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To: SSG Geezer As I've said, my point of view is not rational. Neither is the unthinking devotion to Corporate interests exhibited as an article of faith by many of the Americans I've met. Being irrational, there's no justification for my opinion - other than that of growing up surrounded by a certain attitude exhibited by all my contemporaries within the society that formed me. It might, as you say, behoove me to consider a different point of

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Marxism 101 in Misc JoeUser Forums

Communism, as everyone knows, is dead. Except in Cuba and certain parts of Latin America. And if it isn't dead in those parts of the world it certainly ought to be - because, as everyone also knows, Communism is a delusion on a par with the contention that the earth is actually flat. Communism as practiced in the old Soviet Union was not the Communism theoriz

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To: Tova7 One other thing I meant to comment on. You say - In my mind, doing my best, is about self satisfaction. (It's not worth doing, if it's not done right.) I don't do much of anything half way (personal or professional), and when I do it nags me. in a sense I'm in agreement with

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To: Tova7 I didn't know Europeans have such a "right of entitlement" attitude to life. Do they think they are so wonderful they shouldn't HAVE to work and contribute to society? They are so marvelous they should all be rich and not forced to worry about mundane matters like bills? Pfft. As I po

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My. For such a loquacious people, for whom work is almost a matter of religion, for whom (so it appears to a stranger) the Company and its Activities, its successes and failures, seem to be matters of burning importance, you're all remarkably quiet when it comes to confronting someone whose ethos of work is diametrically opposed to the values you all espouse - or appear to. Could it be that you are all, in fact, closet Europeans; could it be that you a

Reply to Negroes, Niggers, and the White Man in America in Misc JoeUser Forums

There is definately a difference between a 'black or african american' than there is to a 'nigger'. As I think I've demonstrated, I couldn't agree more.

Reply to The Only Thing I Hate More Than Work Is Unemployment in Misc JoeUser Forums

Work.... It's such a disappointment.

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To: Shovelheat I understand it and I hate it too. I subscribe to my wife's philosophy: give e'm 100% and maybe a tiny bit more, but not much more! All they'll do is exploit you. A noble American sentiment. Utter nonsense, but noble. My own, far more sensible, principle is: make just sufficient

Reply to What would your headstone say about you? in Misc JoeUser Forums

I have no idea what mine would say - unless I had it read "My other gravestone is wittier." My ex-wife suffers (so far as I know she still suffers) from horrendously cold feet through poor circulation. In Britain there are things called 'hotwater bottles' (I have no idea what they're called here) - oblong rubbery bladders to be filled with hot water and taken to bed at night, or more usually placed in the bed some time before retiring, to warm the sheets. For almost every night of the t

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To: Tova7 Wow, I just re read that and I hope it doesn't sound self righteous. Not at all. Therefore I do not use the word nigger because it is an accusati

Reply to The Only Thing I Hate More Than Work Is Unemployment in Misc JoeUser Forums

To: little whip I think one can like their job and still despise their work, haha. I agree. And there are parts of this job that I think I might actually be able to enjoy, if I grit my teeth and determine that what I can enjoy I will enjoy. It may even be the case that I'll eventually obtain work that I enjoy a majority of

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I know. I don't expect anyone to understand. And to be honest, I don't care if you understand or not. It was a relief to write it. I HATE work.

The Only Thing I Hate More Than Work Is Unemployment in Misc JoeUser Forums

I hate work. I hate it with a passion. Like the title says, the only thing I hate more is unemployment. It's a European thing generally, but it's also and particularly an English thing. One of the most alien (to me) attitudes I've encountered since arriving here is the American attitude to work. Any good working-class Englishman (which is what I am at the marro

Reply to Negroes, Niggers, and the White Man in America in Misc JoeUser Forums

To: dynamaso Oh, yeah, we have 'em here too. We call them bludgers. From what I've observed through following recent developments in the UK online, the British now have their own enclaves of niggers too. Unforunately (at least in this case) Britain follows America in everything she does - thou

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Dear me... what an inept bunch of politicians Americans are. The Constitution of the United States of America guarantees to its citizens the right of freedom of speech . It does not guarantee to them the right of freedom of hearing , or more generally, the right of freedom of perceiving . Even more specifically, it does not guarantee to the citizens of America the right to perceive the anti-American, anti-democratic, anti-civil society, anti-laissez faire capi

Reply to Negroes, Niggers, and the White Man in America in Misc JoeUser Forums

To: foreverserenity & Tova7 I do hope Simon that your views of what a nigger is will not turn your thinking against all American Blacks (and I know you don't feel this way about all of us, as I stated, even I being born elsewhere and of a different mindset, is classified as one, unless I say otherwise [I do because I'm p

Reply to Negroes, Niggers, and the White Man in America in Misc JoeUser Forums

Being white, I guess it's ok according to your logic to call you both White Trash. Call me what you like. The contempt of the fool is a compliment to the wise.

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To: Xythe Thank you for the compliment. Our anonymous troller is obviously a Democrat: one of those Democrats who feels that any kind of thinking that doesn't conform to whatever shibboleth they favor is a heretic and an apostate. A Democrat whose preferred form of democracy is that which prevails among lynch-mobs. C'est la vie, c'est la guerre.

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To: little whip as you said to me in conversation earlier tonight - in general I am too direct to appeal to the sensibilities of most here in JU. Not all, but most. One reason I love you is that you are as straightforward as myself, and often more so. One reason out of many.

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I should, and do, give foreverserenity credit for inspiring me to write this. Link

Negroes, Niggers, and the White Man in America in Misc JoeUser Forums

Let me make something plain to you all. Since coming to America my experience here has taught me that Racism is justified. I was at one time a European, and in this context that means that I believed that there was absolutely no basis for racial prejudice. I grew up in Great Britain, one of the most ethnically diverse nations on Earth. The Blacks that I kne

Reply to Why is a nigger a nigger? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

To: dharmagirl Thank you.

Reply to Why is a nigger a nigger? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

To: BakerStreet If the word really applies to anyone as some people above claim it to, we should accept that all using it does is undercut the argument. Come up with a new word, or use words we already have that can adequately describe the situation. Making it race-based just diverts from the problems you are referring t

Reply to Why is a nigger a nigger? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

To: foreverserenity There are no niggers in Jamaica. There are no niggers in the Carribean. There are no niggers in the West Indies. Nor, indeed, are there any niggers in Africa. I grew up in one of the most multicultural nations on Earth: Great Britain. I went to school surrounded by Jamaicans and West Indians and could, at one time, talk with the meanest Jamaican accent you ever heard, indistinguishable from a native. I listened to bootleg