rusty trawler

Hi Panda

I’m guilty of that,
But please feel free to ignore anything i write.

Sorry if it offends.

@pepsi wrote:

A Mark Rothko Contemporary piece of art…. Preferably the Orange, red and yellow one … :lol:

Only joking ! Btw!

8-[

lol pepsi

Dear lucy lox

Many thanks for your Christmas letter and please accept my apologies for taking so long to get to you back to you.

As you know this happens to be my busy time of year so it’s hard to get back in a timely fashion to all the girls who have behaved all year long. Normally I can rely on the assistance of Mrs Claus, but last week s…[Read more]

Mostley,i agree with what you have to say.What do you mean though fantastical refrences to sexual predelictations?Look if you mean me talking about things that disgust and abore me.I have talked about three people in this way.One was Jadey in which i was way off the mark,she did explane to me and the room that her brother told me these…[Read more]

@Sgt Pepper wrote:

I recommend that Rusters be banned for life for telling that totally atrocious joke!! :)

In saying that, I came in using the name Dalai Lama one night.
I was subsequently booted by an evil guide citing me for overt use of Profound language :roll:
Go figure.

lol Sgt. you think that’s bad? i’m almost tempted to tell a joke a…[Read more]

I’m a relative newbie to Just Chat and I suspect there is a lot of historical context that I am unaware of with regards to the booting of the some of the aforementioned, so I don’t expect my argument to cover all the bases. It’s easy to note that the guides and hosts have an unenviable task – damned if they do, damned if they don’t – and althoug…[Read more]

I think reasonable people can deduce the aims and goals of the SBL and other similar organisations quite easily. The SBL purports to exist to address historical imbalances in the representation of black people in the British legal system. And this may in turn address the disproportional representation of black people in the penal system (this bit…[Read more]

You make a good point Mrs Teapot.

I think there is a witch hunt underfoot and that sociologists would define some elements of all this as a classic moral panic. But we can also evidence some terrible incompetences on the side of the authorities and the press.

I question how seriously the police would have taken allegations of a group from a…[Read more]

@kent f OBE wrote:

@panda12 wrote:

I asked a friend of a friend why he used the word paki.

He said its an abbreviation of Pakistani.

He explained it’s no different from calling British people Brits or Australian people Aussies or American people yanks or Japanese people Japs.

What do you think?

Anyone with an ounce of sense knows it is offensive…

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@panda12 wrote:

I asked a friend of a friend why he used the word paki.

He said its an abbreviation of Pakistani.

He explained it’s no different from calling British people Brits or Australian people Aussies or American people yanks or Japanese people Japs.

What do you think?

My initial thoughts are that your friend is either very silly or at…[Read more]

@kent f OBE wrote:

@Terry wrote:

@kent f OBE wrote:

Happy Diwali to everyone and anyone who celebrates this festival

I might google it one day to find out what it is. Or I may not.

Boy am I glad I didn’t dedicate a whole new thread to Diwali……just made a little discreet post on the most celebrated fesival by my family rather than ignoring…

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@tinks wrote:

rusty, as you said it’s a mine field

to quote you……….

I’m perhaps more inclined to associate Easter with chocolate, bunnies and baby chickens than anything that is religiously significant, perhaps the child’s parents made similar assumptions.
……..no they are muslim, was nothing to do with chocolate and bunnies

I’m not…

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On another thread Rusty has said “they had fears and concerns which may have arisen out of racism but doesn’t necessarily make them racist.” Sorry to pick this out Rusty and I acknowledge that it is being used out of context but it is an example of something I’ve heard several times recently, i.e. “he has concerns because of their race but he’s…[Read more]

@tinks wrote:

RE that is taught in primary schools does teach the children about hinduism, islam, judaism and christianity………..it’s whether or not the parents want their child to sit in, that is the issue……..christian or atheist families have no problem about their children learning about all the religions ……….it’s the muslims,…

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@Mrs_Teapot wrote:

The point I was making in the classroom example I gave is that when you have mixed ability children to the degree that seems common in inner city schools these days its almost impossible to meet the needs of all those children unless a teacher has back up…to consider taking that away is just desperate and Im not sure many…

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@jen_jen wrote:

I’ve only just read the article – I didn’t want to comment before I had the chance to – and from what I can see, Baroness Warsi hasn’t said it’s time for the minorities to join in Maypoles, harvest festivals, Christmas carols. What she has said is that she doesn’t see a contradiction between being a muslim and celebrating Christmas…

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@momentaryloss wrote:

Simplest and best.
1. Teach classes in English.

2. Teach English to kids who can’t speak it well enough, then return to the above.
Kids learn languages incredibly quickly if they are taught intensively enough (e.g. for at least half the school day). That way they don’t get held back too much.

Best outcome for…

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@panda12 wrote:

I’m with kenty on this. I wouldn’t be happy if a child of mine was held back because political correctness dictates that non English speaking pupils must be educated in the same class.

They should be taught to read, write and speak English before they join their peers in the classroom.

How else is any child going to learn?

I gave…

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Great topic!

I think Baroness Warsi is wide off the mark with this one. Religion should always be an extremely personal thing and it always seem dodgy when it is exploited to make a political point. Implying Muslims should sing Christmas carols, for example, is just as bad as suggesting we should all visit Mecca at least once in our lives.…[Read more]

@kent f OBE wrote:

@momentaryloss wrote:

@kent f OBE wrote:

Well it’s officially looming when the Coke Advert is on the tele…I saw it yesterday :lol:

Hooray.

Coka Cola Christmas.

And here’s me thinking it was about peace and goodwill.

Hope Coka Cola make plenty of money.

:?

Rant directed at the commercialisation of Christmas greed, not at…

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