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From: Rob Morley on 20 Aug 2006 13:17 In article <Xns9825B9E3E8241adrianachapmanfreeis(a)204.153.244.170> Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Brimstone (brimstone(a)hotmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they > were saying : > > > You have expressed a dislike of strong language. Have I used any to you? > > You used the E-word to him... > Is the European Union some sort of deviant sexual practice?
From: Adrian on 20 Aug 2006 13:17 Ivor Jones (ivor(a)despammed.invalid) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying : > Why does someone from Pakistan consider being called a "Paki" an > insult..? I don't know, but they do and I would never dream of > insulting someone from that country in such a way. OK, so we won't call you a Brit or a Euro.
From: mattic on 20 Aug 2006 13:23 "The Wanderer" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:17wdfei78q25g$.1cex4pngvvzzo$.dlg(a)40tude.net... > On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:38:01 GMT, mattic wrote: > >> I made two posts, I fail to see how that is "over and over and over >> again", >> you have asked nothing of me. >> >> You seem, now, to be denying that England is in Europe. You may not do so >> and retain credibility. You may consider it utterly un-European for all >> sorts of reasons except one: that of simple geography. Simple geography >> implies nothing more than a convenient way of identifying where you live >> on >> a scale larger than country and smaller than hemisphere. > > He who argues with a fool risks confusing the onlookers as to who is the > fool..... Only if the onlookers are fuckwits! ;-)
From: Adrian on 20 Aug 2006 13:19 Rob Morley (nospam(a)ntlworld.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying : >> 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. <Ivor mode> But all of them are wrong, since there's no country called Caucasia. So there. </im>
From: Richard Brookman on 20 Aug 2006 13:26
Ivor Jones wrote: || "Richard Brookman" || <THErichard.brookmanOBVIOUS(a)btinternet.com> wrote in || message news:4krhg2Fdc7inU1(a)individual.net ||| Brimstone wrote: ||| ||||| Your ethnic origin is at the crux of this ||||| conversation and is something that everyone can see ||||| when meeting you face to face. ||| ||| Please don't give him another category to start denying ||| things. European is not a race nor an ethnic group, it ||| describes a geographical area. His ethnic origin ||| (assuming he is white Essex boy with Welsh ancestry, ||| although I stand to be corrected on that) is Caucasian. ||| He's still a European, geographically speaking. || || Wrong. || || Ivor What have I said in the above post that is factually incorrect? Just repeating "wrong" without saying why is a bit unhelpful. -- Rich ============================== Take out the obvious to email me. |