10.03.2026 14:37
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Challenge: where is this?
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Think of Nero, Caligula. Think of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Think of rulers of Assyria.
This sort of thing is how people are going to look back at what is happening in the US at the moment.
The memes from well-meaning US citizens saying "Sorry" to the rest of the world don't come close.
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It was not in Rome. It was in the US.
It was not 1900 years ago. It was this century.
Trump is the sort of historical figure that will define the era. And I don't mean that in a positive way.
He helped himself to the state coffers, openly accepted bribes, showed blatant indifference to the interests of anybody other than him and his family, valued loyalty over wisdom, and set about destroying the world.
There was a man in Rome who before he rose to power was already notorious for (amongst other features of his flawed character) using children as objects for his sexual pleasure, but nonetheless ended up being elevated to the role of the most powerful man in the world.
Yeah, I'm not sure it's been renewed, either.
I've been spelling it with an H for a long time.
True. But I'm pointing out that she's not even achieving by *the standards she had for herself* at one stage, one assumes.
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... And also spend $10 bn on that in a week.
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Like seriously.
Get your head around this.
It's the sort of thing you'd hear about the really bad Roman emperors.
But he arose within a democracy, when this was basically widely known, when HE DESCRIBED IT HIMSELF.
When I was growing up, my dad would talk to me about the sort of person you'd want in a position of responsibility. If you wouldn't be happy with this person babysitting, would you want them as a school governor? And if not that, why would you elect them to anything more important?
The whole world is paying the price for the casual indifference Trump has for people, money and property. But this is not just down to him. It's not even just down to voting Americans. He is *the* channel for the nihilism and cynicism of a global club seeking money and power at any cost.
This should be part of the morality matter: that the idea of putting someone who treats children as objects to sexually amuse himself in charge basically of the world is possibly the most grotesque thing that has emerged in human history.
No. Trump should have been arrested on 6 Jan. He should never have been allowed to stand again.
BBC amplifies Trump's message in their two top headlines and doesn't mention that Starmer was not talking about doing this to fight Trump's war, but to protect UK and allies from the mayhem that trump has unleashed.
I'm sure Oakeshott became a journalist just so she could write what she was told.
That's fine. You can take it up with him when you meet him.
Jesus literally did rise from his grave in vindication from God. I think I'll go with the historical event on this one.
Fine. I think we're done here now, aren't we?
You can read Luke 18 as well as I can. Maybe you should tell me why you think it's material.
To a rich young man, Jesus said, "Give your wealth away" - which again shocked the onlookers. The point wasn't - ah yes, well of course it's easier for poor people to enter the kingdom of God. It was the opposite - it's hard even for rich people who look like God has blessed them.
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone."
Jesus made it clear that you couldn't be "good enough". To a teacher of the law he told the parable of the Good Samaritan - setting a standard for "loving your neighbour" that the teacher of the law could not achieve.
Jesus doesn't specify, though he said they went up to the Temple to pray.
