Re: Apparently there are nineteen rib-ticklers in this collection, but Archived Message Posted by Margo on November 7, 2019, 11:50 am, in reply to "Apparently there are nineteen rib-ticklers in this collection, but " Often surprised how heartless and non-empathic ordinary people can be. Of course, we expect that more of people in authority, who enjoy the power of wielding sadistic intent. Take Belmarsh Prison guards, for example. They ban Assange from computer, internet, mail and library and keep him alone in a room 2m x 3.4m up to 23 hours a day. Into this void, they hand him one book: “Long Walk to Freedom” by Nelson Mandela, abused and detained for 27 years. Assange told John Pilger the book made him feel “very depressed”. That must have been a real rib-tickling moment for the Belmarsh crowd and their British and American security ‘partners’. The other ha-ha fact over at Belmarsh, is that - in holding Assange in indefinite solitary detention - they are in breach of the UN’s “Mandela Rules” (aka Minimum Standards for Prisoners) which state no one should be held in solitary longer than 15 days. As word of Assange’s “Mandela treatment” has spread in South Africa, those who were detained by the apartheid govt have expressed disgust and horror at the idea of Assange having to read Mandela’s book because his intellectual mind is illegally and vindictively starved of any other input. Message Thread: Apparently there are nineteen rib-ticklers in this collection, but - Morrissey November 7, 2019, 6:56 am How many are posted by journos, failed journos and journo wannabes? - Jamie November 7, 2019, 7:51 am Well, one of them, Michael Moron, has a name that fits them all. NOM - Rhisiart Gwilym November 7, 2019, 8:18 am Oh sorry! Did I make a typo...? NOM - Rhisiart Gwilym November 7, 2019, 8:19 am I note that No. 19, Stephen Mangan, is challenged by several people but - Morrissey November 7, 2019, 5:13 pm Re: Apparently there are nineteen rib-ticklers in this collection, but - Margo November 7, 2019, 11:50 am The Belmarsh goons are not the first to misappropriate Mandela. - Morrissey November 7, 2019, 5:05 pm Re: Apparently there are nineteen rib-ticklers in this collection, but - Mary November 8, 2019, 7:25 am   Searching