A truly despicable move

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Ophelia Benson

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The other day I fumed about Amnesty’s siding with the Scottish Ministers instead of For Women Scotland; so did JKR.

Seriously.

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10 responses to “A truly despicable move”

  1. Mike B Avatar
    Mike B

    Last few months feel rather, well, eschatological, don’t they? Not that I believe that shit . . . But you know what I mean. Trump re-election, +1.5 degree anomaly, trans Uber alles . . .

  2. Papito Avatar
    Papito

    More like Amnesty For Rapists International, amirite?

  3. Ophelia Benson Avatar
    Ophelia Benson

    Mike, yes, they do indeed.

  4. maddog1129 Avatar
    maddog1129

    But eroding women’s rights is no big deal.

  5. KBPlayer Avatar
    KBPlayer

    I absolutely gasp how Amnesty has strayed from its original purpose of campaigning for prisoners of conscience, something that most people could approve of, to going down the sectarian route.

  6. Ophelia Benson Avatar
    Ophelia Benson

    Seriously. How does “amnesty” even come into it?? How is this part of their brief at all in any way???

  7. Athel Cornish-Bowden Avatar
    Athel Cornish-Bowden

    Last few months feel rather, well, eschatological, don’t they? Not that I believe that shit

    Not a word one needs much unless one is the right sort of theologian. Likewise scatological unless one is the right sort of medical specialist. However, “shit” is very appropriate, as in Spanish eschatology and scatology are spelt exactly the same: escatologIa!

  8. Rev David Brindley Avatar
    Rev David Brindley

    Australia’s esteemed Macquarie Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2024 is “enshitification”.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-26/macquarie-dictionary-word-of-the-year-2024/104648884

  9. Francis Boyle Avatar
    Francis Boyle

    This hardcore atheist has used ‘eschatology’ in at least one poem. It’s one of my favourite words. I refuse to give it up.

  10. Ophelia Benson Avatar
    Ophelia Benson

    It’s an excellent word.

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