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alaric:
**Slight hijack** - sorry guys

Dr Strangelove, why don't you get in touch next time you're here, if you're in the Athens area....

Lord Shagg-Pyle:
I've just googled the chap Costello, and it would appear that this is a 'take' on an interview that he gave in 2005. It has been 'interpreted' and put out in this version.

att:
I know I am off in the next couple of years, probably end up in Canada, I have points and I know how to use them :lol:
The part of canada Iwe are going to has very few immigrants apart from  a few Brits.....New Brunswick is a nice place to be :D

screwy:
Eyore! You're welcome to your moderation and you rightly say its 'your' forum, although its good to remember that a forum is only ever the sum total of its members....

I abide by the rules and this is NOT a criticism of your admin powers, the link removal or the moderation.

I am going to raise one issue though and that is regarding your use of inflammatory language, thus:

 
--- Quote ---It was not about inciting national pride, nationalist thinking or rasism (by any other name).

The link above was Moderated because, in my view (and it's the one that counts), it was offensive by being nationalist and racist.
--- End quote ---


So are you saying then that being a nationalist or a having national pride is akin to racism? If you are, you're very much mistaken

I am a nationalist and have fierce national pride - are you therefore saying I am a racist? Be careful in your reply here!

The on-line Cambridge English dictionary defines the words as follows:

nationalism

noun {U}

1 the desire for and the attempt to achieve political independence for your country or nation

nationalist

noun {C}

a person who wants political independence for their country

racism

noun {U} (UK OLD-FASHIONED racialism) DISAPPROVING

the belief that people's qualities are influenced by their race and that the members of other races are not as good as the members of your own, or the resulting unfair treatment of members of other races

racist

noun {C} (UK OLD-FASHIONED racialist) DISAPPROVING

someone who believes that other races are not as good as their own and therefore treats them unfairly

That clearly defines that to be a nationlist is NOT akin to being racist in any way and it is a point that I for one get tired of defending. By mixing meanings and words that are NOT interchangeable you belittle any arguments you make regarding the subjects in discussion.

I am a nationalist - I claim a love of my country, England. I am not a racist.

I just want that to be clear!

Dirty Gertie:

--- Quote ---When in Rome; do as the Romans do
--- End quote ---
it's really very simple!!

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