This week we look at the fallout from the Charlie Kirk assassination; Yes Minister; Students in Amsterdam; the Oxford Union President; Mental Health worker in Australia; Borussia Dortmund; AI books exploit death; What does the London March mean? Sir Trevor Phillips; Net Zero in Australia; Andrew Hastie; the growth of ASEAN; The Decline of Germany; Theresa May on Euthanasia; Christians slaughtered in the Congo; Banning Prayer in New South Wales; Finnish school pupils v English Uni students; ‘Man Overboard’ banned; Danny Kruger joins Reform; Star Trek bissexuality; Robert Redford; and the Last Word, with music from BJ Thomas; Sons of Korah; Don Mclean; REM; The Rolling Stones; Prelude; Blink;
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Anyone with views such as Mr Kirk subscribed to will lead to polarised opinions such as those you cite in the podcast this week. Your citing of these polarised opinions reflect those of yourself. In recent podcasts you yourself have celebrated the assassinations of Middle Eastern politicians in similar terms. Every human life deserves respect. Two wrongs don’t make a right.
Everyones views are polarising by that standard. Every human life deserves respect – and yet there is a time when it is right to take a life. Even in sorrow. To even suggest that there is some equivalence between the assassination of a young man who was seeking to debate, and the assassination of mass murderers shows a clear lack of a moral compass!
The challenge for me in seeing this as a seismic event is that it is appears to be an individual with a personal agenda that is responsible. In that sense I am not sure why it is to be distinguished from the 1000s of others who have lost their lives in USA this year through individual shootings by people with agendas. The issue for me remains the prominence of guns in USA society.
The huge numbers of death in international conflicts are sadly far more world shaping than the death of an individual by a single shot, tragic though it is, though the media wants to make it a hugely significant event.
Perhaps history will prove the death of Charles Kirk to be a significant moment, but at this point in time I cannot see how it is anything more than a personal tragedy turned into a media event.
Thanks David. The Seismic event is not dependent on the individual who perpetrated the crime….just like the shooting of Archduke Ferdinand, the burning of the Reichstag or the shooting of JFK were dependent on the individuals who did these. The event is seismic because of what it, and the reaction to it, revealed about society in the West today. It’s a bit cynical to see it only as a media event. And shortsighted.
Worth reading and pondering:
https://wildernessdispatch.com/2025/09/15/we-are-remembering-two-different-charlie-kirks
No – not really – although I can see why it would appeal to you. Confirmation bias is a powerful thing! The whole thing is negated by his claim that none of his left wing friends have expressed anything other than grief for Charlie. It must be nice to live in such a comfort bubble! And the usual racist and sexist claims as well.
From a German news site today:
“Unrestrainedness can be very liberating. At least until you look at the consequences in horror. In the moment of reflection, the throat of the just-uninhibited person tightens at what they just uttered in their intoxication. That’s assuming they possess a moral compass that, once the frenzy has subsided, shows them how far they’ve strayed. We don’t know where Heidi Reichinnek lost this small, useful device. In any case, the Left Party leader didn’t have it with her when she visited Caren Miosga.
Regarding the assassination of Charles Kirk, she made a statement that could permanently change the political climate in Germany: “There’s no need to feel pity or respect for this person.” She was even “irritated that the Junge Union (Young Union) sent such a condolence post, considering what kind of person he is.” Kirk was, she said, “very problematic.” Mourning, pity, or even respect are therefore out of place for people whom Ms. Reichinnek finds “problematic.”
In this icy wind, even on a mild September evening, you’d want to pull on the thickest sweater. And knock back a shot of schnapps to calm down. Did she really say that? She did. And it’s about to get worse, so don’t put the bottle away too quickly.
What Reichinnek demonstrates is by no means just a delusion in a dark-red bubble. Rather, there is a broad current creeping through the country that has set out to flatten even the most basic rules of decency and humanity.
National soccer player and Dortmund player Felix Nmecha, for example, is feeling this. The 24-year-old publicly expressed his shock at Kirk’s murder, saying, “Rest in peace with God. Such a sad day.” He also wrote that Kirk had “peacefully stood up for his beliefs and values.” These statements had “caused a stir in fan circles and provoked opposition,” the German magazine “Spiegel” reported with satisfaction. This is probably why Nmecha deleted the sentence about “beliefs and values.”
Meanwhile, Borussia Dortmund has dutifully promised to address Nmecha’s comments internally. The club wants to “seek dialogue with the player,” we learn from “Spiegel.” Sounds like “coming up for a lecture.” And there’s apparently a lot to “work through.” According to “Bild,” Nmecha signed a clause in his contract that threatens him with a penalty if he says things in posts that run counter to the club’s “values.”
This completes the gruesome picture: As in the darkest periods of recent history, people are once again being classified for ideological reasons as more or less valuable members of the human race, which is why expressions of respect for the inferior are punished with “reappraisal.” Today, however, this classification no longer occurs in the cold, commanding tone of the 20th century. No, today it is done in the silky smooth tone of feigned attentiveness, which allows the audacity to justify this inhumane behavior with alleged “values.” Now you can guess why I recommended keeping the bottle of liquor within reach.”
I found this to be the darkest , most depressing Wee Flea podcast ever.
Thank God for the Sons of Korah and Psalm 91.
It was like stepping out blinking into the light at the end of a dark tunnel. There is truth and hope and goodness after all!