| Die Nuwe Suid-Afrikaanse Taalbeleid [boodskap #27507] |
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Krokkie
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Krisjan pulls into a service station (not Total) in his battered
bakkie, clad in tattered khakis, velskoene, whiskers and ragged hat. He
hands the attendant the keys complete with a beautiful vierkleur flag:
Krisjan: "Goeie more. Maak vol met Super, asseblief."
Attendant: "How much?"
Krisjan: "Vol asseblief."
Attendant: "I only speak English!"
Krisjan: "No problem. Good day to you Sir. I currently feel a
profound desire to replenish the propellant of my motorised vehicle.
Therefore, I cordially request you to transfer, from your subterranean
reservoir, a sufficient quantity of combustible fluid of the highest octane
rating to fill the appropriate receptacle of the said means of perambulation
to the brim."
Attendant: "Hau?"
Krisjan: "Do you have a problem Sir? I thought you said you spoke English?"
Attendant: "English, That is not English!"
Krisjan: "My dear Sir, are you veritably attempting to insinuate
that you do not even recognise the language which you allege to be your
singular means of communication?"
Attendant: "Hau?"
Krisjan: "Let me attempt to elucidate in the most elementary
terms; your paltry grasp of English vernacular is frittering away the time
at my disposal or as I would put it in a civilised intelligible
language - Dit is so fokken duidelik soos daglig dat jy FOKOL van Engels
weet en jy mors my tyd. Verstaan jy nou?"
Attendant: "Ja Baas. Vol Baas? Afrikaans is beter Meneer"
Krisjan: "Dankie!"
Krokkie
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In article Kro...@Krok.co.za "Krokkie" writes:
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> Krisjan: "Dankie!"
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Thank you too, I enjoyed that one and passed it on to a couple of other
people who would probably like it too.
--
Peter H.M. Brooks
To be in process of change is not an evil, any more than to be the
product of change is a good.
- Marcus Aurelius.
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| Re: Die Nuwe Suid-Afrikaanse Taalbeleid [boodskap #27509 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #27507] |
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Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
> The HM's last outposts are Canada, Australia and the like, not South Africa,
> which has been an ex-colony for a good many years now.
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> --
The proliferation of the hoity-toity puffed up pifflers from the shores of
South Africa to the white cliffs of Her Majesty's last outpost is the revenge
of the Ruiter in die Nag
Penkop
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Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
> You really do seem to have some sort of personality problem - more than
> one would expect, even from a Canadian.
>
So now I have a personality problem if I gag at your blatant approval
of cheap patronising racist "snert" coming out of South Africa. And then
you want the internet to be used for serious conversations! Which
British University do you grace with your spelling?
Do I understand that you indicate that Canadians suffer more from
personality problems than other persuasions?
Even a Canadian
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| Re: Die Nuwe Suid-Afrikaanse Taalbeleid [boodskap #27511 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #27507] |
Wed, 20 October 1999 00:00 |
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Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
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> You shouldn't really make your inferiority quite so blatently obvious to
> the rest of the world - at least not if you can help it, which I suppose
> you probably can't.
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> --
> Peter H.M. Brooks
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> Vote for the creation of the uk.philosophy.* heirachy
No, but I will "blatently" vote for the creation of a philosophy "heirarchy."That
way the last outpost of Her Majesty's dominions wil drift off into the
great blue yonder because of the overpopulation of lightweight gasbags.
Hiawatha
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| Re: Die Nuwe Suid-Afrikaanse Taalbeleid [boodskap #27551 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #27507] |
Thu, 21 October 1999 00:00 |
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Really children, please control yourselves.
Now if our sympatico protagonist tell us;
a. what he found objectionable at Peter's enjoyment of a rather old
South African joke (pre 1994), aimed not at the black pump attendant but
rather at Afrikaner preoccupation with "die taal" rather like the PQ, &
b. What the hell is "snert"?
c. To which spelling errors you were alluding.
And would Peter like to expand on Canadian "political correct fascism" &
other anti Canadian sentiments.
Norman
@sympatico.ca wrote:
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> Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
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>> You really do seem to have some sort of personality problem - more than
>> one would expect, even from a Canadian.
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> So now I have a personality problem if I gag at your blatant approval
> of cheap patronising racist "snert" coming out of South Africa. And then
> you want the internet to be used for serious conversations! Which
> British University do you grace with your spelling?
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> Do I understand that you indicate that Canadians suffer more from
> personality problems than other persuasions?
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> Even a Canadian
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| Re: Die Nuwe Suid-Afrikaanse Taalbeleid [boodskap #27552 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #27507] |
Thu, 21 October 1999 00:00 |
Krokkie
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Peter she , thats now the old lady left South-Africa in the 20's to get away
from the "wit omies van Transvaal", probably married a blank American . She
hates "wit omies" , (wonder what her dad did to her) , and Valies.
"Gee haar gaa" (give her shit)
Krokkie
"Peter H.M. Brooks" wrote in message ...
> In article @sympatico.ca writes:
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>> Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
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>>> I am sure that you do like being pc
>>
>> People who complain about "political correctness" are exclusivelywhite males
>> who are feeling
>> impotent.
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> Well, well, now isn't that interesting. It seems that you have some sort of
> inside track on impotence - I wonder why I am not surprised.
>
> At least you are not quite foolish enough to try to pretend that you don't
> suffer from political correctness, that is, at least something.
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>>> I always find that having a spelling mistake in my signature helps vastly
>>> in getting people to notice it.
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>> You are "blatently" (your spelling) lying until you are blue in the face.
>>
> Clearly not. The attention you have, and continue to, pay to my signature
> proves my point completely. Your concern about spelling proves that you
> have no real point and are just a shit stirrer - as is apparent to anybody
> reading this.
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>> A warrior from the Abenaki Confederation, which
>> includes parts of Maine and New England and the
>> Canadian Maritimes. We do not recognize the
>> so-called whitey created international border. Our
>> treaties are from before the socalled American
>> War of Independence.
>>
> You really are a wanker. Since you are such a nut about spelling, maybe
> you can explain what kind of word 'socalled' might be.
>
> --
> Peter H.M. Brooks
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> Vote for the creation of the uk.philosophy.* heirachy and encourage civilised
> debate on usenet! For a form write to Alan Fleming a...@contract.co.uk
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Thu, 21 October 1999 00:00 |
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In article
pe...@psyche.demon.co.uk "Peter H.M. Brooks" writes:
>> I would rather be politcally correct than be a whitey
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>> I will inform our Governor-General of your sentiments about Canadians. She
>> is of Chinese persuasion, having come as a refugee to Canadian shores at the
> age> of ten.
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I hope that, when you are talking to your Governor General, you let her
know how you make a habit of using racist expressions like 'whitey', I
am sure that it will help her understand your case rather better.
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Peter H.M. Brooks
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| Re: Die Nuwe Suid-Afrikaanse Taalbeleid [boodskap #27554 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #27507] |
Thu, 21 October 1999 00:00 |
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In article @sympatico.ca writes:
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> I would rather be politcally correct than be a whitey that has to get his kicks
> bytelling condescending jokes about his own countrymen that do not happen to be
> white.
>
I am sure that you do like being pc, as you clearly suffer from an infestation
of it. You appear to have misunderstood quite a few things at quite a few
different levels. Firstly I didn't tell the story. Secondly it isn't
condescending to the pump attendant. Thirdly it works as an amusing and
well observed comment on the political view being taken of Afrikaans,
and the Afrikaaners view of that, it points to the English/Afrikaans
divide in an entertaining and gentle manner and, best of all, in my
opinion, it reflects the underlying unity and friendliness that exists
between the three very different sets of South Africans - not that I
would expect anybody suffering from your levels of ignorance to understand
that at all.
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> I will inform our Governor-General of your sentiments about Canadians. She
> is of Chinese persuasion, having come as a refugee to Canadian shores at the age> of ten.
>
I always find that having a spelling mistake in my signature helps vastly
in getting people to notice it.
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Peter H.M. Brooks
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| Re: Die Nuwe Suid-Afrikaanse Taalbeleid [boodskap #27555 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #27507] |
Thu, 21 October 1999 00:00 |
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Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
> However, if you are a politically correct fascist with no
> sense of humour
>> Do I understand that you indicate that Canadians suffer more from
>> personality problems than other persuasions?
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> Yes. Many are infested with political correctness - for one thing.
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> --
> Peter H.M. Brooks
>
> Vote for the creation of the uk.philosophy.* heirachy and encourage civilised
> debate on usenet! For a form write to Alan Fleming a...@contract.co.uk
I would rather be politcally correct than be a whitey that has to get his kicks
bytelling condescending jokes about his own countrymen that do not happen to be
white.
I will inform our Governor-General of your sentiments about Canadians. She
is of Chinese persuasion, having come as a refugee to Canadian shores at the age
of ten.
Here in Canada we spell hierarchy (we have plenty of it) thus. Do they do it
differently now in Her Majesty's last dominion?
Minnehaha
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Thu, 21 October 1999 00:00 |
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In article @sympatico.ca writes:
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> So now I have a personality problem if I gag at your blatant approval
> of cheap patronising racist "snert" coming out of South Africa. And then
> you want the internet to be used for serious conversations! Which
> British University do you grace with your spelling?
>
It was neither cheap, nor patronising, nor racist. It was entertaining
and amusing. However, if you are a politically correct fascist with no
sense of humour [as they usually don't have a sense of humour] then I
completely understand your inability to get to grips with that.
>
> Do I understand that you indicate that Canadians suffer more from
> personality problems than other persuasions?
>
Yes. Many are infested with political correctness - for one thing.
--
Peter H.M. Brooks
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| Re: Die Nuwe Suid-Afrikaanse Taalbeleid [boodskap #27558 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #27507] |
Thu, 21 October 1999 00:00 |
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Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
> I am sure that you do like being pc
People who complain about "political correctness" are exclusivelywhite males who are feeling
impotent. Do you ever hear people
of Chinese, Maori, Algonquin or any other part of the human race
complain of "political correctness." As soon as I hear anybody
complain about political correctness, I know he feels impotent.
> the Afrikaaners
Here in Canada we spell it "Afrikaners."
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> I always find that having a spelling mistake in my signature helps vastly
> in getting people to notice it.
You are "blatently" (your spelling) lying until you are blue in the face.
A warrior from the Abenaki Confederation, which
includes parts of Maine and New England and the
Canadian Maritimes. We do not recognize the
so-called whitey created international border. Our
treaties are from before the socalled American
War of Independence.
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>
> --
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Thu, 21 October 1999 00:00 |
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In article @sympatico.ca writes:
> Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
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>> You really are a wanker.
>>
>> Vote for the creation of the uk.philosophy.* heirachy and encourage civilised
>> debate on usenet! For a form write to Alan Fleming a...@contract.co.uk
>
> So, finally, I will write to Alan Fleming and tell him of your civilized debate
> onusenet. My mission is accomplished. You walked right into the trap. Adieu.
>
You really are quite a few sandwiches short of a picnic, aren't you.
--
Peter H.M. Brooks
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Thu, 21 October 1999 00:00 |
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In article Kro...@Krok.co.za "Krokkie" writes:
> Peter she , thats now the old lady left South-Africa in the 20's to get away
> from the "wit omies van Transvaal", probably married a blank American . She
> hates "wit omies" , (wonder what her dad did to her) , and Valies.
>
Thank you for the details. She is certainly no 'lady', not since she is so
clearly an unashamed racist.
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Thu, 21 October 1999 00:00 |
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In article @sympatico.ca writes:
> Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
>
>> I am sure that you do like being pc
>
> People who complain about "political correctness" are exclusivelywhite males
> who are feeling
> impotent.
>
Well, well, now isn't that interesting. It seems that you have some sort of
inside track on impotence - I wonder why I am not surprised.
At least you are not quite foolish enough to try to pretend that you don't
suffer from political correctness, that is, at least something.
>
>> I always find that having a spelling mistake in my signature helps vastly
>> in getting people to notice it.
>
> You are "blatently" (your spelling) lying until you are blue in the face.
>
Clearly not. The attention you have, and continue to, pay to my signature
proves my point completely. Your concern about spelling proves that you
have no real point and are just a shit stirrer - as is apparent to anybody
reading this.
>
> A warrior from the Abenaki Confederation, which
> includes parts of Maine and New England and the
> Canadian Maritimes. We do not recognize the
> so-called whitey created international border. Our
> treaties are from before the socalled American
> War of Independence.
>
You really are a wanker. Since you are such a nut about spelling, maybe
you can explain what kind of word 'socalled' might be.
--
Peter H.M. Brooks
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Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
> You really are a wanker.
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> Vote for the creation of the uk.philosophy.* heirachy and encourage civilised
> debate on usenet! For a form write to Alan Fleming a...@contract.co.uk
So, finally, I will write to Alan Fleming and tell him of your civilized debate
onusenet. My mission is accomplished. You walked right into the trap. Adieu.
A Canadian mountie.
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| Re: Die Nuwe Suid-Afrikaanse Taalbeleid [boodskap #27563 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #27507] |
Thu, 21 October 1999 00:00 |
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Is it a bird ?
Is it a plane ?
No, it's Gloudina !!!!!
(EX-SA ,Canadian by immigration, politically correct, pain in the butt, poet
without license, defender of the struggle etc. )
Hello ou dier !
Francois
"Peter H.M. Brooks" wrote in message ...
> In article @sympatico.ca writes:
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>> No, but I will "blatently" vote for the creation of a philosophy
>> "heirarchy."That
>> way the last outpost of Her Majesty's dominions wil drift off into the
>> great blue yonder because of the overpopulation of lightweight gasbags.
>>
> You really do seem to have some sort of personality problem - more than
> one would expect, even from a Canadian.
>
> --
> Peter H.M. Brooks
>
> Vote for the creation of the uk.philosophy.* heirachy and encourage civilised
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| Re: Die Nuwe Suid-Afrikaanse Taalbeleid [boodskap #27597 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #27507] |
Fri, 22 October 1999 00:00 |
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christopher f skryf in boodskap news:38101AC7.C91CB4E6@uswest.net...
> Impotent?? The upper lip is the only thing that ever gets stiff on an
> English bastard.
>
But clearly not the only thing that got stiff on his progenitor.
Mark Richardson
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In article
chri...@uswest.net "christopher f" writes:
> Funny, I thought Her Majesty's last outpost was the English language.
> The British have managed to f**k up everything else they touched.
>
It is always nice to see quite how much envy the Yanks have for their
superiors.
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| Re: Die Nuwe Suid-Afrikaanse Taalbeleid [boodskap #27599 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #27507] |
Fri, 22 October 1999 00:00 |
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@sympatico.ca wrote in message
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> Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
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>> I am sure that you do like being pc
>
> People who complain about "political correctness" are exclusivelywhite males who are feeling
> impotent. Do you ever hear people
> of Chinese, Maori, Algonquin or any other part of the human race
> complain of "political correctness."
Yes, I do:
Steve Biko had quite a thing about it, as you can see in "I write what I
like". Of course, the term did not exist in its present form back then, but
the phenomenon did - as a manifestation of the wrong kind of "liberalism". I
have since heard quite a few black people complain of being the victims of
political correctness on the campusses of English universities such as Wits
and UCT.
It seems that it is perfectly possible for black people to be non-pc if they
do not subscribe to the right kind of pc approved by the pc police.
> As soon as I hear anybody
> complain about political correctness, I know he feels impotent.
Why does it fail to surpise me that it is considered pc to ascribe a
particular behaviour to "exclusivelywhite males"?
But then - I suppose that the greatest offence against pc is to be sceptical
about pc.
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Fri, 22 October 1999 00:00 |
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In article
lo...@Hotmail.dinges.com "lou" writes:
> @sympatico.ca wrote:
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>> Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
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>>
>> I will inform our Governor-General of your sentiments about Canadians. She
>> is of Chinese persuasion, having come as a refugee to Canadian shores at the
> age
>> of ten.
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> Ag nee - daar gaat sy al weer - Peter - you are in big akkies my boy -
> the Governor-General will be on your case!! Run now while you still have
> a chance!!
>
Yes, I rather enjoyed that ineffectual threat. Anybody would think that
there would be troops of Mounties after me in their sweet little red coats,
like something out of 'Village People'.
--
Peter H.M. Brooks
"My own opinion - which I may as well indicate at tha outset - is that pure
Anarchism, though it should be the ultimate ideal, to which society should
continually approximate, is for the present impossible.." - Bertrand Russell
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Fri, 22 October 1999 00:00 |
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In article @sympatico.ca writes:
> most prolific exports to the United States from Canada are
> comedians.
>
LOL! That is really delightful! The Yanks are so utterly lacking in
humour [they have a slapstick sub-species of humour that they call
'humor'] that they need to import it from Canada! Bloody hell, talk
about desperate...
--
Peter H.M. Brooks
"My own opinion - which I may as well indicate at tha outset - is that pure
Anarchism, though it should be the ultimate ideal, to which society should
continually approximate, is for the present impossible.." - Bertrand Russell
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| Re: Die Nuwe Suid-Afrikaanse Taalbeleid [boodskap #27603 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #27507] |
Fri, 22 October 1999 00:00 |
Norman Coyne
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@sympatico.ca wrote:
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> Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
>
>> However, if you are a politically correct fascist with no
>> sense of humour
>
>>> Do I understand that you indicate that Canadians suffer more from
>>> personality problems than other persuasions?
>>
>> Yes. Many are infested with political correctness - for one thing.
Unfortunately VERY true Peter but that applies to most western nations
today.
>
> I would rather be politcally correct than be a whitey that has to get his kicks
> bytelling condescending jokes about his own countrymen that do not happen to be
> white.
You seem to have a great preoccupation with skin colour, Mr No Name
Brand of sympatico. The joke was about language not skin colour, I
suggest you learn the ratios of skin colours who have Afrikaans as their
first language before you start showing your lack of a sense of humour.
>
> I will inform our Governor-General of your sentiments about Canadians. She
> is of Chinese persuasion, having come as a refugee to Canadian shores at the age
> of ten.
How do you know she is of chinese persuasion? I could have sworn she was
a Canadian.
Also a great many Canadians would challenge her suitability for the
position other than the fact that;
a. She is a woman.
b. She is from a visible minority.
c. She is a political appointee of Jean Cretin's eastern Canadian
government.
>
> Here in Canada we spell hierarchy (we have plenty of it) thus. Do they do it
> differently now in Her Majesty's last dominion?
What a petty point of argument. Does your car have a bonnet or a hood?
Norman A proud South African in Alberta
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"Peter H.M. Brooks" wrote in message ...
>> And would Peter like to expand on Canadian "political correct fascism" &
>> other anti Canadian sentiments.
>>
> I wouldn't say that they were 'anti-canadian'. They are simply true. Canada
> invented political correctness and the infestation spread from there. Canada
> is known as one of the most boring countries on the planet by everybody who
> has been there - the only 'good thing' that has come out of it for decades
> is 'South Park' and that is hardly something for a nation to be deeply
> proud of, is it?
>
I read somewhere that diplomats in training are warned that Canadians are
incapable of finding humour in political situations.
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pe...[1]
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In article eg...@connect.ab.ca "Norman" writes:
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>
>>>> Do I understand that you indicate that Canadians suffer more from
>>>> personality problems than other persuasions?
>>>
>>> Yes. Many are infested with political correctness - for one thing.
>
> Unfortunately VERY true Peter but that applies to most western nations
> today.
> The good news is that this problem is on the wane.
>
>>
>> I would rather be politcally correct than be a whitey that has to get his
> kicks
>> bytelling condescending jokes about his own countrymen that do not happen to
> be
>> white.
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> You seem to have a great preoccupation with skin colour, Mr No Name
> Brand of sympatico. The joke was about language not skin colour, I
> suggest you learn the ratios of skin colours who have Afrikaans as their
> first language before you start showing your lack of a sense of humour.
>
You are quite right.
--
Peter H.M. Brooks
"My own opinion - which I may as well indicate at tha outset - is that pure
Anarchism, though it should be the ultimate ideal, to which society should
continually approximate, is for the present impossible.." - Bertrand Russell
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Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
> Canada
> is known as one of the most boring countries
> - the only 'good thing' that has come out of it for decades
> is 'South Park' and that is hardly something for a nation to be deeply
> proud of, is it?
I did not even know "South Park" was created by Canadians.But it just shows how
ignorant you are, Mr. What's your name,
there in Her Majesty's last humourless bastion. If you know
anything about current culture, you would know that one of the
most prolific exports to the United States from Canada are
comedians. Saturday Night Live is produced by a Canadian.
The World's main comedy festival is held in Montreal.
One of the bastards who killed Kenny.
>
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Fri, 22 October 1999 00:00 |
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In article eg...@connect.ab.ca "Norman" writes:
> Really children, please control yourselves.
> Now if our sympatico protagonist tell us;
> a. what he found objectionable at Peter's enjoyment of a rather old
> South African joke (pre 1994), aimed not at the black pump attendant but
> rather at Afrikaner preoccupation with "die taal" rather like the PQ, &
>
I hadn't heard it before, so it was new to me. You are right about the
target, but I liked the sympathetic treatment of all parties - a pleasantly
gentle humour.
>
> c. To which spelling errors you were alluding.
>
The spelling error in my signature - I pointed out that spelling errors
in a signature help get it noticed, something that I have noticed before.
Actually any errors help, I had lots of discussion on a signature that
I attributed to Janis Joplin wrongly, it was 'Freedom is just another word
for nothing left to lose'.
>
> And would Peter like to expand on Canadian "political correct fascism" &
> other anti Canadian sentiments.
>
I wouldn't say that they were 'anti-canadian'. They are simply true. Canada
invented political correctness and the infestation spread from there. Canada
is known as one of the most boring countries on the planet by everybody who
has been there - the only 'good thing' that has come out of it for decades
is 'South Park' and that is hardly something for a nation to be deeply
proud of, is it?
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Peter H.M. Brooks
Vote for the creation of the uk.philosophy.* heirachy and encourage civilised
debate on usenet! For a form write to Alan Fleming a...@contract.co.uk
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In article
oos...@geocities.com "Leendert van Oostrum" writes:
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>> I wouldn't say that they were 'anti-canadian'. They are simply true. Canada
>> invented political correctness and the infestation spread from there.
> Canada
>> is known as one of the most boring countries on the planet by everybody who
>> has been there - the only 'good thing' that has come out of it for decades
>> is 'South Park' and that is hardly something for a nation to be deeply
>> proud of, is it?
>
> I read somewhere that diplomats in training are warned that Canadians are
> incapable of finding humour in political situations.
>
I like that! It would be a very diplomatic way of telling the diplomats
not to expect them to understand the humour of any other situations either.
--
Peter H.M. Brooks
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debate on usenet! For a form write to Alan Fleming a...@contract.co.uk
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@sympatico.ca wrote:
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> Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
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>
> I will inform our Governor-General of your sentiments about Canadians. She
> is of Chinese persuasion, having come as a refugee to Canadian shores at the age
> of ten.
Ag nee - daar gaat sy al weer - Peter - you are in big akkies my boy -
the Governor-General will be on your case!! Run now while you still have
a chance!!
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In article
chri...@uswest.net "christopher f" writes:
> Impotent?? The upper lip is the only thing that ever gets stiff on an
> English bastard.
>
I am not really that curious, but you could tell us what experience led
you to feel such envy for the English? Was your mother left by an Englishman,
or did you fail to compete with one?
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Peter H.M. Brooks
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