Duncan Great

The British Empire has a messy legacy with real atrocities in various colonies — no serious person denies that. At the same time, Britain led the global abolition of the slave trade and slavery (1807/1833), using the Royal Navy to enforce it at huge cost, and left behind legal and parliamentary institutions in many places. But this does feel like apples and pears to the original point. The IRA's campaign deliberately targeted civilians in Britain (Warrington etc.) as a core tactic. A state army in Northern Ireland — with its inquiries, some prosecutions, and legal framework (however flawed) — isn't the same category. Pointing to empire history doesn't change the distinction on terrorism tactics.

@DuncanGrant200 @sirnerdu @Vox_Legionis @XandriaSanchez @chudrog78 Oh yeah the british, i wonder what the countries that they colonize think about their peaceaful aprroach on killing childs

Isn’t there a second photo of her dead on the ground with a bunch of soldiers around her

British soldiers who broke the law faced prosecution, courts martial and major public inquiries — Bloody Sunday was later ruled unlawful killings. In contrast, the Good Friday Agreement led to the early release of many IRA prisoners convicted of serious terrorist offences, including murder, as a political concession to secure peace. The IRA's deliberate bombing of civilians (Warrington etc.) was still terrorism. These aren't the same thing."

Fair point and I won't defend Warrington. Bombing a street on a Saturday and killing children is indefensible, full stop. No cause justifies that. But my point was never that having goals makes violence acceptable. My point is that the label "terrorist" is applied selectively. The British army also killed civilians in Northern Ireland; Bloody Sunday, 14 unarmed protesters shot dead. No one called that state terrorism. So yes, the IRA committed atrocities. But when only one side gets the label, that's politics and not justice.

British soldiers who broke the law faced prosecution, courts martial and major public inquiries — Bloody Sunday was later ruled unlawful killings. In contrast, the Good Friday Agreement led to the early release of many IRA prisoners convicted of serious terrorist offences, including murder, as a political concession to secure peace. The IRA's deliberate bombing of civilians (Warrington etc.) was still terrorism. These aren't the same thing."

@DuncanGrant200 @Vox_Legionis @XandriaSanchez @chudrog78 What army has not killed children? The British army are terrorists too?

@Vox_Legionis @XandriaSanchez @chudrog78 The IRA killed children to advance their goals — see the 1993 Warrington bombings. Having 'clear goals and an ideology' doesn't make the terrorist label subjective or soften what they did. Every group we call terrorists claims a cause.

The IRA wanted the Brits out of Northern Ireland and for it to be united with the Republic of Ireland. Whether you believe they were terrorists or not depends on whether you like them or not, but they had very clear goals. Even the worst terrorists have goals and an ideology. No one is going around killing people just cuz.

@Natrasleep1 @EssexPR if

@EssexPR Where is the evidence it was politically motivated? there has been no statements to this effect, its just you talking complete bollocks using the nigel farage book of absolute fucking lies, using her death as a political thing is absolutley crass

Ann Widdecombe was the current Justice Spokeswoman for the Reform UK. Now if this turns out to be a politically motivated murder, the recent rhetoric against Reform and Nigel Farage needs to be addressed immediately. I truly hope that wasn’t the motive.

she failed the communication part. What she did was wrong, but she fundamentally failed literally her job. Before detaining someone or putting hands on them, you're supposed to communicate first. "I am the police. Stop that." Something like that. You don't just jump straight to physical contact. That's basic. Communication comes before force — that's the job.

she ran up and attacked him, he obviously believed he was still under assault after getting up (which he was, just by someone else) a person is justified defending themselves from attack, even when the attacker is a cop he would have been 100% justified knocking that stupid bitch out

We must stand with 20-year-old Cody Harper who’s due in court on July 23rd, facing fabricated accusations from a Regime Foot Soldier after being assaulted by a Black Mob.

@amalteion722 @FantasyWorldW1

@DuncanGrant200 @FantasyWorldW1 That’s not official. The books are. That video is about as official as the ‘Orys I’ that Tywin mentioned to Tommen.

Jaime deserved at least one scene in season 1 like this…

The official Valyrian Steel lore (Histories & Lore) describes a knight protected by “iron chainmail and steel plate over the chest, metal gauntlets over the hands and greaves over the legs, and a visored helm.” Normal swords can’t get through that combination, but it explicitly says Valyrian steel slices through his protections like so much cloth. It’s not just chainmail — the plate is included right there. GRRM created the universe, so that’s the rule he set.

@DuncanGrant200 @FantasyWorldW1 Show me the passage where he cuts through plate armour. He’s only described cutting through steel chainmail, which isn’t the same thing.

@rayk234 @amalteion722 @FantasyWorldW1 sorry I get a bit autistic when it comes to stuff like this so thank you for letting me know

@DuncanGrant200 @amalteion722 @FantasyWorldW1 Don’t argue with this account, Duncan. They clearly haven’t read the books; clicking on their profile and glance at their info pretty much confirms the rest, lol.

Hey, I’m not trying to be disrespectful or argue just for the sake of it. I’m just going by what GRRM himself has said about Valyrian steel. He literally created the universe, so when he describes it as slicing through armor “like so much cloth” (unlike normal steel), that’s what I’m going with. That’s why it feels like the setting’s version of a lightsaber to me — it’s not regular steel, it’s something special he wrote in.

@DuncanGrant200 @FantasyWorldW1 So, according to you, Valyrian steel can pierce plate armour but not Cat’s fingers? Bro... Nobody fights for an hour without landing a blow, especially not on horseback. Also, the S.K’s sword only got damaged after a long duel. Based on your point, he should have cut it easily.

Catelyn grabbing the blade in a panic and getting cut almost to the bone is still the book highlighting how dangerously sharp it was (‘Valyrian steel bites deep and sharp’). She didn’t lose fingers, but that doesn’t mean the edge wasn’t exceptional.On the duels: Both Daemon vs Gwayne and Arthur vs the Smiling Knight actually show the advantage. When two Valyrian steel swords clashed (Blackfyre vs Lady Forlorn), it was an even, hour-long skill contest. Against normal steel (Dawn vs the Smiling Knight’s sword), the regular blade got heavily damaged while Dawn stayed pristine. Skill still decides fights nobody’s saying otherwise but the text and GRRM are clear that Valyrian steel gives a real edge normal steel doesn’t have, including against armor.

@DuncanGrant200 @FantasyWorldW1 She wrestled with a superior steel blade and didn’t lose her fingers. It’s not as incredible as you make it out to be, and there are numerous cases that contradict it, such as the duel between Daemon and Gwayne, or that between Arthur and the Smiling Knight.

That’s not quite what happened with Catelyn. She grabbed the blade during the struggle and it cut her fingers almost to the bone she even thinks afterward that ‘Valyrian steel bites deep and sharp.’ The scene shows how exceptionally sharp it is, not that it’s ineffective.And GRRM has directly described Valyrian steel as slicing through a knight’s full plate ‘like so much cloth,’ the same way normal steel is an advance over bronze. It’s not just ‘lighter and slightly sharper’ it’s explicitly portrayed as a superior, spell forged weapon that does things ordinary steel can’t. That’s why the lightsaber comparison works as an analogy in this universe.

@DuncanGrant200 @FantasyWorldW1 No, it never did. The Valyrian steel couldn’t even cut off Catelyn’s fingers. It’s just lighter and slightly sharper, but it can’t cut through plate armor.

Normally I’d agree, but this is Valyrian steel we’re talking about. GRRM himself describes it as slicing through a knight’s plate ‘like so much cloth’ the same way normal steel is an upgrade from bronze. It’s not regular steel; it’s the setting’s version of a fantasy super blade (lightsaber comparison isn’t far off in terms of how special it’s treated). If it was just castle-forged steel, yeah, no chance. But this stuff is explicitly magical in its forging and performance

@FantasyWorldW1 This scene is ridiculous, they’re wearing plate armour and yet they’re being sliced open as if they were wearing linen. It’s utter nonsense.

Or people who read the books can point out when the show erases a canon character like Nettles a brown skinned lowborn girl who tames Sheepstealer through grit, not blood and hands her whole arc to Rhaena for 'reasons.' That's not nitpicking, that's noticing the adaptation changed core themes and lost something interesting. Telling book fans to 'shut up and watch' is just cope for not wanting to engage with the differences. You enjoy the show your way, we'll discuss the source material ours

@nonregemesse Holy fuck you book nerds are annoying. Shut your mouth & watch the show. If you don’t like it stop watching. Exhausting watching you all complain

I don’t understand why they adapted the Dance of the Dragons if they had no interest in even attempting a faithful adaptation

@0_FkH_27 @BBCNews or he put awareness of prostate cancer

@BBCNews Love Clarkson but that was a disgusting PR stunt to push ratings for the next season

Jeremy Clarkson in remission from prostate cancer bbc.in/4evfQhq

@KemiBadenoch @Conservatives You had 14 years in government. I’m no fan of Labour, but Jesus Christ — it was your party that laid the foundations for the Online Safety Act, which enabled the push to ban under-16s from social media.

Winter fuel payments... Grooming gangs inquiry... Family Farm Tax... Phones in schools... Chagos surrender... U16s on social media... Now killing ponies. It doesn't matter who leads this rubbish government, the @Conservatives will keep forcing it to u-turn and do the right thing

@CrusaderKings I hope you add actual peasants, adventurers, or you can make one up, and more roleplaying elements to it. Hopefully smaller tournaments so I can play hedge knight adventurer properly. It will add more roleplaying to the Game of Thrones mod as well, please.

Join us tomorrow at 2PM CEST for important information regarding changes coming to Landless Adventurers later this year.

Nicola Sturgeon leaving her house whilst her husband is in Edinburgh High Court for embezzling £460000 today. She apparently knew nothing!

@RockyWales1983 @GBNEWS please don't leave me with these Psychopaths

@GBNEWS I think we need to give Scotland independence by royal decree And not wait for another vote

Newly elected trans Indian migrant MSP backs push for Scottish taxpayers to fund reparations for Palestine gbnews.com/politics/trans…

@PolitlcsUK @guardian Remember when Channel 4 was telling us ‘the adults are now in charge’? Barely two years later and this government is already more hated than the Tories were after fourteen years in power

🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham has a plan to return to Westminster "within weeks" with several MPs prepared to resign to trigger a by-election for him He reportedly has the backing of over 80 Labour MPs, enough to trigger a leadership election [@guardian]