From: Brimstone on 10 Aug 2010 07:01 "Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:yq7gwirzhggt.bh917vtcvk0e.dlg(a)40tude.net... > On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:41:43 +0100, Brimstone wrote: > >>> its still a really bad piece of stereotyping of both working and middle >>> classes. >>> >> In an article such as that there isn't space to deal with everyone >> individually. > > theres no need to, neither is there any need to attribute regarding > speeding as OK to one social class, which is nonsense. > I suggest you re-read the article, she makes no such attribution.
From: boltar2003 on 10 Aug 2010 07:39 On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:00:51 +0100 "Brimstone" <brimstone520-ng08(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >"Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message >news:11nma1s35mx1m$.wa5lai2f6rqg$.dlg(a)40tude.net... >> On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:39:40 +0100, Brimstone wrote: >> >>>> then she is wrong to think working class people do not do that. >>>> >>> Indeed, but working class people tend to be more honest about their law >>> breaking. >> >> Really? So you subscribe to these stereotypes. >> >I subscribe to the fact that most people are hypocrites. Are you extrapolating from yourself then? B2003
From: Nkosi (ama-ecosse) on 10 Aug 2010 08:16 On 9 Aug, 14:38, boltar2...(a)boltar.world wrote: > On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 14:13:55 +0100 > Chelsea Tractor Man <mr.c.trac...(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > > >On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 14:06:11 +0100, Chelsea Tractor Man wrote: > > >> ´Speeding is middle-class anti-social behaviour > > >the R4 presenter this am seemed quite keen on more 20s in town centres > >offset by 80 on the motorways. Brake were very keen on lots more 20s and > >thought you couldn't have 80 because the rare motorway accidents are often > >serious. > > And once they hippies manage to get 20 enforced everywhere they'll > start a campaign for it to be 15, then 10 eventually they'll want to make all > local roads car free and you'll have to park your car in large municple > car parks near A roads and walk the rest of the way. > > B2003 Don't blame "hippies" a lot of them have camper vans and are road users. Nkosi
From: Brimstone on 10 Aug 2010 10:16 <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message news:i3rdp4$h2m$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... > On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:00:51 +0100 > "Brimstone" <brimstone520-ng08(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >>"Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message >>news:11nma1s35mx1m$.wa5lai2f6rqg$.dlg(a)40tude.net... >>> On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:39:40 +0100, Brimstone wrote: >>> >>>>> then she is wrong to think working class people do not do that. >>>>> >>>> Indeed, but working class people tend to be more honest about their law >>>> breaking. >>> >>> Really? So you subscribe to these stereotypes. >>> >>I subscribe to the fact that most people are hypocrites. > > Are you extrapolating from yourself then? > No, but I'm including you.
From: Brimstone on 10 Aug 2010 10:18
"Chelsea Tractor Man" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:15dkv7i39b3yk$.5cnhnw4htoaw.dlg(a)40tude.net... > On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:01:53 +0100, Brimstone wrote: > >>> theres no need to, neither is there any need to attribute regarding >>> speeding as OK to one social class, which is nonsense. >>> >> I suggest you re-read the article, she makes no such attribution. > > �Speeding is middle-class anti-social behaviour." > Try reading the rest of the paragraph, " ... Speeding is middle-class anti-social behaviour. People think, 'we should be able to get away with it�. They wouldn�t tolerate law breaking by somebody else but they do it themselves without thinking. " |