tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post2703290709020494938..comments2024-03-28T12:21:02.309+00:00Comments on TPQ: The Myanmar DeceptionAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-30536795900809843212017-12-16T23:16:06.278+00:002017-12-16T23:16:06.278+00:00Jim Monaghan, I am afraid an unfortunate side-eff...Jim Monaghan, I am afraid an unfortunate side-effect of the relative comforts brought by the recent Peace is that Nationalists and Republicans have less empathy with persecuted peoples across the globe. <br /><br />The history of a rights-based Republicanism is being obscured by a new bigotry and narrow-mindedness.<br /><br />Although, many have good intentions, their politics can't help butSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029656112153509987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-60906982288780720162017-12-16T17:46:50.672+00:002017-12-16T17:46:50.672+00:00This is not a good article. Demonising a populatio...This is not a good article. Demonising a population group because of their religion. What next, demonising a population group closer to home as Mad Catholics bent on imposing Rome rule. Here is some background. Burma/Myanmar: The Rohingya Migrant Crisis – A backgrounder<br />Wednesday 13 September 2017, by ALBERT Eleanor<br /><br />Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority groupJim Monaghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635818018396834327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-38147923473571507352017-11-28T15:30:57.545+00:002017-11-28T15:30:57.545+00:00Good points but why are you portraying Islamists t...Good points but why are you portraying Islamists to be a creation of the West only? They are like that not because of the West but because of their religion. Their dealings with the British has got nothing to do with their intentions. Muslim leaders have been pushing for islamic takeover of Myamnar for decades. Also it is not a good idea to portray dictators and terror lovers like Gaddafi as Sceptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648621382826018438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-15984359358748236632017-11-23T03:11:17.578+00:002017-11-23T03:11:17.578+00:00Interesting post from Myanmar.
http://www.elevenm...Interesting post from Myanmar.<br /><br />http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/local/12524Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-12619482715449482472017-11-21T00:48:45.931+00:002017-11-21T00:48:45.931+00:00@Simon
Regarding my reference to "Human Slaug...@Simon<br />Regarding my reference to "Human Slaughterhouse" report, I notice now that I mistakenly posted another link than the one I'd originally intended (sorry about that - although I do stand over that original link!). This is the one I meant to post which goes into greater detail on the poor methodology used by Amnesty: <a rel="nofollow">https://www.activistpost.com/2017/02/flemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01323923333438970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-77122197053500398682017-11-21T00:47:38.211+00:002017-11-21T00:47:38.211+00:00@Simon
I have to say from the tone of your respons...@Simon<br />I have to say from the tone of your response I'm now getting the sense that instead of striving to keep an open mind, you've decided to re-inforce those blinkers and are nit-picking my response to find reasons to justify to yourself your own safer, more reassuring world view! <br /><br />Your quote from the Counterpunch article I linked to shows the author using rhetoric to flemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01323923333438970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-54219934984429720652017-11-20T21:07:30.147+00:002017-11-20T21:07:30.147+00:00obviously ur not familiar with the talmud. if u wa...obviously ur not familiar with the talmud. if u want to know what racial hatred is - its in there in abundance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-65611596164193848572017-11-20T20:49:21.931+00:002017-11-20T20:49:21.931+00:00Barry, lol, that headgear must be a bit tight? Don...Barry, lol, that headgear must be a bit tight? Dont give up the day job. Dear oh dear.Wolfe tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240967708414139476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-22691251226459013482017-11-19T22:38:20.237+00:002017-11-19T22:38:20.237+00:00Flem "I would hope though that at this point ...Flem "I would hope though that at this point you wouldn't be so emphatically dismissive of the notion that human rights organisations could be "supposedly independent non-governmental agencies but in reality components of the imperialist matrix" as you were in your original comment. ;) "<br /><br />I am afraid my original position remains. In fact the first links you put Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029656112153509987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-16923548096223153992017-11-19T17:18:16.057+00:002017-11-19T17:18:16.057+00:00@Simon,
I've tried scouring the net for the re...@Simon,<br />I've tried scouring the net for the rebuttal which Prof. Boyle refers to but to no avail. Not to say it's not out there in some form - perhaps you can find it? - but I do tend to wonder, if the rebuttal was that substantive, wouldn't reposts of it be more readily available in order for his distactors to discredit his claims? I'm just speculating of course.<br />You flemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01323923333438970989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-60925036922053069942017-11-19T17:16:11.715+00:002017-11-19T17:16:11.715+00:00Wolfe Tone
I condemn Saudi actions in Yemen as mu...Wolfe Tone<br /><br />I condemn Saudi actions in Yemen as much as I do Assad's mass slaughter in Syria because iu am not into the business of moral equivalence or relativism. Your "buck eejit" and "rabid Brit" jibes say more about yourself than they do about me. Perhaps you are suffering from some sort of secret identity crisis; or something you are secretly ashamed off.Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-63555092245957318672017-11-19T13:37:47.813+00:002017-11-19T13:37:47.813+00:00Barry, eh February? That's a good while ago ff...Barry, eh February? That's a good while ago ffs. Anyway I have better things to do than debate with an obvious Buck eejit and/or a rabid Brit. Btw, I knew you wouldn't read the link I posted but simply decided to bless me with your empathy. Thanks but no thanks. Spreading Eurocentric propaganda isn't cool because you'll often become distracted from other conflicts the eurocentricsWolfe tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240967708414139476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-2234869547249097902017-11-19T12:46:34.563+00:002017-11-19T12:46:34.563+00:00if moses mordechai levy was such an authority on t...if moses mordechai levy was such an authority on the proletariat, how come we know him as karl marx. same with lev bronstein (trotsky). maybe its a jewish thing barry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-77369877620576249032017-11-19T09:02:36.949+00:002017-11-19T09:02:36.949+00:00barry, i presume because his life is in danger fro...barry, i presume because his life is in danger from the anti-humans. anti-human bankers tend to be from the tribe. thats just a fact - sorry if it upsets some of u. cromwell was financed by them. so too was strongbow. my bad for bringing that up i suppose. i know my history. u guys watch hollywood and label anyone who critically thinks as an anti-semite or conspiracy theorist. Ernst Zundel rip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-19563139535338387592017-11-19T00:13:55.773+00:002017-11-19T00:13:55.773+00:00Grouch
If David Cole is such an authority on Nazi...Grouch<br /><br />If David Cole is such an authority on Nazi death camps why did he change his identity thus:<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/03/david-stein-cole-holocaust-revisionist<br /><br />Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-37028246037376177152017-11-18T21:13:24.627+00:002017-11-18T21:13:24.627+00:00Barry,
Racist views are permissible. We are loath...Barry,<br /><br />Racist views are permissible. We are loathe to suppress any opinion that is not personally abusive. We carry opinion that we find toxic. We have allowed people who both back the state of Israel and advocate nuking Iran to have their say. In my view the expression of racist or anti-Semitic opinion is invariably more damaging to the person enunciating the view than those against AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-5179740053036233332017-11-18T18:23:16.997+00:002017-11-18T18:23:16.997+00:00Grouch
I am surprised that some one with such ope...Grouch<br /><br />I am surprised that some one with such open racial prejudices is allowed to post on this forum. i am always up for evidence based arguments on Israel/Palestine and any other issue but i do not engage on equal terms with bigots such as your self who spew racist and anti-semitic hate speech and base their political outlook entirely on your disgusting prejudices. i really hope Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-39576004486912278332017-11-18T17:13:37.689+00:002017-11-18T17:13:37.689+00:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7oGx2dImE8
this t...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7oGx2dImE8<br />this takes away the pain every time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-51348130197500302942017-11-18T14:39:14.503+00:002017-11-18T14:39:14.503+00:00Barry gilheaney(always makes me chuckle that), you...Barry gilheaney(always makes me chuckle that), you didn't address my question but rather provided the bog standard riposte I.e conspiracism and reinforced it with a Guardian(cough cough me thinks they were involved in lying too during previous 'interventions'?) article. Pathetic stuff altogether. Btw, that so called gulag you mentioned was backed up by pure hearsay and CGI's and Wolfe tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240967708414139476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-75653908518708632017-11-18T12:00:08.350+00:002017-11-18T12:00:08.350+00:00http://www.eliewieseltattoo.com/the-evidence/photo...http://www.eliewieseltattoo.com/the-evidence/photographic-evidence/gigantic-fraud-carried-out-for-wiesel-nobel-prize/<br /><br />elie , he lie and lie and lie. but guess what, hes only obeying his religion. the talmud encourages this behaviour. are you familiar with the talmud barry?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-29403826858932386942017-11-18T10:08:11.157+00:002017-11-18T10:08:11.157+00:00barry, uve been brainwashed since birth. "dav...barry, uve been brainwashed since birth. "david irving" - sorry, wrong david, check out david cole's ( a jew ) documentary on auschwitz. the best writers, commentators on jews are jews.(brother nathaniel, professor dommergue) i listen to them first. but u probably wont, because uve been conditioned to react in certain ways to the word - jew, holocaust, nazi and conspiracy theorist Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-48959153501612325272017-11-18T00:13:14.508+00:002017-11-18T00:13:14.508+00:00Wolfe Tone
This is the evidence of the Syrian Gul...Wolfe Tone<br /><br />This is the evidence of the Syrian Gulag that I referred to earlier though I guess you will back on some conspiracist or circumstantial explanation that the David Irvings of this world rely on.<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/01/they-were-torturing-to-kill-inside-syrias-death-machine-caesarBarry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-84538560569025676582017-11-18T00:03:11.160+00:002017-11-18T00:03:11.160+00:00Wolfe Tone
I cannot help noticing that the White ...Wolfe Tone<br /><br />I cannot help noticing that the White Supremacist Neo-Nazi who drove his truck into the anti-fascist demonstrators in Charlottesville had pro-Assad material amongst other far right memorabilia in his possession. Sounds like a kindred spirit of your good self. And btw i still believe to Assad to be a mass murderer and can cite the evidence of the torture Gulag that 13,000 Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-90139703256933895592017-11-17T23:41:43.383+00:002017-11-17T23:41:43.383+00:00Flem, Do you have links to any rebuttals by his fo...Flem, Do you have links to any rebuttals by his former colleagues? You said "Surely when a once top-level Amnesty insider has made such grave claims, it's pause for thought that maybe Amnesty may not be the organisation you assumed it was?" That argument applies equally to those top-level insiders past or present who would disagree.<br /><br />It is always vital to hear both sides Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029656112153509987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-89787003101820362682017-11-17T20:42:43.504+00:002017-11-17T20:42:43.504+00:00@Simon
I'd be interested to hear what your tak...@Simon<br />I'd be interested to hear what your take is on the testimony of whistleblower Prof. Francis Boyle who served as a member of Amnesty USA's board of directors during the 80s/90s. His time there left him to conclude that: <br />"Amnesty International and AIUSA function as tools for the imperialist, colonial and genocidal policies of the United States, Britain, and Israel..flemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01323923333438970989noreply@blogger.com