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From: you knob head on 19 Aug 2006 17:16 Seems like this posting is getting very tired and boring now. The fun has gone out of it. "Paul {Hamilton Rooney}" <craig(a)oil.com> wrote in message news:r4uee29li7djeg280bcbq8e911gm1lvk4i(a)4ax.com... > On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 17:30:12 +0000 (UTC), Chris Malcolm > <cam(a)holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > >>In uk.rec.cycling Paul {Hamilton Rooney} <craig(a)oil.com> wrote: >> >>>>>It has become accepted usage. That is how languages evolve. >>>> >>>>So? >> >>> Usage is king. There's no other criterion of right and wrong where >>> language >>> is concerned. How could there be? >> >>It couldn't be. Were usage the only criterion, there would be no >>change. > > ??????? > > -- > > Paul Rooney > > "Rooney is one of these vandals and has done his utmost to help trash dl > and the > other groups which he regularly crossposts to. He's created a false FAQ > and charter" (Chris Lawrence in uk.rec.walking) > > "Also long time d.l. reader but never feel robust enough to post much, > especially since Rooney wrecked the group." (Rachel Sullivan in > uk.rec.walking) > > "Low life scum doesn't even begin to describe you. You are the most > loathsome > individual ever to cross the threshold of d.l." (JK in demon.local)
From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 17:21 "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:0-qdneAJzPfP43rZRVnyrg(a)bt.com > 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. Unless you know me, you cannot begin to know whether my stance is wrong or not. Which it isn't. > > 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. The reality is I am not a European. Ivor
From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 17:21 "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:Xns9824E1E4C31E3adrianachapmanfreeis(a)204.153.244.170 > 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? None of this is relevant. > Or is this just a personal thing, and you somehow opted > out? I was never asked to opt in. Ivor
From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 17:23 "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:J_CdnS2fedU943rZnZ2dnUVZ8tKdnZ2d(a)bt.com [snip] > So you object to being defined as a human male? I object to others deciding what I am. Ivor
From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 17:24
"Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:Xns9824E1F8A88Cadrianachapmanfreeis(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. > > Who ever said it did? > > Are you claiming it doesn't say "European" on it at all? It says European Union. Which unless I'm mistaken is a political organisation, not a definition of status. On the page with my photo on it says British Citizen. Ivor |