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Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Rogered Tart, Mar 31, 2021.

  1. Aaron Baker

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    Well I'm assuming since you haven't bought one, you don't want the ones you can afford?

    Is that an incorrect assumption?
     
  2. Rogered Tart

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    https://freethoughtblogs.com/taslima/

    I've been reading the blogs of this woman for a bit now, very thought provoking stuff regarding women and religion. Our country might not be perfect, nowhere is, but in terms of rights and freedom its light years ahead of a lot of places in the world.
     
  3. Bronco

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    Yes when that was the alternative option we found their deposits quickly ;).
     
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    Mate I haven't even considered buying a house at the moment, I pay £525 a month in rent for a flat with no living room and thats without bills. Property down here is another level of nuts that is literally a world away from Bradford property prices. It's a pipe dream to even try and save until I finish my degree at the earliest given I also have been out of work for a year and off furlough since last july.
     
  5. YungNath

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    I think it would be worth seeing if there's any figures on who's buying them, if its people getting their first property in record numbers then great but I don't think that will be the case.
     
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  6. Aaron Baker

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    Ah yeah, forgot you were tax dodging :joy:
     
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    Only council tax mate, no discounts on water and power sadly! :joy:
     
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  8. Rogered Tart

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    Splendidly written. I also totally agree.

    And, not my words but I also wholeheartedly agree:
    We are fortunate to live in one of the most tolerant societies that has ever existed. Although there are still some problems, by seeing absolutely everything through the prism of race, gender and sexuality we are generating further division in the name of progress.
     
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    I fear the social media narrative has gone so far that we could pretty much eliminate racism in theory but that still wouldn't be enough. Even the death of Prince Philip paints a picture, the edgy generation looking for every racist angle they can find to berate a 99 year old fella that has passed away. I'd like to think that most of these commentators on social media are in fact a complete irrelevance, unfortunately those very platforms make these people feel more influential than they actually are. All about the likes innit.
     
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    Want an example that sums up how fecked up the world of social media is? David Jason yesterday mentioned the Queen used the word Gorilla in a conversation. Apologists now queueing up to be offended over something they have no idea of teu context of it being used. Even seen comments that thought it was used as a racial slur, realised they were wrong but then instead of admitting they were wrong go down the route of asking why society deems it a racial slurr in the first place. There should be an intelligence test to allow people to be able to use things like social media.
     
  12. Tony Wilkinson

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    We'd end up just talking to our pets then...!!!
     
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  13. Rogered Tart

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    Well apparently David Jason is a massive racist if you believe some the shite that gets posted on toxic twitter. The lack of intelligence amongst some people is quite frightening, those people should not be allowed to poison others with their warped thoughts.
     
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    They're not only being allowed, they're being endorsed and any voice to the contrary is at real risk of being shouted down as equally racist and potentially face more serious consequences, such as losing their job.
     
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    I saw David Jason trending earlier so looked at it, some of the comments were sensible tbf, but the early comments when people jumped the gun and assumed it was racism are just pathetic. Do these people apologise when they get the wrong end of the stick, do they feck they try another angle. Maybe they should do a bit of research before jumping in with both feet on their high horse, it used to be a case of innocent until proven guilty but this is what the social media world we live in today has created. Along with more mental health problems than ever before of course.
     
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    This is why I avoid twitter like the plague. no good ever comes of that site
     
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    Never been on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and have managed to get through life just fine thanks.
     
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    @Faithful Bantam@Faithful Bantam have a read of this m8, exactly the problems society face in the social media era.


    The whole scenario was set up trying to discredit Robert Webb for having an opinion, both transdad and Jones failing miserably in their attempts. No surprise the interviewer has two non binary gender fluid trans kids. Whatever the hell that means.
     
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    A proper stitch up attempt, but he handled it well. Owen Jones is a monstrous tw&t, he really is. I despair, I really do. Sensible conversation and a tolerance for differing opinion is all but dead. We're trying to defeat racism with racism, Gender inequality with sexism, intolerance with intolerance. I really do worry about the world my kids are growing into.
     
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    Sums it up nicely
     
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