Questionable behaviour

“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities” – Voltaire With cellphones now generally able to record video, it is very easy to find a large number of horrific recordings on YouTube and elsewhere of public executions in Muslim countries (esp Iran and Saudi Arabia). These include beheading, hanging and stoning. … Read more…

The Islamic State (IS, ISIL, ISIS)

In 2014 the Islamic State was declared in Syria and Iraq. It even managed to break through the self-imposed news/reality filter that Kiwis seem to have, that normally shuts out events in the outside world. Nevertheless it was still not seen as an acceptable conversation topic in middle-class politically-correct circles and most kiwis chose to … Read more…