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Offline Snoopy

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Found this today and thought you might like it.
« on: August 06, 2007, 10:48:53 AM »
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"Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

Sums it up nicely I felt.
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Re: Found this today and thought you might like it.
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2007, 11:41:02 AM »
Really? It reads more like a bit of meaningless verbal diarrhea to me.

Who are the 'delusional, illogical minority'? and I'd say that the 'mainstream press', rather than rabidly promoting political correctness, use the phrase to put down those who try to fight discrimination and unfair treatment.

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Re: Found this today and thought you might like it.
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2007, 11:49:33 AM »
And who said this site does not promote debate?  whistle:
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Re: Found this today and thought you might like it.
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2007, 11:58:48 AM »
I do try  ;)

It's evident that we're fairly like-minded people on this site which is why we gravitated from 'other places' in the first place.

Doesn't mean that we have to agree on everything though. 

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Re: Found this today and thought you might like it.
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2007, 12:29:49 PM »
I agree
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Re: Found this today and thought you might like it.
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2007, 12:48:04 PM »
I found it on an American board ~ similar to this one. I wondered who they might have been quoting so Googled for the answer. Found 13,200 "results". I confess I have not looked at all of them but a number of posters on a number of different sites have picked it up and are using it as as signature. It can only be a matter of time before it appears as a signature in "Another Place".
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Re: Found this today and thought you might like it.
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2007, 01:40:47 PM »
I agree
I disagree with your agreement? if that helps?  shrugs:
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Re: Found this today and thought you might like it.
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2007, 01:59:53 PM »
You are entitled to do so, agreed. And my smite was only in the interests of tidiness.

I now have some extra large full stops in stock if anyone is making posters or suchlike for the pub. They are Canadian. A present from Mrs Nick when she found them in a shop.
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Re: Found this today and thought you might like it.
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2007, 02:10:18 PM »
I knew she'd put a stop to you in the end.  point:
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Re: Found this today and thought you might like it.
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2007, 02:28:11 PM »
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"Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

Sums it up nicely I felt.

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Re: Found this today and thought you might like it.
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2007, 02:31:32 PM »
Looks like question marks have gone missing now.  ::)

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Re: Found this today and thought you might like it.
« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2007, 02:35:43 PM »
You are entitled to do so, agreed. And my smite was only in the interests of tidiness.

I now have some extra large full stops in stock if anyone is making posters or suchlike for the pub. They are Canadian. A present from Mrs Nick when she found them in a shop.

Speaking of which, where is my present?

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Re: Found this today and thought you might like it.
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2007, 02:36:42 PM »
Looks like question marks have gone missing now.  ::)

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Re: Found this today and thought you might like it.
« Reply #14 on: August 06, 2007, 02:38:13 PM »
You are entitled to do so, agreed. And my smite was only in the interests of tidiness.

I now have some extra large full stops in stock if anyone is making posters or suchlike for the pub. They are Canadian. A present from Mrs Nick when she found them in a shop.

Speaking of which, where is my present?

Here you are

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