tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.comments2023-10-29T09:38:37.412+00:00 OUFIOUFIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-4144552916957083392020-03-15T13:25:25.159+00:002020-03-15T13:25:25.159+00:00hello Fredie
I like to more finished format.
we w...hello Fredie<br />I like to more finished format. <br />we will have more time to read and write with this quarantine. <br />Stay Safeyasir shallalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781630605715035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-57189462058553857392018-08-09T13:05:31.928+01:002018-08-09T13:05:31.928+01:00"The dominance of the finance sector has crea..."The dominance of the finance sector has created an economic model based on extraction: that is, extraction from the rest of the world via capital inflows, and from the future via debt. We must rethink the decision made 40 years ago to sacrifice the interests of producers to those of extractive rentiers.<br /><br />This will require mechanisms to tame the finance sector, including a tougher regulation that goes far beyond Basel III (a set of reforms developed by the Basel Committee in response to the 2008 financial crisis) and more and better taxation.<br /><br />Yet it will also require much greater government investment and an active industrial strategy to boost exporters. Such a rebalancing is the only way to build a sustainable economic model based on productive investment, not financialised extraction.<br /><br />https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/economy/2018/08/cost-britain-s-bargain-basement-model#ampOUFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-13803052894390012372018-08-08T10:49:29.390+01:002018-08-08T10:49:29.390+01:00https://freebeacon.com/politics/scott-wallace-belo...https://freebeacon.com/politics/scott-wallace-belongs-millionaires-group-seeking-overhaul-americas-framework/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=2f317e743d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_07_11_12_COPY_84&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-2f317e743d-46484777OUFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-63366167039632909972017-04-14T08:38:10.464+01:002017-04-14T08:38:10.464+01:00I am posting Ccmment on behalf of Hanni Sulaiman.
...I am posting Ccmment on behalf of Hanni Sulaiman.<br /><br />Thank you Freddie for this blog and its subject. I tried to put my comments on the blog, but may be because I do not have a membership I could not. So feel free to put this on the blog comments.<br /><br />Fist, it is a nice and confusing subject. I do not blame you as to where to start or separate facts to come to a conclusion.<br />I do admit that my readings and informations may be more limited, but there are things that can be applied by logic.<br />I think speaking of Arabs as a race, they are those people who used to live a nomadic life in the Arab peninsula, before they started to migrate north and westwise during the draught. That is what history mentions. Their origin as they claim goes back to Ismail, the son of Abraham. And I have read somewhere that their original looks and features are more resembled by the present day Yemenis, I.e. Brown skin, slim long nose, etc. You can argue about some of their present day appearance, but do not forget that they have mixed a lot with many different other races or people to give some of their current features. White shin, blue or other coloured eyes, fair hair had never been a character of Arabs. On Their migration, they acquired land, pushed others away probably, and established their small kingdoms or tribal ruling areas. <br />Much later.on, during and after conquering other countries to spread Islam, they invaded and acquired new lands and countries, and during their long rule, forget the dynasties, they imposed their language and culture on others who became actually "Arabs" by practice, in others words "Arabinised". This an outcome of every overtaking of lands or countries by others who can stay and rule it for a long time. For example, native Indians speak English in the north, and Spanish or Portugese in the south; or watching some films or documentaries, you can notice the Portugese effect in Goa in India. So using the term "Arabs" on whoever speaks Arabic is incorrect actually. You cannot say a Sudanese, Somalian, or Nubian bears any of the Arab features. And furthermore, because of the long occupation, getting closer to the powerful makes people acquire the powerful identity over the generations. That is why for example some Egyptians feel proud to have a Turkisk descent or root, and on the same argument you can say that some preferred to be looked at as Arabs rather than something else.<br /><br />As for the difference in language, yes Arabic was a spoken language, they originally had no written alphabet, that is why when the Quran was first written and assembled, it used Syriac or Aramaic letters and writing, with no dots or punctuation, so it could be read differently by different people; and it was during the rule of Imam Ali that dots and punctuation was set so that a words can be read the same by anyone. The rule of language does not make people belong to specific race, because that is imposition. That is why a. North African is different in the looks, and even in the way they pronounce Arabic words, or use local words that are difficult for other Arabs to understand, so Barberians of Moritania, moors of Marakesh,Amazighies of Algeria, or East Africans are difficult to understand; and by the same argument, I am not English just because I speak English.<br />ThanksOUFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-29447403359853944392017-02-20T07:06:47.666+00:002017-02-20T07:06:47.666+00:00Hi Gary, thank you for your response.
From a dist...Hi Gary, thank you for your response.<br /><br />From a distance of just over a century, a clear pattern emerges in view in the consistent nature of German hegemonic intentions towards Europe. For the Germanic race, it seems Imperialism runs along their grain and historically one can go even earlier than Bismarck right back to the formation of the Prussian presence by tracing the dynasty of House of Hohenzollern. <br /><br />That said Imperialism throughout the centuries has translated as galvanising force generating a thrill for power. Despite the British claim to the transfer and instilling of knowledge, civilisation and Christianity. Nations' drive for greatness is to overpower their neighbours through territorial gains (USSR/Russia), economic strength and Race ( Germany), Trade (British) religion and Racial (Ottomans) and or as in the case of the United States Consumerism. <br /><br />The difference with the Germans is that they go about it in the rather less subtle way. Thier robust nature and their warlike attitude eventually give their game away. <br /><br />We don't hear much of Imperialism these days but I believe it is alive and kicking it never seems to leave the human psycheOUFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-71227759767916003812017-02-19T21:03:53.275+00:002017-02-19T21:03:53.275+00:00Dear Fred: Thank you for posting this. I think y...Dear Fred: Thank you for posting this. I think you may be on to something that I confess had escaped me, an American, given our recent electin and the person we and the Kremlin elected. I agree with you there is a historical pattern to Germany's national behavior and the reemergence of (perhaps never buried) Germany's insatiable appetite toward economic and political dominance in Europe.<br /><br />The one flaw in the ointment, to quote an Americanism, Fred, is America's insistance that its European allies in Nato start paying more toward European defence as well as the recent trend toward putting and end to the free trade the Western poweres have prosletized for the past 40 years.<br /><br />As country after country gas seeba very reak drio in the standard of living of its citizens the temptation to protect its industries from cheap foriegn goods is simply too tempting to there electorates. In Europe, unification has seen a division between the industrial north and agricultural (former socialist) south. <br /><br />Even accross thousands of kilometers and one ocean, we in America, noted the Tuetonic bullying Greece experieced during its financial troubles a few years ago. I am certain the experience was noted by Spain, Italy, and the newest members of the EU, the former socialist states in the East.<br /><br />It came as no surprize that Germany set the conditions for Greece's bailout, shoving France aside and leading to a possible "Frexit" if the National Front wins a majority in the Luxemboug Palace as seems likely in a few months.<br /><br />I predict, such seccession from the EU will put Germany in an extremely vulnerable position as Europe and the West rebuild their economies and return to an internally focused society as they reject imports and put up tarriffs and other protectionist measures.<br /><br />This will cause huge worker dislocation in Germany and indeed much of the world, forcing her to face shifting realities with few allies. The result, as we have seen during the 20th century, speaks for itself. <br /><br />I do not believe protectionism works, mind you, Fred. But neither does German style effiency if it means its neighbors have very real fears, and some not so real ones. of a Germanic ruled EU. <br /><br />If that happens as it appears to be happening the entire concept of a European Union will be at risk. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16777516624220954692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-14276457758232641912016-12-06T11:47:57.207+00:002016-12-06T11:47:57.207+00:00Also this comment from Mark Carney, Governor of th...Also this comment from Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England who agrees on the issue of Capitalism and the widening gap between the wealthy and poor.<br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38210169OUFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-961601355744711612016-12-01T12:05:02.888+00:002016-12-01T12:05:02.888+00:00For more on this:
https://www.facebook.com/Theresa...For more on this:<br />https://www.facebook.com/TheresaMayOfficial/<br />Theresa May speaking up in Parliament.OUFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-22459706120089054462016-11-30T17:33:19.129+00:002016-11-30T17:33:19.129+00:00Hi Michael,
I believe the secular regime of Musta...Hi Michael,<br /><br />I believe the secular regime of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk though he was anti-Christian was marked by Turko-nationalism steered Democracy towards Western ideologies down to Romanising the Turkish language. In Turkey today we have what I would call Erdogan-Nationalism masked by Islam just as Saddam of Iraq before him placing 'Allah-Akbar' on the Iraqi flag to garner support for his egotistical causes. <br /><br />If Trump sticks to his words, a big 'if' judging from recent turnarounds, of diluting the importance of NATO, Erdogan's assumed superiority status or Turkish geographical uniqueness ceases in importance. I believe the current American threats to withdraw funds from NATO will bring him down to earth and the ivory tower he is building down with him.<br /><br />As for French loyalty, I would have thought it lies with the French. They do what is right for the French first and others as an afterthought. The scars from the Algerian experience still alive and well in Marseilles, so they see that as incentives but their 'Rights of Man' and Nationalism are proving oxymoron increasingly. How they deal with such extremities, is anybody's guess. With Erdogan huffing and puffing at the door of Europe Blackmailing the West with hordes of immigrants, short of giving him yet more billions of Euros is not keeping quiet. For now the leadership and defence of Europe is by appeasement.<br />OUFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-66692329487002178792016-11-30T01:48:49.835+00:002016-11-30T01:48:49.835+00:00Thank you Fred for this enlightening perspective o...Thank you Fred for this enlightening perspective on Erdogan's politics and strategies. A clever mover and I wonder how much he has in common with the philosophies of Kemal Attaturk? If the EU continues to procrastinate on Turkey's membership, even though Europe relies on Turkey to act as a bulwark against being over run with refugees, it is probable Turkey will look to whoever or where ever it must to get whats best for its country. <br /><br />Does the US harbour wishes to see the economic break up of the EU? The upheaval of all of North African countries threatens to destabilize Europe. It was the US helped establish the Common Market to stabilize Europe, to help with its own expansionist policies and to stop the spread of Communism in Europe. Where does the French loyalties lie at present?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12860529384984922128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-51262771409772499452016-11-02T10:08:19.521+00:002016-11-02T10:08:19.521+00:00Erdoğan, judged by the surgical, and successful in...Erdoğan, judged by the surgical, and successful internal and foreign policies he has proved to be a very shrewd individual. He is bright enough to have secured an excellent EU-Turkey agreement extracting from the 28 members billions of Euros, placed Turkey as key to EU immigration problems, obtained approval for an easier visa requirement for Turkish nationals travelling to Europe and backed by good trade deals. Friends with Israel and Russia after some protracted discussions but both eventually went his way. Above all but maybe dangerous chess game his rapprochement with Putin while putting NATO on the backburner. Amazing stuff in my opinion. His internal struggle with a secularist Army whether stage managed or not made him more of a hero and his use of the social media that he so despises he turned to his advantage deserves an Oscar. <br /><br />Turkey, the sick man of Europe, is no longer since the Eastern question today turned on its head. The question has come to the west to roost, and the amount of money, 2Billion dollars spreading Turkish Islamic culture, the Diyanet,annually is enough to sustain it for a long time to come. <br /><br />Yes, despite Edward Said monumental 'Orientalism' western outlook especially its leaders still have a pixelated view of the Orientals. The indoctrination so gathered from history books and ancient fantasies remain a template hard to blur. Michael, originally from Iraq, I have been in the UK 60 for years, and over those years I had to deal with endless misconceptions none of the attempts worked. It beggars belief how such paradoxes live on and prove hard to change. <br /><br />Turkey will do even better to turn East where a new and expanding market avails itself beside gaining benefit sharing orientalist culture. Such attitude reminds me of the start of the Cold War where George Kennan's Containment policies as a bulwark against Soviet Union spread of Communism is still alive and well for use against Russia today. OUFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-72797093347148351372016-11-01T20:25:42.897+00:002016-11-01T20:25:42.897+00:00Will Erdoğan’s plans conclude in he being seen as ...Will Erdoğan’s plans conclude in he being seen as the sick man of Europe. How far is Turkeys membership application of the EU advanced since his handling of the coup attempt. <br /><br />I have visited Turkey and it was a learning curve similar to Mr Said's assertion on European evaluation of Eastern culture. The EU is only stringing Turkey along and fears the inevitable inclusion of the other Turkish satellite countries ending in 'istan' which would follow a successful application. <br /><br />The disintegration of the Ottoman empire and its associated problems of Iraq and Syria are to be expected. There are too many ingredients to be sure of what the end result may be, and is more unpredictable than an Irish Stew. Smart money is it will be far less palatable. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12860529384984922128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-55521535040072512112016-06-23T06:17:44.548+01:002016-06-23T06:17:44.548+01:00I agree. Let's hope enough others do for a go...I agree. Let's hope enough others do for a good result tonight/tomorrow !Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15217430436098046491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-71984241843602473432016-06-23T06:16:55.380+01:002016-06-23T06:16:55.380+01:00I agree. Let's hope everyone sees sense and w...I agree. Let's hope everyone sees sense and we get a good result tonight/tomorrow.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15217430436098046491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-4297652738927165152015-12-07T22:28:09.031+00:002015-12-07T22:28:09.031+00:00This is the first sentence:
"With Arabs and ...This is the first sentence:<br /><br />"With Arabs and Isis for instance there are many grievances and humiliation suffered at the hands of Imperial powers over the last century."<br /><br />Where is the wrong?OUFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-19035802831514459032015-12-07T21:04:06.774+00:002015-12-07T21:04:06.774+00:00Sorry but you dogged the real issue in the first s...Sorry but you dogged the real issue in the first sentence of your last paragraph. That is a typical statement which I've heard before from many people which is absolute not true.<br /><br />Perhaps the so called crusaders should not have gone to help countries like Kuwait, Afghanistan and the Balkans and left the people of those countries to deal with their own problems!<br />DesertFoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02950649242366994800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-23360849500270775162015-12-07T18:24:20.541+00:002015-12-07T18:24:20.541+00:00
Good question DesertFox and a complicated one but...<br />Good question DesertFox and a complicated one but I will give it my best shot.<br /><br />It could be from a variety of sources. Historically, Communism, Fascism, Nazism and Nationalism come from grievances, economic turmoil, and apprehensiveness. All these forces come in different directions in different strengths largely reflect a certain time. War for instance. To ignite it there ought to be one with charismatic fiery personality such as Hitler who not only very articulate in expressing it but able to group a following. The following, called mass culture would then provide the fuel that propels such a movement.<br /><br />With Arabs and Isis for instance there are many grievances and humiliation suffered at the hands of Imperial powers over the last century. As for Isis their ideology is embedded in religion just as Hitler’s ideology was embedded in Nationalism and Anti-Semitics policies. Mussolini Fascist ideology unique in character involved the State and Nation while Stalin Communist ideology was determined by a classless and property Society under a totalitarian regime.<br />OUFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-2416280297190299002015-12-07T16:59:32.919+00:002015-12-07T16:59:32.919+00:00I don't disagree that it could be an ideology,...I don't disagree that it could be an ideology, but where does it derive from?DesertFoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02950649242366994800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-54235183178270122612015-12-04T06:12:29.340+00:002015-12-04T06:12:29.340+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.OUFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-86152400128780255542015-12-04T06:11:23.507+00:002015-12-04T06:11:23.507+00:00First and foremost I believe there is a need for a...First and foremost I believe there is a need for an overbearing acknowledgement that ISIS is an ideology and is not embodied by one or more entity. However, staying with the same metaphor, it is not so much a snake but a Hydra that has infiltrated the fundamentalist’s psyche in most of Europe. By pulling all the bridges locally would be to strangle it militarily and economically with the hope that it will implode from within. Soldiers on the ground can make that essential difference to bring about the siege effect for isolating this monster. There is every reason this can debilitate the order and set in motion disagreements and divisions that can effectively undermine ISIS credibility world-wide from the inside. A military confrontation as we have currently has no guarantee and as military action no matter how strategic, the objective remains wanting.<br /><br />As I see it the confusion is in the lack of understanding of the enemy. Like Communism and Fascism before it we have another totalitarian order that seem hell-bent in need to flourish on the global stage. To defeat this ideology a clear consensus of opinions need to emerge to find the significant causes of this clash of civilisation. Instead we have so far a clash of worlds playing two different games.<br />OUFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-67444036138790506762015-12-03T17:30:04.605+00:002015-12-03T17:30:04.605+00:00Air strikes alone are not enough. Feet on the grou...Air strikes alone are not enough. Feet on the ground is a waste of good human life. Unless the head of the snake is cut it will continue to run and hide, shed its face and resurface again under a new disguise.DesertFoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02950649242366994800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-43775091045435216472014-04-29T09:30:45.688+01:002014-04-29T09:30:45.688+01:00“A third problem resides in the religion and polit...“A third problem resides in the religion and politics of Islam itself” that I believe is the fundamental flaw in an argument to advocate the compatibility of Islam and democracy. The doctrine of Islamic religion is embedded in its uncompromising structure as it is no longer open to reform or re interpretation. Islam is a religion that must be adhered to without interpretation where the written word remains sovereign. The intellectuals allow for some toleration on interpretation while others mainly fundamentalist the word is taken in its literal and narrow hermeneutical sense leaving no room for freedom which largely underpins Democracy.<br /><br />Ever since the Mongol invasion of Baghdad in the thirteenth century the philosophy centre was destroyed along with most of Baghdad and thousands were put to the sword. Under the ruling Abasid dynasty the intellectual school of thought made up from Muslim, Jewish and Christian philosophers all theologised Islam and gave it meaning beyond the scriptures. It was a gradual reformation towards less monolithic but a more adaptive religion. Unfortunately, the destruction that followed also meant the burning of all the newly acquired knowledge carefully assimilated that never again resurfaced to this day.<br /><br />Today Islam remains rigid, on the surface at least, un-reforming and uncompromising and I believe increasingly used by leaders in the Middle East as carapace for their political indulgence. Democracy with its liberal values can only find this stance difficult to harbour if not impossible unless of course as was the case of the Christian religion towards Reformation period in the sixteenth century the burgeoning separation of powers was taking hold between state and religion that went to initiate Hobesian and Lockean liberal values. Otherwise, I can not see how a mix of spiritual values and the belief in myths and superstition can provide a constructive framework to a political institution that deals with the rights of Man and all that goes with it. The irony of course is the despotic nature of Middle Eastern rule which is a mirror image of the authoritarianism that is manifested in Islam.<br />OUFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-81431153594814664562014-04-28T17:43:54.315+01:002014-04-28T17:43:54.315+01:00In my opinion, democracy and Islam are compatible ...In my opinion, democracy and Islam are compatible - metareligion. Democracy is not violated when a faith is embraced it is violated when a particular belief is imposed or disbelief is punished. But there are a range of issues standing in the way of such a collaboration.<br /><br />The first is the Muslim perception of the West. US and UK foreign policy has been strategically self-defeating, therefore counter-productive in the Middle East. This has caused a variety of undesired consequences (increase in terrorism, violence, political instability, death, disease etc). A lot of Muslims now associate Democracy with such problems, increasing their resentment towards the West and its political system.<br /><br />A second problem would be how those in power in Muslim countries would attempt to implement democracy. Political corruption, nepotism, cronyism .etc. runs rampant in the region. For democracy to work I believe a complete overhaul of the system is needed, which I do not think would be very welcome by the benefiting elites. The problem is whether reformists can find enough room to man oeuvre among the ruler's relationships with state bodies, social elites and foreign powers<br /><br />A third problem resides in the religion and politics of Islam itself. For some Muslims, Democracy is another version of man ruling over man, going against the one rule of God.<br /><br />There is definitely a demand for pluralism, liberalism and democracy. Democracy is the only form of government that can protect human right violations, and preserve a proper role for religion in politics. Yet, Western countries cannot maintain a "one size fits all" solution. It must be adapted to fit the local context to achieve the best results.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15608629173675706021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-56063742984119593942014-04-28T17:42:50.695+01:002014-04-28T17:42:50.695+01:00In my opinion, democracy and Islam are compatible ...In my opinion, democracy and Islam are compatible - metareligion. Democracy is not violated when a faith is embraced it is violated when a particular belief is imposed or disbelief is punished. But there are a range of issues standing in the way of such a collaboration.<br /><br />The first is the Muslim perception of the West. US and UK foreign policy has been strategically self-defeating, therefore counter-productive in the Middle East. This has caused a variety of undesired consequences (increase in terrorism, violence, political instability, death, disease etc). A lot of Muslims now associate Democracy with such problems, increasing their resentment towards the West and its political system.<br /><br />A second problem would be how those in power in Muslim countries would attempt to implement democracy. Political corruption, nepotism, cronyism .etc. runs rampant in the region. For democracy to work I believe a complete overhaul of the system is needed, which I do not think would be very welcome by the benefiting elites. The problem is whether reformists can find enough room to man oeuvre among the ruler's relationships with state bodies, social elites and foreign powers<br /><br />A third problem resides in the religion and politics of Islam itself. For some Muslims, Democracy is another version of man ruling over man, going against the one rule of God.<br /><br />There is definitely a demand for pluralism, liberalism and democracy. Democracy is the only form of government that can protect human right violations, and preserve a proper role for religion in politics. Yet, Western countries cannot maintain a "one size fits all" solution. It must be adapted to fit the local context to achieve the best results.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15608629173675706021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-50243176030180259272013-07-12T16:39:41.709+01:002013-07-12T16:39:41.709+01:00Dear Anonymous,
I am not sure who you are but you...Dear Anonymous,<br /><br />I am not sure who you are but you seem to have the capricious indulgence of moving the goal post. I am lost as to how to respond and which item to respond to; as a consequence we are not going anywhere towards the argument. <br /><br />You have included me in your general and rather dramatic sweeping statements but I don’t think I have at any time given any hint of my speculative ideas. Nor have I been dogmatic enough to encourage ideas or to substantiate speculation as facts. In the meantime, however, let me remind you that eye witnesses can differ in their subjective experiences of observed incidents. No matter how impartial they may think they are; their narratives would inevitably include culturally induced biases and or discriminatory interests. As to whether Democracy will even exist soon or in “couple hundred years” I leave that to a clairvoyant with a crystal ball in absence of an infallible source. All the same this is immaterial and a meaningless exercise to consider as these are quite sweeping statements hopelessly disguised as facts; no matter how clearly you put speculation, their clarity will not morph them into facts.<br />OUFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.com