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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 07:45 PM Original message |
Londoners hit back as Cleese says city is 'no longer English' |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. "London is a very English city. The best thing about it is the diversity" |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good. |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. lmao |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. London is chock full of Americans. Twice as obnoxious as the English. |
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BNJMN (461 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Thank God knee-jerk stereotyping is alive and well, what would we do w/out it? |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Then you've met the wrong English people. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. If you're an American, this is facepalmingly hilarious. |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. it is not facepalmingly anything |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Satire, sarcasm. I love it! Keep it up. |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Are you kidding? Americans are the most obnoxious tourists |
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rationalcalgarian (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 04:19 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. A generalization..... however.... |
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BNJMN (461 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #32 |
54. What in God's name are you babbling about?!@ THIS tourist is your average US tourist...(video) |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 07:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
43. If that were true, then we wouldn't have such a horrible reputation. |
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BNJMN (461 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #43 |
55. Stereotypes, FTW. |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Another trip to London was on my bucket list |
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southmost (528 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. why the obsession with homogeneous populations? |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 04:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. Why do you think he is talking about the population? |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. The England He Grew Up In |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. Nice way to quell the unrest and promote social cohesion ,idiot. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. New York and London share more than London does with Bath or NY with, say, Little Rock |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 12:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
34. hidden insight |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
45. By the way Bath like Ballston Spa has been Internationalized for year's |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
47. There's nothing for YOU here..... |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. "English culture is disappearing" The world can only hope |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Explain please |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I hope to the internets gods you get a response. |
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Agent William (628 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. I hope ingnorant posts such as yours disappear. n/t |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 04:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
38. Why do you hope? |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
44. Yes, we hope you disappear n/t |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. Felt English to me. It's a massively crowded place with a multi-cultural spice... |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. Does Cleese yearn for those good ole "Upstairs Downstairs" days?..LOL...n/t |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. Homogeneous populations |
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BNJMN (461 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. What about black racists? |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Them too |
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BNJMN (461 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Yikes. I have family like that. It's scary. |
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rationalcalgarian (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 04:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
41. Too true |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. lol |
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BNJMN (461 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. He seems to be stating the truth. Whether this is a 'good' or 'bad' thing is the issue. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. CORRECT |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 06:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Indeed. Might cosmopolitanism have a limit: 50%, 99%, 100%, or until profiting declines. |
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BNJMN (461 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #42 |
56. 'Cosmopolitanism'. Interesting. I think the question... |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Enforcing cultural standards seems to be for control freaks. |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
50. I agree with you. |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. Don't mind him... He's from Barcelona |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 04:06 AM Response to Reply #23 |
39. "He put Basil in the ratatouille!!!!" |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. Perhaps he means the stereotypical Victorian London .......... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. Therein lies America's greatness |
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txwhitedove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #26 |
49. Seriously? Not in big cities, but you must not have lived in small-town America. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
52. Is that why cities are divided block by clock into different ethic groups? |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
27. Change is hard. I'm in (near) Chicago, the "City of Big Shoulders", or "Al Capone's Mafia land" |
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Zanzoobar (618 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
28. Good. There were too many Brits there, anyway. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
33. "Those three lions on your shirt...they never sprang from England's dirt" |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 03:36 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Very apposite. Bragg can talk (and sing) far more intelligently about Englishness than Cleese |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #35 |
48. Well, you might find Billy ranting about taxes... |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 03:42 AM Response to Original message |
36. London looks english to me |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-04-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Ya !!! he's from hollywood now. |
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sfpcjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
53. That's because in 1997 they let all the American banksters in |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
58. Actually Polish people and folks from the Eastern Europe |
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