From: Brimstone on
Ivor Jones wrote:
> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:fvGdnUIQwfouFXXZRVnyjA(a)bt.com
>> Ivor Jones wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>>> I have no difficulty with language at all. Merely the
>>> fact that a certain group of people have taken it upon
>>> themselves to insult me over and over again and then
>>> wonder why I defend myself.
>>
>> How have these people insulted you?
>
> You know perfectly well how. By calling me what I am *NOT*

If that were true you would have a point, it isn't and you don't.


> I don't particularly care if you understand *why* I consider being
> called what I am not an insult or not. The fact that I have told you
> repeatedly that I do and you persist even after this says everything
> I need to know about you.

No one is calling you anything you're not.


> If you had the slightest streak of decency in you, you would respect
> my wishes, whether you agree with them or not.

Wishes don't enter into it.



From: Adrian on
Ivor Jones (ivor(a)despammed.invalid) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

>> > I was unaware it was possible to choose the gender of a
>> > child in the 50's.

>> Ah, so you WERE old enough to vote in the '75 EU
>> membership referendum...? And there was you, claiming
>> that you didn't get asked for your opinion...

> And since when has any government taken the slightest notice of the
> electorate when it didn't suit them..?

You said you'd never had an opportunity to express your opinion. You did.
From: Brimstone on
Ivor Jones wrote:
> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ReOdnVsq8o--FHXZRVnyjw(a)bt.com
>
> [snip]
>
>> Your ethnic origin is at the crux of this conversation
>> and is something that everyone can see when meeting you
>> face to face.
>
> Right. So if you meet someone from Australia or the US face to face
> and they don't say anything to give you a clue from their accent, or
> do anything else that might give them away, you can still tell where
> they're from, can you..?

I can identify their ethnic origin.


From: PC Paul on
Ivor Jones wrote:
> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:49WdnQksSL0VFHXZRVny1Q(a)bt.com
>
> [snip]
>
>> What insult is being levelled at you?
>
> You know perfectly well. Answer the question.

A statement of fact is no insult.

Feel free to sue me for libel if you think that any court, even an *English*
one, would take your side.

I think not. You silly European, you.


From: Brimstone on
Ivor Jones wrote:
> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:O9qdnW8f08jJFHXZRVny1Q(a)bt.com
>> Ivor Jones wrote:
>>> "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:sYidnQwylMe_G3XZRVnyhw(a)bt.com
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>> You don't really understand what this is about do you?
>>>
>>> Yes, it is about you insulting me and me defending
>>> myself. Stop and I will. Carry on and so will I.
>>
>> What insult is being levelled at you?
>
> You know perfectly well. You are calling me a European and I have
> asked you not to. It doesn't matter if you don't understand why I
> consider it an insult, merely that you know I do.

So tell us why you consider it an insult.