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When an individual was found guilty of some petty offence – they were sentenced to a number of days and nights in the Town “Stocks” held by the wrists, ankles and neck – whilst passers-by were permitted to strike them with kicks, punches and any object to hand (providing disfigurement and death was avoided) and threw rotten food and excrement if any were at hand! Most of this structure is now missing – with two vertical posts (about three-feet high) still being in situé:
As to “why” Oxford Council resorted to this tactic is a matter of conjecture considering how overgrown the bank and stone is – and how difficult it is to actually locate the stone (there is virtually no signage). Perhaps a flat stone was becoming easily obscured by dirt, leaves and over debris – and an upright position rendered it better protected. John Milton (1608-1674) was a literary genius and esteemed poet who lived across the road from this stone and was a supporter of Parliament (and Oliver Cromwell) during the English Republic (1649-1660). His thinking was both progressive and Revolutionary! He (and his wife) were wealthy landowners in the area of the stone – owning property either side of St Nicholas Church in Forest Hill.
The MRLS, technically updated in its manoeuvrability and concentrated firing capability, proved to be advantageous in all indices, including a newly-applied guided system, controllability and destructive power.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un set forth an important policy to be maintained in producing new artillery pieces and equipping army units with them as the replacement of older ones.
A TfL spokesperson said: “Partnerships like this help us and brands positively engage with the hundreds of thousands of people who pass through our stations in a fun and playful way, while still ensuring they can use our network safely.
“Signage within trains, including the in-car digital displays which show what the next station is, automated train announcements, and route maps within the trains, were not changed as part of the temporary take-over.”
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A minor consideration for the US involves Elon Musk (a rightwinger and Zionist) – who has used China’s huge workforce to cheaply assembly his own brand of EVs – whilst stimulating China’s internal market to build their own EVs – and sell them to the West. The US has responded to this by placing ridiculous tariffs (as much as 200%) on all Chinese EVs imported into the West (a draconian policy followed by the UK and EU, etc) – a markup which renders these cars virtually unsellable! I envisage a time when we will all be queuing-up with our EVs at petrol-pump type chargers – and be paying about the same for a fully charged battery – as we used to do for a full tank of petrol!
Non-White migrants coming into White (capitalist) societies exist only to make “profit” – and use that money to build a self-contained bubble of contentment around themselves and their families, etc, to the exclusion of all others. This reality comes about due to the racial exclusion non-White people experience. On top of this, some Chinese people reject Socialism and throw their lot in with the anti-Chinese attitudes of the West. A capitalist-preferring Chinese person will suffer exactly the same racism as does the pro-Socialist Chinese person at the hands of the “White” American system. China’s eulogising of commerce in general – and its admiration for the US system particularly – will not change any of these Eurocentric attitudes. America has made its position clear many decades ago and it seems odd that China would continuously react affronted – every time the Americans behave true to form! Mao Zedong would never have allowed this position of weakness to occur.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 