Buy pointing out two or three people agree doesn't make stereotyping a
good thing. Personally I got some laughs from the third link, but I
had to use the cached version:
http://tinyurl.com/o42yv
My point was I thought you Buddhist were in to peace love and
equality. Don't look down on a brother be
Sam, go to google.co.uk, search for "sun reader" with "pages from the UK"
selected. From the results you should see that it is a phrase anyone in the
uk would recognise and is in common usage.
Some of the headlines on this page should give you a clue why that is the
case:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/h
Come on now, I'm not that bad
On 6/7/06, John Galt wrote:
> Careful, he'll call you anti-Semitic or something next.
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This reminds me of a song: Will you go 'round in circles? - RIP Billy.
> From: Zaphod Beeblebrox
> while I was in England, I went by a newstore looking for a paper. Not
> knowing which one to get since there are about a bazillion, I asked
> the clerk behind the counter. She told me that the
Wouldn't that be anti-Sam-etic?
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Careful, he'll call you anti-Semitic or something next.
> -Original Message-
> From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 3:03 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: England afraid to fly its own flag
>
> On 6/7/06, Sam
On 6/7/06, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Starting with "in fact..."
>
> Obviously since it's the most read paper in the UK that can't be a
> true statement. Unless you want to go on and say people read it
> because they know they're stupid.
while I was in England, I went by a newstore looking f
Starting with "in fact..."
Obviously since it's the most read paper in the UK that can't be a
true statement. Unless you want to go on and say people read it
because they know they're stupid.
It's that damn elitist attitude that annoys me.
I'm actually lost as to why you jumped in but wont jump
Ok, here's what Wayne said:
"First I have heard of it, probably just the Sun trying to stir up
trouble again - it's far from a serious newspaper, in fact in the UK
"sun reader" is actually a derogatory term equivalent to calling
someone stupid."
Now, where did Wayne say that all sun readers wer
I was around back then, I've just gotten a lot angrier with age.
> -Original Message-
> From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 12:12 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: England afraid to fly its own flag
>
> so sam, i
I made a simple statement about Wayne being a pacifist but always
insulting people because he thinks he so much better than them.
If I went around saying the people that watch CNN are stupid (which I
don't believe for a second) I'd be ready to defend the forthcoming
blows and that's fine. I'm willi
so sam, is there any special reason why your insults are so much
better than the rest of ours. Wayne made a simple statement about the
perception of sun readers in the U.K. It would be analagous to me
explaining what "Aggie" or "Red Neck" meant in the states. Somehow
you twist it so that Wayne i
Why do they claim it's UK's biggest selling newspaper?
On 6/7/06, Wayne Putterill wrote:
> Sun readers are a standing joke in the uk, thankfully they are not in the
> majority. I'm sure you would enjoy it though
>
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If we were all in the eight grade that might have had the intended
impact, then again it's more likely I would have laughed and rolled my
eyes.
On 6/6/06, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
> I'd hate to tell you what calling someone a sam means on this list.
>
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The flag of England (St Georges Cross) Or the flag of Great Britain?
> -Original Message-
> From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 10:42 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: England afraid to fly its own flag
>
> I have jus
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> > Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 3:52 PM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: Re: England afraid to fly its own flag
> >
> > Wait.. The Sun? It's that the tabloid with the page three cheesecake?
> > Britain's answer to the
: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 3:52 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: England afraid to fly its own flag
>
> Wait.. The Sun? It's that the tabloid with the page three cheesecake?
> Britain's answer to the National Enquirer?
&g
Sun readers are a standing joke in the uk, thankfully they are not in the
majority. I'm sure you would enjoy it though
On 6/6/06, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> For someone that doesn't like to fight you seem to have no problem
> insulting the bulk of your countrymen. Good thing you don't
I'd hate to tell you what calling someone a sam means on this list.
On 6/6/06, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For someone that doesn't like to fight you seem to have no problem
> insulting the bulk of your countrymen. Good thing you don't go to
> pubs.
>
> On 6/6/06, Wayne Putterill wrote:
> >
Yeah but I just get it for the articles :)
On 6/6/06, Dana Tierney wrote:
> Wait.. The Sun? It's that the tabloid with the page three cheesecake?
> Britain's answer to the National Enquirer?
>
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For someone that doesn't like to fight you seem to have no problem
insulting the bulk of your countrymen. Good thing you don't go to
pubs.
On 6/6/06, Wayne Putterill wrote:
> First I have heard of it, probably just the Sun trying to stir up trouble
> again - it's far from a serious newspaper, in f
Wait.. The Sun? It's that the tabloid with the page three cheesecake? Britain's
answer to the National Enquirer?
Dana
> Here's the original story. Can go either way:
...
>
> Killjoys at cable giant NTL are among the latest party-poopers â
> ordering van drivers and subcontractors to tear
First I have heard of it, probably just the Sun trying to stir up trouble
again - it's far from a serious newspaper, in fact in the UK "sun reader" is
actually a derogatory term equivalent to calling someone stupid.
On 6/4/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Here's the original sto
If you go and live in a country then you should abide by their laws
and live their way. If you dont like it then maybe you went to the
wrong place.
I lived in Leicester for 5 years and there are pockets of
nationalities around, some of which you can go to and feel like you
are in a different count
Utterly and totally ridiculous.
We CANNOT pander to this ridiculous extremism.
We cannot afford to give it legitimacy.
When these extremists commit crimes in countries with a rule of law
they should be arrested en masse, if necessary, and put through the
courts.
To be afraid to exercise our righ
and this suprizes you because... ?
On 6/4/06, Paul Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Here's the original story. Can go either way:
> >
> > http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006250446,00.html
>
> Political correctness gone mad...
>
> Paul
>
>
>
>
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no doubt.
On 6/4/06, Paul Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Here's the original story. Can go either way:
> >
> > http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006250446,00.html
>
> Political correctness gone mad...
>
> Paul
>
>
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> Here's the original story. Can go either way:
>
> http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006250446,00.html
Political correctness gone mad...
Paul
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> Someone here want to tell me that this is a joke? That this
> is all a hoax? Please!
Well, I've not seen anything on our local or national news and I live just
outside Leicester. I can confirm that there are plenty of people flying the
flag tho... Everyone is just getting behind their national
Here's the original story. Can go either way:
..
Killjoys at cable giant NTL are among the latest party-poopers â ordering van
drivers and subcontractors to tear down their flags in case they offend Muslims.
One shocked driver said: âIf weâre seen with any flags on our vans weâll
be
Someone here want to tell me that this is a joke? That this is all a hoax?
Please!
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Following warnings by extremist Islamic group al-Muhajiroun, in which the group
said that the red cross in the England flag symbolizes the 'blood thirsty
crusaders' and the occupation of Muslims, some of t
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