LadyDeliah

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm not saying that we should go to war over trade > disputes DJKQ, although historically Britain goes > to war for very few other reasons. > > I'm saying that the threat to oil supplies > threatens the existence of the UK, and this may > well lead to war on the basis of national > security. If you think that's nonsense then you > need to read up on it a bit more. > > I'm not saying I agree with the decision either. > Personally I think the idea of a nation state is a > tired 17th century concept that's well past it's > sell-by date. I would agree with this. All wars are for economic reasons but the need to bring the population on board means that deception is used and excuses from national security, religion, helping the people we invade etc are all used to bring the population along with the invasion.

I think it's a bit simlistic to say that men dominate women. Society is unequal and there are many types of oppressiion. How do the upper classes keep their position in society when there are much tougher, stronger men who could take what they had if it was all about physical strength to dominate? They have access to money and a legal system that has been set up to protect their interests. If we take the queen as an example and compare her to the teenage boy next door to me, who has the power to oppress whom in that situation? I think it's more to do with access to money and property etc that gives someone power to oppress someone else. If a woman has no oportunity to escape a violent man because she has no access to money or property, then that will perpetuate the abuse. If we see indiginous people in the Amazon trying to fight the land grab of big corporations, it's the lack of access to money, power and the legal system set up by the upper classes that makes the coroprations able to continue to steal their land. I think the less access you have to money and power etc, then the less able you are to fight the abuse of an oppressor whether you are male or female.

Hi, that sounds like such a good idea. Will it be linked to any organisations or health services?

I would give Liberty a call for advice on this: http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/index.php I'd be interested to find out what they say too if you wouldn't mind giving us an update.

sorry wrong one

I would give Liberty a call for advice on this: http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/index.php I'd be interested to find out what they say too if you wouldn't mind giving us an update.

Sounds horrible. Just wanted to clarify something though. Is mugging the same as robbery? With violence? For some reason I seem to think that being mugged involved being beaten up or threatened or something like that. I always thought that if someone steals something like this it's called a snatch rather than a mugging. Am I getting mixed up?

I don't know why everyone hates the Co-op. I went in there for cat food, brown bread and a couple of ready meals for lunch at work and I just left with exactly those things at 8:30pm.