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That "purple-haired, body-pierced" paragraph has to be one of your best, GC. I'm pasting that into my archives. Here in London, the rainbow cross-walks have faded and grunged from so many feet and tires, which I see as both a trend and a blessing. But it's not quite June so there may be some repainting this weekend. But it's the public space of the Tube stations and their captive audience that the pride propaganda is most visible. Poster after poster pushing acceptance and threatening criminal prosecution for non-compliance. It's relentless and heavy handed and ultimately has a reverse effect.

Add to that the migrant problem and the flood of fighting-age males from oppressive cultures which abuse women for their existence and you've got a tinder box that's set to blow any minute. And yet there seems to be a rising tide of awareness where folks increasingly sense they're being fucked with and don't want any of it. But I may be wrong.

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And... I went into a sports store recently and all the men's shoes were black. Seriously. I was thinking, who made this decision? And most of the sportswear was black too.

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