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Happy Christmas lads

Belated Happy Christmas man! Have a good oul New Year.

Also a great piece of writing here that just might come the closest to articulating some kind of consensus point between those of us who post in this thread... even astfgyl (where are youuuuuu!?).
https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/covid-panic-is-a-site-of-inter-elite?r=6j5l

Lol I'll tell him you were looking for him, last time I was chatting to him I almost convinced him to come back and apply for moderator purely to see how that would pan out

Happy to hear he's grand!

Bigmac posted an article above there which is coming back with the herd immunity thing, maybe that will become reality.

Were you able to read the whole thing? I just wasn't arsed paying for the subscription, and couldn't find similar comments anywhere else.

And where the fuck is Astfgyl?

I was actually only wondering that this evening myself. I was enjoying a lot of the back and forth stuff he was contributing to on here a while back.

I don't suppose anyone here has a subscription to the Business Post to get the gist of what they're on about here in the rest of the article? I can only see the first couple of paragraphs:

https://www.businesspost.ie/coronavirus/acquired-immunity-among-unvaccinated-will-gradually-cause-drop-in-cases-nphet-advisor-says-2a4ddc31

I'd imagine there's a lot more to it than can be garnered from those snippets.

The point still stands that if the footage we all are accustomed with showed an armed black man running away, then being hit over the head with a skateboard  by a white guy, followed by another white guy looming over him with a handgun while he's on the ground, then that black man defending himself from them, the perception of  most people about the whole situation would be wildly different. Nevermind the storm that would have been created by a white man saying to him "shoot me n-word" prior to it all kicking off.

I disagree. The whole point is about trying to understand how the average white American would perceive a non-white teenager wandering around armed with a rifle, which you omit from your scenario.

Fixed it.

I stayed exactly where you brought the topic; three white guys essentially lynching a black guy.

You suggested switching races, not me.

Those two incidents vary significantly in their circumstances, and the only parallel that can really be drawn is that they would both involve 3 white guys and a 'black' guy, so it's of little use.

The point still stands that if the footage we all are accustomed with showed a black man running away, then being hit over the head with a skateboard  by a white guy, followed by another white guy looming over him with a handgun while he's on the ground, then that black man defending himself from them, the perception of  most people about the whole situation would be wildly different. Nevermind the storm that would have been created by a white man saying to him "shoot me n-word" prior to it all kicking off.

Stay on topic.

Rittenhouse cleared, which is the only just outcome.

Your knowledge of the US has to be completely fucked up (which it is) if you think a black or latino guy would have gotten out of an identical situation alive or without spending his life in prison.

If he was black and got attacked by 3 white guys like Kyle did, it would have looked so much like a lynching it'd be interesting to see if he'd ever even go to trial.

Watch what happens though when the hysterics get wind of it.

Just send him back out so.

Slayer tshirts on Saved by the Bell. Seen a Slater tshirt design version of the Slayer logo lately.

Reminds me of my 21st, when my parents wanted to get me a Slayer cake. They probably gave the cake place some vague enough idea about the band, and let them search for an image.

Lo and behold, when the cake was revealed at my birthday, I had AC Slater staring back at me in front of a pentagram, with 'SLATER' in the Slayer style writing. My family didn't know the difference, and thought he was in the band. Still laugh about it to this day.

Really enjoyed both of those new tunes, that bass solo section in the newest one was unexpected and absolutely class.

I'd pay to read a book of your stories Stout 

Same as, he's got such a talent for storytelling. And a near endless amount of material by the sounds of it!

I think I might have anticipated this coming. I think a lot more of my fears which were voiced in this thread for the last 15 months will also prove true in time.

https://twitter.com/ZaraKing/status/1409604121657815045

Imagine this is where we are at. Coercion? Nah

It'll be like trying to get served when you were underage all over again, sticking your photo on your mates vaccine pass to get in and have a cheeky pint.

I'll have to keep modifying this post. My fans can contact me right here ❤️

Good morning Bigmac. How are ya me auld flower?

You're relentless 

All good man, hope the gruel in the gulag isn't too bad.