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From: Ivor Jones on 20 Aug 2006 12:55 "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:H-2dnbqyyYFXDnXZRVny1Q(a)bt.com [snip] > In which case, until you give a sound reason why we > should not consider and describe you as a European that's > what you'll be. Because I have asked you not to call me one. However as you have no respect for others I guess I will have to put up with it. But I will not do so silently. Ivor
From: Brimstone on 20 Aug 2006 12:56 Ivor Jones wrote: > "Richard Brookman" > <THErichard.brookmanOBVIOUS(a)btinternet.com> wrote in > message news:4kri08FdfjjmU1(a)individual.net > > [snip] > >> I have never insulted you. > > By calling me a European you have. Why is it an insult? > >> You are saying you live in >> England, but not in Europe? Is that it? > > Not at all. I have said I am not a European. That is it. You've said that your father is Welsh. Since he is a European then you are also, at least in part.
From: Brimstone on 20 Aug 2006 12:58 Ivor Jones wrote: > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:H-2dnbqyyYFXDnXZRVny1Q(a)bt.com > > [snip] > >> In which case, until you give a sound reason why we >> should not consider and describe you as a European that's >> what you'll be. > > Because I have asked you not to call me one. However as you have no > respect for others I guess I will have to put up with it. But I will > not do so silently. I have great respect for other people. However I will not collude in deceit.
From: Rob Morley on 20 Aug 2006 12:58 In article <Xns9825B3DCADE02adrianachapmanfreeis(a)204.153.244.170> Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Rob Morley (nospam(a)ntlworld.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they > were saying : > > >> > though he may legitimately claim to be of Caucasian stock. > > >> Is there a country called Caucasia? I don't _think_ so... > > > The Caucasus is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. > > Ah, but is there a COUNTRY called Caucasia? If not, then by Ivor's logic, > there's no such thing as a Caucasian. > Since the term was first used as a racial classification in the 19th century it has taken on different meanings - in the USA it means white, in Europe it means "of or pertaining to the Caucasus" (when not used in the USA sense) and to anthropologists it relates to certain skull metrics and has nothing to do with skin colour.
From: mattic on 20 Aug 2006 13:08
"Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote in message news:4krhcqFd5gruU1(a)individual.net... > > That's not the question under discussion. The current question is why are > you so unspeakably rude as to continually go against someone's express > wishes when it is of no consequence to you but is everything to the other > person..? Why is it everything to you, Ivor. You must KNOW that everyone here is correct (in so far as they are logically accurate and did not set out to insult you). What has you so dead-set against it? |