tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post196267713473506166..comments2024-03-28T10:14:23.792+00:00Comments on call me ishmael: The Sunday Ishmael 9/01/2022call me ishmaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-5570525409388735182022-01-10T10:49:20.369+00:002022-01-10T10:49:20.369+00:00Slavery continues to flourish, particularly in the...Slavery continues to flourish, particularly in the Gulf States, where young black women are enticed to leave family and village on the promise of lucrative employment, but find themselves working for a wealthy family non-stop and sleeping under the table. It exists in Britain. The Office for National Statistics tells us that there were 5,144 modern slavery offences recorded by the police in England and Wales in the year ending March 2019. <br />I'm with the frighteningly clever Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh. Slavery is a bad thing, demeaning slaves and their owners. Such a shame these woke "young" people do not concern themselves with the enslavement and abuse of people here and now, in their own country, their own time, their own city.<br />My purpose here was not to support the preservation of ugly statues to historic businessmen, but to support the rule of law. This verdict by an exceptionally stupid and over-emotional jury has given the green light to rioting and the destruction of property. What the fuck has the death of George Floyd at the knee of an American cop in America got to do with the deliberations of an English jury considering an act of criminal damage in Bristol? Fortunately, no-one was hurt; but that such things can happen with impunity should make us all shiver.<br />I am not physically able to defend myself, my dog, my car and my property against a determined mob. That is why we have police, the courts and the rule of law. Or had.mrs ishmaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-23505616827460053322022-01-10T07:26:08.327+00:002022-01-10T07:26:08.327+00:00Down Here, mr Djocovic has just been released. I&#...Down Here, mr Djocovic has just been released. I'm not one of his fans, but his treatment down here has been an absolute disgrace, totally politically driven (there was a public backlash against his exemption, and then our PM Morrison waded in with his big mouth - this is an election year). The judge spoke quite pointedly, and gave the Govt 2 fucks. All in all, very refreshing.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-6572322762221301652022-01-09T23:46:26.134+00:002022-01-09T23:46:26.134+00:00It isn't just the jurors fault though, is it, ...It isn't just the jurors fault though, is it, mr mike? "Be on the right side of history." Is about a ha'p'orth short of a threat. I'd birch the bastard who uttered it. And I'd kick the arse of the Judge who let it by without rebuke.<br /><br />Our real problem is the destruction of honour and truth. Consider slavery. Slavery existed in every nation from the beginning of the world until about 150 years ago when the Fucking Brits decided to end it! And then the Yanks very nearly laid their New Jerusalem on the altar of completely ending it. But nobody dare say this - except here.<br /><br />All is villainy and fact-checked cant. We need some hangings. Andy Pandy first, Crazy nancy second, fox-killing Jocyln next...mongoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-76039365429442748762022-01-09T22:42:09.542+00:002022-01-09T22:42:09.542+00:00The fault in the Colston case lies with the jury. ...The fault in the Colston case lies with the jury. They must have had a collective IQ still in single figures. If the appeal is heard by a judge only, then I can see how it cannot be overturned. A barrister once told me that far from 12 good men and true, juries were a lottery, and easily swayed. Can't completely blame the lawyers: for a thousand an hour I would argue black is white, and they get paid regardless of result. Forget any notion of justice, for starters. Consider the Assange case.Mikenoreply@blogger.com