[Parmy]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

I swear this thread alone is a sad microcosm of the mechanisms at play all across the western world at the moment. Really troubling - where is the balance? I mean it is here in places but what, maybe 20% of the thread... and I think that's a pretty accurate reflection. A tragic cycle of misrepresentation, press hyperbole, alienation, defensiveness and emboldening.

I don't think any of this is going to end well at all. For anyone but a very, very select few. I really do increasingly get the impression we're being played like fiddles, by people who look at us like we're ants.

FAO alf.