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15 million fools

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First post2015-12-30 18:42 +0000
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  15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-30 18:42 +0000
    Re: 15 million fools "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-12-30 19:12 +0000
      Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-30 19:21 +0000
      Re: 15 million fools Simon Grushka <s.grushka83@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 14:14 -0800
    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
        Re: 15 million fools "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net> - 2015-12-31 04:31 -0800
          Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-31 17:13 +0000
        Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-31 17:12 +0000
          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
                Re: 15 million fools Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> - 2016-01-01 19:30 +1100
              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
    Re: 15 million fools CDB <bellemarecd@gmail.com> - 2015-12-31 08:31 -0500
      Re: 15 million fools "Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com> - 2015-12-31 16:46 +0000

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#578579

FromJanet <nobody@home.org>
Date2016-01-02 15:04 +0000
Message-ID<MPG.30f1f74591fbfcf59a5@news.individual.net>
In reply to#578554
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.

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#578613

FromTony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-02 12:03 -0500
Message-ID<7g0g8bdbufd6sa9ejbo8m7nbb24s5uovuh@4ax.com>
In reply to#578579
On Sat, 2 Jan 2016 15:04:08 -0000, Janet <nobody@home.org> wrote:

> 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
>

While there are "appalling shanties" in poor America, the second link
is not one that points to them.  I checked the Florida example, and it
is far from appalling.  

http://www.shelterlistings.org/details/36013/

What is appalling is that there are people who require this type of
shelter.

-- 
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

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#578692

FromGordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com>
Date2016-01-02 20:51 +0000
Message-ID<deqrioFr2qnU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#578579
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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#578701

From"Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com>
Date2016-01-02 20:58 +0000
Message-ID<op.yampvihy86ebyl@red.lan>
In reply to#578692
On Sat, 02 Jan 2016 20:51:35 -0000, GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> wrote:

> 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.

Edinburgh IS posh compared to Glasgow.  I live halfway between the two.

-- 
A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

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#579038

FromGordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com>
Date2016-01-04 09:02 +0000
Message-ID<deuqooFqqdnU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#578701
On 02/01/2016 20:58, Mr Macaw wrote:
> On Sat, 02 Jan 2016 20:51:35 -0000, GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Edinburgh IS posh compared to Glasgow.  I live halfway between the two.
>

I didn't say "posh". I said "snobs".
-- 
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

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#579147

From"Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com>
Date2016-01-04 19:14 +0000
Message-ID<op.yaqael0486ebyl@red.lan>
In reply to#579038
On Mon, 04 Jan 2016 09:02:14 -0000, GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> wrote:

> On 02/01/2016 20:58, Mr Macaw wrote:
>> On Sat, 02 Jan 2016 20:51:35 -0000, GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Edinburgh IS posh compared to Glasgow.  I live halfway between the two.
>>
>
> I didn't say "posh". I said "snobs".

There's a difference?

-- 
Murphy says to Paddy, "What ya talkin into an envelope for?" "I'm sending a voicemail ya thick sod!"

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#578901

FromAthel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr>
Date2016-01-03 19:14 +0100
Message-ID<det6p3FeqgjU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#578692
On 2016-01-02 20:51:35 +0000, GordonD said:

> [ … ]

> 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.

I was very well impressed with Glasgow when I spent a week or so there 
about 30 years ago. It was much nicer than I expected, after years of 
hearing ignorant slurs. (I was at Glasgow airport 18 months ago, but I 
don't count that because I didn't go into the city.)


-- 
athel

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#578923

Fromthe Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-03 19:19 +0000
Message-ID<2veiy.675991$CU2.563937@fx35.am4>
In reply to#578901
On 03/01/2016 18:14, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> On 2016-01-02 20:51:35 +0000, GordonD said:
>
>> [ … ]
>
>> 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.
>
> I was very well impressed with Glasgow when I spent a week or so there
> about 30 years ago. It was much nicer than I expected, after years of
> hearing ignorant slurs. (I was at Glasgow airport 18 months ago, but I
> don't count that because I didn't go into the city.)

Glasgow is in the mould of Northen Victorian cities.  It's very much 
like Manchester and Liverpool.

-- 
David

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#578968

FromPeter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid>
Date2016-01-04 09:02 +1100
Message-ID<n6c5k6$icb$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#578901
On 2016-Jan-04 05:14, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> On 2016-01-02 20:51:35 +0000, GordonD said:
> 
>> [ … ]
> 
>> 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.
> 
> I was very well impressed with Glasgow when I spent a week or so there
> about 30 years ago. It was much nicer than I expected, after years of
> hearing ignorant slurs. (I was at Glasgow airport 18 months ago, but I
> don't count that because I didn't go into the city.)

I spent a few days in Glasgow a year ago. A week or so later I
overnighted in Erskine, where I went roaming in the gloaming along the
river bank. I see from the map that Erskine is next door to Clydebank.
Apart from the miserable weather and rubbish floating in the river I saw
nothing wrong with the place.

Edinburgh has more awnings over the shop fronts, so perhaps the people
there know enough to come in out of the rain.

-- 
Peter Moylan                           http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

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#578398

From"Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com>
Date2016-01-01 19:57 +0000
Message-ID<op.yakserpc86ebyl@red.lan>
In reply to#578391
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.

In the same way as you assume you are more intelligent than a cow.  It's blindingly obvious who is superior.

-- 
What do bungee jumping and sex with a prostitute have in common?
1) They both cost about $100.
2) They both last about 30 seconds.
3) In both cases, if the rubber breaks, you're a dead man.

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#578399

Frompensive hamster <pensive_hamster@hotmail.co.uk>
Date2016-01-01 12:10 -0800
Message-ID<b4c86962-5011-4f30-9955-af028a9d1aff@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#578398
On Friday, 1 January 2016 19:57:58 UTC, Mr Macaw  wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:44:34 -0000, GordonD wrote:
[...]
> > You assume that you're part of the superior race.
> 
> In the same way as you assume you are more intelligent 
> than a cow.  It's blindingly obvious who is superior.

There are some worryingly intelligent Asians.  One can't be 
totally confident that Whitey would come out as top race.

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#578400

From"Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com>
Date2016-01-01 20:18 +0000
Message-ID<op.yaktcaai86ebyl@red.lan>
In reply to#578399
On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 20:10:43 -0000, pensive hamster <pensive_hamster@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> On Friday, 1 January 2016 19:57:58 UTC, Mr Macaw  wrote:
>> On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:44:34 -0000, GordonD wrote:
> [...]
>> > You assume that you're part of the superior race.
>>
>> In the same way as you assume you are more intelligent
>> than a cow.  It's blindingly obvious who is superior.
>
> There are some worryingly intelligent Asians.  One can't be
> totally confident that Whitey would come out as top race.

I would say the Japanese are the most superior race.  Whites are second.  But you can have more than one winner.

-- 
For 93 million miles, there is nothing between the sun and my shadow except me.  I'm always getting in the way of something...

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#578434

FromGordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com>
Date2016-01-01 22:27 +0000
Message-ID<deocppF80cqU3@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#578400
On 01/01/2016 20:18, Mr Macaw wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 20:10:43 -0000, pensive hamster
> <pensive_hamster@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On Friday, 1 January 2016 19:57:58 UTC, Mr Macaw  wrote:
>>> On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:44:34 -0000, GordonD wrote:
>> [...]
>>> > You assume that you're part of the superior race.
>>>
>>> In the same way as you assume you are more intelligent
>>> than a cow.  It's blindingly obvious who is superior.
>>
>> There are some worryingly intelligent Asians.  One can't be
>> totally confident that Whitey would come out as top race.
>
> I would say the Japanese are the most superior race.  Whites are
> second.  But you can have more than one winner.
>

You're contradicting yourself again. You said earlier
"Clearly one race must be better than the others, so that race
should quench all others to improve the world for us."

So the Japanese quench everybody else. No second place.
-- 
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

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#578438

From"Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com>
Date2016-01-01 22:47 +0000
Message-ID<op.yakz83qz86ebyl@red.lan>
In reply to#578434
On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 22:27:03 -0000, GordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com> wrote:

> On 01/01/2016 20:18, Mr Macaw wrote:
>> On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 20:10:43 -0000, pensive hamster
>> <pensive_hamster@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On Friday, 1 January 2016 19:57:58 UTC, Mr Macaw  wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:44:34 -0000, GordonD wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>> > You assume that you're part of the superior race.
>>>>
>>>> In the same way as you assume you are more intelligent
>>>> than a cow.  It's blindingly obvious who is superior.
>>>
>>> There are some worryingly intelligent Asians.  One can't be
>>> totally confident that Whitey would come out as top race.
>>
>> I would say the Japanese are the most superior race.  Whites are
>> second.  But you can have more than one winner.
>>
>
> You're contradicting yourself again. You said earlier
> "Clearly one race must be better than the others, so that race
> should quench all others to improve the world for us."
>
> So the Japanese quench everybody else. No second place.

I am never precise.

-- 
404 error - signature not found.

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#578497

From"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net>
Date2016-01-01 20:17 -0800
Message-ID<454c8119-22be-4c6a-af5a-1194778d8824@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#578400
On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 3:18:06 PM UTC-5, Mr Macaw wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 20:10:43 -0000, pensive hamster <pensive_hamster@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Friday, 1 January 2016 19:57:58 UTC, Mr Macaw  wrote:
> >> On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:44:34 -0000, GordonD wrote:
> > [...]
> >> > You assume that you're part of the superior race.
> >>
> >> In the same way as you assume you are more intelligent
> >> than a cow.  It's blindingly obvious who is superior.
> >
> > There are some worryingly intelligent Asians.  One can't be
> > totally confident that Whitey would come out as top race.
> 
> I would say the Japanese are the most superior race.  Whites are second.  But you can have more than one winner.

But you just said "Clearly one race must be better than the others, so that 
race should quench all others to improve the world for us. ... In the same way as you assume you are more intelligent than a cow. It's blindingly obvious who is superior."

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#578684

From"Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com>
Date2016-01-02 20:48 +0000
Message-ID<op.yampe90t86ebyl@red.lan>
In reply to#578497
On Sat, 02 Jan 2016 04:17:10 -0000, Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@verizon.net> wrote:

> On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 3:18:06 PM UTC-5, Mr Macaw wrote:
>> On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 20:10:43 -0000, pensive hamster <pensive_hamster@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>> > On Friday, 1 January 2016 19:57:58 UTC, Mr Macaw  wrote:
>> >> On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:44:34 -0000, GordonD wrote:
>> > [...]
>> >> > You assume that you're part of the superior race.
>> >>
>> >> In the same way as you assume you are more intelligent
>> >> than a cow.  It's blindingly obvious who is superior.
>> >
>> > There are some worryingly intelligent Asians.  One can't be
>> > totally confident that Whitey would come out as top race.
>>
>> I would say the Japanese are the most superior race.  Whites are second.  But you can have more than one winner.
>
> But you just said "Clearly one race must be better than the others, so that
> race should quench all others to improve the world for us. ... In the same way as you assume you are more intelligent than a cow. It's blindingly obvious who is superior."

Why do you expect precision?  If you need clarification, ask.

-- 
For this race I'm going to be using "beati dogu". Japanese for the ancient art of driving a sports car round a track faster than a greyhound. -- Richard Hammond

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#578417

From"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@verizon.net>
Date2016-01-01 12:55 -0800
Message-ID<eadb0be5-9c6e-4d51-a36a-40d26953c06e@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#578335
On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 9:59:05 AM UTC-5, Mr Macaw wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 14:41:45 -0000, Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@verizon.net> wrote:

> > 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

What is a "race"?

> must be better than the others,

How is that "clear"?

> so that race should quench all others to improve the world for us.

How is reducing genetic variation (in any species) an "improvement"?

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#578420

From"Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com>
Date2016-01-01 21:05 +0000
Message-ID<op.yakvi4x786ebyl@red.lan>
In reply to#578417
On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 20:55:15 -0000, Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@verizon.net> wrote:

> On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 9:59:05 AM UTC-5, Mr Macaw wrote:
>> On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 14:41:45 -0000, Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> > 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
>
> What is a "race"?

The meaning of the word that isn't involving high powered cars.

>> must be better than the others,
>
> How is that "clear"?

Because everything isn't equal, why would it be?

>> so that race should quench all others to improve the world for us.
>
> How is reducing genetic variation (in any species) an "improvement"?

Why do you want to call them the same species?  And there's plenty variation within each race.  And you don't need to destroy every race, just the bottom ones.  Keep the Asians and whites.

-- 
What do you call a cheap circumcision?
A rip off.

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#578423

From"Mr Macaw" <no@spam.com>
Date2016-01-01 21:09 +0000
Message-ID<op.yakvpc1p86ebyl@red.lan>
In reply to#578417
On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 20:55:15 -0000, Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@verizon.net> wrote:

> On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 9:59:05 AM UTC-5, Mr Macaw wrote:
>> On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 14:41:45 -0000, Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> > 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.
>
> How is reducing genetic variation (in any species) an "improvement"?

That's like keeping poodles incase you need to vary a bulldog.

-- 
What do you call a cheap circumcision?
A rip off.

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#578435

FromGordonD <g.davie@btinternet.com>
Date2016-01-01 22:29 +0000
Message-ID<deoctjF80cqU4@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#578417
On 01/01/2016 20:55, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> On Friday, January 1, 2016 at 9:59:05 AM UTC-5, Mr Macaw wrote:
>> On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 14:41:45 -0000, Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>> 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
>
> What is a "race"?
>
>> must be better than the others,
>
> How is that "clear"?
>
>> so that race should quench all others to improve the world for us.
>
> How is reducing genetic variation (in any species) an "improvement"?
>

His heroes thought it was desirable, back in the 1930s.

And someone now shouts "GODWIN!" and hopefully this pointless thread
will be over.
-- 
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland

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