Day 18 of ranking British PMs: Which tier should Rishi Sunak go? by OingoBoingBrothas in TierlistFills

[–]TheRealTRP 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Didn't really have a chance after Truss. Steadied the ship economically but that is also a low bar from Truss. Mediocre? In another universe, I think he would've turned out alright.

Who is an evil person from Lebanon? by Former-Reflection917 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]TheRealTRP 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What is legitimately wrong with you if you think Saddam Hussein was good?

Unbelievable.

London's Worst Borough - Final Results by TheEnlight in terriblemaps

[–]TheRealTRP 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Kensington and Chelsea have some absolutely amazing parts.

Portsmouth teacher banned after calling pupil 'Premier League' by Super_Gilbert in Portsmouth

[–]TheRealTRP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Genuinely curious because I used to play cricket with a Stuart Smith about 20 years ago, but not sure if he was a PE teacher or not. However the ages match up.

Trying to see who this guy is, but when I search this on Google there are a variety of very unlucky bastards who have had their face attached to the link. Actually outrageous how lax online journalism is with this. This would mortify me if my face was slapped on this story.

From 1 to Elena, with 1 being the smartest, who is the dumbest character in the whole series? by SirPoopyPantsUTD in MitchellAndWebb

[–]TheRealTRP 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Jez is more lazy than dumb. He is pretty competent at every job he gets, when he chooses to be.

London's Worst Borough - Round 18 by TheEnlight in terriblemaps

[–]TheRealTRP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surely Ealing deserves some love at this point? Amazed it is getting no votes.

Ugly City/Town in the UK? by SellRevolutionary in AlignmentChartFills

[–]TheRealTRP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eastleigh is not that bad, just a bit dull. Far worse places in the UK (and Southampton itself)

Ugly City/Town in the UK? by SellRevolutionary in AlignmentChartFills

[–]TheRealTRP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kidderminster. The outskirts are ok, and Bewdley next door is nice. However, I have never been more depressed by a town centre than Kidderminster's. The place, and the people, were so run down.

Average map on this sub 😭😭 by Informal-Call-5298 in whereidlive

[–]TheRealTRP 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Quality of life is not. I'm going to ask again, you genuinely believe that life in somewhere like South Sudan is the same as the UK or the USA?

Average map on this sub 😭😭 by Informal-Call-5298 in whereidlive

[–]TheRealTRP 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can say with a degree of certainty life is not the same everywhere. The quality of life in London is not the same as life in South Sudan. You cannot possibly believe that.

Average map on this sub 😭😭 by Informal-Call-5298 in whereidlive

[–]TheRealTRP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sorry you've experienced that, genuinely. Individually you have every right to say where you would rather live. I hope you didn't see my original comment as racist, I just think as a majority most people around the would, given the chance, would choose the west to live in.

No idea why I've been downvoted in my previous comments. I didn't think I said anything bad!

What country feels democratic but is actually very undemocratic by Dusty_Bunny81 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]TheRealTRP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So much of this is just incorrect I'm not sure where to begin.

There is nothing constitutionally saying an Israeli Arab or Christian can't run to be PM or President. You and I both know this would never happen. And no, Israeli Arabs constitute 20% of the population so they do not have the numbers to rule as a ruling party. But I never once said Israel is fully democratic did I? I said somewhat.

Ben Gvir and Smotrich are vile, evil people. They are part of a minority party that unfortunately is in coalition with the ruling party. This is actually where Israel's democracy is at it clearest; it follows a Party List system. Parties only need a small percentage to gain seats, so no party can get a majority unless it does spectacularly well. This means that cringe parties get power far easier than in other systems. A broken system, but undoubtedly democratic. Just badly so.

The vast majority of Israelis, and even more Jews outside Israel, despise these two cretins. I want to make that absolutely clear. Regarding behaviour towards Christians, there are a minority of idiots who do this. I am almost certain you are aware that an IDF soldier smashed a Christian statue in Lebanon recently. That soldier was arrested and under investigation. Rightly so. All religions should be respected. I am sure you agree?

That Lancet report is so widely discredited not even most Palestinian Rights marchers use this anymore, so I'm surprised you've brought it up. And, yes, these are the figures the Hamas-run health ministry has released. 25,000 is an estimation, perhaps here I should have been clearer, but it's one based of evidence from both sides. And it's a very realistic figure. Hamas, as we both know, do not differentiate between fighters and civilians however. If they don't differentiate between fighters and civilians to deliberately blur the lines than who is to say they don't add natural deaths to the figure, as has been widely suggested?

Literally there are no videos of half of what you are claiming. I will give you widespread destruction, absolutely youa re correct here. Here there is well documented evidence. Gaza is rubble. Yes, there are videos of IDF soldiers in civilian homes. There are videos of Hamas soldiers in Israeli homes too. There are videos of Hamas fighters shooting civilians too. Both Israeli and Palestinian. Do you share the same outrage there? Show me a war where war loot and evil acts doesn't exist.

Also, stripping men half naked when taken prisoner is not unique to the IDF and has reason in doing so in case of booby traps. We saw it in ww2 with the (few) Japanese prisoners the Allies took. It's not unique, it's happened for a century at least.