RK, see one of your local pubs is banning under 25's in the evenings for being arseholes [Link]

I find the whole idea of visiting 'ground zero' ("exit through the gift shop") quite distasteful. But I know people who've been and found it quite emotional.

Cambodia interests me too(and Vietnam)but as that ended in the 70s enough time has gone by to pretend it wasn’t really that scary

I read an article a while back in the Guardian (naturally – c'est moi) that examined the ethics of that tie-up with Rwanda by Arsenal, and whether it's right that a country should be spending quite a large amount of money on expensive EPL sponsorship. I guess this discussion here shows that it at least gets them noticed.

CW - that’s true, there’s a good “market” for atrocity tourism (see also the killing fields, etc....), but recent events not so attractive (mind you, ground zero in NYC is popular!) - I was thinking rather more of the natural landscape and wildlife in Rwanda 😬

Without wishing to get embroiled in a heated exchange, why is it hypocritical?

The sheer hypocrisy of it Sid.

I’ve been to Auschwitz and Dachau so things like that interest me but that’s just too recent and vivid

CW - I’m not working for their tourist board, but then again there are many places people wouldn’t go on holiday if they thought about events that have happened there.... Then again, who’s booking a holiday abroad in the next year in any case....? 🤔🙄😢

*(you’re not allowed to use the term “gammon” on here)

A4e-after seeing the film Hotel Rwanda on a plane once, think I will pass on that one

KD is clearly self-styling as the WUP GB's version of Nietzsche's Übermensch and self-appointed head of the WUP intelligentsia, which in itself is quite amusing really. MAD quite often makes comments which some would construe as gammon-like in nature.

To be fair, Rwanda looks like an amazing place to visit (although probably not so much if you’re a racist and you hate seeing a lot of black people), but this link explains the good work being done by the VisitRwanda organisation [Link]

Crickezzzzzzzzzzz 😴 oops, nodded off there for a few daysszzzzzz 😑

Or not,all that gorgeous weather we had during lockdown,soon as cricket starts it rains😪

Trigs and the crickets about to start😂

I'm quietly impressed that Kentish managed to resist calling Mark Davis 'fart face'. Maybe Kentish has now progressed to the humour level of a nine year old, rather than an eight year old. 👏 👏 👏 👏

Maybe I’m just in a good mood. The weather is due to turn bright again from Friday, I’ve got a week off, my girlfriend had her haircut quite drastically so I feel like I’m cheating on my girlfriend but it’s with my girlfriend. Pubs are open again, football’s back on and everyone’s politely avoiding saying that it’s a bit shit and doesn’t really seem to matter. I’ve got next week off. Life is good.

dunno...think MAD has an issue with the Gooners having a sponsorship deal with Rwanda, and also sporting 'Black Lives Matter'on their shirts. Would love to know why these things mean that they are 'wankers

Is it a form of “gaslighting”? Just asking, as I’m never quite sure when people use that term whether it’s being used in the way that it’s intended....

Trigs - It was just a fact, but it was posted to elicit a reaction. It succeeded in that respect but the reaction was possibly not as expected.

What was mad’s point Brighton? I couldn’t fathom it tbh 🤔

Did anyone else find it amusing to watch Mark Francois threatening the chief of defence staff, a senior general, with Cummings? He was in the TA, but likes to say he was “in the army”, but the best quote I’ve read in response to his grand military claims was “You were in the Territorial Army, that's just, to quote Who Dares Wins, 'running around Epping Forest with twigs in your hat'.” 🤪🤣

I didn't understand it Brighton. Which is why I wasn't outraged. And I couldn't be bothered looking into it just so that I could be outraged.

Everyone jumping on KDs post rather than MADs 20.42 absolutely sums up the state we are in.