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cookie's avatar

Portugal people also very passive. Surprised because of the dictatorship for 5 decades. Not sure why!

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Mike Hardwicke's avatar

I have often wondered that too having visited the Algarve in the late 70s and more recently Lisbon in 2013.

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dave luck's avatar

The english way in terms of tolerating situations and hoping ,, and when that fails,, blame someone else,,lol.. Most definitely the english way .

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Ben Rubin's avatar

We ran a global Empire for 200 years. You don't get to do that by tolerating situations and hoping. We've been programmed into believing things about our national character that simply aren't true.

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Ben Rubin's avatar

Hi. I'm not sure what comment you're referring to from Alex - are you able to provide a time in the interview so I can take a listen?

So far as traditional gender roles go... What's wrong with them, exactly? Please spare me accusations of misogyny, it's all getting a bit tired. The observation that men and women are different does not equate to anyone hating women, or men for that matter.

You've also taken my reference to the British Empire well out of context - the point I made is that we used to run a global empire, therefore 'hanging on in quiet desperation' is certainly not the English way. That doesn't therefore mean I want to run a global Empire again in the future. That's a HUGE leap you've taken. Nothing I've said or published at any point should lead you to conclude I'm advocating for globalist imperialism. It's the literal opposite of what I'm advocating for.

Many thanks.

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Ben Rubin's avatar

it is quite literally the Satanic flag - 6 colours instead of 7. Why on earth anyone would think this appropriate for the church is beyond me

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