It was typed out in my comment box so I thought I had forgotten to post it...

@Banno-ings

Remember it is only about a third of the population that has been brainwashed, another third is looking on in horror and astonishment. — Punshhh

What about the final third?

unable to face pain. — TheMadFool

Do you know what the pain is? A friend killed herself 2 nights ago and I don't know what to make of it..

I remember someone on here a while ago said that suicide is what sets us apart from the beasts in that it's the ultimate freedom of our existence - that we can end it if we so choose. They also said not to do it and worded all this better than me

Now Amber Rudd's gone. The Conservative party is falling apart.

Nice. — Michael

You could call them... Rudderless

https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/cziwwl/if_youve_come_to_congratulate_us_dont_our/

:cheer:

Cons lose majority: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49570682

and Nigel Faarooq?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49549960

General election on its way. Who is everyone voting for?

Does anyone know when the next general election will be?

l don't see how any western country would defend public vandalism and use of arson — Wittgenstein

You're missing the point, it's more about what they (we) oppose.

Actually it could be third conditional as well I guess — Evil

If the 'if clause' was changed

Actually it could be third conditional as well I guess

That's my take, what's yours? — Wallows

Would be* considered schizophrenic. It's a second conditional, not third.

... maybe the tourism industry will be OK?

In with the theme of the thread before @unenlightened

I agree with you.

@Wittgenstein is defending the Chinese government's actions in an underhanded way.

After god created us he fled in horror like Victor Frankenstein

China in the present day is a capitalist dictatorship and they haven't improved much to win the hearts of hker, recently the "education" camps set in Xinjiang province reflect poorly on China's regard for human rights — Wittgenstein

Also the social credit system: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Credit_System

the Hungarian revolution of 1956 — tim wood

Only a 34 year wait then...

And the even bigger picture is how long must those in mainland China continue to suffer under fascism. — Hanover

As the Communist leadership grew more confident of it's own position, it is absolutely no wonder that it would show it's true totalitarian face. — ssu

Is it facism or communism?

And I feel shame that we're so fucking useless in comparison. — StreetlightX

What do 'we' have to protest about?

I don't know, why do you ask? — unenlightened

Well, thought is similar to feeling in that it is uncontrollable. The only thing that we can control is our breathing. The rest just follows a cyclical pattern

There are beautiful and ugly feelings perhaps, if you want to speak so, there are real and unreal feelings certainly I would say. — unenlightened

Is the same true for thought?

Banno-ings

Not while we are a nation of law, certainly. But this is not a man of law. — tim wood

Both criminality and government have been subsumed by capitalism: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qdzby

I don't understand what you are talking about - but I wish I did. It sounds interesting

Discussions of grammar and syntax delve into the froth of the reality of existence. — unenlightened

Also, lexis

This all sounds like applied linguistics.

a complete fiction by which we rule our lives and deaths. — unenlightened

Is there any other way?

Looks like Brexit is about to become Broxit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48624579

What implications do the EU elections have on Brexit?