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From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 17:04 "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:LoKdnQRPOouT5XrZnZ2dnUVZ8qSdnZ2d(a)bt.com [snip] > > > 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. I admit England is part of Europe, but I am not. How many more times..? Ivor
From: Brimstone on 19 Aug 2006 17:06 Ivor Jones wrote: > "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:Xns9824DE2EB4A36adrianachapmanfreeis(a)204.153.244.170 >> Ivor Jones (ivor(a)despammed.invalid) gurgled happily, >> sounding much like they were saying : >> >>>>> I'm not a native of Europe, there is no such >>>>> country. I can only be a native of a country, not a >>>>> continent. >> >>>> Since a native is "A person born in a specified place, >>>> region, or country, whether subsequently resident >>>> there or not " you can be a native of a continent. >> >>> You can if you want, I am not. >> >> Why are you so against being termed a European? > > Because I am not one. > >> What's *wrong* with Europe? > > Nothing at all. > >> Is this purely being geographically pedantic, or is there >> more to it? > > It's calling me what I am not, Wrong. > and I will never stand by and allow > that. Standing by your principles is good, unless you're wrong. Which you are.
From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 17:06 "Paul {Hamilton Rooney}" <craig(a)oil.com> wrote in message news:q6uee2hvppmduh5aiguucpfiks2vesvko1(a)4ax.com > On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 21:29:07 +0100, "Ivor Jones" > <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> 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. > > > > Ivor > > > > Who are you to define what you are or are not? That's not > up to you, feller. It's up to everyone else. Wrong. Nobody else has the right to define me in any way, shape or form. When you understand that, I will stop. Ivor
From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 17:06 "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:Xns9824DE4B77A3Badrianachapmanfreeis(a)204.153.244.170 > Ivor Jones (ivor(a)despammed.invalid) gurgled happily, > sounding much like they were saying : > > > I am not a European. > > What does the front cover of your passport say? I'll tell you what it doesn't say - European Citizen. Ivor
From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 17:08
"Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:ReOdnUU-DIik4HrZnZ2dnUVZ8qqdnZ2d(a)bt.com [snip] > Standing by your principles is good, unless you're wrong. > Which you are. You don't know me. You cannot even begin to know whether I'm right or wrong. And I'm *still* not a European, so the sooner you stop calling me one the sooner we can get back to some semblance of normality. Ivor |