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[Kraj]

That doesn't make much sense: UK Gov Private Limited Company, does it?
(What'd I miss? )

Maybe it's some sort of reference to the government being in big business' pocket?

 

[KenHigg]

If someone in the UK had a Union Jack flag flying in their garden from a pole, they would be classed as a nutter

Col

Sorry to hear that. Only having pride in your country if someone attacks you.

 

[KenHigg]

Just an example, in the US everyone and his brother flies a star spangled from a pole in his lawn,

How about:

'Just an example, it appears to us in the UK that in the US everyone and his brother flies a star spangled from a pole in his lawn,'




Hang with me, I'll help dispel some of these misconceptions you have -

 

[Kraj]

Jesus wept, there's no /need/ for anyone to rip into Americans, they're happy to assume it first! I didn't call you a hick, I merely intoned that Yanks trust their governments, Brits don't. Depending on whether you work in politics, you could argue either view is 'better', so it wasn't an attempt at a slur

No, it wasn't an attempt at a slur - it just ended up that way because you're more than happy to make sweeping, unsupported and insulting generalizations using inflammatory language about people you more than likely don't know a damn thing about except what you see on TV rather than actually listening to what those very people, who happen to be right in front of your face, have to say.

Jesus wept because you kicked him in the balls.

 

[nomorehype]

It starts at the top and works its way down

Looks lovely on a Palace, but on a two-bed flat in Peckham?

 

[dan-cat]

No, it wasn't an attempt at a slur - it just ended up that way because you're more than happy to make sweeping, unsupported and insulting generalizations using inflammatory language about people you more than likely don't know a damn thing about except what you see on TV rather than actually listening to what those very people, who happen to be right in front of your face, have to say.

That's the longest sentence I've read since I was forced to read Pride and Prejudice at college

 

[Kraj]

That's the longest sentence I've read since I was forced to read Pride and Prejudice at college

I find that run-on sentences are wonderful for ranting.

 

[nomorehype]

No, it wasn't an attempt at a slur - it just ended up that way because you're more than happy to make sweeping, unsupported and insulting generalizations using inflammatory language about people you more than likely don't know a damn thing about except what you see on TV rather than actually listening to what those very people, who happen to be right in front of your face, have to say.

Jesus wept because you kicked him in the balls.

Effort 9/10. Achievement 3/10. See me after class. DETENTION.
Sorry old boy, but it is not in the remit of the speaker to dictate how his message is recieved - if you read insult into a post not intended to be insulting, then I'm afraid that's rather tough. Somewhat similar to the chap earlier in the thread talking about "snapping fingers and we come running" - apparently /he/ didn't mean for that to be offensive either - sometimes the message just gets lost in the translation, eh? Who was it who said America and England were two countries divided by a common language, or something along those lines?

 

[Matt Greatorex]

Looks lovely on a Palace, but on a two-bed flat in Peckham?

Does sort of reinforce Col's point though. The one about people who flags above their house being nutters.

 

[nomorehype]

Does sort of reinforce Col's point though. The one about people who flags above their house being nutters.

People who flag above their houses are invariably nutters. What are they doing there to flag in the first place, anyway?
People who /fly/ flags above their house, on the other hand...

 

[Matt Greatorex]

Touche

 

[KenHigg]

Effort 9/10. Achievement 3/10. See me after class. DETENTION.
Sorry old boy, but it is not in the remit of the speaker to dictate how his message is recieved - if you read insult into a post not intended to be insulting, then I'm afraid that's rather tough. Somewhat similar to the chap earlier in the thread talking about "snapping fingers and we come running" - apparently /he/ didn't mean for that to be offensive either - sometimes the message just gets lost in the translation, eh? Who was it who said America and England were two countries divided by a common language, or something along those lines?

NoMore: Please be aware that as your fellow UKr's turn in for the night, you will eventually find yourself out numbered... A fact that Rich has yet to realize as he tries bolster his late-night come-backs with the aid of a bit of sauce from time to time...

 

[nomorehype]

Touche

One does one's best

 

[KenHigg]

One does one's best

Do you really hate us Americans or is something else eating at you?

 

[dan-cat]

Sorry old boy, but it is not in the remit of the speaker to dictate how his message is recieved

- if you read insult into a post not intended to be insulting, then I'm afraid that's rather tough.

Why should it be tough - you've just said you can't dictate how your own messages are received.

At least Rich had the good sense to wait a few posts before tripping over his own feet.

 

[nomorehype]

NoMore: Please be aware that as your fellow UKr's turn in for the night, you will eventually find yourself out numbered... A fact that Rich has yet to realize as he tries bolster his late-night come-backs with the aid of a bit of sauce from time to time...

That's okay, I can type fast

 

[KenHigg]

...At least Rich had the good sense to wait a few posts before tripping over his own feet.

Most of the time

 

[nomorehype]

Why should it be tough - you've just said you can't dictate how your own messages are received.

At least Rich had the good sense to wait a few posts before tripping over his own feet.

I'm sorry, I don't follow you there. I can't dicate whether you're offended by something not intended to be offensive, so it's tough if you /are/ offended by it. What precisely is wrong with that statement?

 

[Matt Greatorex]

I don't think so. Despite what was mentioned, we are patriotic in the UK especially when we are defending ourselves or a colony of ours, like the Falklands when the Argies invaded.

Good point. I'd forgotton about the Falklands 'conflict'. If I remember right:

• It was implemented by a rather unpopular leader who got back into power at the next election due in no small part to the victory.
• It worked well as a distraction for the country's populace and media from domestic issues.
• It was actioned against a much smaller, much less well-equipped enemy and all action took place a long way away from our mainland, thereby ensuring minimal cost to voters.
• You couldn't move for Union Jacks.
• People who mentioned words like 'overreaction' were called traitors and unpatriotic.
• Anyone from Argentina who happened to be living in the UK was subjected to racial abuse (e.g. Ossie Ardiles being booed as he came onto the pitch).

I thought I was experiencing a sense of deja vue, of late.

 

[nomorehype]

Do you really hate us Americans or is something else eating at you?

I don't hate Americans per se. I hate what Americans /stand for/. As a rule, all the Yanks I've come across have been rather pleasant individuals, and usually happy to admit that the boss back home has some personal agenda's to work out. /Collectively/, on the other hand, 'Merkins are lunatic's who fail to appreciate that as fast as they bomb villages of 'insurgents', another generation of fanatical anti-US terrorist is born.