Celt Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Makes you feel proud to be Manx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Can any UK national ever mention the Isle of Man without including a Norman Sodding Wisdom reference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripsaw Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Can any UK national ever mention the Isle of Man without including a Norman Sodding Wisdom reference? Nope. Mind you, must be a first to refer to the Bee Gee's birth place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Well I’ve already had 5 E-Mails from friends overseas taking the pee and asking me as an ex-pat Manxman just what sort of a place the Island is. I just told them to re read the article as I saw nothing in it that didn’t sum up the situation quite accurately. Sorry guys, if you lie with dogs don’t whinge when you get fleas. I also sent copies of the FCMR item and a few copies of the related goings-on. No doubt this wiill soon blow over -- or maybe not. Let's hope not. It's time there was a clear out and those who have been so ready to reply with 'There's a boat every mornin' yesser' when meeting criticism that they simply didn't like about the direction things were taking on the Island will now feel that taking that famous boat might just be a rather good idea – but this time for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Well I’ve already had 5 E-Mails from friends overseas taking the pee and asking me as an ex-pat Manxman just what sort of a place the Island is.I'm surprised that you have 5 friends who read the Guardian / website Rog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman8180 Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 It is very easy for everyone jumps on the going's on, on the Isle of Man quite so rapidly and decides to paint us as some antiquated backwater, full of sleaze and corruption (and, of course, it may be that much of this is the case!) Maybe this UK newspaper should be looking more closely at the UK government. Whilst people are whingeing about a sleazy 'tax haven' which has 'draconian' laws, young British soldiers and thousands of innocent people of another nation are dying, right as we speak. Is this the result of some UK draconian law which allows them to invade another country, kill thousands of the inhabitants and change thousand's of years of histrory by turning it into a Democratic puppet of America. No it is the result of power crazy capitalists from Downing Steet and Pensylvania Avenue who think that they are above the law and hold the moral high ground. So whilst people may be taking the p1ss out of us and having a bit of a laugh, who gives a flying xxxx when the country from which those comments are coming from, have shown themselves to be beyond reproach from the law itself. People in glass houses................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 We had shaken off the seedy tax haven label - as indeed, the OECD and FATF would confirm. There is a certain amount of irony in the fact that we are one of the most heavily regulated jurisdictions in the world. Laughable really. Edited to add : It makes me feel really cross actually, that a lot of combined effort is potentially ruined by a few (apparently untouchable) fat cats with attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC-Drift.com Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Edited to add : It makes me feel really cross actually, that a lot of combined effort is potentially ruined by a few (apparently untouchable) fat cats with attitude. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Isn't that always the case though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 19 User(s) are reading this topic (4 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users) Can't say that I've seen that on many threads recently! Stav. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 manxman8180: The Guardian consistently published articles in opposition to the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
When Skies Are Grey Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 The label "tax haven" is, implicitly, pejorative I had to look up pejorative...and now I couldnt agree more with that comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Any power and credibility of the article was somewhat diluted by their "tourism factsheet" at the end, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumlin Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Its true about the out dated libel laws on the IOM. But what about Ned spending £30000.00 of the Tourism grant money(our money) on his own home, and whyhas ne been allowed to get away with it. the Manx press never gave that out or did they. The Guardian has a world wide circulation, and is nealy always found in receptions of Banks and Finance Houses, looks like another nail in the Manx coffin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Any power and credibility of the article was somewhat diluted by their "tourism factsheet" at the end, I think. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't think the little footnotes detracted from the piece at all. I would suggest it was an attempt to put the place and therefore the actions being taken into perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 The Guardian has a world wide circulation, and is nealy always found in receptions of Banks and Finance Houses, looks like another nail in the Manx coffin. ......just as well there was a typo that said £30,000 then eh? Doesn't sound quite so bad :-) Edited to add : Anyway, he didn't spend 300k of grant money - that was the project total (roughly) the grant funds were just short of 100K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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