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From: Brimstone on 19 Aug 2006 17:08 Ivor Jones wrote: > "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..? If your parents were British ethic origin and you were born in England it is impossible for you not to be European.
From: Brimstone on 19 Aug 2006 17:10 Ivor Jones wrote: > "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. I'm referring only to this conversation, in which your stance is 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. When you accept reality then normailty may have a chance of reappearing, if anyone knows what it looks like.
From: Brimstone on 19 Aug 2006 17:12 Ivor Jones wrote: > "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. So you object to being defined as a human male?
From: Adrian on 19 Aug 2006 17:12 Ivor Jones (ivor(a)despammed.invalid) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying : >> Therefore you are European. > I admit England is part of Europe, but I am not. How many more times..? So an Ethiopean or a Nigerian isn't an African? A Brazilian or an Argentinian isn't a South American? A German or an Italian isn't a European? Or is this just a personal thing, and you somehow opted out?
From: Adrian on 19 Aug 2006 17:12
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. Who ever said it did? Are you claiming it doesn't say "European" on it at all? |