tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post7492791987263733298..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Fun Online Polls: USA military spending & "gifts for Islamists"Mark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-19789126381880103642017-02-02T19:18:27.693+00:002017-02-02T19:18:27.693+00:00"I like a conspiracy theory as much as the ne..."I like a conspiracy theory as much as the next man but the correlation here is simple."<br /><br />But correlation is not causality. The rise in global temperatures since the C19th correlates very exactly with the rise in US postal charges. Are you saying that one causes the other, plus too many others to mention at http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations .<br /><br />In addition, the man suspected of the Berlin attack (he was conveniently shot, so we will never know if it was him or whether his ID was stolen). Had been refused asylum in Germany, so would a) have been equally pissed off and likely to commit an atrocity if Germany had not had an "open door" policy and b) wasn't one of the "Arabs" that Angela Merkel had generously let in. Indeed, if the Germans had let him in, (which wouldn't have been a good idea, because he does seem to have been a nasty piece of work), the attack, on the official face of it, might never have happened.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-10128206751901246872017-02-02T18:47:48.356+00:002017-02-02T18:47:48.356+00:00The "War on Terror" is a war prosecuted ...The "War on Terror" is a war prosecuted by the US and its allies (who include Germany) against, almost exclusively, Muslims. Germany may have tried to stay out of the whole pile of shit, but they are still an ally of the US and the point I am making is that whenever one of the US's allies stops toeing the party line on the War on Terror, (such as being nice to people from the Axis of Evil countries), one of these attacks conveniently occurs, usually with a passport left as a calling card so that the media can be in no doubt who was responsible. We can't have the Germans getting the wrong idea and thinking it was some far-right Nazi group who was responsible, can we? Luckily the police rapidly caught on and arrested the nearest Muslim before they even found the convenient passport. Pity they had to let him go for lack of evidence later, but hey, you can't fault them for trying.Bayardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211150959757982948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-78866255014749126162017-02-02T18:26:40.178+00:002017-02-02T18:26:40.178+00:00DBC, you are off topic.
B, WTF does Germany have ...DBC, you are off topic.<br /><br />B, WTF does Germany have to do with "war on terror"? I can see how Arabs might blame the UK and the USA, or even France, for the mess they are in, but Germany? Germany, like most other European countries tried to keep out the whole pile of shit. <br /><br />I like a conspiracy theory as much as the next man but the correlation here is simple. Merkel generously let them in and this was the direct cause of these attacks, end of.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-43240036999786307602017-02-01T15:09:54.310+00:002017-02-01T15:09:54.310+00:00The problem is anti-immigrant prejudice is the oth...The problem is anti-immigrant prejudice is the other bum cheek of the balanced Daily Mail world view: the other being ,of course, "If we get the average house price up to £1 million we'll all be millionaires. Stands to reason, don't it?"<br />I feel we should avoid BUM theory on both sides: leave it to the wedgies.DBC Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891849727783879145noreply@blogger.com