Rebuttal of a rebuttal 2

In a previous post I made some replies to a ridiculous article about the refugee crisis.  Now someone has replied to my comment with a reply that is even worse than the original article and here is my reply to this reply

Hi Rachel
When I first read your reply my first thought was that it was a brilliant satire from the right of the political spectrum, I was corrected when I clicked on your facebook profile. Then I realized you were being serious. 

Sorry to say this but your response is even more deluded than the original article. 

" There is evidence already of sexual assaults of women who try to make this journey. Also women in Germany are asked to cover up in order not to provoke these male refugees into commiting rape."

Links? Proof?"

As for evidence of German women being told to cover up, then check out this link (yes I know its the Mail and its former owner supported Stalin, erm Hitler during the 30s)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Germany-state-SIEGE-Merkel...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Rape-child-abuse-rife...

The article above already alleges that women refugees or migrants are being raped right now in these refugee centres. Even women refugee activtists from NoBorders have been gang raped and told by NoBorders not to report this as it will damage their campaign.

http://www.breitbart.com/.../no-borders-activist-gang.../

These stories makes your comments below sound like complete nonsense

"Respecting boundaries? In most Asian cultures, it's completely taboo, disgraceful, dishonourable, unclean, for a man to touch a woman he is not related to by blood or marriage. I'd take them over a gang of navvies on any building site in Europe.

The refugee women are at risk from criminal human trafficking gangs, not their fellow refugees. Bear in mind thatmany in Asia regard the West as licentious and sexually promiscuous - not a safe place to send one's sheltered, unprotected, often uneducated, womenfolk to alone."

It sounds like you are the kind of person to believe that Islam is religion of peace, because a muslim told you so.

In another case a refugee activists was mugged by migrants in Germany, mugged by the very people he was helping and he wanted more of these people to come to his country.

http://www.breitbart.com/.../makes-sad-says-open-borders.../

If it is not safe for men to stay in Syria, why are Kurdish women signing up to the Kurdish militia, the YPG. In fact I have read articles that since the Syrian civil war started, women have joined the fighting on all different sides. Lastly why are muslims from Western countries going to Syria to fight for ISIS, sometimes taking their entire families along with them?

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-are-so-many-young-british...

The Sky at Night: How to Read the Solar System: A Guide to the Stars and Planets

After finishing 'the sky at night' questions and answers book, I have moved onto "The Sky at Night: How to Read the Solar System: A Guide to the Stars and Planets", written by Paul Abel and Chris North (who co-wrote the questions and answers book with Sir Patrick).  I hope to be intellectually enlightened at the end of it.

Commander: Europe at War

I have just received my latest batch of PSP games to try out today, the first will be a turn based strategy game called Commander: Europe at War. This is set in WW2 and you could either play as the Axis or the Allies.  So it is possible to re-write history.  This is quiet a difficult game to get hold of and has very little written about it.  Luckily I have the instructions for it, so I will give this a bash and let you know.

Finally finished The sky at night

Previously I mentioned "the sky at night: questions from across the universe" book by the late Patrick Moore and Chris North, that I was reading.  And today I have finished reading it. It was very informative, sometimes witty and very personalized. It covered various subjects, including our solar system, space travel, comets, asteroids, constellation, how to watch the stars and more recent things such as exo-planets and the Mars Rover.  I have thoroughly enjoyed this book and feel more enlightened thanks to it.  Did you know that Moore has met the first man to fly(Orville Wright), first man in space (Yuri Gargarin) and one of the first men on the moon (Neil Armstrong).

The History Channel:Great battles of Rome

After playing a few battle scenarios on the campaign and the quick play mode, alas, the bad reviews of this game have been confirmed.  I admit, I did not buy this game, but downloaded it free, so I did not have the instructions for it. But I eventually worked things out to an extent.  First thing that it lacked was a tutorial, that is, how to read the unit statuses, how to move troops, how to withdraw troops etc.  After working things out for myself I tried out the campaign.  Your object is to win battles, winning battles gets your money and fame in order to build and equip a better army to fight better opponents.  This is all well and good, I found a major handicap is that you can only move 1 unit at the time, using the thumb stick.  Next the screen was a major limitation, it was very difficult work out what was actually happening without constantly checking the battle status of each individual unit. 
I only give this game 4 out of 10 and if you want historical based strategy games I suggest you stick to your old humble PC. But nice try anyway

Snoopy and the great battles of Rome

Lately I have acquired 2 PSP games from net, Snoopy vs Red Baron and History Channel: Great battles of Rome.

SVRB is a third person flight simulator, where our hero flies a Sopwith Camel to duel with the Red Baron.  So far I am still in training mode, and in the actual game itself, your character does not die when the plane crashes or gets hit, instead you lose 'health'. Also there is a stunt indicator and the higher its value, the more stunts like loops and spins you can do.  You can top up your health by flying to hovering mugs of root beer.  It is clearly aimed at a younger audience and I find it quite enjoyable.  Because the plane is much simpler, it is easier to handle than the jet fighters in Air Conflicts.  It has a been given a good review by the critics and I will certainly give it my full test.

HC:GBOR is an attempt at a Total War or Age of Empires real time battle strategy type game on the Sony PSP. I do understand that PSP's controls do not lend itself to this type of game, as a mouse is what is needed.  This game has negative reviews so I will see whether they are justified.

Sid Meier's Pirates - the end

After many attempts to find Montabalan, the protagonist who inflicted all the strife on my character, I have decided to give up and declare Montabalan the winner between us.  It seems that the game refuses to provide any clues as to his whereabouts after rescuing the fourth and final relative.

All in, I think this is quite a good strategy game, well worth buying and a good attempt for the Sony PSP, which is not the right platform for these games.

Pirates has received a lot of negative reviews, but I wonder if those reviews come from strategy gamers and did they spend enough time playing the game before the review?  I have enjoyed it and now I move onto my next game, which I will tell you about in my next post.