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ARGENTINA - Milei’s task: Bringing Argentina’s bureaucrats to heel
You wasted your time posting this, I didn't read past the first sentence. Your views are of no interest to me. -
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News Forum - Holiday nightmare: British citizen stranded in Thai hospital with a 400,000 baht plea to escape
My get up routine in tropics always includes substantial high strength (military jungle grade) DEET insect repellant spray all over after shower. Screw the “cancer risk”…… So far so good, fortunately never caught anything anywhere from insect bites, or any other cause, other than harmless flu/ cold/ covid stuff, caught from humans ! Take Anti - Flu Jab every year. Regular recent advanced NHS Blood- Poo- Piss Tests reveal all normal readings with zero cancer indicators. -
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ARGENTINA - Milei’s task: Bringing Argentina’s bureaucrats to heel
From what I have observed in life everyone thinks. Are you saying you've actually met people who don't? Just pulling your leg here, Pinetree. I understand perfectly well the distinction you're claiming. And that is that "people who think like me are thinking people and people who do not think like me are not thinking people." Truly another simple view for simpletons. So let's get into some of the complexity here, shall we? Not all of it as we don't have time. For starters we'll begin with a quote from one of your famed and illustrious friends and brethren across the Irish Sea, George Bernard Shaw: Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. Consider then: had you been born in Argentina whose side would you have taken up arms with? Might you not then be proudly wearing The Cross to the Heroic Valour in Combat? https://www.identifymedals.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/military-medals-Argentina_Cross-to-the-Heroic-Courage-in-Combat_.jpg So we have the matter of perspective, don't we? Is that or is that not fair to say? Though granted, perhaps, a bit awkward for you to admit that others think, too. Shaw's highly delightful and equally wonderful astute observation was one that so obviously struck me as an immigrant in America each time I heard, "U.S.A., U.S.A., U.S.A." I guess the unfortunates born elsewhere in the world weren't so blessed by Providence, true? It's funny how Americans reserve certain inalienable rights for themselves but deny them for the rest of the world's population. All men are created equal? Moving on let's add another piece to this complex puzzle. That of territorial disputes, of which the Falklands is but a small blip. Consider information provided in this video which shows the world's borders as they change year by year throughout history. I started the video at 1 CE as it begins to get entertaining. It goes back to 200,000 BCE but it's like watching paint dry on the wall comparatively. The musical track is quite stirring. For those lacking any history of the Falkland Islands, or interest, here's a condensed synopsis from Wiki: Controversy exists over the Falklands' discovery and subsequent colonisation by Europeans. At various times, the islands have had French, British, Spanish, and Argentine settlements. Britain reasserted its rule in 1833, but Argentina maintains its claim to the islands. In April 1982, Argentine military forces invaded the islands. British administration was restored two months later at the end of the Falklands War. In a 2013 sovereignty referendum, almost all Falklanders voted in favour of remaining a UK overseas territory. The territory's sovereignty status is part of an ongoing dispute between Argentina and the UK. So what might this video convey to us? That territorial disputes have existed throughout man's history and continue to this day. And no doubt we can expect them to continue into the future. And perhaps the moral of the video is "all's fair in love and war." For aren't all territorial disputes self proclaimed claims settled via the time honoured tradition of "might is right?" "To the victor belong the spoils." Ah, but there are more ingredients to add to this intricate soup. Just so there's no debate about who is in the right on these disputes we have a quote from one of your finest compatriots, Winston Churchill. Or so it has been largely attributed to him. “History is Written by Victors.” Now you would have us and the world believe that the Brits are on the "right" side of history and the Argentinians most obviously on the "wrong" side solely due to how this history is written. Now some of us non-thinking folk might raise an eyebrow before swallowing this simple soup cooked up by the victors without the benefit of checking the list of ingredients to see what exactly is in it. Would that be fair, Pinetree? Another element of this complex issue is one of conflicting beliefs. Whilst Brits such as yourself and oldschooler take painful umbrage with the 1982 Argentinian invasion of "their" territory, taking the moral high ground as justification for their outrage over an invasion, the rest of the world is only too cognizant of the term "The British Empire." Let's just say that other non-thinking people have a huge suspicion that the Brits didn't just travel around the world, landing on distant foreign shores and the indigenous people simply gifted them their sovereign lands as a welcoming present. If this point of your moral high ground . . . by God, the Falklands were "invaded" . . . fanning your outrage whilst juxtaposed with Britain's long historical imperialism isn't yet clear then perhaps this headline of an opinion piece in the Guardian dated 2012 might provide some objective perspective. The British have invaded 90% of the world's countries. Ha ha? The other countries must feel so left out. New research shows that practically everyone has been invaded by British troops at one point or another. A "staggering 90% of the world's nations" have been overrun by the turbulent Brits – Sweden, Mongolia and the Vatican City are among the 22 to have been tragically overlooked. [. . . .] In the previous decade, as New Labour's "Britishness" project proceeded in fits and starts, there was an earnest attempt by various figures, from Gordon Brown to Niall Ferguson, to reclaim the empire from its opponents. Again, this is only a partial mix to explain a rather complex subject. So please do not be angry with my post in which I commented, truthfully, that simple explanations are for simpletons. And imagine what I could have written were I able to think! -
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News Forum - Holiday nightmare: British citizen stranded in Thai hospital with a 400,000 baht plea to escape
Thai Hospitals always looking to shamelessly make money. Was diagnosed severe heart stenosis ( two spots) recently by BPH looking for pricey stent work no doubt. Priority NHS angiogram on basis BPH report revealed only moderate stenosis in two places ( one important artery one unimportant) managed by diet -exercise -medication. Aspirin only for me. Wont do Statins. BPH also quoted me 50k for unnecessary Skin Cancer Surgery. Robbers in medical gowns. Went down the road to Siriroj where the old skin doc treated all on walk in with cryofreeze gas 2k baht total ! -
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News Forum - Holiday nightmare: British citizen stranded in Thai hospital with a 400,000 baht plea to escape
But all OK now which is good to hear.
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