On Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at 2:36:38 AM UTC-8, dan....@gmail.com wrote:
> https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZjbmt0TXpZd1NoRUtEd2lVNTVfTkJCSDU5WmZ3LVlRMFNpZ0FQAQ
>
> dk

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Prince Andrew Loses Titles | Duke of York Case Analysis

On Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 7:30:49 AM UTC-5, hvt...@xs4all.nl wrote:
> Op zaterdag 15 januari 2022 om 03:59:03 UTC+1 schreef dan....@gmail.com
> >
> > Some of you may recall I proposed more
> > than once to have the group moderated.
> > No one agreed to take it seriously. Now
> > one can read all one likes about Nixon,
> > Trump, COVID amd the Pope.
>
> You did, even decades ago. I just wonder
> whether a moderated group would help.
> Information is available in abundance
> elsewhere. The only reason to stay are
> the other members of RMCR - and their
> very personal views on royals, the greatness
> of their country, the intrinsic goodness of
> Homo sapiens, etc. etc.
>

On cannot have both. Sorry.

dk

Op zaterdag 15 januari 2022 om 18:55:55 UTC+1 schreef dan....@gmail.com:
> On Saturday, January 15, 2022 at 7:30:49 AM UTC-5, hvt...@xs4all.nl wrote:
> > Op zaterdag 15 januari 2022 om 03:59:03 UTC+1 schreef dan....@gmail.com
> > >
> > > Some of you may recall I proposed more
> > > than once to have the group moderated.
> > > No one agreed to take it seriously. Now
> > > one can read all one likes about Nixon,
> > > Trump, COVID amd the Pope.
> >
> > You did, even decades ago. I just wonder
> > whether a moderated group would help.
> > Information is available in abundance
> > elsewhere. The only reason to stay are
> > the other members of RMCR - and their
> > very personal views on royals, the greatness
> > of their country, the intrinsic goodness of
> > Homo sapiens, etc. etc.
> >
> On cannot have both. Sorry.
>
> dk

<g> Indeed, there are no alternatives.

Henk

On 1/14/22 3:46 AM, Andy Evans wrote:
> On Friday, 14 January 2022 at 00:04:57 UTC, Frank Berger wrote:
> Please write us an essay on whether Boris Johnson is as bad as Trump. For full credit you must include your reasoning why or why not. Thanks. For extra credit explain in what ways the U.S. is better off now than it was under Trump. Biden being a nicer guy (assuming he is) than Trump doesn't count.>>
>
> How can you even start comparing the UK and the USA? We have parliamentary parties that cover the full spectrum from the Greens to the Conservatives, and we are not a heavily weaponised society where guns are freely available in shops and mass killings are routine.
>
> The Conservatives are nowhere near the right wing elements of the Republicans, the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers and the rest of the ultra right trash, and they don't storm our parliament when they lose elections. The Conservative party supports democratic elections, tight gun control laws and is active on climate change. Trump, in contrast, withdrew from the Climate Accord which in itself makes the USA an enemy of human life on earth. The Republican party is the work of the Devil and will destroy anything good about the USA if it regains power, which it is trying its best to manipulate in any way possible without regard for established democratic institutions and voting procedures. The party is also an international danger, having destroyed any progress with Iran on nuclear deals.
>
> If the USA continues to obstruct progress on climate change I sincerely hope that Europe will start imposing appropriate sanctions. Withdrawing from Climate Accords which are indispensable for our future on earth is unforgivable and must be called out in the clearest possible way.

Thank you, Andy, for the closely reasoned and moderately toned reply.

Bob Harper

On 1/14/22 6:47 AM, Frank Berger wrote:
> On 1/14/2022 6:46 AM, Andy Evans wrote:
>> On Friday, 14 January 2022 at 00:04:57 UTC, Frank Berger wrote:
>> Please write us an essay on whether Boris Johnson is as bad as Trump.
>> For full credit you must include your reasoning why or why not.
>> Thanks. For extra credit explain in what ways the U.S. is better off
>> now than it was under Trump. Biden being a nicer guy (assuming he is)
>> than Trump doesn't count.>>
>>
>> How can you even start comparing the UK and the USA? We have
>> parliamentary parties that cover the full spectrum from the Greens to
>> the Conservatives, and we are not a heavily weaponised society where
>> guns are freely available in shops and mass killings are routine.
>>
>> The Conservatives are nowhere near the right wing elements of the
>> Republicans, the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers and the rest of the
>> ultra right trash, and they don't storm our parliament when they lose
>> elections. The Conservative party supports democratic elections, tight
>> gun control laws and is active on climate change. Trump, in contrast,
>> withdrew from the Climate Accord which in itself makes the USA an
>> enemy of human life on earth. The Republican party is the work of the
>> Devil and will destroy anything good about the USA if it regains
>> power, which it is trying its best to manipulate in any way possible
>> without regard for established democratic institutions and voting
>> procedures. The party is also an international danger, having
>> destroyed any progress with Iran on nuclear deals.
>>
>> If the USA continues to obstruct progress on climate change I
>> sincerely hope that Europe will start imposing appropriate sanctions.
>> Withdrawing from Climate Accords which are indispensable for our
>> future on earth is unforgivable and must be called out in the clearest
>> possible way.
>
>
> You seem to have overlooked that most Republicans don't identify with
> Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, etc.  A minor point, to a U.S. basher.

That, of course, was the principal point of my comment, to which it
seemed superfluous to add <<sarc>. But perhaps not.

Bob harper