> "FishSupper"
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> news:7audncVAotDnBzHVRVnyhwA@bt.com...>>> "FishSupper"
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>>> news:4-WdnUtk2-ZrkTHVRVnyigA@bt.com...>>>>> "FishSupper"
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>>>>> news:SeydnSeYepYfezjVnZ2dnUVZ8jmdnZ2d@bt.com...>>>>>>> "FishSupper"
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>>>>>>> news:Bc6dnSUfxebmSDjVnZ2dnUVZ8uqdnZ2d@bt.com...>>>>>>>>> "FishSupper"
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>>>>>>>>> news:SIqdnc8yk8oQMzjVnZ2dnUVZ8sjinZ2d@bt.com...>>>>>>>>>>> "Jonbhoy"
champsagain.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>> news:jaydnaUV354-WjnVnZ2dnUVZ8rOdnZ2d@giganews.com...>>>>>>>>>>>> "FishSupper"
sea.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>> news:PKOdnYcwXNzNITnVRVnytAA@bt.com...>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Jonbhoy"
champsagain.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:9sudnfw7ALOnxznVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@giganews.com...>>>>>>>>>>>>>>And i did not say Balde is breaking a contract as he isnt,that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>wasnt the point.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Right - so Balde isn't breaking his contract, he isn't doing
>>>>>>>>>>>>> anything wrong, you agree that it is Celtic who are trying to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> weasel out of their agreement with Balde, but you call Balde
>>>>>>>>>>>>> morally disgraceful and have not a word of criticism of
>>>>>>>>>>>>> celtic? How the fuck does *that* work?? Hypocricy of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> highest order.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Because he cares more about his money than using his talent.Ive
>>>>>>>>>>>> slated Celtics dealing in certain matters over the years so
>>>>>>>>>>>> hardly one sided.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I wonder if Walter Smith has a contract.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> why do you wonder that?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Some Rangers fans want rid of Smith. I expect Rangers FC would
>>>>>>>>> have "to break a promise and renege on a deal" if they were to
>>>>>>>>> cancel his contract and ask him to go stack shelves in Tesco. ;)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Alas, you misunderstand, as so often you do. Were Rangers to sack
>>>>>>>> Smith, they would pay him what his contract demanded. They would
>>>>>>>> not, could not, 'cancel his contract'. It would be in his contract
>>>>>>>> that if he was fired, he would receive compensation to a certain
>>>>>>>> amount. Rangers would only be doing 'a celtic' if they pressurised
>>>>>>>> Smith to leave Ibrox to go and manage Hibs or somewhere and refused
>>>>>>>> to pay him what his contract stipulated for doing so.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Come on - if you concentrate, you can get this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oh dear, I was hoping we wouldn't trade insults over this Fish
>>>>>>> Supper. "if you concentrate"..."alas, you misunderstand, as so often
>>>>>>> you do." It's just so passé with Rangers fan vs. Celtic fans. But no
>>>>>>> worries if it's somehow a reflex action of yours to be ill-tempered.
>>>>>>> At least you aren't shouting at me like you were at Jonbhoy...poor
>>>>>>> show ma man!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> SHOUT?! I'LL GIVE YOU SHOUT! Really, I don't get this thing that I'm
>>>>>> supposed to be Mr Angry. I suspect it's more a case of youse are just
>>>>>> a bunch of poofs. .
>>>>>> And if you thing the above is insulting, you really are a precious
>>>>>> wee petal.
>>>>>
>>>>> ....depends if one thinks homophobia, sectarianism, racism etc is a
>>>>> reasonable basis for a laugh...btw I'm not being overly precious....I
>>>>> think it's an interesting point that you raise....just throwing it in
>>>>> to the debate...
>>>>
>>>> Let's just nip this one in the bud, shall we? - jonathon ross, friday
>>>> night? - his backing band? 4 poofs and a piano. It's a reclaimed word,
>>>> petal - we all get to use it now.
>>>
>>> I wonder what it takes to reclaim these words Mr Angry. I know some
>>> blacks have certain vocab for themselves. And if caucasians use this
>>> vocab, it may be deemed offensive...I wonder if it works much in the
>>> same way with poof.
>>
>> I wouldn't ever use the N word to or about a black person, but I would
>> and have used poof to a gay friend. I think the difference between them
>> is that we can use poof as long as it's used affectionately and not meant
>> to be derogatory or insulting, whereas we couldn't ever use the N word.
>>
>> What it takes to reclaim those words is for the victims of them to remove
>> the power by using them words themselves and from their it spreads.
>>
>> It's like the word fenian. Celtic fans use it to have a go at Chris Burke
>> "who's the fenian in the blue" - if it became widespread among your
>> support, it would be neutralised as a term of abuse from ours.
>
> So are you claiming that the word poof has become entirely neutralised?
See, you start off badly and go downhill after that. If I was claiming that
the word is "entirely neutralised" I would hardly have said "we can use poof
as long as it's used affectionately and not meant to be derogatory or
insulting,", now would I?
> So I have a decision to make: are you a slightly more sophisticated
> version of Celticbhoy60, a sophistication which means you're not subject
> to the same ng disdain, or are you just having a bit of fun. For now, I'll
> go with the latter, but may revise my view at a later date Mr Angry... ;)
And I have a decision to make. Are you an idiot, or do you just make idiotic
posts? For the moment I'll go with the former;)
