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Re: Just to point out: Gaps Send a noteboard - 16/04/2011 01:28:01 AM
And yes, it's somewhat distasteful, but like the fat Americans stereotype it's so silly that it's hard to take seriously.


the above concept has been said by many a bubbled bigot before. I know you're not a bigot, but I don't know how many times I've heard someone use a gay slur and, when called out on it, they say they're just joking around and people shouldn't take it seriously. There are degrees of love and hate and, yes, bigotry, and if you're British you're likely to take it seriously, as evidenced by Le Eyeless One.

And, that'll cut it for me in this thread.
I cannot even copy his manner because the manner of his prose was the manner of his thinking and that was a dazzling succession of gaps; and you cannot ape a gap because you are bound to fill it in somehow or other -- and blot it out in the process. -- Nabokov
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I have never EVER met kids this horrible Aisha - 15/04/2011 05:14:06 AM 1628 Views
slapping might make him sillier? Sounds like the parents would enjoy that too? *NM* The_Muted_Grimaud - 15/04/2011 05:25:38 AM 355 Views
no the parents dont wanna hear anyhting about their kid Aisha - 15/04/2011 05:30:00 AM 659 Views
Good for you. That's definitely the way to do it. *NM* Tim - 17/04/2011 12:14:30 AM 255 Views
Welcome to children in a world run by liberals. *NM* Urza - 15/04/2011 05:51:46 AM 290 Views
BS *NM* Helene - 15/04/2011 06:24:48 AM 290 Views
I am gonna beat my childrens asses raw if they ever act like that *NM* Aisha - 15/04/2011 06:25:54 AM 270 Views
I'll beat your ass raw, baby. *NM* Urza - 15/04/2011 06:49:09 AM 282 Views
that has nothing to do with it. Aisha - 15/04/2011 06:28:14 AM 694 Views
Sounds dreadful Helene - 15/04/2011 06:27:41 AM 658 Views
you guys have no effing clue Aisha - 15/04/2011 06:32:52 AM 632 Views
That sounds extremely annoying. But less of the racism, if you don't mind. Tim - 15/04/2011 10:11:09 AM 625 Views
they are paki british if it helps *NM* Aisha - 15/04/2011 04:11:39 PM 284 Views
... *NM* Tim - 15/04/2011 04:21:24 PM 279 Views
Re: Pretty much my reaction. Gaps - 15/04/2011 07:26:22 PM 656 Views
"Paki" is used self-referentially in the States without being a slur. Cool your jets. Ghavrel - 15/04/2011 08:07:26 PM 862 Views
Wait, what? ßelals Girl - 15/04/2011 08:12:34 PM 723 Views
SILVER ON THE TREE. Bullies are tormenting a Sikh child on a bridge. Ghavrel - 15/04/2011 08:40:46 PM 572 Views
Ah, must be why I don't remember it ßelals Girl - 16/04/2011 06:23:30 AM 574 Views
The Riders were so freaking awesome/scary. *NM* Ghavrel - 16/04/2011 06:39:35 AM 254 Views
Re: Why would you think that you know it's a slur in the UK, but I wouldn't? Gaps - 15/04/2011 08:47:50 PM 589 Views
I was talking about Aisha, not you. I don't know where you live--I thought you were European. Ghavrel - 15/04/2011 09:51:10 PM 629 Views
Re: Just to point out: Gaps - 16/04/2011 01:28:01 AM 597 Views
Am I the only one who sees a difference in this? Ghavrel - 16/04/2011 01:49:49 AM 730 Views
You are correct. Your interlocutors are stupid. *NM* Dan - 16/04/2011 02:25:56 AM 313 Views
Obviously killing people is worse than calling them names. Tim - 16/04/2011 08:29:22 AM 588 Views
Re: I'm pretty sure it was me... Gaps - 16/04/2011 02:46:57 PM 562 Views
G/J? *NM* Ghavrel - 17/04/2011 01:27:02 AM 282 Views
I think that makes various forms of discrimination less serious. Ghavrel - 17/04/2011 01:28:37 AM 541 Views
39 views? It's been like four minutes! STOP USING INTERNET EXPLORER, PEOPLE. *NM* Ghavrel - 17/04/2011 01:40:45 AM 243 Views
Umm...Not by the Pakistanis in VT Danu - 16/04/2011 11:30:10 PM 518 Views
Interesting. I have not seen that here. *NM* Ghavrel - 16/04/2011 11:50:27 PM 232 Views
Much less than you'd think, given that is considered racist over here in the UK unlike the US. *NM* snoopcester - 15/04/2011 04:26:54 PM 234 Views
Even aside from the use of the word "Paki"... Tim - 15/04/2011 07:36:41 PM 562 Views
Well, they aren't racially British, so "anti-British racism" is by definition inapplicable here. Ghavrel - 15/04/2011 08:04:36 PM 634 Views
... *NM* Rebekah - 15/04/2011 08:23:07 PM 320 Views
New Zealand doesn't count. Ghavrel - 15/04/2011 08:36:58 PM 619 Views
Methinks you have a rather narrow definition of "race". Tim - 15/04/2011 11:14:51 PM 832 Views
I disagree. Ghavrel - 15/04/2011 11:34:44 PM 650 Views
No, you just distorted the word "race" out of all recognition for legal definition purposes. Tom - 16/04/2011 12:39:26 AM 558 Views
Does the existence of a British race even exist by that definition? *NM* Ghavrel - 16/04/2011 01:44:38 AM 242 Views
No, it doesn't. Tom - 16/04/2011 03:25:00 AM 600 Views
By giving... its legal definition in the UK! (At least for the purposes of the Equality Act.) Tim - 16/04/2011 08:51:58 AM 713 Views
Yes, my point was that giving legal definitions was a corruption of common sense. Tom - 16/04/2011 08:26:48 PM 542 Views
It doesn't sound very natural to me to say "OMG you're being nationalityist!" *NM* Tim - 17/04/2011 12:13:41 AM 406 Views
I don't understand why you're so upset about this. rebelaessedai - 16/04/2011 03:34:23 AM 564 Views
I'm not really. Tim - 16/04/2011 08:26:55 AM 662 Views
Bad Tim! rebelaessedai - 16/04/2011 08:36:51 PM 636 Views
Re: You do know you're getting no cookies for this line of discussion. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 17/04/2011 01:31:24 AM 357 Views
My two-year-old knows enough to say "thank you". Tom - 15/04/2011 04:37:23 PM 582 Views
Re: My two-year-old knows enough to say "thank you". Stephen - 15/04/2011 04:59:16 PM 679 Views
Aww your baby sounds adorable! Beqi - 15/04/2011 08:15:22 PM 607 Views
Yeah, thats how I greet friends of the family to *NM* Urza - 16/04/2011 12:07:47 AM 234 Views
Lucky you. Stephen - 15/04/2011 04:40:41 PM 641 Views
The parents seem to be the problem more than the child random thoughts - 15/04/2011 06:15:08 PM 620 Views
Yeah, My kid would also be in trouble if he behaved this way. Beqi - 15/04/2011 08:13:50 PM 583 Views
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