Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
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And Themius (the one who made said original claim) later clarified he meant international workers day.. in the last quote in this post:
Which means it is .. international workers day that was being discussed
Not that this tangent is even the main thread here
If I remember right it's not even a top 10 most dangerous job.
according to this it's not even top 20
https://www.ishn.com/articles/112748...-united-states
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The fact that in the UK they are having a black inclusion week this week (from their own website: "An opportunity for all across the UK to celebrate Black people in the UK and to remember the importance of building a fair and just society through the inclusion of EVERYONE") while in America it is National Police Week which is a week organized by 3 different police groups to honor the police who died in the line of duty & from COVID. The irony is how here in the USA police have a bad rap of killing POC (people of color aka blacks & the various Latin people) at an alarming rate. As many people worldwide are aware of the George Floyd killing and further conviction of the officer who killed him and the UK decided last year after the events of George Floyd to start the black inclusion week over there. The fact that the organizers of National Police Week chose to make it the exact same week that Black Inclusion Week is being ran in the UK shows how out of touch the US police organizations are towards the black community.
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They are
I'm surprised there weren't more of them who died in the line of duty with how much the "support the blue" folks talk about how dangerous it is to be a cop. What was shocking to me looking at that list was how many delivery drivers got killed. They were #1 in total deaths but because of how many there are their death rate per 100k is lower. Still ranked in at #7 though. I honestly thought construction workers would be higher than what they are because its a dangerous job and extremely shocked how commercial fishermen aren't even on the list at all because that's in my opinion the most dangerous job out there.
So you're claiming it's ironic that 2 completely seperate countries are doing different things at the same time.
If it was Black Inclusion Week and also National Police Week in the USA then maybe it would have been an example of irony but more than likely an example of the lack of fucks given by police in the USA.
Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi
Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi
1. The UK had native lions. They are simply extinct today.
2. The association goes back to medieval heraldry. Lions were considered an embodiment of many of the knightly virtues. At some point three golden lions became associated with the monarchy (three gold lions) and that heraldry creates the modern association between the UK and lions.
Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi
Lion heraldry definitely has early medieval roots, probably earlier if I remember correctly. Animals has been used as heraldry for a long time. The lion has simply become a symbol of royalty in many places because it has often been considered the king of animals.
I don't think there's any connection between it's use and colonialism.
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I doubt colonialism had anything to do with William the Conquerer...
The lion has been a symbol of England well before it became a colonial empire. Lions have always been used everywhere as a symbol of royalty, bravery and strength. The fact that there has been lions in England (or in this case, Normandy) or not has nothing to do with it.
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