Election Year or Fear!

[ramAnag]

No having a go intended, but you did make the point yourself that the post, which IMO should just have been brief tributes, had become political, and even Sith and your own reminiscences would have allowed/fuelled less innocent content from our two extremists. Therefore I decided to let the thread, like Paddy, to rest in peace. If you want me to I'll start a new thread along the lines of 'Was Paddy's sacrifice in vain?' or move your comments to the EYOF thread.

‘No having a go intended’. Really? I think most will think differently. It’s just become what you do, particularly where Swale and I are concerned and now possibly Sith too who, although always more respectful, may hold a more generous minded political outlook than yourself.

As regards MA’s thread. I wasn’t going to contribute at all but then Tricky politicised it by introducing his pet topic - immigration - just for a change. I replied and then, as you say, recognised and observed that it wasn’t necessarily fitting to further politicise such a thread and apologised.

Having said that…if you look a little closer, implicit in MA’s original post are the questions, was it all in vain and how would those who made such sacrifice feel about the world today?

With that in mind Sith’s contribution was entirely valid and undeserving of your virtue signalling slap down.

So, I suggest that, for those who are interested, we continue here with Sith’s question of whether the world really is a much worse place than was the case approaching a century ago and to what extent the bombardment of 24/7 televised news is responsible for forming our, possibly false, perceptions.

[SithHappens]

We’ve had a similar discussion before around the stigmatisation of elderly gents with ruddy faces, I think before your time here or maybe you just didn’t get involved, you’re capable of objective thought, is one insult ok and one not?

No and I don't think I've suggested it is. In fact in a rare moment I've actually defended trickys view.

[Andy_Faber]

No and I don't think I've suggested it is. In fact in a rare moment I've actually defended trickys view.

No, you haven?t, that?s why I was asking. And yes your response to Tricky made a few points I?d have made

[SithHappens]

No, you haven?t, that?s why I was asking. And yes your response to Tricky made a few points I?d have made

Ah ok.

[swaledale]

We’ve had a similar discussion before around the stigmatisation of elderly gents with ruddy faces, I think before your time here or maybe you just didn’t get involved, you’re capable of objective thought, is one insult ok and one not?

Gammon doesn't stigmatise all elderly gentlemen with ruddy faces as you well know, it describes a particular type of person and is both descriptive and accurate.

[swaledale]

Sounds like you are uncomfortable with the act of inter-racial/inter-ethnic marriage, or at least some combinations of same. Wasn't that a Nazi trait?

You know, when you try to be clever, you just make yourself look very foolish and even perhaps rather dim! I made absolutely no comment about inter-racial/inter ethnic marriage or relationships. I posed the question as to what the motivation was for some charming young Thai women to want to leave Thailand and marry older saddo white guys. I mean if the country was the paradise for its people that our Loser red friend claims then beyond marriage between equals from different countries that situation wouldn't occur.

[Geoff Parkstone]

You know, when you try to be clever, you just make yourself look very foolish and even perhaps rather dim! I made absolutely no comment about inter-racial/inter ethnic marriage or relationships. I posed the question as to what the motivation was for some charming young Thai women to want to leave Thailand and marry older saddo white guys. I mean if the country was the paradise for its people that our Loser red friend claims then beyond marriage between equals from different countries that situation wouldn't occur.

I could have sworn else thread and some time ago that you indicated Mrs Swale was a younger Asiatic lady? Perhaps it's my poor memory

[Geoff Parkstone]

"I posed the question as to what the motivation was for some charming young Thai women to want to leave Thailand and marry older...white guys"

Purportedly bigger knobs? More likely available cash though. Still not enough to make anyone want to move to Nottingham but ignorance is bliss

[SithHappens]

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/new...-b2723655.html

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[ramAnag]

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/new...-b2723655.html

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Lol. Hoist with his own petard. Brilliant and so much more effective than the ‘Just Stop Oil’ campaigners’ tactics.