Rosie Wench's Cottage

“I hate Isreal so much it’s unreal”

without definitionally meaning

“I hate the sole place on earth made to be safe for Jews”

and

“I hate the country known for housing half the Jews on the planet”

which is easily understood to mean

“I hate Jews”

Especially when you talk about the country and its people using antisemitic language.

But, it's perfectly possible to do this without saying that said country shouldn't exist, and without wishing death on the people of the country.

Usually, when criticism is needed, it tends to be the government and/or the armed forces of a nation that is at fault.

That's not the sum total of a nation. A nation surely is The People, whose shared life on, or at least beginning on a particular piece of land, that is a nation.

Government merely keeps the nation operational and the armed forces defend it.

“I hate Isreal so much it’s unreal”

without definitionally meaning

“I hate the sole place on earth made to be safe for Jews”

and

“I hate the country known for housing half the Jews on the planet”

which is easily understood to mean

“I hate Jews”

Especially when you talk about the country and its people using antisemitic language.

Young girls, not only raped but tortured too and treated like they somehow deserved it.

Yes. Diabolical crimes like this can be committed by people of any race, of either sex, from any nation and any cultural background. All true.

That Has Never Been The Point.

The point is that if White British Men commit crime this serious (and yes, I believe there has been something similar to this with a gang of White guys).

Our response as a nation is, as it should be, focused completely on the victims, their need for Justice, their need to be helped to somehow find a way to go on living. We want the criminals caught and off the streets. If anyone tries to cover up for them, we despise that.

But with these Rape Gangs, it hasn't gone that way.

OK. I agree entirely that The Muslim Community in general should not pay a price for this crime. Not in the least.

Anyone who attacks innocent members of the Muslim Community has committed a crime and should pay the price for it.

BUT. The fact that these men are Pakistani, from a particular tribal region in Northern Pakistan is deeply relevant.

Culturally these men, their families, their tribe see those White British, Sikh and Hindu British girls as fair targets.

We need to know this. We need to be making it clear that in Britain, we have laws, and expect those laws to be kept, regardless of tribal culture.

Politicians, Media, Police have been far too concerned with the risk of being called Islamophobic to delve into these men's motivations.

And because these White Girls have come from deeply troubled, financially impoverished backgrounds. It's all too easy for The Powers that be to dismiss them as not worth troubling over.

Who's going to make an outcry about it, after all? No one powerful enough to cause real trouble.

I disagree strongly with Julie Bindel on many matters. But in this, I'm with her all the way. Like the splendid and tireless Maggie Oliver, Ms Bindel thinks nothing of making it clear that social class has played way more role than it should have, in how much The Authorities care or rather don't care.

As for flags. Since when did it become a 'problem' for people to want to fly their own national flag? (Especially as other flags are apparently perfectly OK.)

And if flying one's own national flag is seen as a 'problem', most people across the world would be up in arms about it.

sources : NPR, ABC News

What my Mum thinks when I don't answer the telephone.

(black) I'm dead

(green) I'm dying

This week, The Princess Royal joined sailors and spectators on the Isle of Wight to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Cowes Week.

Founded in 1826, the event in Cowes attracts over 60,000 visitors and more than 5,000 sailors across hundreds of yachts, each year.

Her Royal Highness kicked off the regatta by firing the cannon which sends the first fleet into the Solent.

The Princess - who is Admiral of the Royal Yacht Squadron, Patron of the Island Sailing Club, and Patron of UKSA - saw how the regatta is run for the thousands of competitors across more than 40 classes.

The best cricket ground in the world?

All most of us as asking for in return, is for biological reality to be recognised, and for disagreements to be handled with dignity and courtesy.

You can live as a trans woman or a trans man, and I'm not going to care. Just so long as we're reading from the same page.

Live as a woman, whilst being biologically male. Just don't expect me to see you as exactly the same as me.

This is not a criticism. It's just factual. Woman = Female.

You're a trans woman, with your own experiences, bodily and socially. I can work with that.

Live as a man whilst being biologically female. Just don't expect to be seen as the exact same as men.

Not a criticism, just fact. Man = Male.

You're a trans man with your own experiences.

If you still menstruate and if you get pregnant these are the female experiences that link you with womanhood rather than manhood, and you shouldn't be surprised that people say this.