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What De_Selby said. I like the idea of Web 3.0 but think it's naive. Who is really going to be owning, and utilising the data? It's a massive business opportunity, and that will be exploited; far from democratisation. And I still don't buy that Cryptocurrency won't massively collapse, especially whe...

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The WEF (who hardly have nuch ppwer btw) have been publishing papers on the Great Reset since April 2020 - if it's a secret conspiracy it's a pretty shithouse one.

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Does it top Xinjiang?

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I know you're trolling Bimboman, but have you actually lived anywhere overseas, or even spoken to anybody who doesn't live in a right-wing, moneyed british bubble? The NHS is not an international joke, nor is it mediocre.

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Even if you disagree with this guy, why is it so hard to listen and hear his experience of being a black man in America? His experience is clearly a shared one amongst many, many others - why is that so threatening to you? My poc friends who grew up I London have similar experiences, so even if you ...

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I've just been reading about the long history of LAPD gangs (more here https://witnessla.com/new-report-says-la-county-sheriffs-deputy-gangs-promote-a-secretive-violent-us-against-them-police-culture-but-also-points-to-ideas-to-fix-the-50-year-problem/ ). This is absolutely f**ked. It's a very short...

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Serious question; how are the Democrats insane? Sure, there's a wing to the party which is pretty far left, but the bulk of the party (and likely Biden's policy position) is mildly centre-left.

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https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/06/03/10-things-we-know-about-race-and-policing-in-the-u-s/ Some interesting statistics here. Can we at least accept that, even if not institutionally racist, there is clearly a problem in the way that UK and US cops police black communities, in comparison ...

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I've read quite a few of your posts now Bayern. You're extremely angry. Is there something wrong?

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It seems an entirely rational fear to me. Why do people shelter from lightning if the chances of being killed by it are so small?

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All subversives will be round up and arbitrarily detained without recourse to remedy their unjust detention. And quite bloody right - we’ve had enough of these moments where useless wankers do nothing more than cause mayhem and destruction. Don’t like it? Fuckrightoff to somewhere that gives a flyi...

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Holy shit. You're a policeman???

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Same here..who the fudge was Marty Farty??

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One thing I did notice is that white students are much more likely to be admitted than BAME students (roughly 9500/2000 vs 3600/600), and rhag trend seems to hold every year. I wonder why that is??

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Those Oxford statistics are really interesting and well done the Universities for raising participation. Breaking down BAME communities helps better target efforts too. I'm really intrigued about jow class breaks down across the white/BAME too - oxford has a terrible rate of price school students, s...

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Yeah, just call a racist a racist ffs.

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We're the Midlands. But when the shit hits the fan, we're definitely with the North against the Sarf..

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I grew up in rural Lincolnshire, until I was 26. It's overwhelmingly white, and there was a LOT of racism, much of it implicit. I can empathise with exactly how a BAME rambler might feel the countryside is hostile, because I know how people I grew up around would react to them - at best as a curios...

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I grew up in rural Lincolnshire, until I was 26. It's overwhelmingly white, and there was a LOT of racism, much of it implicit. I can empathise with exactly how a BAME rambler might feel the countryside is hostile, because I know how people I grew up around would react to them - at best as a curiosi...

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Who was Marty_Farty??

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Back row, why are you bringing SA into this? That's a wild contortion from talking about Lincolnshire. The rest of your post is just stupid so, with all due respect, I'm oot.

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DAC, are you being deliberately obtuse? This country isn't just white, butnbeing white confers an advantage. It's a privilege. As I've said before, I see my skin colour as something that doesn't make life harder..

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Why not?

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What point are you trying to make here? Yes, people living in majority black countries will get different messages about skin colour, but those messages are still twisted - by international economics, legacies of colonialism, strength of western media etc. Why do 77% of Nigerian women bleach their s...

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DAC, genuine question back: have you engaged with any of the concepts that you seem determined to knock down? I benefitted from white privilege in Lincolnahore because whiteness was privileged everywhere - every face of authority I saw was white, every teacher, policemen etc, because every element o...

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Your point about environment is right, but then what about school, friends, work etc? This is a pervasive issue - it needs more than parents telling kids not to be racist.

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DAC, Here's a simple article on why job selection is unbalanced because of systemic issues - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-46927417 . Tell me, how would you feel if your name alone made it almost twice as difficult for you to get a job? Let alone before you look at all the other ways skin colour...

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Overly politically correct and anti-white twaddle? Just because people were talking about racism in the UK (which incidentally, is about a systemic issue that disadvantages BAME people - not just policemen shooting black people)? Dry your tears and stop being such a bloody snowflake.

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So who was Marty Farty??

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I've deleted Facebook, so now my web browsing goes BBC News, Planet Rugby Forum, Nothingness. Please don't take this way from me. I've lurked since 1999!!!

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Wtaf is up with this guy? One of the most disturbing stories I've read!

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So, WHO says there is no immunity after infection, serology tests are pointing towards only small percentages of populations being immune and it looks like remdisivir and chloroquine both useless. I'm having a down day today on this. Any good news?

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As a fringe NPC ploddder in the late 80 to mid 90,s Played with and captained Jonah. Was coached by Colin Meads Played against Neil Jenkins Played with and was coached by Dave Bishop. Also played rugby with NZ cricketers John Wright and John Bracewell in a barbarians game. No way!! What was Jonah l...

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Really sad about Sione. He is still in Romania and last time I chatted with him on Facebook he was doing well - he and his wife are expecting their third child.

Vaikona was right at the end of his career so it's not a fair comparison but Sione was just incredible. So hard and so selfless.

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Right, I've played with/against in competitive rugby 1. Darren Morris 2. Some guy with Tucuman Province who was hard as fudge..we lost badly. 3. Richard Barrington 4. Rob Fidler 5. Tom Savage 6. Bezier no.6 with Languedoc Rousillon 7. Sione Vaiomounga (Tonga 7 at WC 2011. Played with jom for a seaso...

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What about a XV of pro players that members on this bored have played with/against?

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Yeah you don’t get it at all if you think the intelligence agencies are doing Trump’s bidding on this, or ever. Especially not two years ago when the cables originated. They mostly think he has been too friendly with China (and Russia). That's my point. Anyone properly linked with intelligence is b...

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Evidence mounting that virus escaped from a lab in Wuhan. The BBC's take on the escape from the lab theory. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52318539 Basically no, as in 0, evidence for it. Then again, the BBC is a well known propaganda mouthpiece for the CCP. If only that article conta...

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Thanks mate - I've been looking for that for ages!

I never really got all the fuss about Willie John until I watched that speech. fudge me, what an intensity. One of the very few sports people I've heard speak who genuinely causes a reaction..

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Ron Cribb at 8? I remember seeing him in a Barbarians game and being staggered by him.

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