Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

[dik9]

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[Laxie]

Norrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - I can't stand that fecking song!  Can't turn on the radio in Ireland without hearing it at least a dozen times in the day.  Sigh.

[Geo the Sarge]

Today was Holocaust Memorial day.

For Mrs Red and I, it started at 6:30am. First we went to Ripley to take part in an event where we manned an information stall.

After that we went to Derby Cathedral for a remembrance service, and then on to the Quad for another event. My group were proud to do a little presentation to honour the memory of the Gypsies who were murdered in the concentration camps.

We arrived home at around 11:30pm. a 17 hour day. We're exhausted.

I have to say this though. It was a truly momentous day, a red letter day, a day when I met people, and heard stories that I will never forget.

I heard stories of terrible atrocities, of desperation, of amazing courage, of survival, and of hope.

I learned many things today, but if I had to pick one, it would be this.


Simple basic human decency is without a doubt civilisation's most precious commodity.

 

The rarer the commodity the more precious it is and in this day and age it seems to be very rare.

Glad you both had a good day Tom.

Geo

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[Laxie]

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii - nearly there!  Well done Sir. 

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In my experience, people from minority ethnic groups can be just as likely to see people from other groups as stereotypes, and that Includes Gypsies.

I'm afraid that the opinions of your friends are fairly common. Even members of the Gypsy  community are appalled to see such scantily clad girls, but at least we know that their morals are sound. Whereas outsiders think that they are tarts.

But, that's what happens when extraordinary behaviour is passed of as typical behaviour, and recent fashion is passed off as tradition.

I've been to dozens of genuine typical Gypsy weddings where bride, groom and guests were dressed like any other wedding party.

What you're seeing on TV is just sensationalism. If they had been filming outlandish weddings from the settled community, how long would it take to find some prime examples. Underwater weddings, sky-diving weddings, nude weddings, even celebrity weddings.

Entertaining yes. Typical, no.

By the way. I notice that those guys didn't discuss how wrong it was to smash people's homes up with bulldozers, and throw them off their own land, or or to drag old women through the mud while the police looked on.

No. the main topic of conversation was how the girls were dressed.

Sooooooo

How do you feel about Facebook allowing this stuff? Surely it's like any other form of racism?

I feel pretty bad about it as you can imagine, but not as bad as I feel about the government allowing newspapers like The Sun to run a "Stamp on the camps" campaign.

Not as bad as I feel about seeing a (so called) civilised, modern, cultured country like France round up and deport it's Gypsies, not in 1939, but in 2010.

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Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii - nearly there!  Well done Sir. 

Yes, almost there. Although I will probably decide to lose a bit more once I get under 14st.

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Harry Hot-Pot?

Close, but no ceegar.

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I'm sorry Rich, but that's absolute drivel.

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Glad you both had a good day Tom.

Geo

Thank you Sergeant.

Geo. I've just realised that when we write Sergeant, we spell it with an e, but we we write Sarge, we spell it with an a.

Isn't that odd?

[RED-DOG]

What a fabulous morning it is here. It's bitingly cold, but the sky is just a vast expanse of clear, cloudless blue. Everything is so bright, it's like my eyes are 20 years younger.

I wonder what we did to deserve a morning like this? Perhaps God made it for himself, but then got too busy to use it.

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I'm going for a walk. I'll be back in an hour. (ish

[The Camel]

Tom, if you were staked (or partially staked), will you play the WSOP main event?

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Tom, if you were staked (or partially staked), will you play the WSOP main event?

I've typed out 6 different replies so far Keith, none of which I'm happy with. Do you mind if a take a little time before I answer?

BTW- I'm very touched and somewhat embarrassed that people have already offered to buy a bit of me.

[mondatoo]

2.5% of WSOP plz, 10% of Ukipt DTD