Recent content by sherbz

I dont need an echo chamber to enforce my views. They are my own and im comfortable with them thank you very much. Do please continue. I am not sure what relevance capitalism has though.

I get the impression many on here are guilty of what many others on the left are guilty of - excusing the actions of left wing dictators because they have some sympathy with the overall ideology. I saw it with students proudly wearing Che Guevara T shirts and flags. A man known for murdering...

Except for Finland - they allied with them :thumbsup: Hitler (and the Nazis) were the losers in the war. And Churchill was right in that the victors in conflicts get to write the history, to an extent. The black book of communism is about as controversial as Hitlers Willing executioners...

My position is far simpler. Killing anyone for political purposes is evil. And ultimately you have to consider the results of these regimes and what they are responsible for. And i think it is beyond doubt that communism has killed more. But it should not be a competition in who is worse...

Depends on how you define it. Other estimates put it at:

Around 100 million people were murdered because of this. And you are saying thats not "that bad"? Really?

Stalin decided that the whole of the middle classes should be wiped out as a class of people. Whether one murders on the basis of race or class makes little difference in my view. Both are equally abhorrent. And communism the world over has killed far more people than Fascism has.

You need to stay off the mushrooms. The centre right in Britain had a complete antipathy of the far right. They saw it as undemocratic and anti liberty - which it was. They also had a complete antipathy for the far left. Which they also saw as undemocratic and anti liberty. The centre left...

Its not really that different from the lefts initial flirtations with Soviet communism really. Which is equally as evil as Fascism IMO. Politicians always say "things" about leaders when it suits them. What matters is policy. He declared war on him. That speaks for itself IMO. Not some...

Oh please. I did my masters at history in looking at various British interpretations of fascism and their reaction to it. And i think it fair to say the conclusions may shock you. Yes it is indeed true that the most vociferous opponents of fascism were those on the centre right. Typified no...

Ironic really that the most vociferous opponents of fascism came not from the political left in this country, but from the political right. I suppose the left liked at least a part of National Socialism (i.e. the socialism). Thats the advantage of being a centrist, you can take the best bits...

On the coronation day in particular? I dont. I dont know if the reasons they were arrested were legitimate or not, not read much about their arrests. If they were arrested just for being from Just Stop oil that is clearly wrong. The police should have to demonstrate criminal intent to arrest...

I thought we had established that what Republic did was not illegal. And they had no criminal intent. They also, therefore, have a legal right to protest in their fashion. Just stop oil do not have a legal right to trash statues, throw paint on snooker tables, or blockade roads.

No, but they do carry stuff they want to throw over various things. Including artwork, snooker tables and statues. The key point being here that they have CRIMINAL INTENT. Republic did not have this. Thats the key difference here.

This was a response to Gorbles - which basically said "they were criminal". Criminal implies they were arrested and charged. They certainly were arrested. But they were not charged. There is a difference there. Albeit a slight one. And the fact the police have admitted they were wrong may...