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james whelan's avatar

Am I the only one to 'feel' that essay ended on a bit of a condescending note. It 'felt' like my Opinion of current and recent events is shaped by my personal work experience so they are more valuable than your 'Opinions' probably developed by 'feelings' however much analysis and logical thinking you may have applied to them. Bluntly, I'm more likely to be right.

It reminds me of Naked Capitalism, which I know you value highly, where Yves adopts exactly the same tone, which tends to spoil an otherwise excellent blog.

Sorry for the criticism , I do value your essays.

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Very good , i think of myself as left wing i want world leaders to make sure everyone in the world has enough to eat and clean water and a roof over their head i think by now 2025 its not a lot to ask.Also we should by now be trying to make sure everyone in the world can see and be treated by a doctor and be able to go to school these are things that can be done there,s enough of these things in the world to go around.

Have i ever changed my mind ? you bet i have , i was an "army kid" lived in Germany several years 1950s 60s then Libya several years 70s my dad sent to fight in Aden then Northern Ireland a few years late 60s early 70s, ive disliked these places initially then grew to appreciate the differences and the people they are just people all wanting a nice safe life like us.

I used to think that UK government tried to do good and aimed to be honest but now i know thats not true , did it ever ? i dont know but i doubt it , in my opinion they destroyed Libya and Muammar Gaddafi because he was trying to free Libya from using the USA dollar and he was tring to form a group of African countries to do the same , trade overseas using their own currency.I was in Libya when King Idris died and Gaddafi took over the first thing he did was make the UK military leave and he then took back control of their oil.

I was in Lisburn Belfast during the troubles tar and feathering and car bombs i was driven to Lisnegarvey high school on an army bus with an armed guard soldier sitting at the front holding a loaded SLR and wearing a bullet proof vest , my school uniform not so protective.

Political views are formed by the life you live practically everyone i meet thinks i will support the British government and British military because of my background but i despise both , i want Scottish independence i hope an independent Scotland will do things differently not go to war at every opportunity not go to war at all , its laughable that governments refer to "defence" when all they do is attack other countries and the idea that they need to repeatedly attack other countries to keep UK safe is just illogical as we have seen it just grows a generation in the countries we attack that want to get us.Revenge.

Can i be persuaded to think differently ? Yes i think i can , but i need to be persuaded with evidence that i believe and so much evidence put forward by so many people and in so many places cannot be beleived so i understand why so many people stick with their incorrect views even in the face of good evidence , theyve been convinced time and again that the new evidence is the one , the one that is truly correct only to then find that its not.The BBC the UK radio stations and ALL the UK newspapers feed us with lies every single day they dont even try to hide that they purposely tell lies .

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