yeah first time on this site and still nothin from two separate vendors. One has been 8 days! I'm tryin to be patient but frankly I'm pissed!

won't name names but they had a high rating, almost 10. also had comms with the vendor so I can't complain about that. just frustrating given the positivity about many vendors and orders

yeah the more time I spend on the site the more I read. I'm seeing a lot of good things but it's always gona be tough to nail it down to the right vendors for you. I've seen plenty of ppl that seem to have found the vendors they like, aint givin up yet...or at least until next payday lolz

yeah i saw some of their stuff, plenty of variety in price, quality and quantity. Although an oz would do me I'm startin small scale and plenty do that so it's interesting for sure

yeah appreciated, that's what's interesting about this place...seems like most ppl wana help out. always gona be the negative side to it but mostly it seems pretty chill and positive so we'll see how it goes!

sound gd ;D

In times of economic and political strife extremists always rise, whether left or right wing...it doesn't matter, they are reactionary's. For example the liberal left intend destruction of things about history that upset them much in the same way Nazi's in Germany burned books. People need to learn from History and rarely do, the same mistakes are repeated and things somehow trundle on. 'Good times bring weak people', 'Weak people bring bad times', 'Bad times bring strong people' & 'Strong people bring good times'. The great circle of human history.

lol it's different in different countries. A conservative in the US is different from a conservative in the UK.

As an example the BLM movement (btw I support equal rights for all races, genders etc.) have tried to expunge slavery and that part of history. Taking down statues of former slaveholders and so on won't change anything, we must remember these things happened so that they don't happen again.

Because of slow or no change for certain groups there is an attempt to accelerate that change from an evolution to a revolution. People will only be backed into a corner for so long whatever their political inclinations. Some people think they're pushing for positive change but real change is when we've learned the lesson.

Well the statues are an example. They are subjects for posterity but they also memorialise history and certain points in history. As such they connect themselves to that history.

I basically agree with you though, they aren't the history themselves and so it shouldn't matter. It's what they represent that makes the difference.

I feel that whether right or left wing, people have an agenda and push that. Both different sides of the same coin I'd say.

Also CRT?

Yeah np, I don't mind a bit of debate.

Again I do agree with the first part of what you said. Statues certainly venerate people, but also events. However cultures not putting up statues of 'twats'...well...that's a matter of perspective.

There are many examples of people that put up statues of people who are considered great or influential in their time and place. Those same people and statues are considered later, or by another group to be somehow offensive or detestable.

I'm not gona say that something like slavery in the U.S. wasn't a terrible thing, it defo was. I do think that removing something that is generally offensive to the majority should be considered. It's just that we also need to learn from these things and replace them with something that educates people about the history surrounding them so as to understand the bigger picture.

But yeah CRT, I am familiar with it...bit of a deep and complicated topic. But to answer your original question about that, yes I believe it is still something of a hot topic within education in the UK. I believe the Tories here (conservatives) said they felt CRT was biased, in other words trying to ram anti-racism down kids throats without opposing viewpoints.

This is a quote from the Equalities Minister, "Any school which teaches these elements of critical race theory, or which promotes partisan political views such as defunding the police without offering a balanced treatment of opposing views, is breaking the law".

So yeah interesting, jeez this turned into an essay XD

Yeah i'm new to this site and put an order down on 01/09 and still aint arrived as of 05/09 but that's 4 days including a Sunday so I'm just bein patient although I'm gettin serious cabin fever and may kill someone...lol jokes...but I contacted the vendor so maybe he can shed some light on it. RM is not doin good right now and it's only gona continue. Spoke to m8 who used to work for them and he said "4 days! Ha it could take a week the way things are!" so yeah I'm just twiddling the thumbs until then...