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A suspended monorail line in Wuhan, China

Not sure, but this is what ChatGPT recons :) In the heart of summer, when the sun blazed its brightest and the air was thick with the scent of adventure, there was a man who pedaled his bicycle through the winding roads of a quaint countryside. His bicycle was not just a means of...

This dude is going places

The Flying Pickets - Masters Of War

Came across this little guy while hicking on the West Coast, and asked it to say ‘cheese’…

Coin this a war / conflict / genocide, whatever you want. Bottom line is it is a situation created by a handful of people to satisfy their selfish agendas, by exploiting differences in the **** sapience species attributable to race and religion.

China Ceramics Valley in Liling, central China's Hunan Province

Instead of smiling, I would have asked my money back. img hosting

Then I must be the first, because I am definitely not the second ;) And having made peace with that, I will now withdraw from this discussion. And thank you for your contribution, you have convinced me that there will always be a barbaric conflict in the region, seeing that shaking hands and...

You lost me at ‘which side of this conflict I support’.

Growing up in a city at the height of apartheid, and visiting family on a farm in rural Natal, I was touched by the sight of my cousin playing and having fun with the farm labourers’ kids (and experienced the same feeling when I saw the pic of the two kids somewhere above in this thread). It...

Getting the thread back on track

And that is exactly why this conflict is still with us - both sides sugarcoating their actions and claiming to be the victim. Until the respective leaders come to their senses and shake hands, the world will see them for what they are - disgusting barbaric thugs.

The ‘insightful‘ article fails to point out that nowhere in history has a conflict been resolved without the parties involved doing some introspect, concluding that the only way to resolve the conflict will be by doing away with their barbaric actions, to shake hands and move on ;)

Yes, the origin of the image is irrelevant, it is the message that is important, viz. can all parties involved please just admit to their wrongdoings, stop the hatred an start acting like we are living in the 21st century.

An (unintended) action photo I took earlier today 🫣

NAD 3020

Pic taken near Pringle Bay this week by Jancko de Beer