That was what it seemed like to me. The "Mr. Leader" thing was sort of funny, though.
Tom Send a noteboard - 27/07/2012 08:16:11 PM
I understand what he was saying, and in the US Congressional context it would be totally normal to refer to someone by a title like that (Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chairman, etc.), but it was still sort of funny.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Are the British really that thin skinned?
- 27/07/2012 03:25:44 PM
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No, just great believers in good manners and courtesy
- 27/07/2012 04:12:01 PM
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Thats good. I thought maybe they just hated Romney but you have cleared that up *NM*
- 27/07/2012 04:42:05 PM
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Yeah, the average British person just about knew his name and that he was some politician
- 28/07/2012 10:00:26 AM
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I still haven't figured out how it was offensive but it apparently was *NM*
- 27/07/2012 04:43:23 PM
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*NM*
I think you have to be careful, because you can't see it the way they do.
- 27/07/2012 05:23:22 PM
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That is why I possed it as a question
- 27/07/2012 06:12:43 PM
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Yeah sure, we never get upset by stuff like this. 
- 27/07/2012 06:47:59 PM
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- 27/07/2012 06:47:59 PM
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It's more likely the press making a big deal out of nothing.
- 27/07/2012 05:35:20 PM
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That was what it seemed like to me. The "Mr. Leader" thing was sort of funny, though.
- 27/07/2012 08:16:11 PM
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It's more been a critique on his ability to be a statesman
- 27/07/2012 06:42:35 PM
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I agree he practiced poor statesmanship
- 27/07/2012 07:52:17 PM
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Is anything ever as bad as the morning cable guys make it out to be? *NM*
- 27/07/2012 08:48:32 PM
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The way they were going you would think he had goosed the queen *NM*
- 27/07/2012 09:40:59 PM
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