Defence Spending

The argument is a good one. And I accept that. If only the UK had not undermined it continuously by taking part in #aggressive #conflict, where #offence rather than defence has been a substantial part of our countries efforts. And I have served in the armed forces.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/15/defence-chiefs-russia-rearmament-security-britain-germany-europe

#Defence #UK #Germany #Protection #Deterrence #War #ArmedForces

Did you know that "do you plead guilty to the charges?" was once an unlikely question to be answered?

Until the 18th century, common #law had a clause in which a person charged with a capital #offence would be subjected to torture if they did not plead either #guilty or not.

Many defendants refused to plead despite this prospect, because if they did, their heirs would not inherit their property!

#Torture by crushing was used to either elicit a plead or #death.

#history

Trick and Treat by Fairlight and Offence and Prosonix (Commodore 64 Demo)

https://video.infiniteloop.tv/videos/watch/acd1fc8b-dde6-40e3-a12c-37553e1feb17

Fopcycle by Fairlight, Offence and Prosonix (Commodore 64 Demo)

https://video.infiniteloop.tv/w/pYrjJCeBBmgi7zAtMC1Aww

We Are All Connected by Fairlight and Offence and Prosonix (Commodore 64 Demo)

https://video.infiniteloop.tv/videos/watch/3fe3c5c3-79a9-42b7-b669-0392347f8cbf

We Come In Peace by Censor and Fairlight and Offence (Commodore 64 Demo)

https://video.infiniteloop.tv/videos/watch/bb2fccee-4355-4c6f-9a31-0cb06f87b478

You’ve noticed by now that more suffering is inflicted on the world by people who take offence than by people who give it. And that what we stop doing is vastly more significant than what we start doing.

What he meant

https://whatisherenow.art.blog/2024/10/21/228/

#contemplation #mind #offence #suffering