembering your own actions instead of the lost? I don't know. For me, never. And while we're at it, lets spare a moment for the animals that have been in theatres and lost.
This year, I learnt that even veterans that are serving time at "His Majesty's pleasure" in prisons, are given time to respect the dead. The TV's are on full volume, those that want to step outside into the fresh air for their moment of silence can (within the walls of the prison). There's also a "remembrance breakfast" served. It turns out, convicted criminals can still be recognised as British patriots. So in my book, so can "right wing tw**s."
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My only curiosity here Tim, is why you're so late to this. Maybe, related to the targeting system, you didn't want to speak first. I get that.
But Russia released this leak, not because they had it, because it was advantageous to them. The advantage? It gets us to squabble amongst ourselves, and voices to put pressure on politics to stop helping. There's a LOT more I could say, that I know we're doing and not admitting, but I have Ukrainian friends (from before Crimea was annexed)... politics aside, we pushed Putin to act (as you said), our duty to stand by the innocent that we dragged into conflict.
Re changing schedules etc, my old man served in NI (and in Germany, before the wall came down). That's been ingrained in me.
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