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Jan 13, 2017 16:46:50 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2017 16:46:50 GMT
Why am I dangerous? Even I find that one puzzling. Well, I'll have to make me a T-shirt that says: 'I'm Dangerous!' I'll probably get beaten up in pubs though with that, especially in Hartlepool. You come to Hartlepool and I'll buy you a beer! No hard feelings mate. My wife is black but I don't think that will frighten you off. She does NOT Morris dance. We have some great pubs.
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Jan 13, 2017 17:00:51 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2017 17:00:51 GMT
Please respond. I don't usually think of myself as 'dangerous'. I think Athy described me as 'peculiar but harmless' (what does he know??!!). Anyway, sauna now, just back from work, will stay logged in this evening... Firstly I said potentially dangerous - the 'potentially' is important in understanding my view. I'm a fairly middle of the road person who thinks he tolerates fairly wide views from both left and right, I don't like shutting down conversations or views unless they break my unwritten exceptions - I'd make a crap moderator. My assumptions about you are that you are intelligent, have fairly right wing politics (even at times accepting that your views are racist) and are outspoken. Sometimes you even suggest 'stupid' people should be reduced to fertiliser - hopefully in jest. Why do I think you are potentially dangerous?
Much more difficult to answer. It has it's roots in fighting Fascism. What you say on the internet isn't like chatting to a few mates down the pub, you don't know who is reading. TB often feels like a good pub but all good pubs are run by good Landlords, D9 doesn't want to take on the responsibility (who voluntary would try to keep us lot in check!) so we need to self moderate. Whilst I can tolerate your views most of the time, I can't tolerate comments about reducing people to fertiliser without commenting on them. Even if the comments are supposedly meant lightheartedly they might encourage others to think that is a normal way of thinking and so encourage others to move further to the 'right'. This is essentially why I think you are potentially dangerous. Having said all that, I hope we can still get along and share banter in the future.
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Jan 13, 2017 17:10:51 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2017 17:10:51 GMT
The fox may be mad as a fish..... but dangerous?
Rog
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Jan 13, 2017 17:52:12 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2017 17:52:12 GMT
I can't tolerate comments about reducing people to fertiliser without commenting on them. Even if the comments are supposedly meant lightheartedly they might encourage others to think that is a normal way of thinking and so encourage others to move further to the 'right'. .....really? Will this turn folk into fascists?
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Jan 13, 2017 17:56:23 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2017 17:56:23 GMT
I can't tolerate comments about reducing people to fertiliser without commenting on them. Even if the comments are supposedly meant lightheartedly they might encourage others to think that is a normal way of thinking and so encourage others to move further to the 'right'. .....really? Will this turn folk into fascists? Maybe, maybe not. It is why I said potentially. Look to Mecca for some examples of what has gone wrong in the not too distant past.
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Jan 13, 2017 18:05:54 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2017 18:05:54 GMT
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Jan 13, 2017 18:31:42 GMT
Post by naughtyfox on Jan 13, 2017 18:31:42 GMT
Unlike fans of Mecca who rampage through the streets of Britain with placards raised, with captions on them such as 'Britain Go To Hell!', I don't have any placards in my cupboard with 'Stupid People Should be Turned into Fertiliser'. I had actually forgotten already about that comment. I really can't see people from Canalworld peeking in here and writing it down as something to put on their 'Fings To Do' list.
I should make a note of it, not to say that again, but I won't as I don't think it's something I have said before, and probably wouldn't have said again. Nothing quite like reminding me and making me laugh again. And why are there a few people who keep mentioning my posts count? It's only because I've been here so long. Delta has given me a nudge in the right direction once in a while, but not recently, so I guess I'm straying within the limits. I really don't think 'the whole world' reads Thunderboat - it's a specific niche.
Now that I think about this, I could mention here that Thunderboat has had many phases, with members leaving and new members joining. Almost every month there's a different feel to this place. It's very versatile. Sometimes I remember anybody can read this, but in general I think of this as a living room and we're sitting in comfy chairs, or are in a cosy pub. If someone doesn't like what they hear, may I suggest they first ask the incumbent residents what they are drinking first, before tentatively participating in the current thread? Much more civilised than just smashing a straight glass on the counter and pushing it into someone's face.
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Jan 13, 2017 18:38:06 GMT
Post by naughtyfox on Jan 13, 2017 18:38:06 GMT
Have made a note - free beer in Hartlepool It always makes me think of Hartley Hare and Hartley's jams. Moth-eaten rabid creature: Apricots in glassy pots!
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Jan 13, 2017 18:41:23 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2017 18:41:23 GMT
Not for the first time you have missed my point.
Hey ho - life goes on.
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Jan 13, 2017 19:17:43 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2017 19:17:43 GMT
I've watched Schindler's List and wouldn't describe myself as a Fascist. My point was (and I'm very surprised you missed it), It's not what you say or think but what you encourage others to say or think - I always thought you were intelligent.
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Post by paul on Jan 13, 2017 19:30:57 GMT
I've watched Schindler's List and wouldn't describe myself as a Fascist. "What constitutes a definition of fascism and fascist governments is a highly disputed subject that has proved complicated and contentious. Historians, political scientists, and other scholars have engaged in long and furious debates concerning the exact nature of fascism and its core tenets." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definitions_of_fascism I would certainly make 'Travellers' clean their shit up before they drive off to spoil another part of another town, and I'm a bit fed up with finding English pubs full of Polish staff who are only there for the money and know nothing about the beers they sell. If I look like a Fascist it's only because I have the cheek to say what everyone else is thinking. It probably was not a requirement by the person that gave them the job, what you probably need to do is go to a polish pub and i'm sure somebody will be able to tell you all about the beer. Christ, naughtyfox are you some class of a hipster with a top-bun, walkin' in to a pub and wanting to have a discussion about the beer instead of just drinking the damn stuff. Jazuz, i'd say they love to see you coming down at your local, i can imagine the conversation amongst the sexy polish chicks........''oh! for fucks sake Svetlana, here comes that weird hipster fellow who likes to talk about beer , he seems to have gotten it mixed up with wine or some other pretentious piss. Just keep smiling, hoover the crisps up around his feet and pretend you dont understand English and pray that he fucks of quick on his vintage bike to get his silly beard manicured. Yes, Ageta, he also looks like a bit of a fascist so i think i'll spit in his fancy beer.
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Jan 13, 2017 19:40:43 GMT
Post by Andyberg on Jan 13, 2017 19:40:43 GMT
Whilst we are having a heart to heart discussion with Foxy...my thoughts are as such... I enjoy your contributions, some funny, some serious, some just plain idiotic, but your continual derailment of threads really really boils my piss. You are one of the main publicists of this site actively placing posters in canal users places and you regularly state you want the site to expand into the no1 canal based forum yet you don't appear to understand how a forum works. People want input and a good variety of discussion to partake in...a few threads with umpteen posts of random subjects doesn't focus the mind!
You post random, unrelated posts to threads, stumping discussion and causing disdain, I've seen many comments relating to ' just what does that have to do with the discussion' after your posts! Why?
Your post this morning on travellers and their rubbish would of been an excellent subject for discussion in its own right, in its own thread, instead it's lost in this thread and mentioned no more! So what exactly did you achieve by it?
This isn't a personal snipe at you it's just my observation on something that I personally find annoying...if it's just me fine, I'll not mention it again! 🙂🙂
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Post by JohnV on Jan 13, 2017 19:56:32 GMT
Whilst we are having a heart to heart discussion with Foxy...my thoughts are as such... I enjoy your contributions, some funny, some serious, some just plain idiotic, but your continual derailment of threads really really boils my piss. You are one of the main publicists of this site actively placing posters in canal users places and you regularly state you want the site to expand into the no1 canal based forum yet you don't appear to understand how a forum works. People want input and a good variety of discussion to partake in...a few threads with umpteen posts of random subjects doesn't focus the mind! You post random, unrelated posts to threads, stumping discussion and causing disdain, I've seen many comments relating to ' just what does that have to do with the discussion' after your posts! Why? Your post this morning on travellers and their rubbish would of been an excellent subject for discussion in its own right, in its own thread, instead it's lost in this thread and mentioned no more! So what exactly did you achieve by it? This isn't a personal snipe at you it's just my observation on something that I personally find annoying...if it's just me fine, I'll not mention it again! 🙂🙂 Well I think I will go into bat on this .......You seem to think that you own the thread you started/are posting in and that it should continue to move in the direction you wish it to go. Well you don't and it won't. Foxy's posts/redirections are as valid as yours and often more entertaining ......... so suck it up and learn to live with it.
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Jan 13, 2017 20:03:16 GMT
Post by Andyberg on Jan 13, 2017 20:03:16 GMT
Whilst we are having a heart to heart discussion with Foxy...my thoughts are as such... I enjoy your contributions, some funny, some serious, some just plain idiotic, but your continual derailment of threads really really boils my piss. You are one of the main publicists of this site actively placing posters in canal users places and you regularly state you want the site to expand into the no1 canal based forum yet you don't appear to understand how a forum works. People want input and a good variety of discussion to partake in...a few threads with umpteen posts of random subjects doesn't focus the mind! You post random, unrelated posts to threads, stumping discussion and causing disdain, I've seen many comments relating to ' just what does that have to do with the discussion' after your posts! Why? Your post this morning on travellers and their rubbish would of been an excellent subject for discussion in its own right, in its own thread, instead it's lost in this thread and mentioned no more! So what exactly did you achieve by it? This isn't a personal snipe at you it's just my observation on something that I personally find annoying...if it's just me fine, I'll not mention it again! 🙂🙂 Well I think I will go into bat on this .......You seem to think that you own the thread you started/are posting in and that it should continue to move in the direction you wish it to go. Well you don't and it won't. Foxy's posts/redirections are as valid as yours and often more entertaining ......... so suck it up and learn to live with it. Yeh I can go with that John, I don't think the thread starter owns the thread at all but I do think the thread subject should be kept broadly on subject, I also think this would result in a more varied forum base with more threads resulting! Apologies if I've got it wrong, my bad! 🙂
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Jan 13, 2017 20:04:21 GMT
Post by bodger on Jan 13, 2017 20:04:21 GMT
I've watched Schindler's List and wouldn't describe myself as a Fascist. My point was (and I'm very surprised you missed it), It's not what you say or think but what you encourage others to say or think - I always thought you were intelligent. eeyore !!
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