Quite so Lew, how dare you attack women, even in humour. Shame on you, go flog yourself with a limp lettuce leaf.jackspratt wrote:Doesn't matter which thread it is on lew - bigotry and stereotyping together is never a good look.marjamlew wrote:Was going to post on the joke thread but this shoe might fit for some......
A Romanian arrives in Sydney as a new immigrant to Australia .
He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says, "Thank you Mr. Australiaman, for letting me come into this country, giving me housing, Income Support, free medical care, and a free education!"
The passerby says, "You are mistaken, I am Egyptian."
The man goes on and encounters another passerby. "Thank you for having such a beautiful country here in Australia ."
The person says, "I not Australian, I am Pakistani."
The new arrival walks further, and the next person he sees he stops, shakes his hand, and says,
"Thank you for wonderful country Australia !"
That person puts up his hand and says, "I am from Afghanistan . I am not Australian."
He finally sees a nice lady and asks,
"Are you an Australia woman?"
She says, "No, I am from Africa ."
Puzzled, he asks her,
"Where are all the Australian?"
The African lady checks her watch and says, "Probably at work."
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And one I pretty much agree with. =D>Aardvark wrote:An Opinion .... http://www2.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opi ... -are-equal
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Yes, good link Aardy.
Not exactly on topic but of some relevance is the World Press Freedom Index:
http://rsf.org/index2014/en-index2014.php
The introduction states:
"The 2014 World Press Freedom Index spotlights the negative impact of conflicts on freedom of information and its protagonists. The ranking of some countries has also been affected by a tendency to interpret national security needs in an overly broad and abusive manner to the detriment of the right to inform and be informed. This trend constitutes a growing threat worldwide and is even endangering freedom of information in countries regarded as democracies."
Not exactly on topic but of some relevance is the World Press Freedom Index:
http://rsf.org/index2014/en-index2014.php
The introduction states:
"The 2014 World Press Freedom Index spotlights the negative impact of conflicts on freedom of information and its protagonists. The ranking of some countries has also been affected by a tendency to interpret national security needs in an overly broad and abusive manner to the detriment of the right to inform and be informed. This trend constitutes a growing threat worldwide and is even endangering freedom of information in countries regarded as democracies."
Lock 'em up - Eastman, Giuliani, Senator Graham, Meadows and Trump
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Retired from California each state has it's own laws. that is the reason I asked where you were from. I saw it progress in my career. Laws are always changing. What the state of the law is today I don't know, When I first started swearing around women and children was against the Law. 415 P.C. Disturbing the Peace. That was changed to language that would cause the average man to fight. Now try to define that one,bignote1 wrote:As a retired cop I thought you would have known. In the UK "Incitement to Racial Hatred" was put into the provisions of the Public Order Act of 1986 as an offense in law. In 2006 The Religious Hatred was passed which regards it as an offense in law to incite hatred against a person on the grounds of their religion.
Why wouldn't decent people (the silent majority) want hatred controlled by law. Hatred has nothing to do with freedom of speech.
Where does one man freedom stop and the other mans begin. That had not been defined here based on the protests we have seen.
I would say these days you could stand in front of the congressional building and say America Sucks. ain't nothing going to happen to you, But it appears that we are leaning towards say something like that about certain groups and you could be defined a trying to incite a riot.
Ferguson good example, nothing happened based on what they were saying. Blocking a road way to me a different ball of wax. Looting stores we ain't talking anymore.
This will be defined eventually by case law. On a perfect world if you have the right to say something bad, then I should have it as well.
There is where my problem is with Political Correctness.
Is there truly somewhere that ha true Freedom o speech I doubt it.
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I think freedom has been defined in the USA by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes..... Imo a very succinct definition:-bumper wrote: Where does one man freedom stop and the other mans begin. That had not been defined here based on the protests we have seen.
Is there truly somewhere that ha true Freedom o speech I doubt it.
The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.
Freedom of Speech better relates to individuals than countries.
In my own case, living in the UK; I don't feel I am denied doing anything with my life or denied saying anything I personally want to say . I don't feel there is a need to live my life or express myself in a guarded way. As a result I believe I live in a free Society.
I do accept however purveyors of ethnic and religious hatred would not agree with me.
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I think that is the idea you can say it no one has to agree with it.
I'm sure we all have prejudices of some kind as long a we don't act on them. I see no jam
The Justice good point. But, how does that work in saying something that would make the average person want to fight?
I''ve been retired a long time now, So maybe that is better defined these days
Now me I don't like what you have to say I don't have to hang out with you. The same applies to me by you.
One of the things that bothers me of late, Is my country the U.S. Stepping blindly in, in the name of Democracy. Only to the overthrow of a Government. Leaving a void, that makes it easy for extremist to thrive in with them using the Arms we supplied against us.
That thought could be very offensive to some. But, that is what I think. I will act on it when I vote. I won't go block a main road way in Bangkok and put. I won't throw rocks and bottles at cops. I won't loot businesses, I won't stop people from making a living. Or children from going to school. So offensive maybe harmful no.
I'm sure we all have prejudices of some kind as long a we don't act on them. I see no jam
The Justice good point. But, how does that work in saying something that would make the average person want to fight?
I''ve been retired a long time now, So maybe that is better defined these days
Now me I don't like what you have to say I don't have to hang out with you. The same applies to me by you.
One of the things that bothers me of late, Is my country the U.S. Stepping blindly in, in the name of Democracy. Only to the overthrow of a Government. Leaving a void, that makes it easy for extremist to thrive in with them using the Arms we supplied against us.
That thought could be very offensive to some. But, that is what I think. I will act on it when I vote. I won't go block a main road way in Bangkok and put. I won't throw rocks and bottles at cops. I won't loot businesses, I won't stop people from making a living. Or children from going to school. So offensive maybe harmful no.
I reserve the right to be wrong, mispell words type badly. leave words out of sentences because my mind works faster then my fingers. To be an OLD GIT I've earned it
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http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism ... an-dehrya/
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=D> Love it
Here's tae us, wha's like us, damn few, and they're a' deid. Mair's the pity!
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Khun Aardvark, I just read this article now. Thank you for posting it. The analysis is excellent. Thaksin did many selfish and unlawful things but he did bring politics to the countryside for the first time. Prior to him, politics to the rural people was always about some elite in Bangkok doing something to them, not for them.Aardvark wrote:An Opinion .... http://www2.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opi ... -are-equal
You only pass through this life once, you don't come back for an encore.
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Fred Barnard had it right.......a picture is worth a thousand words. If you googled 'junta' and you only saw the photo from that article, well, there'd hardly be a need to provide any commentary.Laan Yaa Mo wrote:Khun Aardvark, I just read this article now. Thank you for posting it. The analysis is excellent. Thaksin did many selfish and unlawful things but he did bring politics to the countryside for the first time. Prior to him, politics to the rural people was always about some elite in Bangkok doing something to them, not for them.Aardvark wrote:An Opinion .... http://www2.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opi ... -are-equal
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Watching some footage from Ferguson, Uniformed black officers not in riot gear, Being assaulted by water bottles. I think this would fit within the Justice's opinion.
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Nyuk nyuk nyuk!!!FrazeeDK wrote:why, why... I oughta mash ya like a potatuh.... It's Moe reincarnated!
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Prince Philip has been caught saying the f word while encouraging a photographer to take a photo of the Prince and Battle of Britain veterans. Good on the old codger. I think it's good that he feels free to say this word in some circumstances even with the cameras running.
Lock 'em up - Eastman, Giuliani, Senator Graham, Meadows and Trump
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At the Age of 93 (ooh spooky 93) he probably has the right to say almost anything he wants, the silly old bugger
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Yeah !! And Don't Forget Mark, He is probably VERY Annoyed,Being of Greek Descent !!!!Aardvark wrote:At the Age of 93 (ooh spooky 93) he probably has the right to say almost anything he wants, the silly old bugger