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] Date Posted: 01:03:08 01/08/05 Sat In reply to: Jim (Canada) 's message, "Curnoak, I agree with you on your opinion of the Imperial system of measurement" on 20:51:16 01/07/05 Fri You agree that the imperial system is as it is because of massive royal in-breeding, and that those royals are forced upon Cornwall by a corrupt colonial government? I give up. You're all nuts. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 02:08:14 01/08/05 Sat Ed, I understand your frustration at times, but don’t desert the forum because a few individuals try to stir up some trouble. So, a cat is cast amongst to pigeons from time to time - surely the best way to deal with this going forward is to ignore it. Boy, I’m getting awfully restrained in my old age. It was always going to be the case that an internet forum will attract many differences of opinion, to put a polite term on it. We had to expect this after our brief exposure in the mainstream domain of Wikipaedia (or whatever it’s called). This forum would lose a great deal if you discontinued your posting. I don’t think we will get very far with our aims if we fall at the first hurdle. Those who have witnessed the entertaining, if not entirely productive debates I have engaged in over the last few days will know that I have been lambasted for having the audacity to question the role of certain languages in Scotland, and indeed for stating that the language I, and most Scots use is English. Rather than being grateful for some local insight, I am contradicted by the provision of increasingly bizarre rationale for such misconceptions. If, on the other hand, I had known from the outset that the debate would descend into politically motivated personal attacks, then my natural apathy to the subject of language would have prevailed, and I would not have bothered to respond in the first place. My postings are aimed at encouraging debate, and yes, I am prone to the odd wind-up on occasion. However, if I am wrong on the issue of my own language, in addition to those of my family, friends, colleagues, business contacts, and the bulk of people I come into contact with in a daily basis, then my experience of life from the beginning has been characterised by many contiguous coincidental aberrations. As Curnoack states, I don’t dispute that there are many across Scotland, the UK and Europe who would wish to lynch me. However, I dismiss this, as one thing I do know is that most societies who have resorted to, or who have quietly endorsed the lynching of those who disagree with them, have certainly not earned their place in the history books amongst humanity’s finest. However, I do not let this curb my enthusiasm for this society and its members, whom quite frankly, we need as many as we can get. I never forget the reasons I am here, and that we are lucky to have like minded people from across the commonwealth here too. I am equally proud to be Scottish, British and Commonwealth citizen. I do not see these things as mutually exclusive. I’m a unionist (both UK and FC) I believe that the marriage of Scotland and England has proved to be one the most successful and productive in the world, which has borne many children across the world that most people on this forum would agree, are fundamentally good eggs. Sure, the United Kingdom is not perfect, but is any marriage? I believe that this marriage is in danger, and we need some polygamy to spice things up, and continue the creative, scientific, political and economic genius that the British nation has hitherto produced. Here’s to the FCS… [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Jim (Canada) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 15:58:27 01/10/05 Mon I don't agree with Curnoak's anti-English rantings, I just agree that the Imperial system is outdated and that metric is better. Other than that, I am pro-English (obviously). [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |