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Barry Foster posted:Ho ho ho, wanting children not to starve is so adolescent. ~lordfreudlogic~ e: 4. Four. The one secret clause that Blairites hate! Guavanaut fucked around with this message at 12:11 on Aug 1, 2015 |
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I'm always hesitant to criticise people for taking a stand about 'the wrong thing'. There are plenty of people taking a stand about nothing at all, and I think that's more of a problem than animal activists, who often tend to be involved in other social justice causes anyway. Activism is addictive, if you get people (particularly young people) moving on one cause they often get sucked into others. While it's a bit galling when some rich woman bequeaths 7 million pounds to a fund for retired donkeys rather than a charity for the homeless it's still better than using it to buy houses in London and yacht trips to Monaco for her children. I personally prefer people with imperfectly directed empathy to those with none at all. lmaoboy1998 fucked around with this message at 12:12 on Aug 1, 2015 |
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imagine writing that article and being proud enough of it that you got it pubilshed in a national paper. christ
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You're right. Maybe if the press keeps comparing asylum seekers to animals on the same page as defending the rights of animals, they will eventually start defending the rights of asylum seekers via the transitive property. It's a long shot, but it just might work.
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Yes but you see that lion was endangered and more importantly, in Africa not in Calais. E: also it had a tracking collar on so we could make sure it didn't come anywhere near Calais.
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Jose posted:imagine writing that article and being proud enough of it that you got it pubilshed in a national paper. christ At this point I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the Telegraph turned out to be a leftist false flag operation and the Barclay Brothers covert Marxist accelerationists. No one can actually believe that printing these sort of hysterical articles does anything but make them appear ridiculous even to those with right-leaning sympathies. ThomasPaine fucked around with this message at 12:27 on Aug 1, 2015 |
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thespaceinvader posted:Yes but you see that lion was endangered and more importantly, in Africa not in Calais. E: also it had a tracking collar on so we could make sure it didn't come anywhere near Calais.
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In fairness to the Mirror, they did also publish this: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/not-migrant-hordes--people-6165167 quote:They do not have names. They do not have needs, or rights, or jobs, or a tax code, or a passport. They are your choice of collective noun: a swarm, a flood, a tide, a horde. They are not Bob, or Sue, or David or Kate or Charlotte or Adrian. They are not like us. They are Them. They are stateless and helpless, foodless and friendless. Why should we share? “The migrant crisis” sounds so much more threatening than “the humanitarian crisis”. The need for “austerity” sounds more important than the need for “common sense”. Let’s put to one side for a moment any arguments about space and what we’ll do if the entire population of the world wants to move to these few cold, wet, paedophile-producing square miles of rock. Let’s look at the facts.
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I enjoyed calling the under 25s selfish while simultaneously slipping in a MY TAX BILL.
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Jose posted:imagine writing that article and being proud enough of it that you got it pubilshed in a national paper. christ Someone's jealous they never got their English homework printed in the grown ups paper! e- good mirror article though baka kaba fucked around with this message at 12:42 on Aug 1, 2015 |
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ThomasPaine posted:At this point I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the Telegraph turned out to be a leftist false flag operation and the Barclay Brothers covert Marxist accelerationists. No one can actually believe that printing these sort of hysterical articles does anything but make them appear ridiculous even to those with right-leaning sympathies. Belting out the internationale between lines of cocaine and baby panda cheek canapes.
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OvineYeast posted:In fairness to the Mirror, they did also publish this: That might be the first even close to honest article I've ever seen about immigration. We make such a huge deal out of a relatively tiny amount of people... when by spending a relatively tiny amount of money (and probably profiting in the process) we could make the problem go away entirely. But then, isn't that pretty much the definition of the 'problem' with people on benefits, with the NHS, with virtually every public entity - spending some money on it would make it better and probably make a profit by making it better because when things are better people like them more and spend more on them (or conversely, for the NHS, are generally healthier and spend less on them). But tories. And also. We are a nation of immigrants. gently caress the USA, Britain is a nation of immigrants. Every nation outside of central loving Africa is in the end, a nation of immigrants one way or another. Unless you're able to trace your descent right back to the first celtic settlers who chased mammoth across the channel back when it wasn't full of water... I hate to break it to you but you're a descendant of immigrants. Immigration is what made Britain great.
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thespaceinvader posted:That might be the first even close to honest article I've ever seen about immigration. Strictly speaking immigration is what made Britain Britain, whether you think that's great or not is up for debate. Statistically speaking a lot of the tories are probably descended from immigrants, which is a very compelling argument against immigration.
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Looks like corbs is running things still. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33745731
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thespaceinvader posted:Immigration is what made Britain great. That's not really comparable to a few people not wanting to get murdered at home and a sign that says Polski Sklep though.
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The Mirror posted:9) Every single refugee in Calais would be a better British citizen than Nigel Farage Ooohh buurrrrrrrn.
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Quick addition to the learning to code chat from earlier. http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ is a fantastic resource and they include the book online for free.
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Guavanaut posted:You're right. Maybe if the press keeps comparing asylum seekers to animals on the same page as defending the rights of animals, they will eventually start defending the rights of asylum seekers via the transitive property. It's a long shot, but it just might work. Not quite. As a resident of Kent in the area affected by the strikes (and lets be honest, the strikes are what are causing the disruption, the migrants are simply taking advantage of the situation) I can confirm from various conversations and hear say that the most popular solution at present is shooting them.
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Ludicro posted:Not quite. As a resident of Kent in the area affected by the strikes (and lets be honest, the strikes are what are causing the disruption, the migrants are simply taking advantage of the situation) I can confirm from various conversations and hear say that the most popular solution at present is shooting them. Shooting the strikers hardly seems productive, then you'll just end up with more disruption.
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OwlFancier posted:Shooting the strikers hardly seems productive, then you'll just end up with more disruption. My post was badly written, the migrants are the ones who would be shot. The popular opinion about the strikes is to reroute the ferries to other nearby ports and cut Calais out entirely.
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OwlFancier posted:Shooting the strikers hardly seems productive, then you'll just end up with more disruption. I'm not sure what international capitalism looks like, but I bet it would look nice mounted on my wall.
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Can we release the lions in Kent instead? Also, it was funny in that Corbae fanfiction how the idea that a politician might have principles and stick to them, instead of saying what the focus group told them to say today, is so alien to them that they think he must just like being contrary.
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OvineYeast posted:In fairness to the Mirror, they did also publish this: This is a nice article, but as a counterpoint every single one of these people can claim asylum in France. Presumably it is possible that once an asylum claim is approved to obtain EU citizenship and then come over through legal channels?
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XMNN posted:Can we release the lions in Kent instead? XMNN posted:Also, it was funny in that Corbae fanfiction how the idea that a politician might have principles and stick to them, instead of saying what the focus group told them to say today, is so alien to them that they think he must just like being contrary.
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Ludicro posted:This is a nice article, but as a counterpoint every single one of these people can claim asylum in France. Presumably it is possible that once an asylum claim is approved to obtain EU citizenship and then come over through legal channels? I'm fairly sure that's not how asylum works, it's significantly different than regular migration.
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Ludicro posted:This is a nice article, but as a counterpoint every single one of these people can claim asylum in France. Presumably it is possible that once an asylum claim is approved to obtain EU citizenship and then come over through legal channels? 'These people'? That's some quality othering you're doing there.
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Ludicro posted:My post was badly written, the migrants are the ones who would be shot. The popular opinion about the strikes is to reroute the ferries to other nearby ports and cut Calais out entirely. I know, I was being silly. Also it is somewhat difficult to know at the moment whether strikers or immigrants are more evil in the eyes of the public.
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Renaissance Robot posted:I'm fairly sure that's not how asylum works, it's significantly different than regular migration. To be honest I have been looking at information as to how the process works and its not especially clear. I'm making presumptions on the basis that there must be some kind of transition to EU citizenship once granted with an indefinite leave to remain (or whatever the French/continental equivalent is), which would allow freedom of movement. Pork Pie Hat posted:'These people'? That's some quality othering you're doing there. Referring to people as people is othering now is it? Would you prefer I referred to them as those people, or perhaps just migrants? Maybe swarm or horde would be more appropriate?
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They want to come here because the French are failed cultural imperialists who treat even their third and fourth generation immigrants like human poo poo, let alone new ones that can't speak French. Just look at the outskirts of Paris. Britain is a much better country than France and we should be proud that people are willing to swim shipping routes to get from there to here.
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James Delingpole is a loving wanker, discuss. e: I suppose I should add some context, he was just on any questions on R4 ... that's all I need to say really. Who is this loving arsehole to have opinions on things? Why is this tosser on the loving radio? I don't claim to be some great mind but at least I'm of average intelligence and would attempt to talk some common sense. Very confused. Seaside Loafer fucked around with this message at 14:05 on Aug 1, 2015 |
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Ludicro posted:To be honest I have been looking at information as to how the process works and its not especially clear. I'm making presumptions on the basis that there must be some kind of transition to EU citizenship once granted with an indefinite leave to remain (or whatever the French/continental equivalent is), which would allow freedom of movement. It depends on the country, but sometimes the only way to get indefinite leave to remain on asylum is to marry and have kids. Otherwise it's only until the conditions in the country of origin stabilise, i.e. it's not 'indefinite'. Like I know some asylants from Armenia who have been around for more than 19 years and still can't travel freely (you can get a special one-time permit to travel though). This is in France, in the UK you can get it after 5 years maybe? Private Speech fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Aug 1, 2015 |
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Seaside Loafer posted:James Delingpole is a loving wanker, discuss. I don't know what specific event you're talking about, but I'd be tempted to agree with you.
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Added some context. The man is a loving moron.
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Guavanaut posted:"James Mark Court Delingpole is an English columnist and novelist who has written for a number of publications, including: Daily Mail, Daily Express, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and The Spectator." His Telegraph bio begins, 'James Delingpole is a writer, journalist and broadcaster who is right about everything', which tells you most of what you need to know about him.
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Dellingpole is a renowned moron and climate change denier. Have a search on YouTube for clips from the edition of Horizon where he had a 'debate' with Nobel Prize winner Prof Sir Paul Nurse, an occasion Dellingpole later described as amounting to [his] 'intellectual rape'.
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Guavanaut posted:It's quite possible that he's both. It's a lot more fun being contrary when your opponents are complete bastards though, so I think he would make a far better leader of the opposition than any of the other three. I'm not sure he even wants to be PM, but if he can drag the window left during the next 5 years that would be a great thing. I think he's said he wouldn't want to be PM, but the fact is, he doesn't have to be - at least, not within possibilty till the next general election - if he's elected Labour leader, all he has to do is make the concept of electing a left wing Labour party more palatable to the general public (and to the Blairite party shitheads); he's not going to win with the press, as they're clearly stacked against him. It's going to be an up-hill struggle. But , yeah, presenting actual opposition, and making it more politically acceptable would be fantastic. [e]: Delingpole chat quote:Delingpole described himself "as a member of probably the most discriminated-against subsection in the whole of British society—the white, middle-aged, public-school-and-Oxbridge educated middle-class male," Poor discriminated WASP wotta twat. Pesky Splinter fucked around with this message at 14:36 on Aug 1, 2015 |
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Crashbee posted:His Telegraph bio begins, 'James Delingpole is a writer, journalist and broadcaster who is right about everything', which tells you most of what you need to know about him. Guavanaut posted:The NRx Overton window: He seems in good company. The prick.
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Animals all look cute while people are generally ugly and steal your tv. There. I solved the case. Now shut the gently caress up about it.
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Just finished a couple of hours manning the phones for the Corbyn campaign. drat near every labour member I called was super enthusiastic about Corbs, and even the people with doubts want to vote for him but are worried about his electability. Now we're having a big Corbyn picnic in Russell Square. This campaign rules.
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