Italian Troops, French Rwanda, British Genocide and Men Cry...

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Not sure I can / want to find the humour in any of this...


Troops are being deployed in major Italian cities. You can have your say here:

http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=5197&edition=2&ttl=20080806201532

This reminds me of a quote, 'There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.*'


Bad times 'south of the olive line', the French have been accused of actively participating in the Rwandan genocide:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7545168.stm

Before I get jumped on, and in the interests of balance, let us remember that France is not the only European power to be accused of / involved in such things:

http://www.victorianstation.com/boerwar.htm


On a slightly lighter side, 80 reasons why men cry:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7544985.stm

...what makes TobytheTeacher cry? (notice the sudden use of the third person to distance myself from the actual question) ....the incorrect use of the Perfect Tense, Ferrero clients' insistence of using the phrase 'in line' for every possible expression of consistency, coordination or standardisation, and teaching a client for 30hrs, at the end of which, they still say 'I am car'.

...there are a few other things as well, but they're nobody's business but my own ;)

Toodle-Pip!


*Quote is from the first season of the revamped Battlestar Galactica, Commander Adama.