If you want to see heated you should watch the Taiwanese parliament sometime. That gets down right nasty - and physical with slapping, hair pulling, and punching.Quote:
Originally posted by chrisjk
it can get heated ;)
Greg
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If you want to see heated you should watch the Taiwanese parliament sometime. That gets down right nasty - and physical with slapping, hair pulling, and punching.Quote:
Originally posted by chrisjk
it can get heated ;)
Greg
sure you weren't watching a slipknot concert? :p
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haha!!Quote:
Originally posted by gdebacker
If you want to see heated you should watch the Taiwanese parliament sometime. That gets down right nasty - and physical with slapping, hair pulling, and punching.
Greg
there was a scuffle in the italian parliment over the inter-juventus game a few seasons ago...that was funny :D:D:D
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Originally posted by gdebacker
"Not be tolerated". I think that as a blanket statement, that is not what I'm saying.
I read trough your post again, searching for your point again, you insisted on not making blanked statements, and this is where your reasoning starts, using the previous acknowledgements as a basis.Quote:
Unless you really know what you are talking about you should probably keep your mouth shut.
You insist that they should not be allowed to speak.
Then now, you bring context to it, refering to the censorship of the forum. Next you specificate insults.
If there's a connection between immatureness and insults, can you reason that it is directly inherited?
Out of line indicates a standard, do you think there is such?Quote:
People should be allowed to speak freely but they should also be told when they are out of line. That is part of what makes a society (I see this forum is a society).
If so, do you think these that do not conform to this standard should be punished, if not actively, then trough restriction and isolation?
You have two choices. You can dismiss me with that this forum will not change based on our argument, or you take this argument to a fundamental conclusion.
That's a real shame.Quote:
Originally posted by barrk
For the last time....
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Originally posted by Dilenger4
So what if our mustard sucks. :p That would be that last thing i leave this site for.
Ok, ok - that was me... :p
Sorry. :p
Aaaaaahhh! My freakin' ears! :eek:Quote:
Originally posted by kedaman
I read trough your post again, searching for your point again, you insisted on not making blanked statements, and this is where your reasoning starts, using the previous acknowledgements as a basis.
You insist that they should not be allowed to speak.
Then now, you bring context to it, refering to the censorship of the forum. Next you specificate insults.
If there's a connection between immatureness and insults, can you reason that it is directly inherited?
Out of line indicates a standard, do you think there is such?
If so, do you think these that do not conform to this standard should be punished, if not actively, then trough restriction and isolation?
You have two choices. You can dismiss me with that this forum will not change based on our argument, or you take this argument to a fundamental conclusion.
Dude, must you turn every nonsensical, off-the-cuff argument into a philosophical debate? :p
Oh Ian, forgot to say, your apologies were accepted. It was just another misunderstanding.
You're a too decent man to be angry with (as opposed to some, and I use the word lightly, *****s around here).
I can take a joke and a piss take but I don't have to put up with goofy kiddies (;) at the aussies on the board :p)
That said, I'll keep myself to posting something every now and again.
Nobody's waiting for my opinion here so I'll refrain from giving it then.
If VBW goes down the drain, at least then it will not be my fault.
christ, three pages of going off topic, you never see me doing that :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
;)
Wally, cheers for replying about that.
I would just like to point that Microbasic's post is definatley what this is all about and put it alot better than I did. I really should learn to speak my native language better ;)
oh yeah, nicola, no need to appolagise, as chris rightly said, I wasn't talking about that type of behavior, as I would be completley flamming myself. hmm, BBQ Ian anyone ? best serverd lightly marinated in Harvey's bristol cream, and the rump is ment to be exeedingly good :p
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Originally posted by Ianpbaker
and the rump is ment to be exeedingly good :p
:eek: ;)
Oh, and another thing, DO NOT use babelfish or any other program to translate English into French or vice versa. You will only end up with gobbledygook (in either language) ;)
"Voulez-vous danser avec moi ?
Mais oui, bien sur !
Allons-y alors ?
Eh oui, après vous.
Non, après vous chère madame
...
"
Run that through Babelfish and see what you'll end up with ;)
ummm
"Sorry, Babelfish cannot be bothered to translate this."
hee hee, ok then :)Quote:
Originally posted by Ianpbaker
oh yeah, nicola, no need to appolagise, as chris rightly said, I wasn't talking about that type of behavior, as I would be completley flamming myself. hmm, BBQ Ian anyone ? best serverd lightly marinated in Harvey's bristol cream, and the rump is ment to be exeedingly good :p
Personally, I think this is part of the problem. The only "Americans are stupid" threads that I've seen here were both started by Americans as jokes - including the one where Greg jumped in with both feet. (Mind you, RJ didn't exactly help in the other one.) Some people immediatley leap into these threads and start laying waste to everyone else without bothering to establish the facts first. Greg is a prime example of this. When he then goes on to say that the only possible problem anyone can have with America is jealousy, that is bound to annoy people. It certainly annoyed me.Quote:
Originally posted by gdebacker
I don't spend too much time in Chit Chat. I enjoy answering questions about VB and really don't have the time for Chit Chat. Unfortunately my first experience with Chit Chat was the "Why are Americans so stupid" thread. It was not a pleasant experience. I don't mind people bashing US foreign policy. I do it myself. What bothers me is when people make blanket statements about an entire nation or culture based of "facts" they picked in movies and on TV. I don't care if you are bashing Americans, Chines, Brazilians, or Eskimos. Unless you really know what you are talking about you should probably keep your mouth shut. I've lived in many places in the US. I've lived on the East Coast, the South, and in California. In those areas I've lived in many different cities. They are all VERY different. I have to live in a city for a year or two before I feel like I know it and the people.
<snip>
I would never start a sentence with the words, "All British are...". People who start sentences with "Americans are..." are only showing there ignorance, and yes, immaturity.
Some people on this forum are hyper-sensitive. I know I am on certain subjects. Unfortunately, these people are often too heavy handed in their defence of their pet subjects, and that gets other people's backs up. From there, it just snowballs and deteriorates into personal and/or national insults and childish bickering. As an example, how many posts by jpbtennisman end with "STFU, *******"? It's certainly not in single figures.
I fear I've lost track of the point I was trying to make. In essence, though, some people here are too offensive, and some people (ironically, often the same ones) are too sensitive. Put them in a thread together and you'll have trouble. Unfortunately, the end result is that people who aren't overly-sensitive (e.g. Katie) then turn up and are faced with the results of the escalated conflicts: inflammatory comments that would offend anyone.
Shame, really. If the more rational people leave, what will we be left with?
Me ?
I wonder if we could prevail on RJ to stop using his rhyming-slang term for Americans? He explained it's 'septic tank' for 'yank', and in true Aussie fashion it becomes 'seppo'. I'm not an American, but could believe this to be a little hurtful.
Hello JohnnyQuote:
Originally posted by InvisibleDuncan
Shame, really. If the more rational people leave, what will we be left with?
Hello Billy
My daddies stronger than your daddy
No he isn't , my daddy could beat yours up no problems
That's not fair, I'm telling on you
........
:p ;)
:DQuote:
Originally posted by Ianpbaker
Hello Johnny
Hello Billy
My daddies stronger than your daddy
No he isn't , my daddy could beat yours up no problems
That's not fair, I'm telling on you
........
:p ;)
See that bit of spit? That's your swimming pool, that is...Quote:
Originally posted by Ianpbaker
Hello Johnny
Hello Billy
My daddies stronger than your daddy
No he isn't , my daddy could beat yours up no problems
That's not fair, I'm telling on you
........
:p ;)
hurray, people who remember the Mary white house expierience, we are becomming a dying race :)
You know that guy who kept on Going Milky, Milky, you aspire to be him , that's your whole life's ambition.
Milky, Milky.
Hey, I didn't invent the word you... you... Seth Afriken.Quote:
Originally posted by Jim Brown
I wonder if we could prevail on RJ to stop using his rhyming-slang term for Americans? He explained it's 'septic tank' for 'yank', and in true Aussie fashion it becomes 'seppo'. I'm not an American, but could believe this to be a little hurtful.
:p
It's less letters to type is all. I really have no idea where it started. Anyway, I didn't start it - *points finger*- it was Jethro!
The problem is that there's people that get insulted about everything. I posted a thread about Australian survivor and jpbtennisman starts going on about me being anti-american...
:rolleyes:
Chit-chat is chit-chat. I (attempt to) contribute to the technical side of this place, so I'm not in any hurry to stop with all the little in-jokes that certain people have, all you gotta do is lighten up a bit...
But I won't call seppos seppos anymore if that's what they want. :p
My former boss used to insist on referring to me as a "Sweaty" (sweaty sock = jock). Really got on my tits.Quote:
Originally posted by Jim Brown
I wonder if we could prevail on RJ to stop using his rhyming-slang term for Americans? He explained it's 'septic tank' for 'yank', and in true Aussie fashion it becomes 'seppo'. I'm not an American, but could believe this to be a little hurtful.
See that man who used to say "Milky milky"...? He's your best friend, he is. He's your mum's boyfriend. She loves him...
Lavverly. Milky milky. ;)
Oops, sorry, thought it was you that started it. Trouble is I shudder to think what alternative you'll come up with?Quote:
Originally posted by rjlohan
Hey, I didn't invent the word you... you... Seth Afriken.
:p
But I won't call seppos seppos anymore if that's what they want. :p
And BTW I'm not actually a Seth Afriken, I'm a transplanted POMMIE! (I've lived here since 1964 when I was 8, apart from 2 years back in the UK in the mid-80's on secondment to my employer's HQ)
Isn't it bedtime round the back of the globe there by now?
ian, no offence...but i an eatin any of ur rump :eek:
:p
this thread descended into madness...it was quite amusin :D
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Originally posted by ghost ryder
ian, no offence...but i an eatin any of ur rump :eek:
:p
this thread descended into madness...it was quite amusin :D
with Ian starting it... it started as madness :p :D ;)
Ian'd madness? Me not know Ian be madness. This be of int'esting.
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Originally posted by Akriu Arigaro
Ian'd madness? Me not know Ian be madness. This be of int'esting.
Can someone point me to a thread where someone is being blatantly anti-American? I have seen lots of discussion involving people being accused of being anti-American but I'm not sure which accusations are supposed to be justified.
I wasn't going to participate in this thread, because I'm quite new round here and I don't know the full extent of the problems..... but this caught my eye...
Given recent events, do people really have a high level of patriotism and pride?? I couldn't possibly speak on behalf of the UK or any other country... but pride? I'm not saying anyone is right or wrong for feeling this... it just surprises me (I may be on my own with this - and I don't want to start any kind of political debate).Quote:
Originally posted by jpbtennisman
Agree with Greg. I don't like EVERYTHING the USA does but when you start insulting us in a time when there is a high level of patriotism and pride, that is why I get so pissed.
and also stereotyping pisses me off...
And especialy when people are condoning a terrorist group.
Anyway whilst posting, I hope I've not offended anyone in the past as I am known for being a bit in-sensitive, a bit thick-skinned and a ***** to work with at times :o
you live in birmingham, say no more, we understand :D ;)
LOL :D Yeah, I've been victimized enough.
I was up there fo an interview last year for a contract job, first time I've been to the city. It's a good 200 miles from where I Live , got there and drove straight through the city centre before I even realised with all those bloody kingsways and what ever they are called. seemed a reasonable city from a first glance but as I didn't get the job , I abviously didn't get to have a good nosy around. 8 hours of car journey for a half hour interview seemed a bit excessive :)
*SLAP*Quote:
Originally posted by Ianpbaker
you live in birmingham, say no more, we understand :D ;)
So many people getting upset about immature or insulting people but I just don't get it.
There is much said on this forum that I am either not interested in or don't care about. I just ignore and skip over it. If someone says something that I don't agree with, I'll say something but I don't get upset about anything.
Admittedly, there has been a lot of American critisism lately but I don't really see why people are getting so up tight about it. By all means, defend your country. If you don't want to get involved in such discussions, don't take part.
I suppose that, in Britain, we are always slagging each other and everyone else off. It's all part of our humour nad we don't take it too seriously. The Welsh and Scottish slag off the English. Northerners slag off southerners (and vice versa). Everyone slags off Londoners. It's all par for the course.
The British slag off the French and Americans. The Americans slag off the French. The French slag off everyone else. Does it matter?
At the end of the day, America are the top dogs in the world at the moment and are economically and politically dominant. They are going to be the brunt of many people's snide comments and insults. That's what comes with the territory.
Fair enough, defend your culture/nationality/language etc. but, for 'eavens sake, don't take it too seriously.
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Originally posted by SjR
Anyway whilst posting, I hope I've not offended anyone in the past as I am known for being a bit in-sensitive, a bit thick-skinned and a ***** to work with at times :o
Gee you could almost be a seppo.....hehehehehehehehehe.
;)
Mmmm. I've been doing a bit of trawling through threads. I have the following comments.
JBTennisman and Patoooey (who I suspect are the same person) are arrogant and abusive Americans who probably taint everyone elses views of the USA with their blind hatred for others.
Katie is probably one of the most reasonable people on here from any nation and can take and give critisisim of her country better than almost anyone else here. I don't understand GR's cartoon about her, as she certainly doesn't go bragging about America. She is proud of her nation (as we are all proud of our homelands), but not to the point where she is blind to it's faults. You might be surprised to know that there are a lot of Americans like this.
These are two diametrically opposite people, yet they do tend to be lumped together (much to Katies detriment). I work with a lot of Americans, and despite what the media shows they are almost without exception, excellent people. It is this forums great loss that Katie has gone (but will never be forgotten), and is certainly a warning sign that things have gotten out of control.
I have no problem debating politics, but they quickly degenerate into abusive comments, from both Americans and Non-Americans (I refuse to use the term anti-Americans as I don't think there are many on this board).
So in short. Most Americans are fine in the same way that most Brits are fine (you'll always get a vocal handful of ******s in any country). As for the other nations, hell even the Australians can string a couple of sensible words together every now and then :)
I'll leave you with this important thought. Look at the painting below.
http://www.sansart.com/images/BestFriendsFullSB.JPG
Thats your gang that is.
She's like the hardest member of your gang.
Ah, History Today. Classic! :p
SD
What ? Aussies and perfect grammar ? Unheard of ! Are you certain ? Let's see your source on that one then !Quote:
Originally posted by SurfDemon
As for the other nations, hell even the Australians can string a couple of sensible words together every now and then :)
You can't go around making bold statements like that, you know.
Next you'll say Canadians can spell. Tcho !
disclaimer :
all of the above is meant as a JOKE and is not to be taken literally. Canadians are nice people, as are Americans. Australians are errr ... errm ... let's say they're people
SD
Who are you accusing of being able to string a couple of sensible words together Pal.......hell who are you accusing of being Australian..
Ian
Eating you is the furtherest thing from my mind:eek:
Seppos
Bag out OZ all you wont, we do;)
The government sucks
The ACB suck
And outside Sydney everyone is inbred.
Katie
Dooooooooooooonnnnnnnnn'ttttt goooooooooooooo, will go around to rjl's place and give him a right good kicking:rolleyes: