Wordsworth60

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

I agree Terry. It was reported in the newspapers, but I wonder if the fear of being branded racist was the problem.

Whatever the problem, the fact of the matter is that there are people doing a job they shouldn’t be doing.

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

@eve wrote:

The question of grammar aside, I have to put in my 101 the non pronunciation of the th. How hard is it to pronounce th?? Fink? fort? etc. :twisted:

Sorry darlin’ rahnd our way vat’s the way cleverdicks talk . . .

Yea Lah but werr I was born from we nobbled clever dicks :D

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@(f)politics? wrote:

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

So how can discussing immigration become racist if the subject itself is not racist?
One way is by falsely selecting one or more racial group as a problem. False selection, poor use of figures, sweeping conclusions and insults cloud authentic problems.

Immigration is about people. Therefore…

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@Wordsworth60 wrote:

2 of our fundamental problems in this country are the high price of land, coupled with the high price of property which prevents many people from acquiring suitable living space; and lack of engagement in the political process. Few people know how laws are passed or how the various sections of our Constitution function.

So our…

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@Wordsworth60 wrote:

So how can discussing immigration become racist if the subject itself is not racist?
One way is by falsely selecting one or more racial group as a problem. False selection, poor use of figures, sweeping conclusions and insults cloud authentic problems.

Immigration is about people. Therefore discussing immigration is relevant…

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@Wordsworth60 wrote:

So Panda, is grammar a bugbear for you?

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Yep! Sleepless nights… :P

@Terry wrote:

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

To be fair Panda, a lot of people don’t understand racism, either as a word that could be defined (regarding one race as superior or inferior to another) or recognising it when it occurs.

Never mind the word “racism” Wordsworth; how about the word “stupidity” which you seem, singlehandedly, to have given a whole…

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“Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.”

That one’s for Kenty :wink: and although I’m hardly at my wit’s end, I’m feeling much better this morning (THANK YOU ALL FOR ASKING!!! :evil: :evil: ), so I’m sure most will be glad to hear that this will probably be my last post on this thread as a trip to the park with my little…[Read more]

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@kent f OBE wrote:

OK YOU LOT…………..THE CONSTANT QUOTING FROM PAGES AND PAGES OF REPLIES IS GETTING ON MY BOOBIES!!!!!

lets move on please :lol:

Dammit Kenty! I was doing really well without your boobies! now you’ve distracted me from my film!!!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:…

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@Wordsworth60 wrote:

@Terry wrote:

@panda12 wrote:

@Terry wrote:

@panda12 wrote:

So simplistic and naive IMHO. Ah of course, since then you’ve thrown in a few references to Gordon Brown just to mix it up a bit but your arguement in my eyes, remains incrediably simplistic and naive.

You really don’t bring anything to the debate. Apart from abuse.

OK…

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@Sgt Pepper wrote:

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

So quickly quoting immigration as the fundamental source of our problems in the middle of an international financial crisis, and dismissing any other perspective seems at best simplistic, at worst deceptive and somewhere on that scale possibly racist – and any of those could prompt rolling eyes, not just…

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@Wordsworth60 wrote:

So quickly quoting immigration as the fundamental source of our problems in the middle of an international financial crisis, and dismissing any other perspective seems at best simplistic, at worst deceptive and somewhere on that scale possibly racist – and any of those could prompt rolling eyes, not just racist

Words, your…[Read more]

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

@kent f OBE wrote:

Wordy after 40 yrs……….we havn’t got it right

What would ‘got it right’ look like?

big question that words and i doubt they’ll ever be one definitive answer,and far too big a question for my brain to input into at this time of night…

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

Yes I agree not all families do care as they should which is almost an incentive for some young girls to become pregnant to escape their home situation…..

I know Im generalising… but there has to be a reason why we have the such high teenage pregnancies….. we have to start analysing why that is…. it…

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@(f)politics? wrote:

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

Why was Panda considered racist in voicing her opinion that the way immigration was introduced in this thread was itself racist?

I think it was because rather than discussing the actual issue, the eye rolling of blame immigration card was used, hinting towards the fact racism was being used, which i don’t…

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@Wordsworth60 wrote:

Well, Words, I certainly didn’t consider panda’s remarks racist.
Judgemental, dismissive and perhaps a little ignorant? Absolutely.
Most especially in her reference to typicality.
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@Wordsworth60 wrote:

A referendum in 1975 supported membership of the EEC.

The EU is very different to the EEC as you well know.

We’re not allowed a referendum in this country for one simple reason. The nation would vote against it. We want out as a nation. So do the citizens of every other european country.

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

And God shook her head and said:

“I said invest in Tie Rack, not invade I-raq!”

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Lol words… love it :D

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@jen_jen wrote:

Drivers who do a steady 60-65 in the middle lane on the motorway then, just as you’re overtaking them at 70, speed up to 70 to make it difficult for you to pass them without speeding…then once you’ve passed them they go back to doing 60! :twisted:

So it was you!!!!

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@Wordsworth60 wrote:

@Irish_Lucy wrote:

@Wordsworth60 wrote:

My summation was pretty!

He likes me! He really, really likes me!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Carefull or he’ll ride ya

He’ll need a bloody good whisperer before I’m that tame . . . . .

I just knew I’d regret the whole “pretty” thing :oops:

:lol: