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From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 19:00 "SteveH" <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote in message news:1hkcdab.54iy1xwx8ufnN%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk > Ivor Jones <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote: > > > I am still not a European and nothing you say will ever > > make me say I am. Stop trying. I can promise you one > > thing, you will get tired of this long before I do. > > I have no doubt that you're more anal / pedantic about > this than me. You'll still stop calling me what I am not before I stop complaining about it. Ivor
From: Conor on 19 Aug 2006 19:00 In article <4kp105Fda3o1U1(a)individual.net>, Ivor Jones says... > > > "Tony Raven" <junk(a)raven-family.com> wrote in message > news:4kotfuFd142pU1(a)individual.net > > Ivor Jones wrote on 19/08/2006 16:17 +0100: > > > > > > Did I say that..? All I said was I am not a European. > > > You can be one if you like, but don't include me in > > > your decision. > > > > It's not a matter of choice - you are whether you like it > > or not just the same as you are a man and Welsh. Wishing > > any of those not to be true doesn't make it so. > > How am I Welsh, when I was born in Essex..? > So if you were born in Essex, you're English. England is in Europe thus making you European. -- Conor "No trilogy should have more than four books" - Arthur C. Clarke
From: SteveH on 19 Aug 2006 19:00 Ivor Jones <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote: > > > My passport has nothing to do with it. > > > > Unfortunately for you, it does. > > > > You live in a country, and have a passport from, a > > country that is part of the European Economic Community. > > This makes you a European. > > > > What is it that's so hard to understand about this > > concept? > > Everything, because it isn't true. OK. Right.... <takes deep breath> Could you *please* explain to everyone how someone with a British passport, resident in the UK, which is part of the EU cannot be considered a European? -- Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 2.0 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI - COSOC KOTL BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
From: Ivor Jones on 19 Aug 2006 19:02 "Conor" <conor.turton(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:MPG.1f51a85e3dfedc4d98d43c(a)news.individual.net > In article <4kp105Fda3o1U1(a)individual.net>, Ivor Jones > says... > > > > > > "Tony Raven" <junk(a)raven-family.com> wrote in message > > news:4kotfuFd142pU1(a)individual.net > > > Ivor Jones wrote on 19/08/2006 16:17 +0100: > > > > > > > > Did I say that..? All I said was I am not a > > > > European. You can be one if you like, but don't > > > > include me in your decision. > > > > > > It's not a matter of choice - you are whether you > > > like it or not just the same as you are a man and > > > Welsh. Wishing any of those not to be true doesn't > > > make it so. > > > > How am I Welsh, when I was born in Essex..? > > > So if you were born in Essex, you're English. England is > in Europe thus making you European. No. Europe is not a country. I am defined by my country of birth not my continent of residence. You don't have the right to decide otherwise. Ivor
From: SteveH on 19 Aug 2006 19:02
Ivor Jones <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote: > "SteveH" <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote in message > news:1hkcdab.54iy1xwx8ufnN%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk > > Ivor Jones <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote: > > > > > I am still not a European and nothing you say will ever > > > make me say I am. Stop trying. I can promise you one > > > thing, you will get tired of this long before I do. > > > > I have no doubt that you're more anal / pedantic about > > this than me. > > You'll still stop calling me what I am not before I stop complaining about > it. See above. -- Steve H 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 2.0 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI - COSOC KOTL BoTAFOT #87 - BoTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC # |