pongo Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 47 minutes ago, quilp said: being able to quantify the measure of others in the relative rather than the absolute (ffs, what does that even mean?) Do you really not understand the difference between absolute and relative measures (of, for example, poverty)? (FFS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I do. Which is why it sounds ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 And superfluous in relation to the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 So why ask what it means? Granted you mangled it up. ETA: and not superfluous. We're much better off in all of Europe vs 50 years ago. In most places absolute poverty is no longer an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 32 minutes ago, pongo said: So why ask what it means? Granted you mangled it up. ETA: and not superfluous. We're much better off in all of Europe vs 50 years ago. In most places absolute poverty is no longer an issue. In material terms, but there is much that has gone awry in society over the past 50 years. A case of knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 42 minutes ago, pongo said: And you're the person to make these distinctions. It seems to me that you just want to pick and choose. Of course! We should all be the ones to make these distinctions. There are too many unthinking dolts around. We shouldn't take in everything we are told, for goodness' sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 MF's Cathy Newman... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 19 minutes ago, quilp said: MF's Cathy Newman... A television newsreader according to Google? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 hour ago, woolley said: there is much that has gone awry in society over the past 50 years. Personally I miss the early 90s. When the internet was mostly just people I knew. Letting everyone on was definitely something which should have been handled much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 1 hour ago, pongo said: Personally I miss the early 90s. When the internet was mostly just people I knew. Letting everyone on was definitely something which should have been handled much better. Ah. Now here you have a point. For years I have believed that the internet has the potential to make the world ungovernable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 2 hours ago, pongo said: Personally I miss the early 90s. When the internet was mostly just people I knew. Letting everyone on was definitely something which should have been handled much better. Good job they didn't put you on any selection committee then. Free thought, speech and the god-send of populism would never've seen the light of day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurricanII Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Speech, on the topic of free speech, banned from Speakers Corner: He pledged to read someone else's speech after they were detained for three days and refused entry to the UK: Political correctness is a cancer in late stages. Why can't bad ideas be exposed by debate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 i would..... "Border Force has the power to refuse entry to an individual if it is considered that his or her presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good." "a serious threat to the fundamental interests of society and are likely to incite tensions between local communities in the United Kingdom". and all because one of them said..... "Allah is a gay god" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 1 hour ago, woody2 said: i would..... "Border Force has the power to refuse entry to an individual if it is considered that his or her presence in the UK is not conducive to the public good." "a serious threat to the fundamental interests of society and are likely to incite tensions between local communities in the United Kingdom". and all because one of them said..... "Allah is a gay god" You would what?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 23 minutes ago, Neil Down said: You would what?? baby batter them...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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