Would it be easier at this point to just assume the vast majority of A-list celebrities are wrong'uns in some way and that there are only a select few who aren't?
The media is obsessed with slimeball celebrity predators- latest allegations are against David Walliams - while Maggie Oliver has to sue the government to get action for tens of thousands of victims of Pakistani rape gangs.
I know which story I think is more important.
@MaggieOliverUK
In terms of the world's population the indigenous English make up 0.7% , Africans make up 18% and Indians 17.8% . For all of White people we make up roughly 8% . I will not be erased because foreigners want to be English. It is ancestry and we must be protected
@RafHM@JoshBabarinde “Peoples were taught, not only that they did not exist, but that they had never existed. Any sort of we with the least claim to historical consistency was angrily prohibited." - Renaud Camus, Enemy of the Disaster
I absolutely loathe people who are either too ignorant or too stubborn (or in some cases both) to acknowledge what people like this have gone through on their behalf.
To understand a Military Veteran you must know:
* We left home as teenagers or in our early twenties for an unknown adventure.
* We loved our country enough to defend it and protect it with our own lives.
* We said goodbye to friends and family and everything we knew.
* We learned the basics and then we scattered in the wind to the far corners of the Earth.
* We found new friends and new family.
* We became brothers and sisters regardless of colour, race or creed.
* We had plenty of good times, and plenty of bad times.
* We didn’t get enough sleep.
* We smoked and drank too much.
* We picked up both good and bad habits.
* We worked hard and played harder.
* We didn’t earn a great wage.
* We experienced the happiness of mail call and the sadness of missing important events.
* We didn’t know when, or even if, we were ever going to see home again.
* We grew up fast, and yet somehow, we never grew up at all.
* We fought for our freedom, as well as the freedom of others.
* Some of us saw actual combat, and some of us didn’t.
* Some of us saw the world, and some of us didn’t.
* Some of us dealt with physical warfare, most of us dealt with psychological warfare.
* We have seen and experienced and dealt with things that we can’t fully describe or explain, as not all of our sacrifices were physical.
* We participated in time honored ceremonies and rituals with each other, strengthening our bonds and camaraderie.
* We counted on each other to get our job done and sometimes to survive it at all.
* We have dealt with victory and tragedy.
* We have celebrated and mourned.
* We lost a few along the way.
* When our adventure was over, some of us went back home, some of us started somewhere new and some of us never came home at all.
* We have told amazing and hilarious stories of our exploits and adventures.
* We share an unspoken bond with each other, that most people don’t experience, and few will understand.
* We speak highly of our own branch of service, and poke fun at the other branches.
* We know however, that, if needed, we will be there for our brothers and sisters and stand together as one, in a heartbeat.
* Being a Veteran is something that had to be earned, and it can never be taken away.
* It has no monetary value, but at the same time it is a priceless gift.
This is you:
"These slices of bread are made by Warburton's."
"Are they?"
"Yep."
"How do you know?"
"Because it says so on the packet whence they came."
"But who are Warburton's?"
"Now a commercial baker but originally formed in Lancashire in the late 19th century by Thomas and Ellen Warburton."
"But who are they, exactly?"
"What? I've just told you"
"What are you scared of?"
"I don't understand..."
"Who are Warburton's, exactly?"
"Fuck off, knobhead."