Yes. All those “He just snapped” or “His family meant everything to him” excuses for family annihilators (usually, though not always, male) will all pop up.

See, this is why “I was only following  orders” is a really bad excuse to allow.

Religion can be a mood and mind altering experience. Please, religion responsibly.

So, from the racist white perspective, they get to erase evidence of slavery, and further disrespect and disenfranchise black citizens, and make money off the deal? No wonder they’re so keen to do it. The confederates are revolting.

Love the sarcasm.

Hmm. It’s not as bad as it appears. Any footage they don’t include in the approved one hour will have to be “removed from circulation”. So the UK media can still keep the footage in their archives, but not show it without getting additional approval from the Palace, or if the media outlet deems it worth the risk,…

Not really related, but meanwhile, in Australia...

The Deadspin website, which, alas, does not allow commentary, has a direct link to the independent, non-proft Mississippi Today. Seems to be a good outfit. And wow, it took all this to finally get the appropriate outrage directed at it. 

How awful. Poor woman.

Useful information - the wikipedia article on the Nigerian Civil War. It’s a Kinja “link”, so copy paste is needed.

The weapons they sold they also deliberately had made shoddy and of poor quality, too. So the empire they traded with would never be a threat.

Scary.

I’m of the “better the devil you know”, or “lesser of two evils” school of thought regarding the British Monarchy. It’s largely tamed, heavily scrutinised, and by complete accident helps separate the symbolic from the executive functions of the head of state. There seems to be a psychological need for a symbolic…