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Yes this troll is not a good one, go back under your bridge, the bats are waiting for youOriginally posted by Troll View Post
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It was wasted on ATWOriginally posted by wobbegong View Post
"It was one of Wilde's"How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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Or maybe it was not and I just pretended not to know itOriginally posted by Troll View Post
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poor recovery attemptOriginally posted by AtW View PostOr maybe it was not and I just pretended not to know itHow fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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Don't find it offensive at all. It's satire. It's meant to be thought-provoking.
Banning it would only mean another nail in the coffin for free speech, and more importantly, would further end the ability of nations or people to take the complete urine out of each other.
Let it be...and let us have our revenge :-)Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Yes. How about a fat, hairy, sweaty, drunk, moustachioed Belgian being sick over Glynis Kinnock?Originally posted by Board Game Geek View PostComment
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Haven't seen the one of the skinhead, but have certainly seen a few others here and there. The ones of 'Hitchco ck' and Cleese I found quite good. The ones with Blair, Thatcher, or things depicting fox hunting etc. seem rather weak though to be honest.
More can be seen here: http://www.aroundthecorner.be/homepage/ (not all in English but easy to figure out).
Don't think it's what could be considered generally offensive - the Flemish policeman in the ad is a bit a stereotype as well (a French speaking marketing agency perhaps?
), implying that everyone in the world, including the English copper should speak 'Flemish'.
The 'London' cabbie (Khan Masood) apparently appears to winning the votes at the moment over the - very diplomatically named - Belgian (Marcel Beulemans) in any case.
My only real criticism would be the allusion in the TV ad of a more multi-cultural society in Belgium.
Edit: even Hitchnoddy doesn't get past the filtersLast edited by Joe Black; 19 November 2007, 20:26.Comment
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