Many dead in coordinated Paris shootings and explosions

[bimble]

I love passive aggressiveness.

Would never have guessed.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

do you think people 'of caribbean heritage' go to carnival to celebrate the fact there are people 'of caribbean heritage' in london or because it's a laugh?

It's a common habit of yours to respond to a post with a question about something the poster hasn't talked about. My post was probably clumsily expressed (tricky to talk about this subject without being misunderstood, imo), but your question has nothing to do with what I was saying.

 

[Jimmy Turr]

do you think people 'of caribbean heritage' go to carnival to celebrate the fact there are people 'of caribbean heritage' in london or because it's a laugh?

Both surely?

 

[Jimmy Turr]

Would never have guessed.

I'm passive-aggressive as fuck. You can kind of get your own back on people who've offended you without them really being aware of it.

 

[Pickman's model]

Both surely?

yeh, quite. it's disappointing to see people adopt an either/or attitude when so often the answer is 'both'.

 

[cesare]

yeh, quite. it's disappointing to see people adopt an either/or attitude when so often the answer is 'both'.

Or 'neither'.

 

[Pickman's model]

It's a common habit of yours to respond to a post with a question about something the poster hasn't talked about. My post was probably clumsily expressed, but your question has nothing to do with what I was saying.

my question's very much about what you were saying: oh, and your post was clumsily expressed.

 

[Pickman's model]

Or 'neither'.

yes. but not the sort of either/or bollocks you so often from posters like lbj.

 

[Jimmy Turr]

Or 'neither'.

Yes. Probably a majority of the human race does what it does without feeling the need to analyse it.

I wish I could be like that.

 

[cesare]

Yes. Probably a majority of the human race does what it does without feeling the need to analyse it.

I wish I could be like that.

Maybe because they don't feel the need to analyse it, or maybe because they have other reasons not covered in the either/or/both/neither options.

Although 'neither' would come close to 'something else'.

 

[Pickman's model]

I'm passive-aggressive as fuck. You can kind of get your own back on people who've offended you without them really being aware of it.

surely the point of getting your own back that they're very aware of it.

 

[Jimmy Turr]

surely the point of getting your own back that they're very aware of it.

Not necessarily.

 

[Pickman's model]

Not necessarily.

hmm...

 

[cesare]

surely the point of getting your own back that they're very aware of it.

I imagine that some people are only self interested in a cathartic revenge that makes them feel better without being too concerned about noting the effect on the recipient.

 

[Pickman's model]

I imagine that some people are only self interested in a cathartic revenge that makes them feel better without being too concerned about noting the effect on the recipient.

at best only a partial revenge

 

[cesare]

at best only a partial revenge

It's certainly not complete unless you can assess its effectiveness.

 

[Pickman's model]

I imagine that some people are only self interested in a cathartic revenge that makes them feel better without being too concerned about noting the effect on the recipient.

The Cask of Amontillado

 

[cesare]

The Cask of Amontillado

That's indeed complete. Provided there were no witnesses.

 

[Pickman's model]

That's indeed complete. Provided there were no witnesses.

Short Stories: The Lumber Room by Saki

 

[cesare]

Short Stories: The Lumber Room by Saki

 

[camouflage]

An incisive article: NATO is harbouring the Islamic State — INSURGE intelligence

 

[Orang Utan]

Simon Heffer nails his colours to the mast:
Paris is tragic proof that Enoch Powell was right about threats to our country
I daren't look at the comments

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Simon Heffer nails his colours to the mast:
Paris is tragic proof that Enoch Powell was right about threats to our country
I daren't look at the comments

Good job you didn't, as it's full of shite like this; "Powell was right then just as Starkey is right now and most of Britain agreed with Powell, just as most now do with Starkey."

 

[Pickman's model]

Good job you didn't, as it's full of shite like this; "Powell was right then just as Starkey is right now and most of Britain agreed with Powell, just as most now do with Starkey."

i think you'd be hard pushed to find a roomful of people in the country who agree with david starkey on anything.

 

[Jimmy Turr]

Simon Heffer nails his colours to the mast:
Paris is tragic proof that Enoch Powell was right about threats to our country
I daren't look at the comments

Why not? I doubt very much if they are a reflection of the population's feelings, as opposed to the witterings of a small range of cranks, obsessives and right-wing zealots, but if they were, wouldn't it indicate on your part a fear of that population?

With their obsession with the Daily Mail or Telegraph etc and their readers, today's lefties remind me of US liberals of the 1960s-fancying themselves an embattled island of civilization in a sea of barbarism.

 

[Orang Utan]

I just don't want to be further depressed

 

[Pickman's model]

I just don't want to be further depressed

don't worry about the comments, what happens irl over the next few months will plunge even the cheeriest soul into the darkest depression.

 

[coley]

don't worry about the comments, what happens irl over the next few months will plunge even the cheeriest soul into the darkest depression.

Aye, the lead up to Christmas and Christmas itself is always a pig.

 

[Pickman's model]

Aye, the lead up to Christmas and Christmas itself is always a pig.

always at the cameron house

 

[laptop]

don't worry about the comments, what happens irl over the next few months will plunge even the cheeriest soul into the darkest depression.

Sweet dreams to you too!