Twas a little harder to get from Australia to Europe back then.

Yeah. Family ought to travel cattle class like the rest of us unless they pay.

Jesus trump is an idiot

It depends. If you're from one of those large areas like northern Queensland the only practical way to travel is flying and you may have to take lots of flights to see your constituents. Versus inner city Melbourne just get in a car. But $100k jaunts to the UN seem totally wayout.

It's kinda like out of a DnD module the magnificent central meeting point of the corridors in the evil wizards lair. Just love it.

I'm sure there are many Jews all over the world who think their actions in Gaza are justified. Al Qaeda operatives believe some sort of justification. I think this moral, social defense is inbuilt into our tribal nature. Which begs how do we avoid the next massacre?

Even the Germans had hard trouble admitting it was the general army raping, murdering and pillaging across Russia in WW2 not just the SS. The Japanese still don't study their own war crimes. It's every tribe ours included, it's human nature.

@faisalalyafai.bsky.social you ask good questions. When you ask why do people defend or ignore bad behaviour I think it's our tribal nature kicking in. "Our boys" are good if they do bad it's "rogue" behaviour. It's unsociable to talk about our boys as being bad.

When Lynzy says the Afghans thought no one cared in America they are mostly right. A few cared but an awful lot did not and do not give two hoots. Especially the powerful. Australia has even let off the hook a special forces war criminal of our own.

That's a strange phrase to remove, it would implicitly allow South Korean nuclearization. I'll bet that's something the Chinese do not want. Nukes 5 minutes from Beijing.

Or should it be El Bombres?

Is that Spanish for Bombers?

My Dad knew/met Sam when Sam was a salesman and said he would spout any old bullshit to get the sale. Had zero respect for him. I dunno why anyone listens to anything he says.

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