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That makes incredibly grim reading.

Agreed, which does again bring us back to the general point I made in the OP, which was generously elaborated on further below.

And their organs would be much more useful in someone else's body, too. Another benefit.

Well, I was thinking more of individual examples of directed violence by such fundamentalists against "other" groups, yes (of which there are quite a few). But on the general topic, @Finnegan above pretty much explains it further very accurately and in detail.

Got it, thank you. Was curious as to whether there was any other wider benefit.

Honest question here; what is the benefit of a SAS ISA over a cash ISA to the individual and other people, other than (possibly) a greater rate of return?

Possibly because he's the "Ashley Giles" option - great for holding up an end and taking a few wickets when the conditions are good, but not a game changer often as someone like Swann was. To be honest this has been a fault in the England lineup for a very long time - for some reason we've not really been able to produce world class spinners in the degree that other places have done.

Absolutely. Their attitude towards the rights of everyone who isn't one particular demographic is utterly medieval.

... this is absolutely true (in terms of attitude, rather than simply methods), with no possible examples to indicate otherwise?

Well, I guess I'll let other posters and the mod powers that be be the judges of that. I'm happy to accept their judgement either way. This is the Unpopular Opinions thread after all and I stand by every word I said. I can substantiate it, too, if that isn't possibly crossing a line as well. Exactly. Why get your own hands personally dirty when you have the system can do all the work of control and enforcement for you? Much cleaner, much more deniable. The attitudes remain mostly aligned, and they don't like each other because there's only room for one at the top.

The only difference between a US fundamentalist and a member of the Afghan Taliban, in terms of their attitude towards governance and the rights of other people, is the sophistication level of their methods.

The actions of the fans and most of the general US populace aren't the reason that a lot of people have been down on this tournament. Egotistical actions from the powers that be like this are.

I wonder what the one for 2026 will look like when it's all done?

Well, that wasn't exactly a pleasant night.

This is what should be aimed for, yes, however (and pardon my cynicism) we appear to be living in an era where facts are often no longer heeded even when explicity proven, at least at the individual level.

Some of them want a Reform government and subsequent ethnostate. Some of them are just doing it "for the bantz". Some of them are being manipulated. Of course, it is only the first one of those groups that needs to be paid any mind to, because the actions of the other two will help them get what they want.

And, please bear in mind, Burnham issued that communication on the day that the subject of it attempted to launch an actual coup against the seat of power in his country. I'm assuming Ten Names Yaxley is entirely fine with destroying the democratic process to ensure a white ethnostate, though.

Everyone with any kind of power to affect change. Because should the worst happen, those who are left with a vastly more shitty world will blame each and every one of us, and I wouldn't blame them for doing so. It's fear. It's people so afraid of change that might affect their lives that they cannot deal it, and so engage in denial. Unfortunately, the laws of thermodynamics and their consequences cannot be bluffed, or ignored, for very long. Some folks clearly cannot grasp that.

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-europe-worse.html Grim indeed.

Right, and there's been discussion about this on here before. Truth and fact cannot be the province of the highest bidder, because that's an incredibly easy way to subvert both and simply tell people what they want to hear, with all the bad outcomes that entails.

Blair was very quick to get Murdoch onside early on, which shows in the (relatively) easier ride he had from a lot of the UK press.

Not sure how potable irradiated water will be, but let's have at it. Considering that 2.5% of all water in Earth is fresh water (including all the ice at the poles) and 97.5% is salt water, possibly more than we have.

Made some libelous comments about a councillor only obeying Sharia law. It would be nice at some point if he was really taken to the cleaners in court.

That's as per the sentencing rules wrt time served before parole for murder based on the age of the defendant, more's the pity.

Laurence Fox engaging in a bit more libel, then. He needs the Alex Jones-style descent into obscure and impoverished ignominy. Hopefully one day the civil courts will make that happen.