Wandering Off Topic

[G-Unit]

You do care, you care so much that you had to make a “let me be absolutely clear” speech earlier.  You know when politicians do that they’re about to spout a load of disingenuous nonsense.

Personal attacks on me will always get a reaction.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Personal attacks on me will always get a reaction.

Why, when you don’t care what people think?

[G-Unit]

Why, when you don’t care what people think?

I can't congratulate you on your debating skills, but you're really good at goading, deliberately misunderstanding and casting aspersions imo.

I don't care what people think about WW2. Neither do I care what certain people think about me. When their thoughts on me are expressed in words on a public forum they will be strongly challenged and refuted.

[Vertigo Swirl]

I can't congratulate you on your debating skills, but you're really good at goading, deliberately misunderstanding and casting aspersions imo.

I don't care what people think about WW2. Neither do I care what certain people think about me. When their thoughts on me are expressed in words on a public forum they will be strongly challenged and refuted.

  Those last two sentences completely contradict each other IMO.  That’s not deliberately misunderstanding or goading, it’s simply my opinion.  If you don’t like it, tough.

[Vertigo Swirl]

So if the UK didn't have any 'best' universities it would be unworthy of being loved?

This is an example of deliberately misunderstanding a post ^^^. Poor debating too, by employing a complete strawman.  IMO.

[sadie]

I hope you enjoyed your rant.

The problem is simple.  Guernica has SFA to do with the current state of affairs in Portugal

Are you always so insensitive, or is it just on this topic ?

Have you ever seen the massive original of Guernicia?  A more moving piece of artistry and history, I have never seen before, or since.  It's been many decades since I saw it, but that picture shook me to the roots and gave me an understanding of the depths that man can sink to.



As Brietta says, "a picture is worth more than a thousand words"...  and she is right, far from 'misrepresenting' fascism, Picassos  ' Guernica ' has the epitome of the evils of the fascism which our parents' generation fought a war against.

It is a truly profound painting.  Everyone should try and see it IMO ... and let it put fascism in its rightful place.

[Eleanor]

I think you’re just lonely.  It seems like you need the attention and thrive on it.  I think you care enough about our sparring posts to keep on replying, which means you need me and want me to respond.  When you stop responding I will take it as a sign that I was wrong, otherwise you will just keep on proving me right.

Everyone wants someone to respond, don't they?  Although this doesn't necessarily involve any great need.

[ShiningInLuz]

Are you always so insensitive, or is it just on this topic ?

Have you ever seen the massive original of Guernicia?  A more moving piece of artistry and history, I have never seen before, or since.  It's been many decades since I saw it, but that picture shook me to the roots and gave me an understanding of the depths that man can sink to.



As Brietta says, "a picture is worth more than a thousand words"...  and she is right, far from 'misrepresenting' fascism, Picassos  ' Guernica ' has the epitome of the evils of the fascism which our parents' generation fought a war against.

It is a truly profound painting.  Everyone should try and see it IMO ... and let it put fascism in its rightful place.

So what?

The McCanns should be castigated for wining and dining out each evening in Franco's far right state?

Ooops, but Franco died over 40 years ago.  He's been dug up and reburied since.  All vaguely near Madrid, the capital of Spain.

Perhaps the McCanns should have taken this fascism into account, and taken Madeleine to Center Parcs, rather than the SPAIN she was never in.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Everyone wants someone to respond, don't they?  Although this doesn't necessarily involve any great need.

Want, need, something’s at the bottom of it, something not very edifying I’m sure (and I include myself in that).

[Eleanor]

Want, need, something’s at the bottom of it, something not very edifying I’m sure (and I include myself in that).

Me too also.  But I am long used to being ignored.  I have come to the conclusion that I am just plain boring.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Did someone say something?

[Vertigo Swirl]

So what?

The McCanns should be castigated for wining and dining out each evening in Franco's far right state?

Ooops, but Franco died over 40 years ago.  He's been dug up and reburied since.  All vaguely near Madrid, the capital of Spain.

Perhaps the McCanns should have taken this fascism into account, and taken Madeleine to Center Parcs, rather than the SPAIN she was never in.

There’s a lot to be said for fascism in Franco’s Spain.  My parents took me and my baby sister there in 1973, and left us all alone in our apartment for hours while the went to the next town to watch a bullfight.  We weren’t kidnapped once, and even my baby sister (9 months old at the time) survived the experience.  The same cannot be said for the bull.

[Eleanor]

Did someone say something?

No.  Just talking to myself again.

[Mr Gray]

Personal attacks on me will always get a reaction.

You've made it clear that you refuse to recognise the actions if the British armed forces being pivotal in securing a free Europe for the benefit of hundreds of millions of people. For liberating the concentration camps.

I find that very odd .

[G-Unit]

Are you always so insensitive, or is it just on this topic ?

Have you ever seen the massive original of Guernicia?  A more moving piece of artistry and history, I have never seen before, or since.  It's been many decades since I saw it, but that picture shook me to the roots and gave me an understanding of the depths that man can sink to.



As Brietta says, "a picture is worth more than a thousand words"...  and she is right, far from 'misrepresenting' fascism, Picassos  ' Guernica ' has the epitome of the evils of the fascism which our parents' generation fought a war against.

It is a truly profound painting.  Everyone should try and see it IMO ... and let it put fascism in its rightful place.

It's still irrelevant to the discussion though.