blandy Posted May 8, 2020 Moderator Share Posted May 8, 2020 5 hours ago, Awol said: Are they words removed because they’re not social distancing, or for celebrating the defeat of fascism and the ending of the largest conflict in human history? They’re words removed because they’re breaching the lockdown, because (from their ages, looking at them) they had no involvement in defeating fascism , because (and this is projecting I acknowledge) they’re channeling the bravery and courage of those who did into their personal disregard for the safety of their fellow citizens. words removed, the lot of them, . 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post blandy Posted May 8, 2020 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2020 5 hours ago, Awol said: Celebrating the end of the war and the defeat of fascism is literally what it is. Any other interpretation is projection of people’s own views, usually more grounded in contemporary politics - hence “VE Day Brexit throbbers.” Sad to see. Is it ****. That’s not remotely what these tubes were doing. Getting pissed in the street, sod the rules on staying home, never mind infecting people with virus, I want to wave my flag, ignore public health, **** the neighbours. words removed. Utter words removed. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 but, but, but... alcohol kills the virus! I really should join fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 It seems tomorrow's heil has a FREE* Tea towel to support our NHS and care heroes * not free. Thank **** for that. We're saved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, blandy said: They’re words removed because they’re breaching the lockdown, because (from their ages, looking at them) they had no involvement in defeating fascism , because (and this is projecting I acknowledge) they’re channeling the bravery and courage of those who did into their personal disregard for the safety of their fellow citizens. words removed, the lot of them, . I wasn’t personally involved in the resurrection but still crack a chocolate egg at Easter. “You weren’t there, man” seems a pretty weak reason for chastising a historical commemoration. Agree it’s stupid to break social distancing, but as someone else has noted, all week the media (that Cruella De Vil looking tramp off Sky in particular) have been pushing the line that it’s all gonna be relaxed this weekend anyway. Subliminal sh*t stirring to manufacture a story. That’s a fair reason to get cross, but once you start throwing Brexit in it’s hard to believe that’s what your real beef is. It’s “them”, those people, those “words removed” again, f****** things up. Edited May 9, 2020 by Awol 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bickster Posted May 9, 2020 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2020 6 hours ago, Awol said: I wasn’t personally involved in the resurrection but still crack a chocolate egg at Easter Eggs were a pagan symbol of spring long before Jesus didn't exist, you're eating chocolate at easter because you like chocolate, no other reason 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Milano will be an interesting and hopefully not terrifying experiment on what happens when a city opens up after a lock down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 UK to bring in 14 day air passenger quarantine by the end of May, bloody good show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said: UK to bring in 14 day air passenger quarantine by the end of May, bloody good show Except it’s ‘tell us where you’re self isolating’ - ‘oh sure it’s no 1 London street, englandshire. Tataa!’ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post blandy Posted May 9, 2020 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2020 7 hours ago, Awol said: I wasn’t personally involved in the resurrection but still crack a chocolate egg at Easter. “You weren’t there, man” seems a pretty weak reason for chastising a historical commemoration. Agree it’s stupid to break social distancing, but as someone else has noted, all week the media (that Cruella De Vil looking tramp off Sky in particular) have been pushing the line that it’s all gonna be relaxed this weekend anyway. Subliminal sh*t stirring to manufacture a story. That’s a fair reason to get cross, but once you start throwing Brexit in it’s hard to believe that’s what your real beef is. It’s “them”, those people, those “words removed” again, f****** things up. I’ve chastised no one for celebrating it being 75 years since war 2 ended. A war that both started and ended before they were born. The people, the English people in particular, who promote some kind of weird exceptionalism that means the rules don’t apply to them, responsibilities don’t apply to them, that patriotism overrides public safety, while at the same time demanding immigrants adopt our ways or go home - adopt our ways like flagrant disregard for the law and other people? They can **** off. I’ll never understand them, I’ll never like them. Tolerate them, yes while they abide by the law, it’s a free country, but what they were doing yesterday just reinforces the evidence of their being words removed. Virus Brexit words removed. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, Jareth said: Except it’s ‘tell us where you’re self isolating’ - ‘oh sure it’s no 1 London street, englandshire. Tataa!’ They’d probably have to pinky promise not to go out too. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted May 9, 2020 Moderator Share Posted May 9, 2020 22 minutes ago, Phil Silvers said: UK to bring in 14 day air passenger quarantine by the end of May, bloody good show 3 months late. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Tesco have a in-store half price sale on clothes and homeware. Not great timing. Link Tesco has launched a 50 percent of sale, which will apply to all F&F items. This includes clothing, footwear, nightwear, lingerie and all concessions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 9, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted May 9, 2020 30 minutes ago, blandy said: I’ve chastised no one for celebrating it being 75 years since war 2 ended. A war that both started and ended before they were born. The people, the English people in particular, who promote some kind of weird exceptionalism that means the rules don’t apply to them, responsibilities don’t apply to them, that patriotism overrides public safety, while at the same time demanding immigrants adopt our ways or go home - adopt our ways like flagrant disregard for the law and other people? They can **** off. I’ll never understand them, I’ll never like them. Tolerate them, yes while they abide by the law, it’s a free country, but what they were doing yesterday just reinforces the evidence of their being words removed. Virus Brexit words removed. 100% agree, Pete. What was happening yesterday (mostly) had nothing to do with what actually happened in 1945, but was far more redolent of the "Two world wars and one world cup, doo-dah" level of ignorance. When I politely pointed out on a local FB group that "we" (even our grandparents) didn't actually "win the war", and it might be worth giving a little bit of credit to the Red Army, it didn't go down well at all. Then again, I'm not a patriot, so what can anybody expect? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 12 hours ago, Awol said: Racist little Englanders, innit? That’s why the well known British nationalist Emmanuel Macron was out celebrating it in Paris. It’s why the Russians will be celebrating (hard) tomorrow.... because it’s really all about white, middle class Brexit voters. The correlation between Anglophobia and EUphilia is uncanny - and Brexit Derangement Syndrome is a thing. Also yesterday was a bank holiday in Berlin for the first time since reunification to celebrate the liberation from Nazism, though they scrapped their plans for a street party in the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 1 hour ago, blandy said: I’ve chastised no one for celebrating it being 75 years since war 2 ended. A war that both started and ended before they were born. The people, the English people in particular, who promote some kind of weird exceptionalism that means the rules don’t apply to them, responsibilities don’t apply to them, that patriotism overrides public safety, while at the same time demanding immigrants adopt our ways or go home - adopt our ways like flagrant disregard for the law and other people? They can **** off. I’ll never understand them, I’ll never like them. Tolerate them, yes while they abide by the law, it’s a free country, but what they were doing yesterday just reinforces the evidence of their being words removed. Virus Brexit words removed. There is a celebration of war, it's part of the problem we have in this country. People have been fed war films which are nothing like the reality of war. Great Great Britain, bunting and cakes, tea, and spiffing chaps wining the war. Winning, millions dead across the world, but we won the war all on our own. Brilliant white English men. The history pages, films, books and TV.peogrammes have thought us this. And again, look at England football supporters, look at those who have a passion for war. Side by side. We are the greatest country on Earth. Nothing can stop our empire from reforming and taking over the world. We should take back control of everything we had before. We are the greatest and we can do everything alone. *Except we didn't do things alone during the war. The cost of war was greater than any success. But we won. And we won the world cup in 1966 too. Now, I'm off for a tea and to doff my cap at how wonderful I am. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 9, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted May 9, 2020 Well, one of the two young doctors who live next door to us tested positive for coronavirus. The good news is that she only had it very mildly (no worse than a cold, she says), for about three days, and is now fully recovered and back at work tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 50 minutes ago, av1 said: Tesco have a in-store half price sale on clothes and homeware. Not great timing. Link I think they know exactly what they're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted May 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2020 My Mother In Law joined in a genuinely social distanced ‘street party’ yesterday. They all sat in their won gardens, had an old songs CD on the player and shouted chit chat back n fore for a couple of hours whilst having their own drinks. She was 12 when the war ended, all her neighbours are pensioners and they had a great time and I’m really please for her. She phoned us to tell us all the plans they’d made for the day and I was genuinely quite touched by it all and I was glad she had something to look forward to. The end of war, with nations coming together to defeat literal evil is definitely something to celebrate. Down the end of my street, 4 houses got together for an all day drinking session with booming music with loudspeakers in the garden and by 11:00 last night I was grateful they were half a street away. That was an excuse for a piss up. Nobody there was celebrating the defeat of racism and the bringing of freedom. Everyone can celebrate in their own way. Even those that clearly used it as an excuse because they are thick and /or selfish. As a nation, we appear to have this creeping expectation of celebrating red white and blue patriotism at military half truths and it’s not healthy. I have relatives in Tonypandy. I can tell you now, not many in Tonypandy ever celebrate Churchill. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bickster Posted May 9, 2020 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Phil Silvers said: UK to bring in 14 day air passenger quarantine by the end of May, bloody good show Jesus wept, the horses have bolted, run at cheltenham, run at aintree and have been turned into glue and now we're closing the stable door 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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