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( , Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:46, archived)

it's always the ones you least expect.
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:53,
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did a black man steal your thunder or something?
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:54,
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and I'm not about to reveal his or her identity either.
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 0:05,
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when they think nobody might object.
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 0:12,
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where you automatically assume no one will be offended by anything you say.
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 0:15,
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I highly appreciate the freedom of speech available on b3ta. I am intrigued as to why you use the kind of words you have this evening.
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 0:17,
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and use of the word darky up there ^ is entirely in an ironic way.
I don't notice this sort of "intrigue" into people making homophobic or paedophilic comments.
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 0:23,
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I don't notice this sort of "intrigue" into people making homophobic or paedophilic comments.

and I tend to think of you as someone who isn't going to get defensive or annoyed by rational questioning.
I'm not being a race nazi (ha), I was just wondering what your rationale was.
And I suppose paedophilic comments aren't really as close to the bone as racist or homophobic comments are for me.
EDIT: Having just checked back, that gif had nothing racist in it at all. YOu just put your own ideas in.
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 0:27,
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I'm not being a race nazi (ha), I was just wondering what your rationale was.
And I suppose paedophilic comments aren't really as close to the bone as racist or homophobic comments are for me.
EDIT: Having just checked back, that gif had nothing racist in it at all. YOu just put your own ideas in.

but I'll defend what i did fiercely before i make any sort of appology.
Just look at it as though I have as little interest in racism as I do in paedophilia or homophobia so I can comfortably joke about it.
And nazi race? My granny was a jew shipped out of germany by Schindler. (as in the one with the list in the spielburg film)
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 0:32,
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Just look at it as though I have as little interest in racism as I do in paedophilia or homophobia so I can comfortably joke about it.
And nazi race? My granny was a jew shipped out of germany by Schindler. (as in the one with the list in the spielburg film)

and you surprise me even more by using objectifying terms like "wog" or "darkie", even ironically, if you appreciate that kind of irrational hatred that comes with a fear of unknown peoples.
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 0:36,
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On a personal level, I just don't care either way about race, it's this polite middle class surrey upbringing, I find the idea of racism ludicrous enough to be acceptable irony.
I'd go into more waffle, but like i said, i'm off to bed. Night.
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 0:43,
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I'd go into more waffle, but like i said, i'm off to bed. Night.


how racist language is more "taboo" than homophobic ones. I don't like either, but I've given up challenging the use of the word "gay" to mean bad* - it's much less "shocking", and so prevalent I can't be bothered any more.
* in the non-b3ta world, that is
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 0:28,
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* in the non-b3ta world, that is


- so long as you're aware of the wider effects of the term, and are using it in a situation [like b3ta] where it's understood by just about everyone who sees it that it *is* ironic.
It sounds shitty, but these things do matter to, say, some guys under my care who would be utterly devastated by an incorrect usage of the term.
[edited to make better sense]
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 0:35,
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It sounds shitty, but these things do matter to, say, some guys under my care who would be utterly devastated by an incorrect usage of the term.
[edited to make better sense]

yes, i said offensive things on b3ta....oooh....contraversy
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 0:38,
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which is why I put the * in about not complaining about b3tan usage :)
edit: yes, sorry, it was unclear. I meant to say that "I don't like either apart from on b3ta, but..."
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 0:39,
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edit: yes, sorry, it was unclear. I meant to say that "I don't like either apart from on b3ta, but..."

but no posters :(
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 0:07,
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Shirley they're the fellas of South Asian extraction.
/coat
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 0:41,
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/coat

If you find out it was you and you declare it, you win, so why not just say it was you at the start, and with a confession the police will accept it was you and you win by default.
Also, what sort of detectives have to spend ages working out if the body was shot or clubbed with a lead pipe?
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:49,
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Also, what sort of detectives have to spend ages working out if the body was shot or clubbed with a lead pipe?

why are detectives playing board games in the first place, shouldnt they be out solving crimes????
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:51,
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I don't lock up loonies *all* day. Sometimes I just need to relax without someone telling me that Arthur Scargill has put a radio in their head :)
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:53,
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"this is how i do it with your sister" and see how long you can stay on for
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:58,
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/worked in a forensic lab
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:51,
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/only did one year of foresnsics and chemistry
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:52,
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Proving that the gun the murderer had was the one that was used is half of the job.
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:54,
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although the term we use is "sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1984" :)
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:57,
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knock off early, and head down the pub?
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:57,
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if he's Irish.
[/sadly not as topical as it once was]
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:59,
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[/sadly not as topical as it once was]

they cover how to spell 'forensics' in year 2...
/pedant
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 0:48,
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/pedant

For the purposes of the game.
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:52,
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but thanks for the vote of confidence
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:54,
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What a horrible way to go...
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:53,
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was it "Ride The Lightning" or "And Justice For All"?
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:55,
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of the time my GF, her brother and I all tried to play this GOD AWFUL game called "Catch Penny" based in 18th Century London. The idea is to be the first to save an entire pound! We gave up after about 20 minutes of frustration because NONE of us could work out the currency.
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:59,
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shop.store.yahoo.com/monticellostore/120157.html

3 penny = 1 threepenny bit.
4 threepenny bit = 1 shilling
2 and a half shillings = 1 half crown.
2 half crowns = 1 crown.
4 crowns = 1 pound.
110 pounds = 1 guinea.
The British resisted decimalization for years on the grounds it was too complicated."
[Douglas Adams :)]
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 0:02,
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4 threepenny bit = 1 shilling
2 and a half shillings = 1 half crown.
2 half crowns = 1 crown.
4 crowns = 1 pound.
110 pounds = 1 guinea.
The British resisted decimalization for years on the grounds it was too complicated."
[Douglas Adams :)]