The British music industry made 7 billion pounds profit last year. It doesn't need government support. It's doing fine. The industry has moved away from physical media and grass-root venues. No point shoring up supply when there is no demand.

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

Come on, saying something interesting, please.

Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.

They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.

Don't fall for it.

Wise words.

Indeed, especially tough in 2025 and in specific places in the world. You would have though we would have learned our lessons by now.

I don't. Another presumption from you.

Nope, never used that term, I don't stand by it, and have no interest in what it stands for.

I've never used the phrase "No True Scotsman" in my life and have no idea what it means. Let me Google it. See, already your being presumptuous.

I was replying to Owningsuperset7 not you.
You've accused me of judging others, but that is exactly what you've just done to me. Who's the hypocrite now?

Islam and Christianity as religions are sound in theory. It's the practice which causes the problem. If people are doing bad crazy shit in the name of religion, then that's not religion's fault. I take exception to the claim that my religion is "Fucked up" - but we sort of agree.

I am. Let's hear what you have to say.

Your notional fear of the future, and the deployment of the crusades as your first hand played in a discourse about Christianity, tells me you're American. I've never been armed and here in the UK have no intention to be so. Peace & Love.

He was being critical of British rule in India.

I wanted to know what you meant, not what the Bible said, and if your only contribution to this discourse is the incorrect assumption that I haven't studied the Bible, then I am disinterested to continue this conversation.

The Crusades were wars fought by men, over the perceived supremacy of their religions.
Christianity and Islam share the same God.

Sorry, what's the message?

Which wars would they be?

Science is a process of approximation, refining its understanding of the natural world, rather than presenting absolute, unchanging truths. It has nothing so say about moral or spiritual issues.

Can you back that up? Genuinely interested.

He was being racist there. Just so you know.

Why would the … checks notes…”Enemy of Christ” need to be wary of me?

I’m currently unarmed.

He’s not wrong.

That’s more like it.

i do not understand why journalists remain on Twitter, where the US government is almost certainly reading their DMs whenever they want

Thank you for beating Man U!