Er, a different thread editor. Your mate being barred for racist language from a local pub. The same guy behind this 'protest'.
Do I need to spell everything out for you? Seriously?
Champagne & Fromage opening in Brixton soon
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Er, a different thread editor. Your mate being barred for racist language from a local pub. The same guy behind this 'protest'.
Do I need to spell everything out for you? Seriously?
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hiraethified
Once again, you've lost me here. What champagne bar am I "promoting"? Is it another one for well heeled, sorry well hoofed donkeys?
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
The problem is that the transformation of London has made private renting just about impossible for the majority.
han
love is the answer
They were the most extreme ones you've picked there, and yes of course I find those opinions offensive.
But you can't ignore the fact that not all long-term Brixton residents are unhappy about the new influx of businesses. Yes, of course stall holders must be worried, and I too am deeply worried for them. I'd hate it if they were priced out, and I would actively join a campaign to prevent that. I facebooked and twittered the Noor petition a while back, so it's pretty obvious where I'm coming from.
I'm just aware that there is a breadth of opinion about all this, and I think it's important not to assume that it's only rich people who are positive about the changes.
But you can't ignore the fact that not all long-term Brixton residents are unhappy about the new influx of businesses. Yes, of course stall holders must be worried, and I too am deeply worried for them. I'd hate it if they were priced out, and I would actively join a campaign to prevent that. I facebooked and twittered the Noor petition a while back, so it's pretty obvious where I'm coming from.
I'm just aware that there is a breadth of opinion about all this, and I think it's important not to assume that it's only rich people who are positive about the changes.
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hiraethified
Um, since when was he "my mate"?
You've already been slapped down for posting up made-up nonsense about pub banning, so please don't start that all over again because you're only going to end up looking even sillier.
Um. The one you designed the website for advertising champagne at a bargain 6.50.
You are smarter than this.
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hiraethified
Um, since when was he "my mate"?
You've already been slapped down for posting up made-up nonsense about pub banning, so please don't start that all over again because you're only going to end up looking even sillier.
He wasn't banned from the grosvenor? Apols if not. A staff member said he was.
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hiraethified
Sorry, are you still going on about a small site I designed for a friend in 2003? A decade ago? When it was a cheap cafe.
Really?
Oh, and since when do they sell cheese?
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hiraethified
You said he was banned from the Albert. He's not. You made that up. A lie, if you will.
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hiraethified
Oh come on han, you're smarter than this. urban75 is infinitely busier than the Brixton Blog and even I know that what's written here doesn't represent anything other than the thoughts of the individuals posting (even if, unusually, quite a few of the people posting are known to each other in the real world).
Why do you think the mainly anonymous comments on the Blog are any different?
I apologized. I assumed asking 'can anybody speak fucking English around here' was a banning offence. It's the sort of thing that used to be.
Sorry, are you still going on about a small site I designed for a friend in 2003? A decade ago? When it was a cheap cafe.
Really?
Oh, and since when do they sell cheese?
Fucking HELL!
Sort your shit out man, or redesign their fucking menu.
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hiraethified
Sorry, still can't work out what you're on about. I've never designed a menu for the Lounge. However, I did a small website for them ten years ago when they were a small cafe, and as far as I know, they still don't sell a range of expensive cheeses, neither do they describe themselves as a champagne bar.
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hiraethified
You really have lost the plot here. What you think may or may not be a banning offence in a pub has precisely zero relevance in the real world, yet that didn't stop you making up claims about it. Weird.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
It may be that Brixton has more pro- than anti-gentrifiers. Who knows?
han
love is the answer
editor said:
But why don't they represent the views of the community? Do you think people posting on urban75 are exclusively white middle class? I doubt it, and I think the same of Brixton Blog.
Just because Brixton Blog is created by white middle class newcomers, it doesn't mean that the people commenting on the article necessarily are.
Just an aside - the voices of dissent are always louder than the silent majority. Just look at when Boris Johnson got in. Everyone I know, including me, was rabidly against him becoming mayor. He still did though, obviously I was in a minority :-(
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hiraethified
It terms of the online community that wouldn't surprise me at all. When I go to a resident's meeting on my estate, I'm often the only person who is active online.
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hiraethified
Because people who can be bothered to read and post in niche local blogs are already - by definition - a self-selecting few.
I'm sure they represent the view of some people in the community, but they don't represent "the community" as a whole any more than my personal views do here.
They're just individuals - mainly anonymous ones - posting their personal opinions from God knows where.
Personally, I hope the bloke banging on about dole scroungers reflects a tiny minority of local opinion, but I fear I'm wrong.
