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From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 13:48 "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:Xns9824AA024FE23adrianachapmanfreeis(a)204.153.244.170 [snip] > > > You shouldn't have to filter out spam. > > > I agree. People shouldn't send it either. > > But they do. > > So you have to live with it. And if you send it, you have to put up with the consequences, that of me complaining about it. > Do you just filter it out and bin it, or do you have a > stroppy about the fact that it exists and demand the > nasty men stop it? Both in some cases. Ivor
From: Brimstone on 19 Aug 2006 13:48 "Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote in message news:4kp105Fda3o1U1(a)individual.net... > > > "Tony Raven" <junk(a)raven-family.com> wrote in message > news:4kotfuFd142pU1(a)individual.net >> Ivor Jones wrote on 19/08/2006 16:17 +0100: >> > >> > Did I say that..? All I said was I am not a European. >> > You can be one if you like, but don't include me in >> > your decision. >> >> It's not a matter of choice - you are whether you like it >> or not just the same as you are a man and Welsh. Wishing >> any of those not to be true doesn't make it so. > > How am I Welsh, when I was born in Essex..? Because of your parents. > I'm still not a European either. So what are you African, American (North or South), Asian or Australian?
From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 13:49 "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:g7ednQ5Cbc3E03rZRVny2Q(a)bt.com > "Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote in message > news:4kp0udFd3n8lU1(a)individual.net... > > "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:Xns9824A9C857692adrianachapmanfreeis(a)204.153.244.170 > > > Ivor Jones (ivor(a)despammed.invalid) gurgled happily, > > > sounding much like they were saying : > > > > > > > > Which is wrong? > > > > > > > > > > That there isn't a continent called "Europe"? > > > > > That you don't reside in a country that's part of > > > > > Europe? That Ethiopians aren't Africans? > > > > > > > That I'm a European. I'm not. > > > > > > So which one of the three statements is inaccurate? > > > > > > Because if they're all accurate, then you're a > > > European. > > > > Wrong. > > What's wrong? The claim by some people here that I'm a European. Ivor
From: Brimstone on 19 Aug 2006 13:52 "Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote in message news:4kp14fFd9k96U1(a)individual.net... > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:cK6dnTgzcauTs3rZRVnygg(a)bt.com >> Ivor Jones wrote: >> > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> > news:CeWdnSWvU9LHI3vZRVnyuQ(a)bt.com >> > >> > [snip] >> > >> > > So you're an immigrant? >> > >> > No, my father was..! I was born in Essex. >> >> You're still an immigrant in that you're not English. > > Now you're really talking cobblers. How can I not be English if I was born > in England..? Because of your parentage. > I said I wasn't a European, which I'm not, and nothing you say will make > it otherwise, so give up now, I never will. On the contrary, you are European whether you like it or not, and nothing you say will make it otherwise. If you were born of parents whose ethnic origins are European then you are European. It's like being a human male, you don't get any say in the matter.
From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 13:54
"Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:tZmdnRlLEvSf0nrZRVnyrw(a)bt.com > "Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote in message > news:4kp105Fda3o1U1(a)individual.net... [snip] > > How am I Welsh, when I was born in Essex..? > > Because of your parents. How do you work that one out..?! > > I'm still not a European either. > > So what are you African, American (North or South), Asian > or Australian? None of the above. I am English, I take my definition from my *country* not continent. Ivor |