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Tal Lessner

Bond could have instead murdered her - sorry killed with his licence to kill - and it would have been fine of course. My point is not about the morality of the actions in the film, but about depicting rape as a pleasant comical form of seduction. And even by mid 60s moral/legal standards, these are...

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Don't get me started on Pepe Le Pue Also Bladerunner but as she is a replicant maybe she don't count Pepe le Pew is a caricature on predatory behaviour The Blade Runner scene is made in a way to make the viewer uncomfortable and be perfectly aware it's fucked up. Irreversible (read a bit about it) ...

Tal Lessner

Goldfinger & Thunderball, probably the two most successful Bond films, should be banned for glorifying rape. (And I don't mean just the general Bond misogynistic rape culture, I mean outright rape). By banned I don't mean making it illegal to view, only that no streaming service / tv channel sh...

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Goldfinger & Thunderball, probably the two most successful Bond films, should be banned for glorifying rape. (And I don't mean just the general Bond misogynistic rape culture, I mean outright rape). By banned I don't mean making it illegal to view, only that no streaming service / tv channel sho...

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https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-says-icc-decisions-will-not-affect-israels-actions-set-dangerous-2024-04-26/ Don't think this recent ICC development will help much, but hopefully will get some international (mostly American) pressure on this weak, crazy, easily pressured excuse o...

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https://youtu.be/6guv0bzrIyk?si=kkmkweB8UfThw5IA

Loved the finale. A brilliant take on the Seinfeld one.

Tal Lessner

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:36 pm Australian Pink Floyd are probably better than the original Members now.

That is what I call an unpopular opinion

Probably true, since without Syd Barrett they were boring as fuck.

Tal Lessner

National level proportionality is hard to achieve without doing away with candidate-based voting. Democracy shouldn't just be about party brands. A compromise would be to have larger constituencies with five or six MPs to elect using a system like STV, which achieves PR without requiring candidates...

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I wonder about the logic behind the UK system though, I'm all for a parliamentary system where parliament elects the head of government. But what's the point of the constituencies? How is it fair that a party get 43% of votes but 56% MP seats, or 12% of the votes and only 1.7% of the MPs? I get the ...

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:14 am Good tribute bands are better to see live than the original band if that band was from the 70s or early 80s

I saw many 60s-80s artists in the past 20 years, most of them were still great performers and no tribute band, as good as it is, can get even close.

Tal Lessner

Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:50 pm Not quite appalling as Owen Jones's latest brain rot though, which is that Germany are only supporting Israel because of the Holocaust.

Why appalling? It's quite true

Tal Lessner

But then you look at shit like this from the left side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jBHvx7POz8 How hard is it to say that a call for genocide is hate speech and harassment regardless of context? How ridiculously insane do you have to be (and these are deans of three ivy league universities!) h...

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Well my mum was Jewish so I don't consider myself a gentile but a mudblood, Jew at best I say Benni as I'm don't always spell his surname right Ignore the gentile thingie, was just wondering about the Benni name, considering everybody in Israel refers to him as Bibi, also in the US. Just use the ni...

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I think I addressed these points, and was quite specific what bothered me about them, otherwise you wouldn't have thought I was including you there. I understand where you're coming from also. I just think that some of your comments are outrageous while intentionally ignoring key facts. And that's t...

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Watching them today, Curb is probably funnier than Seinfeld. But that's mostly affected by time. Seinfeld (the show) is 35 years old, at its time it was more groundbreaking and funnier than its contemporaries. Also today I find it funny as hell, especially considering it was on public tv (no swearin...

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Would the last person defending Israel please turn off the lights. Never would defend Benni Until I got to this forum, I didn't know you gentiles refer to Bibi as Benni. I just refer to him as "that insane guy who holds Israel hostage and will continue shitting everything up until he dies (hop...

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Sure, and I wonder if you include me in that "all in" thing based on things said earlier. But I absolutely do not support Hamas. I criticise Israel in particular because the UK and a lot of western countries support it and there is (though getting less so) disagreement and debate over whe...

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I was talking with a friend of mine a couple of days ago, following an argument we had (mostly him, I give up on idiots after one message) with other members of some Formula 1 Whatsapp group following Hamilton latest Gaza comments. He was considered there self hating, anti Israeli, disgusting etc, j...

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Not that he's in it all the time, but the death of Richard Lewis probably makes it less likely if anything. Bob Einstein died, (Marty Funkhouser) and he was in it more regularly than Richard I think unless David gets killed off in the end then even if he ends up in jail, as is likely he could do an...

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I have been watching the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Brilliant as usual although not as good as previous seasons. Also watched Season 1 of Barry with Bill Hader which is excellent. Can't wait to watch the rest. I think the current final series of Curb is as brilliant as its predecessors. He...

Tal Lessner

I really love both Yes (Prime) Minister and the Iannucci political series/films.
The fact that a despicable woman liked something I like isn't a good enough reason to stop liking it.

Tal Lessner

What's so iconic about the Abbey Road album cover? It's just some people walking. Basically it's the greatest album ever made. So whatever cover it would have had, it would have been iconic. But regardless, the Beatles walking outside their recording studio on the last album they recorded there - I...

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Sun King is a blatant rip off of Albatross and these are two totally separate and distinct songs. Inspired by I'd say. I doubt they set out to copy it. Well there are lots of songs that sound similar by accident. Particularly riffs In this case, not by accident. GEORGE 1987: "At the time, 'Alb...

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I haven't mentioned Owen Jones for a while, and I don't rely on him. I just think he puts points across well sometimes. The last video I linked to was from the ICJ. My arguments aren't one-dimensional and I have in any case explained why I have focused more on criticising Israel. You "play the...

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But probably not whilst Benni is still in charge He's an incurable disease. It's unbelievable how much Bibi just openly shows he cares much more about his political position than about the country he "leads" during crisis. Main problem is that he has begun to genuinely believe the shit hi...

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I get where you're coming from, we probably do agree on most stuff. But I just find some of your arguements way too one dimensional. Also, there are quite a lot reliable sources to justify your position, but you seem to go back time and time again to some demagogue who seems to extract his knowledge...

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I think it's best described as a clear call for the destruction of the state of Israel. Either just a "soft" destruction of the regime, or outright ethnic cleansing, doesn't matter. Making out new complicated meanings to defend idiots? I pass. Would a single secular state in the region wi...

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I think it's best described as a clear call for the destruction of the state of Israel. Either just a "soft" destruction of the regime, or outright ethnic cleansing, doesn't matter.

Making out new complicated meanings to defend idiots? I pass.

Tal Lessner

I don't think the term antisemitism is a problem. It is literally inaccurate, but it has taken the known meaning of racism against Jews. So no problem and the term itself doesn't make it more weaponisable than any other term representing hate towards a certain group. About antisemitism used to count...

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And about the ongoing war, I think people have to remember that one side is led by an insane narcissists, who doesn't seem to care about his own people or in conducting the war to some conclusion, knowing that if the war ends now, he's politically dead. So his actions are purely political, against t...

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You can be anti zionist but not an anti semite There is a Jews against Zionism group The same as beeing anti Nazi and not anti German Anti Zionism nowadays is almost as meaningless as Zionism. And in both cases, it's usually just some term to hide behind some fascist, racist or just ignorant agenda...

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what is the meaning of being a Zionist and why should the war that's currently happening against Palestine sparking a lot a heated debate? With simple quick research I've received the idea that Zionism is the idea of the Jewish people wanting to have their own nation About the Zionism bit, it's a p...

Tal Lessner

OK, that's starting to sound more reasonable now.

Tal Lessner

Cheers Gavin, note that none of what I wrote in reply to Fiona contradicts anything I wrote previously to you.
My issue with what you wrote was the downplaying of the magnitude of the 7/10 attack, and downplaying Hamas' involvement and objectives, both in the attack and as the government of Gaza.

Tal Lessner

Fiona, I don't think it's Israel's intent to render Gaza inhabitable, had it been that case, they would have stuck with just aerial bombing instead of the casualties of sending infantry into Gaza. I don't think any child in the history had any responsibility for a war breaking out. Same goes to many...

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No question that Israel is shite and criminals in relation to the West Bank or Gaza. Absolute villains. I know, and have always been vocal about it. But the 07.10 attack changed everything. This is a war, a war that should not end until Hamas lays down its weapons and relinquishes all control in Gaz...

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The beheaded babies story was one of the headline things that people would keep bringing up, including Marc on this forum. The doubt is about the massive difference between Hamas and the Israeli authorities, and there have been multiple stories of Israel abusing, and even raping Palestinian prisone...

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Can't delete?

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It is also worth noting that some of the specific claims about the Hamas terrorist attack (including beheading babies) are unsubstantiated . While this doesn't make them in any way acceptable, it does cast doubt on this supposed massive difference between the two terrorist organisations involved he...

Tal Lessner

Gavin, you seem to ignore a couple of important facts here. The Hamas attack on 7th October was not just a terrorist operation, it was a coordinated attack, by thousands of infantry soldiers, and artillery, for the purpose of invading another country and executing as many (over a 1,000) civilians as...

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