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John Byrne
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| Posted: 06 August 2025 at 2:20pm | IP Logged | 1
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…and abandon common sense.Woke gone mad.
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Bill Collins
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| Posted: 07 August 2025 at 12:38am | IP Logged | 2
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I thought about this recently after seeing a few news
stories where members of the public had been mildly
inconvenienced, often due to their own failings and they
claimed to be traumatised, anxious or literally shaking.
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Trevor Smith
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| Posted: 07 August 2025 at 9:42am | IP Logged | 3
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These people are just...soft, Bill. Mentally. Physically.
Emotionally. It's a trend, and I don't know how it
changes, short of living through the deprivations and
trauma of a world war, which of course is not ideal, to put
it mildly.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 07 August 2025 at 10:12am | IP Logged | 4
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Recently I have noticed a tendency among some to deny the whole “blitz spirit”, the wartime resolve of the British people to, well, keep calm and soldier on. Why this trend? I see it as part of our apparent need to tear down authority. There are people who simply do not like the idea that there are some who are better than them. I missed the Second World War by five years, but it was still a presence in the lives of most adults I knew. There was a sense of pride of accomplishment that had been born in those six (yes, six) years that was palpable even a decade later.
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Charles Valderrama
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I hope we can all remain calm in light of current events.
Not looking to fan any flames... just miss decent conversations here on how we all feel about current events that effect our lives.... emotionally & mentality.
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Scott Wagahoff
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I’m just beyond sick of being so fucking mad all the time.
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Evan S. Kurtz
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Around 13 months ago, I made a concerted effort to stop paying attention. I deleted news apps, got rid of social media, and did pretty much everything I could think of to stop paying attention. It seems that a shocking segment of the population does this successfully.
I have to say, it’s mostly paid off. I still tend to hear snippets, usually related to the “biggest” disasters, but I’m no longer drowning in the noise. My outlook is that all I can do about anything is be the best version of myself possible, someone who models kindness and positivity. But I can’t change what’s happening, so all I can do by having intimate, current knowledge is be miserable. And I’d rather try to be happy.
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Bill Collins
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| Posted: 19 September 2025 at 6:14am | IP Logged | 8
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In the 70's here in the U.K. due to strikes and other
industrial action we had scheduled power cuts and a 3 day
working week. We didn't crawl into a ball and cry, we got
on with it, neighbours who had gas cookers and fires taking
in those who were all electric for those hours, cooking for
them, playing games by candlelight etc. To me, that was a
hint of The Blitz spirit. Nowadays a few hours without tv
and internet would see a lot of the young have a meltdown.
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