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Re: 15 million fools

From GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com>
Newsgroups alt.usage.english
Subject Re: 15 million fools
Date 2016-01-02 20:51 +0000
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On 02/01/2016 15:04, Janet wrote:
> In article <depu2rFj868U4@mid.individual.net>, g.davie@btinternet.com
> says...
>>
>> On 01/01/2016 22:46, Mr Macaw wrote:
>>> On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 22:24:18 -0000, GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 01/01/2016 19:48, Mr Macaw wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:44:34 -0000, GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 01/01/2016 14:59, Mr Macaw wrote:
>>>>>>> On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 14:41:45 -0000, Peter T. Daniels
>>>>>>> <grammatim@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 1:47:21 AM UTC-5, Peter Moylan wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2016-Jan-01 14:00, Mr. B1ack wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 17:12:47 -0000, "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm never sure if I'd rescue someone from drowning.  If I do, it
>>>>>>>>> shows
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm braver than all the other pathetic people stood watching.
>>>>>>>>> But.... the
>>>>>>>>>>> guy drowning should have learnt to swim properly, so why should I
>>>>>>>>>>> save him?
>>>>>>>>>>     Tisk ... all about YOU .......
>>>>>>>>>>     Seems you were never schooled in the Golden Rule, the
>>>>>>>>>>     foundation of ethics - empathy 101.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Buck Buck Bacaw revealed long ago that he is a supporter of the
>>>>>>>>> British
>>>>>>>>> National Party, a cesspit designed to attract sociopaths. Not that I
>>>>>>>>> blame Britain for that; every country seems to have something
>>>>>>>>> equivalent.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You're not suggesting that "Mr. B1ack" is any better, are you? she
>>>>>>>> came
>>>>>>>> up with "Blinglish" and has now described it in disturbingly racist
>>>>>>>> terms.
>>>>>>>> Where do the crossposts come from?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why do you find racism disturbing?  Clearly one race must be better
>>>>>>> than
>>>>>>> the others, so that race should quench all others to improve the world
>>>>>>> for us.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You assume that you're part of the superior race.
>>>>>
>>>>> Well I don't have more hair everywhere else than on the top of my head
>>>>> like an orangutan, and dance round a campfire praying to imaginary
>>>>> beings.  I also live in a country that's progressed beyond shanty towns.
>>>>
>>>> Have you ever been to Clydebank?
>>>
>>> There will always be a few dregs.
>>>
>>> I think I did once - I stopped alongside a pedestrian and wound down my
>>> window to ask for directions, and was completely ignored.  The
>>> expression was one as though I'd asked for a shag.
>
>    Probably mistook you for a kerb crawler soliciting prostitutes.
>
>> They knew you weren't local because your car stereo was in place.
>
>    We both lived and worked there and never experienced any theft, threat
> or violence. The car (spent every night in an open public car park for
> five years) was never broken into. I found Bankies kind, good humoured,
> resilient. Tough? They had to be.
>
>    Clydebank was pretty much razed to the ground and burnt out, during
> the WW2 Blitz. For two nights,over 400 bomber planes dropped over 1000
> bombs on it. Out of approximately 12,000 houses, only seven remained
> undamaged — with 4,000 completely destroyed and 4,500 severely damaged.
> Over 35,000 people were made homeless, 528 people died, far more were
> injured.
>
>    http://tinyurl.com/gqysa4g
>
> http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scotlandshistory/20thand21stcenturie
> s/worldwarii/clydebankblitz/
>
>   Since then Clydebank has been rebuilt. Domestic housing conditions are
> NOTHING even remotely approaching the appalling shanties of poor
> America.
>
>    http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/04/01/shantytown-in-hoboken-hills-
> houses-nearly-50-homeless-people/
>
>    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States
>
>     Janet.
>

I know, I'm being monstrously unfair to the place. It's just part of
the Edinburgh-Glasgow rivalry. Glasgow portrays us as being total
snobs, "all fur coat and nae knickers". Edinburgh responds that Glasgow
is just jealous because they aren't the capital of Scotland - but
there's no real animosity.
-- 
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

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  Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2015-12-30 22:19 -0500
    Re: 15 million fools James Hogg <Jas.Hogg@gOUTmail.com> - 2015-12-31 09:22 +0100
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        Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-31 17:13 +0000
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        Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2015-12-31 22:00 -0500
          Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-01 17:47 +1100
            Re: 15 million fools musika <mUs1Ka@NOSPAMexcite.com> - 2016-01-01 08:16 +0000
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            Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 06:41 -0800
              Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 14:59 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-01 19:44 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 19:48 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-01 22:24 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 22:46 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-02 12:28 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Janet <nobody@home.org> - 2016-01-02 15:04 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2016-01-02 12:03 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-02 20:51 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:58 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-04 09:02 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:14 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2016-01-03 19:14 +0100
                Re: 15 million fools the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com> - 2016-01-03 19:19 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-04 09:02 +1100
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 19:57 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools pensive hamster <pensive_hamster@hotmail.co.uk> - 2016-01-01 12:10 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 20:18 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-01 22:27 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 22:47 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 20:17 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:48 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 12:55 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 21:05 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 21:09 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-01 22:29 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 22:51 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-02 12:29 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:53 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-04 09:03 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:14 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-05 10:31 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-05 07:12 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-06 00:14 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-06 00:14 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools bill van <billvan@delete.shaw.ca> - 2016-01-01 17:02 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools musika <mUs1Ka@NOSPAMexcite.com> - 2016-01-02 01:43 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:42 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 14:58 +0000
              Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 21:52 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:42 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-02 21:54 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 16:09 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 21:47 -0500
              Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:42 +0000
          Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 14:57 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 21:54 -0500
              Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:44 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-02 21:55 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 16:10 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-03 11:09 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 19:27 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-03 17:32 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 00:25 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 11:56 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 17:21 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 17:44 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 23:38 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 23:12 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-05 22:16 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-05 22:04 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-06 20:09 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools pensive hamster <pensive_hamster@hotmail.co.uk> - 2016-01-06 11:10 -0800
    Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-31 17:11 +0000
      Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2015-12-31 22:36 -0500
        Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-01 18:12 +1100
          Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 06:48 -0800
          Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 22:17 -0500
        Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 11:00 +0000
          Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-01 19:46 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 19:54 +0000
              Re: 15 million fools Richard Yates <richard@yatesguitar.com> - 2016-01-01 12:27 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 20:34 +0000
            Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-01 12:57 -0800
              Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-01 21:05 +0000
          Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-01 22:41 -0500
            Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-02 20:46 +0000
              Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-02 21:52 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools RH Draney <dadoctah@cox.net> - 2016-01-02 22:03 -0700
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-02 21:48 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-03 17:34 +1100
                Re: 15 million fools Janet <nobody@home.org> - 2016-01-03 11:31 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-03 17:40 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-04 10:13 +1100
                Re: 15 million fools Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-03 16:15 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-05 16:43 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2016-01-05 17:36 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 18:36 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-03 11:11 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 19:28 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-03 13:47 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter Duncanson [BrE]" <mail@peterduncanson.net> - 2016-01-04 00:07 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 00:31 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 00:29 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-04 09:13 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 04:17 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:16 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:15 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-05 10:24 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-06 00:13 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-06 13:42 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-06 19:04 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 04:19 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:16 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 11:58 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 23:30 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> - 2016-01-04 20:02 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2016-01-04 20:10 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2016-01-04 13:17 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 23:31 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Reinhold {Rey} Aman <aman@sonic.net> - 2016-01-03 18:18 -0800
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-03 17:54 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 00:27 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-01-04 17:58 -0500
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 23:40 +0000
              Re: 15 million fools GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> - 2016-01-04 09:06 +0000
                Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-04 19:15 +0000
        Re: 15 million fools Charles Bishop <ctbishop@earthlink.net> - 2016-01-02 17:29 -0800
          Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2016-01-03 16:09 +0000
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