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Professor of Geopolitical Strategy and Macroeconomics for a British University. Geopolitical realist. Husband. Father of 2. Looking for serious conversations.
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@resist_toexist
No, people don't just walk away in Europe, they'll come to you and call an ambulance. What the hell is he talking about? Is no one going to call him out?
Says the man whose country has completely sealed off the border with Gaza. Don't talk to me about humanity.
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@ireallyhateyou
Grown men stripped to make sure they're not carrying explosive devices is somehow comparable to the Holocaust? This is why it's impossible to take many pro-palestinians seriously.
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@TimOnTheTractor
There is no presence of the US or western powers in Haiti, Afghanistan or Palau New Guinea. Thatโs just your political rhetoric to play victim. If anything, itโs the Chinese moving in there at the moment.
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@PplsCityCouncil
Free Hawaii and Guam would mean China invades them. They are far too strategically important.
Care to live under the CCP?
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@Gemma_clark14
You really have zero self awareness, donโt you.
Arresting people for disagreeing with you is fascism. Not wanting challenge, labelling it as hate is fascism. You are the new fascists. You think youโre the good guys? Fascists always promise a better, more moral society, but they
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@ArturRehi
Russia wants peace talks because Putin can present whatever he gets as a victory to his people, since they believe he's fighting all of nato. Thisxwpuld give him a chance to stay in power.
Losing Crimea, however, would shatter any belief of competence in Putin. It would be
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@BladeoftheS
Most countries on this list have benefited from the American nuclear umbrella. So they have a nuclear deterrent by proxy.
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@SocialistNHS
We know itโs an ambulance, thank you very much.
Could the NHS please stop spending taxpayer money on virtue signalling. Is there a legitimate medical reason for this? What a waste.
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@CherylWroteIt
I've been to Glastonbury several times. I can honestly say that if such an event occured and somehow wasn't the wake up call from the wider society and our politicians against the existential threat of islamism, then it would be the official end of the millenia old existence of
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@joncoopertweets
I mean if that's your logic, I can go out and probably find pictures of blue armpit haired rabid feminists wearing dildos in front of kids and say that's our future if you don't vote. These people in the picture look preferable to those in my opinion. Feel free to actually argue
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@SaulStaniforth
Do you really think Hamas would stop fighting, knowing weapons are not reaching Israel anymore?
Very far from spot on.
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@persianjewess
Until that changes, as a British person, I will not travel to the Maldives for any reason. Iโm happy to take my business elsewhere.
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@broseph_stalin
As if you would otherwise go to Israel during wartime. Of course tourism suffers.
I doubt people opposed to Israel in the first place would ever visit there even if there was no war. So your boycotts really don't mean anything.
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@battleforeurope
Oh boy, where to start.
NATO has not been involved in Afghanistan or Libya, for starters, and the bombings of the USA, from Korea to Iraq, were not as part of a NATO mission. As for Kosovo, most have argued that NATO was justified to stop the ethnic cleansing.
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@davesumnersmith
You can โuniteโ all you want.
You are failing to understand the root cause of the problem. The terror attacks, the grooming gangs. The little children and the MPs stabbed to death.
You are merely treating the symptoms.
Things unfortunately will only get much worse.
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@BriannaWu
This is why I follow you, even if I donโt always agree with you.
Do you think far more liberals agree with you but are afraid to admit it or be labelled a conservative or worse, maga?
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@MarkSeddon1962
@Telegraph
Numbers don't lie, Mark. Enough food trucks have gone into gaza to give every person there three meals a day until the end of the year.
Now of course, once in Gaza, hamas takes as much as it can then sells it again at hugely marked up prices, even shooting Palestinians trying
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@RichardJMurphy
Honestly, I would much rather have a Japan-style stagnation for 30 years but living in one of the safest and high-trust countries in the world than a mass-migration but economic growth model.
Why must it be economic growth at the expense of security and culture? Are the
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@GaryLineker
Peace has always been the historical anomaly. If you want peace, you have to fight for it and then fight to maintain it. You canโt even condemn Hamas, I wouldnโt want you fighting anywhere near me in the trenches Gary.
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@AkyolinEnglish
Last I checked, prior to the rise of nazis in Europe, Jews were not conducting hundreds of terror attacks, killing thousands. They were not grooming German or British girls by the thousands. They were not massively overrepresented in knife crimes and prisons.
@DouglasKMurray
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@Gerashchenko_en
On a more serious but positive note, the UK has just voted in a government that will continue to support Ukraine 100%, while Farage only got 4 seats. His numbers plummeted after saying NATO caused the war.
Let no one doubt, we Brits stand with Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ!!
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@CherylWroteIt
Brilliantly worded as always.
Iโve defended Israel for a long time now, but only became active on X because of the Oct 7th tragedy. It was time to fight back, even in a small way.
And youโre right, the tragedy has galvanised so many of us, in Israel and beyond.
I can promise
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@legaltweetz
Most topics cover school curriculum and sports.
1. I don't want sex material given to my children before puberty, especially with graphic content.
2. Biology matters in sports. I want my daughter to have fair competition.
If that makes me anti-trans, so be it.
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@DaydreamerFly
@RebeccaCNReid
They probably all brushed their teeth too. Is toothpaste the common denominator? No, toothbrushes perhaps. Shampoo? Socks?
If itโs ok to blame all men, why canโt others blame all Muslims? Or blame all Jews?
Such a ridiculously lazy and bigoted way to see the world.
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@ProtossTheHero
@PplsCityCouncil
Itโs not my fault you donโt see the reality of the world and instead see it as you wish it would be.
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@DanielFooksArt
So, a second holocaust? What would replace it? An Islamist state run by Hamas? Feel free to have tough conversations anytime..
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@ambitiousGunner
@ArturRehi
In 1917, when the Russian army revolted and the tsar collapsed, the German army moved nearly a thousand miles east, almost as far as the nazis did 25 years later. Of course, people forget this, since Germany lost the war a year later. But it offers a valuable lesson.
If
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@CherylWroteIt
It does look bleak, but both Britain and Israel have faced their darkest hours before. We have always prevailed and will again. In fact, it's hard to see, but I predict a very bright future once these conflicts around the world are over. If I had to make an analogy, I feel like
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@ksinatraa
@PplsCityCouncil
Youโre arguing from morality, but if I were to ask you specifically for precise lines on maps, I guarantee most of the native populations of the world would disagree with you. Assuming you could even define who is native around the world.
Thus, you massively oversimplify what
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@ace_t_123
@TimOnTheTractor
You mean the French in Haiti in 1802? Haitians couldnโt come up with something since? Theyโve had 222 years. Neighbouring DR is ten times wealthier. How do you explain that, if both were pillaged so much?
As for Afghanistan, good luck developing it. A landlocked mountainous
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@BladeoftheS
As if capitalism and private property rights didnโt generate the wealth to pay for all those things.
If you focus on redistribution before production, you end up with neither.
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@schneiderhome
If you say so.
There have always been bankers, bosses and millionaires. Funny how they didnโt cause these things before. Now that we have unprecedented levels of mass immigration, suddenly these millionaires do this to us at the same time. What a coincidence.
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@ksinatraa
@PplsCityCouncil
Plus, she said free Yemen. The Houthis are occupying large parts of Yemen that do not identify as such. That are not even Zaidi Shia Muslims. The Houthis came from the north, burning, pillaging and raping as they went. Are you both calling upon the Houthis to return north and
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@Stone_SkyNews
Would you prefer the IDF tell them not to evacuate? To stay in their buildings during the fighting?
Oh right, you just want Israel not to fight back. I remember now.
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@AntiRacismDay
Yes, yes, yes..
Our tiny island should welcome billions of impoverished and destitute people from around the world, rather than encouraging them to make their own countries better. Otherwise weโre racists. There can be no other valid reason.
Sure..
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@SholaMos1
What war expansionism? They gave up the Sinai, southern Lebanon and Gaza. Look what that last one did? They are literally going backwards. You have a PhD in political activism I see. Another clear example of the failures of academia.
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@battleforeurope
No, you don't understand nuance. That was a UN mandate, not territorial ambitions on NATO's part. If US forces used a Nato base in Germany to ressuply for efforts in Afghanistan, that's technically NATO, but most NATO member states did not send troops to Afghanistan.
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@_ZachFoster
Itโs funny how you always seem to forget what happens in the moments before. As if a poor innocent man was just walking by minding his own business and was gunned down by a trigger happy officer. Iโm sure thatโs the kind of fantasy you have in your head, but itโs false.
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@jjz1600
Those who would be given a platform only to chant โgenocide Joeโ , vote uncommitted and call on people to vote for someon else, are going to be denied such a platform. Of course.
What did you expect?
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@DavidBerkinsky
I challenge you to wear the Star of David around your neck and not display a Palestinian flag and walk around the city or campus. You donโt have to be pro-Israel, just walk around as a regular Jewish man. See what happens when you walk amongst Palestinian supporters
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@miffythegamer
Agreed to meeting. Meaning Labour invited her. She also has millions of followers on X, and so has influence, whether you like it or not. Turns out, most people donโt like biological men into women spaces. Doesnโt make them bigots.
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@palmtr33princ3z
@PplsCityCouncil
What have I said that you think is wrong?
Free Congo? Does she even know which one? The RoC or the DRC? Iโm guessing she means the DRC, but simply putting it as Congo already shows she has no idea what sheโs talking about.
Who are the factions fighting in the DRC right now
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@nejmasenpai
Whose wedding? Some random couple whose special day you just ruined? You think most people will support you more after this?
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@ClemMinister
But the government signalling it won't pay back the Bank of England sends a message worlwide drying up foreign private capital. Which means that pound becomes worthless. Which means Britain can't import many critical raw materials, not to mention food.
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@OwenJones84
Owen, any word on the Jews having been attacked, some killed, around the western world since Oct 7th? Any comments on โgas the Jewsโ in Sydney? Why is it always so one sided with you? What did you think was going to happen? Almost as if attacks lead to retaliation..
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@ProfSteveKeen
Even the worst IPCC scenario doesnโt come anywhere near a 10ยฐC rise. And thatโs assuming we donโt make any attempt at energy transition whatsoever, which we clearly are, and burn coal like thereโs no tomorrow, which we are clearly moving away from.
Stop fear-mongering.
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@secretagentm4n
@ace_t_123
@TimOnTheTractor
Your article doesnโt provide a year, but Iโll provide it for you, 1947.
You do realise that GDP is adding up all of the things people produce olin a country in a given year.
Even if France took absolutely everything from Haitians up until 1947, leaving only scraps of food,
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@jeremycorbyn
I take it then that if we bombed the Nazis and schools happened to be hit, you would condemn Britain? Of course you would..
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@KatyMontgomerie
If thatโs the case, there are plenty of medical boards that oppose puberty blockers to minors except in clear cases to treat certain illnesses. Iโm assuming transgenderism is not an illness, right?
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@battleforeurope
Let me guess. Russia, not NATO, is the one acting defensively in your mind? Sure..
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@loffredojeremy
So, a cigarette burn, on his neck that I'm looking at in front of me? Where exactly?
The special forces had time for a smoke in the middle of a firefight?
If you're going to lie, at least make it convincing..
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@cenkuygur
I can assure you, the vast majority of Israelis, on the left or the right, want Hamas destroyed. You know, the people the prime minister actually answers to. This is existential for Israel. Replacing Netanyahu with the opposition will change absolutely nothing regarding Gaza.
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@Gerashchenko_en
If youโre having a bad day, remember that you could always be Putin begging for help from the North Koreans.
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@RestlessRube
@PplsCityCouncil
Umm, no..
They have abysmal healthcare without a clinical system of local doctors, no covid vaccine of their own hence the draconian lockdowns, some of the highest obesity rates and low air quality rates in the world, a disastrous housing market that has made chinese people
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@CherylWroteIt
Agreed. Antisemitism is rife among so many within our midst. Like it was always there, dormant for decades like an old plague before erupting again.
They hate Jews and were looking for such a moment to blame Israel for all their problems. How Nazis took power is now obvious.
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@Kahlissee
What happened to the soldiers afterwards? Did they get arrested? Did they go before a tribunal and sent to prison for a long time? Don't feel like mentioning that?
Hamas operatives wouldn't even be arrested. They would be cheered.
That's the difference between us.
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@AliMilaniUK
Still now Muslims refuse to admit that there are huge problems within their own community that have festered for 20 years leading up to this situation.
Why on earth does the โfar rightโ not give a toss about Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists?
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@Taj_Ali1
You donโt get to groom thousands of little girls, bomb arenas and stab children, and then play the victim.
To this day, I have yet to hear Muslims say there is something wrong within their own community. Probably because they donโt see these things as wrong.
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@NiohBerg
Iโve been to Turkey several times, all before Erdogan came to power.
Loved it, but wonโt be going back until heโs gone. Vile wretched man.
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@Truehollander
@resist_toexist
I have also travelled around the world. I never felt racism until I went to China. My girlfriend never felt more unsafe than in India.
I recently came back from Hungary, where they were incredibly welcoming and hospitable people.
Not to mention the millions of oftentimes
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@lefty_md
Occupation is better than constant attacks. May I remind you that Israel gave up its occupation of Gaza in 2005. Look what happened. Oh, you mean all of Palestine is occupied? Then you donโt anything about the history of the region.
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@Cookedk_
@palmtr33princ3z
@PplsCityCouncil
Nothing about Israel changes anything Iโve said about the DRC, Sudan and Yemen.
Unless of course you blame Jews for those as well. Some people really do blame Jews for everything after all.
As for Palestine, you probably think youโre defending oppressed people. Youโre not.
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@elerrantenomad
@HilzFuld
Are you seriously asking someone facing an existential threat to simply ignore that and focus on the character flaws of Trump?
What a fucking moron. Or someone who could not care less if 7 million Jews get exterminated, again.
Go fuck yourself.
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@abledoc
@BruceDGilley
So did the Bantus, moving across Africa violently and illegally until reaching the Fish river in South Africa. The Zulus were the latest version of this.
The Caliphate? The Turks? The Mongols? The Aztecs?
Most of human history fits this bill, so donโt single out white people.
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@CherylWroteIt
@HumzaYousaf
This sums up every single pro Palestine encounter I have ever fought here on X. All emotions, all virtue signalling, zero facts and zero knowledge about history. Pure manipulation for political and personal gains.
@HumzaYousaf
, you are a racist bigot and a liar. The good people
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@RealScottRitter
@HilzFuld
No, Scott.
Israel is far more secure geopolitically today than, for instance, during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, when it was surrounded by Arab states trying to wipe it off the map. That is simply not the case today.
Today, the Arab states are signing agreements with Israel,
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@BriannaWu
Almost as if they live in a bubble and are too afraid to leave it to explore the real world. Glad you had the courage to do so.
As Machiavelli said, only a government who talks directly to the people are worthy of the people.
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@KallingradG
If we we're in 1940, you'd say the same about Hitler. Poor little Adolf was just misunderstood. He was just fighting a war to protect his people. He had to expand his borders for defensive purposes.
Please..
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@nothing_thank_u
Israel is a multiethnic democracy with a 25% Muslim minority, as well as Christians and Druzes, not to mention people from all over the world. It scores the highest scores by far in terms of civil liberties, womenโs rights and gay rights across the Middle East.
Contrast that to
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@bencoates1
You mean mass immigration changes the ethnic makeup of a place? Who would have thought..
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@David_Tracey
@afneil
The genocide label has been used for decades despite massive Palestinian population growth. You wouldnโt know what a genocide was even if you found yourself in the middle of one.
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@SaulStaniforth
Armed resistance does not include murdering and kidnapping babies, children and civilians overall.
Youโll get it right one day.
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@alexnunns
You want a sure fire way for them not to drown?
Stop coming by boat. Apply to the nearest embassy or consulate, just like the Australians did. No more dangerous crossings.
How can you support boat crossings knowing how dangerous they are?
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@penny_moss
@leekern13
Israel doesnโt attack Lebanon, they retaliate. Stop attacking and then crying when you get hit back
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@jane_hurghada1
@resist_toexist
Really? In Australia, people just walk by you after you've had a heart attack or something? They don't call an ambulance?
Or you could call out bullshit when you hear it, especially when it's aimed at other people. Just imagine if a European or Australian director said the same
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@jane_hurghada1
@resist_toexist
So you're from Australia, you've lived in Egypt for 28 years, but you're an expert on what happens to people in Europe when they fall down?
I don't claim to know what happens to people in that situation in Egypt. Arent you being a tad arrogant here?
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@secretagentm4n
@ace_t_123
@TimOnTheTractor
You could make that argument for so many countries, and yet those same countries are doing so much better than Haiti. Yes, bad decisions lead to bad outcomes. Compare Haiti to the DR, Zimbabwe to Botswana, Rwanda to Burundi today, Nepal to Bhutan, Costa Rica to Nicaragua. Similar
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@DjAmbzLdn
@AdinHaykin1
Israel is one of the worldโs largest producers of potash. Not to mention natural gas, software and food, with Israeli farms being some of the most productive in the world despite there being only desert and swamp originally.
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@MyriamFrancoisC
Myriam, you defend Hamas and the Islamic Republic. You have no foot to stand on when it comes to international law. Zero.
Youโre also sounding more and more like a crazed right wing conspiracy theorist
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