Posts reference the prosecution/trial of Ben Roberts-Smith on murder charges; accusations of someone being "racist and abusive" and judging by company they keep; criticism of the English state’s treatment of Scotland; and Benjamin Zephaniah rejecting the OBE with references to "empire," slavery, and racial brutality.
Created 22 hours ago • 41 documents • Range: 4/15 9:33pm – 4/16 3:15amIn 2003, Zephaniah was offered appointment as [a pig] of the Order of the [british] Empire (OBE). He publicly rejected the honour, stating that: "I get angry when I hear that word 'empire'; it reminds me of slavery, it reminds of thousands of years of brutality, it reminds me of /5
"The English state thinks that the people of Scotland are nothing more than subjects of the English state and they can treat the people of Scotland as a people that are their to serve the English elite like the the English monarchy and the English government and the House of Lords Not any longer"
He was both racist and abusive, if you follow that type of person then the phrase about judging people by the company they keep applies.
He was thrown out of Fordham University. His father had to make a Donation to Wharton to get in in and for him to graduate and seal His grades . Profs said he was retarded … Sorry this was when it was a technical term . His mom said you’re saying my son’s a moron ?They said no he’d need 25 more pts
I doubt it also…the Cons will have to show him the door. I don’t think he loves being in Opposition, he is ‘in love’ with the idea of being PM. He also knows no other employment than being a politician. I don’t think he has self insight skills to figure out what else…who would hire a loser maybe?
The man is a multi millionaire. You made it dude. Aside from the racism, the rest is all in his head. I dont for a second mean to undermine the racism, it is serious and shpuld always be addressed, but really, he's just a bit of a nobhead. The system absolutely was against him, he did it anyway
He prosecuted Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg, and spent decades arguing that international law was the only real alternative to mass atrocity. Ferencz was a dear friend of the Jackson Center and a recipient of our Heinz International Humanitarian Law Award. He passed away at 103 in 2023.