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CH1 said:
I guess even if the Greens were playing dirty (as far as I know they weren't) they might steer clear of the anti-Semitism issue because they have their own debate on this for some of the same reasons:
Caroline Lucas resigns from the Stop the War Coalition
this Wikipedia article might explain why if you go to the last section (notable members). Jeremy Corbyn and George Galloway are on the list - both have been vigorously attacked as anti-Semites.
I confess I'm a bit naive on this issue, but I managed to acquire this book
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by the former councillor for Brixton Hill Ward (or Town Hall ward as it then was 1986-1990) and now MP for Bassettlaw (and scourge of Ken Livingstone).
Maybe when I've tucked into this I can provide a full assessment.
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That looks very interesting
 
Seems that my gut feeling about not wanting to plaster my photos over the work of a graffiti artist was well founded:

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discobastard said:
Why do you feel the need to insult so? I thought that was 'not allowed'. I started to write a post and then decided against it. Simple as that. Grow up ffs.
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Please refrain from engaging or mentioning my posts in the future because your responses rarely add anything of interest or value to a discussion about Brixton. Thank you most kindly.
 
editor said:
Please refrain from engaging or mentioning my posts in the future because your responses rarely add anything of interest or value to a discussion about Brixton. Thank you most kindly.
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It seems to me that you don't want to engage with them because you're not sure how to answer them. And as pointed out above (even though I am quite happy and open enough to to admit I agree with a lot of the issues you have brought to people's attention and that I respect a lot of your views), anything I say or suggest for discussion that is remotely off message gets shut down with 'right wing troll' or some other zero sum nonsense.

Of course, not all of my posts add something, but you could say that about a lot of posts on here. If you really find me that offensive, then feel free to ban me. While it would make it clear you're happy to censor people, it's better than throwing round schoolyards insults.
 
discobastard said:
It seems to me that you don't want to engage with them because you're not sure how to answer them. And as pointed out above (even though I am quite happy and open enough to to admit I agree with a lot of the issues you have brought to people's attention and that I respect a lot of your views), anything I say or suggest for discussion that is remotely off message gets shut down with 'right wing troll' or some other zero sum nonsense.

Of course, not all of my posts add something, but you could say that about a lot of posts on here. If you really find me that offensive, then feel free to ban me. While it would make it clear you're happy to censor people, it's better than throwing round schoolyards insults.
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No idea who the "them" are, I've never called you a "right wing troll," and I've never said I was going to ban you either.

But as your last post succinctly proves, you're far more interested in pursuing a personal agenda than engaging with the plethora of infinitely more interesting discussions about Brixton. I'm really not interested in discussing what you think about me, so I once again suggest you refrain from engaging or mentioning my posts in the future for the good of the forum.

Talk about Brixton instead. It's really far more interesting.
 
editor said:
No idea who the "them" are, I've never called you a "right wing troll," and I've never said I was going to ban you either.

But as your last post succinctly proves, you're far more interested in pursuing a personal agenda than engaging with the plethora of infinitely more interesting discussions about Brixton. I'm really not interested in discussing what you think about me, so I once again suggest you refrain from engaging or mentioning my posts in the future for the good of the forum.

Talk about Brixton instead. It's really far more interesting.
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I refer you to my earlier post about Picturehouse and why not everybody may be actively supporting the boycott/strike action. That was meant to be a comment/area for discussion regards your previous point about why it is such a shame people still drink there/don't attend the pickets. It was not meant as a defence of Picturehouse or anything else as I hope you well know. It's about Brixton, and as far as I am concerned, a vaguely interesting point of view. But it was shut down with a number of distractions. Perhaps there are a list of things I'm not party to that are defined as 'interesting'. Let me know what I *can* discuss.

ANYWAY. Think we're done with this aren't we.
 
I went for a pint this evening at a pub (not in Brixton) that happened to be holding a quiz night. I was surprised how many mobile phones were on the tables, even if not visibly being used by players during the questions. A majority of people will be decent enough not to try to gain an unfair advantage by looking up answers, but out of a group of 40-plus people taking part in a quiz, there's bound to be at least one dishonest bastard. I was surprised the quizmaster in this pub didn't have a zero tolerance on mobiles being anywhere but tucked away and out of reach.
 
T & P said:
I went for a pint this evening at a pub (not in Brixton) that happened to be holding a quiz night. I was surprised how many mobile phones were on the tables, even if not visibly being used by players during the questions. A majority of people will be decent enough not to try to gain an unfair advantage by looking up answers, but out of a group of 40-plus people taking part in a quiz, there's bound to be at least one dishonest bastard. I was surprised the quizmaster in this pub didn't have a zero tolerance on mobiles being anywhere but tucked away and out of reach.
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That is strange. On a vaguely related note, I was surprised how popular the Tues night quiz at the Effra Social is. There was over 70 people booked in by this afternoon.
 
editor said:
That is strange. On a vaguely related note, I was surprised how popular the Tues night quiz at the Effra Social is. There was over 70 people booked in by this afternoon.
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It’s a good quiz and you can win over 200 quid. I go sometimes and we’ve won quite a few times.
 
T & P said:
I went for a pint this evening at a pub (not in Brixton) that happened to be holding a quiz night. I was surprised how many mobile phones were on the tables, even if not visibly being used by players during the questions. A majority of people will be decent enough not to try to gain an unfair advantage by looking up answers, but out of a group of 40-plus people taking part in a quiz, there's bound to be at least one dishonest bastard. I was surprised the quizmaster in this pub didn't have a zero tolerance on mobiles being anywhere but tucked away and out of reach.
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The Rosendale used to get around this by doing a quick-fire quiz, so there was no time to look things up between questions. You either knew the answer or you didn't. People still attempted to cheat, but they had to take it in turns and usually gave up.
 
billythefish said:
The Rosendale used to get around this by doing a quick-fire quiz, so there was no time to look things up between questions. You either knew the answer or you didn't. People still attempted to cheat, but they had to take it in turns and usually gave up.
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I'd hotwire the seats so anyone activating their phone during the quiz would get a cattle prod up their nether regions.
 
Just noticed a sign above the door at the fridge- No food and drink allowed this includes chewing gum- Not sure if it's tokenism or a licensing stipulation.
 
editor said:
People who throw their gum on the floor are fucking arseholes.
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It's definitely this. I've been to a few events there where they confiscated gum. It ruins floors.

I was at Studio 338 on Sunday and there were huge bowls of confiscated chewing gum packets. The search pretty much amounted to "2nd base" too.
 
There's an amazing anti war anti Trump design exhibition thingy on at the former Bowling Green in the basement level of Brixton Rec (free of charge)

I don't carry a phone so can't give pictures. But there's a lot to take pictures of - including what I at first thought was a vampire squid - but turned out to be a Kraken symbolising the destruction of the environment wrought by BP.

There's even seditious anti tourism posters from Barcelona, and what look like Catalan anti establishment stuff too.

Where's the people with major cameras - and where's Brixto Buzz this week?

PS exhibition ends on Sunday I think - so better get on in there.
It's Nice That | New anti-arms protest exhibition featuring the Guerilla Girls and Jeremy Deller to open this weekend
 
I've heard some bad reports about the staff and how 338 in general is run. All the alarm bell stuff like no cold tap water, violent and aggressive bouncers, large scale thievery, searches that could count as sexual assault, huge bar queues for shite drinks etc etc.

makes me wonder if that fire they had a couple of years ago was really an accident at all.
 
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CH1 said:
There's an amazing anti war anti Trump design exhibition thingy on at the former Bowling Green in the basement level of Brixton Rec (free of charge)

I don't carry a phone so can't give pictures. But there's a lot to take pictures of - including what I at first thought was a vampire squid - but turned out to be a Kraken symbolising the destruction of the environment wrought by BP.

There's even seditious anti tourism posters from Barcelona, and what look like Catalan anti establishment stuff too.

Where's the people with major cameras - and where's Brixto Buzz this week?

PS exhibition ends on Sunday I think - so better get on in there.
It's Nice That | New anti-arms protest exhibition featuring the Guerilla Girls and Jeremy Deller to open this weekend
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