human emotion over the rape of a girlfriend, admitted his shame now at his feelings then and expected his words to be interpreted in a nuanced, intelligent and adult way.
Foolish.
human emotion over the rape of a girlfriend, admitted his shame now at his feelings then and expected his words to be interpreted in a nuanced, intelligent and adult way.
Foolish.
He’s straight up admitted to a thoughtcrime there b. Off to Room 101 with him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Yes. What he’s done is articulate the fact that people often revert to their least admirable instincts in moments of extreme emotional stress.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
How dare he?
I saw a brief video from a pair of brothers (in both senses) who considers the matter and decided, “You know what that makes him? Human.”Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
The strange thing is that in this ghastly society where people are forever being applauded for being emotionally honest (whatever the fùck that means), it would appear that people have forgotten that emotions can be negative and destructive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir C
No, nobody's forgotten anything. It's just that everyone has now taken sides.
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Originally Posted by Burney
Why do we have to 'like' everyone.
I hate all sorts of people.
When did you last tell somebody you hate them to their face?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
Do family members count?Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Of course. In fact they ought to count double, like diving headers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
The sheer impotence of that emotional targeting is somehow heroic, epic.
well I was racially abused at lunchtime actually. real story.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
This is an excellent point. Hatred is just as valid as love.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
madness to even admit it in this day and age, if truth be toldQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Ah, Mr Burnley. Copied from the other day, in case you didn't see it:
ISTR you don't mind a bit of Assyrian carving and winged bulls and so forth. If you've not had a look at the Ashurbanipal Exhibish at the British Museum then there are a few weeks left. It's jolly good.
https://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_...urbanipal.aspx
it's easier by text.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Yes. I do fancy a crack at that. Thank you, a. I’m in the US all next week, so it might be nice to come back and appreciate something really fùcking old, if you know what I mean.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
I love how unashamedly vicious the Assyrians were. Fine bunch of lads.
Do you know that Sir C doesn’t really appreciate a powerfully-headed goal? Odd, but there you are.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
There you are then. If you're going to be a homo about it then you deserve to feel you "have" to "like" everyone, imo. You can't complain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
No, I didn't know but I would've suspected as much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
They loved their coursing too. Be sure to ask them about hounds.
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Originally Posted by Burney
Imagine seeing the ball whipped in from the byline and met with a bullet header and not feeling a visceral thrill, though? :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Did Jeff Astle die in vain?
Ooh, did someone call you a moose-phucker?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
‘The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the gold,Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold’
Do they still teach that in schools? Do they teach anything?
Isn’t f ginger? That’s not racial abuse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
No it's very strange. Exited Robert Dyas and Gentleman came up to me and said what's up cracker? which is odd as I am not in 'The South'Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Perhaps instead he was calling me Robbie Coltrane
One of Awimb's great inaccuracies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Nothing a quick shot of your pubes couldn’t rectify, f. :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
What's your snap?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
actually perhaps I have had an early midlife crisis. I had bleached my hair a few months ago :-(
and I dress in designer gear.
‘Cracker’ seems quite affectionate, tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat Vegas
I think of it the way Chef used to say it to the lads in South Park.
‘Heeeeyyyy, lil’ crackers!’
I don't think so. My boys only really know it from reading Wodehouse. In fairness, they don't seem to actually go to school all that often. Far too busy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
There's lots of smiting, sieging, flaying, head-chopping-and-making-others-wear-the-heads-around-the-neck, and more lion hunts than you can shake a bloody spear at. Any nation 'offending' the king and their gods with disobedience was fair game. Sounds rather familiar to me, but that's Manifest Destiny for you, I suppose. #MonroeQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Then there's a library of cuneiform books, sphynxes, winged lions and so on, and the whole thing is beautifully lit.
:nod: Yes, the hounds got a go on the lions too. I'm surprised there are any lions left tbh, between them and the Romans.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
That's understandable. I didn't much at their age either.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
I love them. The sort where the keeper leaps into the air with arms flailing; no idea where the ball might be. It's all in vain & the ball has hit the back of the net before he leaves the ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Lovely stuff.
Sky's Twitter headline: Sky Data poll: 44% think Liam Neeson was right to admit he wanted to kill black personQuote:
Originally Posted by Burney
Might want to add a little bit of context there :rolleyes: