Things Noticeable this week - Page 3378

**vannax** · May 31st, 2018, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBare

So it's all right to call someone a dickwad in this thread with impunity and disparage them as long as their views do not coincide with the echo chamber here. If this is so then may I have a list of allowable diatribes that I may sling at the ***** in this thread that I may encounter. TIA
Oh BTW Mr. "Waste Management Consultant" I agree with your choice of moniker

The fact of the matter is that Flat Earther's use better debating methods and have better manners than some of the people in this particular echo-chamber.
All these folk seem to have are ad-hominems, ridicule and threats.

**vannax** · May 31st, 2018, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by bloke57

Defend themselves from what exactly?

I know there are a few challenges at the moment - in isolated pockets at the bottom end of society. But I have walked the streets of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland and never, ever felt under any threat of violence whatsoever. Neither have I ever witnessed any violent event here in my 60 years.

The reason is that I can be 99% sure that the people I meet on a British street will not be armed with anything more than maybe a rude word or two and a sharp elbow. That sense of ease is well worth any loss of "freedom" as you define it.

So I fully respect your right to an opinion within the confines of the societal arrangement you experience. I'd just reiterate that I am fully comfortable with the way things are in mine - but thank you for your touching concern on my behalf.

Well, one could trade even more freedom for security in a great many ways.

**vannax** · May 31st, 2018, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by scoundrel

This is the last reply you will receive from me. From now on, you speak into the void and if you exceed the bounds of decency we will merely delete you.

I can survive just fine without your replies, thanks.
Am I to understand that the plural "you" have made up some new rules re "the bounds of decency" that are not yet posted, and that if I exceed them, the plural "you" will delete my posts?
Please post these rules for all to see.
Might I suggest a new rule that states that "Disagreeing with popular people" or "Disagreeing with some state policies"?
No wonder TR got locked up!

**vannax** · May 31st, 2018, 10:53 PM

The American take on TR:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grt-c5ka_1Y

**rotobott** · May 31st, 2018, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by vannax

Might I suggest a new rule that states that "Disagreeing with popular people"!

I would quote all your post, but it made no sense

The only time you would be popular, is after you shot someone, and were being gang-banged in prison

**vannax** · May 31st, 2018, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by rotobott

I would quote all your post, but it made no sense

The only time you would be popular, is after you shot someone, and were being gang-banged in prison

^^^This seems to be what passes for "civilized discourse" here, well within "the bounds of decency".

**vannax** · May 31st, 2018, 11:42 PM

The British authorities have now gone beyond just denying entry and detaining foreign journalists with whom they disagree, now they are actually throwing their own journalists in jail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grt-c5ka_1Y

Not Turkey, not Russia, not North Korea...England.
Obama did a similar thing when hew blamed some cheap video-maker for Benghazi, and had him thrown in the clink.
We were teetering on a precipice, and then...Trump saved the USA.
England was not so lucky, nor is Canada.

**TheBare** · June 1st, 2018, 12:29 AM

Justin TrueDough is a complete spoiled Daddy's boy with no experience and no idea what Canadians care about and I can guarantee that he will no longer be PM in 2019

**palo5** · June 1st, 2018, 01:38 AM

Talk about a headline

Italy Juncker: Italians must work harder and be less corrupt

How does anyone reply? Like this? "Ok, we'll go to work more often, and try not to be so corrupt. We can stop saying we have 6 bambinos when we only have 1. Maybe we'll say we have only 3 or 4. That's less corrupt"

What is he expecting them to say?

Estreeter · June 1st, 2018, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by vannax

^^^This seems to be what passes for "civilized discourse" here, well within "the bounds of decency".

This week, I noticed

Whatever threads some members post in, they bring out the worst in others

May 31st, 2018, 10:53 PM	#33774
vannax Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ontario Posts: 2,257 Thanks: 7,213 Thanked 15,674 Times in 2,231 Posts	The American take on TR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grt-c5ka_1Y __________________ Freedom carries a terrible price, but it's still a bargain compared to every alternative. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

May 31st, 2018, 11:42 PM	#33777
vannax Vintage Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ontario Posts: 2,257 Thanks: 7,213 Thanked 15,674 Times in 2,231 Posts	The British authorities have now gone beyond just denying entry and detaining foreign journalists with whom they disagree, now they are actually throwing their own journalists in jail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grt-c5ka_1Y Not Turkey, not Russia, not North Korea...England. Obama did a similar thing when hew blamed some cheap video-maker for Benghazi, and had him thrown in the clink. We were teetering on a precipice, and then...Trump saved the USA. England was not so lucky, nor is Canada. __________________ Freedom carries a terrible price, but it's still a bargain compared to every alternative. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

June 1st, 2018, 12:29 AM	#33778
TheBare Vintage Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Here and there Canada Posts: 4,881 Thanks: 73,527 Thanked 70,997 Times in 4,810 Posts	Justin TrueDough is a complete spoiled Daddy's boy with no experience and no idea what Canadians care about and I can guarantee that he will no longer be PM in 2019 __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

June 1st, 2018, 01:38 AM	#33779
palo5 Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 16,579 Thanks: 452,836 Thanked 222,662 Times in 16,567 Posts	Talk about a headline Italy Juncker: Italians must work harder and be less corrupt How does anyone reply? Like this? "Ok, we'll go to work more often, and try not to be so corrupt. We can stop saying we have 6 bambinos when we only have 1. Maybe we'll say we have only 3 or 4. That's less corrupt" What is he expecting them to say?