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From: Brimstone on 19 Aug 2006 16:33 Ivor Jones wrote: > "Tony Raven" <junk(a)raven-family.com> wrote in message > news:4kpae9FdacebU2(a)individual.net >> Ivor Jones wrote on 19/08/2006 21:09 +0100: >>> >>> I am not a European. >>> >> >> Are, are, are! ;-) > > Yawn. > >> Anyway, what do you have against being European? > > Nothing, because I can't be what I'm not. So if you're not European, are you African, Asian, American or Australian?
From: Brimstone on 19 Aug 2006 16:39 Ivor Jones wrote: > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:o-ednRoFiJuw6XrZnZ2dnUVZ8tydnZ2d(a)bt.com > > [snip] > >> How do you work that out? You claim to have been born in >> England, of which you are a native. England is a part of >> the British Isles which are a part of Europe, therefore >> you must be a native of Europe. To believe anything else >> smacks of Little Englanderism. > > It can smack of a kipper in the face it you like, I am still not a > European. Why not? >>>> Did you know that British soldiers sent to India under >>>> British rule were officially designated "European" to >>>> distinguish them from the native troops, not British >>>> or English? >>> >>> So what..? >> >> So if the British soldiers were not Europeans then the >> Government of the says was wrong. > > Well now, it wouldn't be the first time a government was wrong, would > it..?! There certainly things that the government gets wrong, as we all do from time to time. Just as you are now in trying to defend an impossible position. >>>>>> You still haven't said whether you recognise the >>>>>> terms American, Asian, African or Australian. >>>>> >>>>> That's not relevant. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Well surely if you deny the existence of Europeans you >>>> must logically deny the existence of these other >>>> designations. >>> >>> They're not relevant. >> >> Why not? > > Because they're not Europeans either. Who said they were?
From: Brimstone on 19 Aug 2006 16:40 Ivor Jones wrote: > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:v5qdnZ-vQubz6XrZRVnyiw(a)bt.com >> Ivor Jones wrote: > > [snip] > >>> I am not a European. >> >> Oh yes you are! > > Wrong. Is that an admission?
From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 16:42 "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:R62dncESZZ0z6HrZnZ2dnUVZ8qGdnZ2d(a)bt.com > Ivor Jones wrote: > > "Tony Raven" <junk(a)raven-family.com> wrote in message > > news:4kpae9FdacebU2(a)individual.net > > > Ivor Jones wrote on 19/08/2006 21:09 +0100: > > > > > > > > I am not a European. > > > > > > > > > > Are, are, are! ;-) > > > > Yawn. > > > > > Anyway, what do you have against being European? > > > > Nothing, because I can't be what I'm not. > > So if you're not European, are you African, Asian, > American or Australian? No, I'm English, how many more times..? IVor
From: Brimstone on 19 Aug 2006 16:44
Ivor Jones wrote: > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:R62dncESZZ0z6HrZnZ2dnUVZ8qGdnZ2d(a)bt.com >> Ivor Jones wrote: >>> "Tony Raven" <junk(a)raven-family.com> wrote in message >>> news:4kpae9FdacebU2(a)individual.net >>>> Ivor Jones wrote on 19/08/2006 21:09 +0100: >>>>> >>>>> I am not a European. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Are, are, are! ;-) >>> >>> Yawn. >>> >>>> Anyway, what do you have against being European? >>> >>> Nothing, because I can't be what I'm not. >> >> So if you're not European, are you African, Asian, >> American or Australian? > > No, I'm English, how many more times..? But England doesn't exist in isolation, it's part of Europe. Therefore you are European. |