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From: Brimstone on 19 Aug 2006 17:37 Ivor Jones wrote: > "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. You've already stated enough to tell me you're 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. > > The reality is I am not a European. Wrong.
From: Brimstone on 19 Aug 2006 17:39 Ivor Jones wrote: > "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. Were you asked which gender you wanted to be or what colour hair you wanted or where you wanted to be born?
From: Brimstone on 19 Aug 2006 17:40 Ivor Jones wrote: > "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. Others decided you are a human male.
From: Brimstone on 19 Aug 2006 17:42 Ivor Jones wrote: > "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. European was used to to describe people from Europe long before the EU was even thought of. People have been Europeans, Africans etc ever since the continents were given names.
From: Ian Dalziel on 19 Aug 2006 17:53
On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 22:16:26 +0100, "you knob head" <youknobhead(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >Seems like this poster is getting very tired and boring now. >The brain has gone out of it. Obvious typos corrected. -- Ian D |