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Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes Sue, I read your post, especially the bit > where you said "I can't think such statements can > be doing your "French fashion consultant" business > (or whatever it is) any favours, except amongst > the more right wing readers of the forum". > > What did you mean by that exactly? > > And "you imagine that all asylum seekers must be a > different race to you"? Well, kind of, as by > definition they are not British. Ergo, they are a > different nationality and therefore covered by the > Race Relations Act, which is why saying nasty > things about the French or the Irish is, indeed, > racist. Xxxxxx The Race Relations Act covers discrimination on the grounds of various things including both race AND nationality. Race is not the same as nationality. And since the posts leading up to mine have now been deleted, I have no intention of continuing any discussion out of the context of those posts. If I think somebody is making racist comments I will say so outright, as I have on this forum in the past. If I had thought the OP was racist I would have said so. I didn't. I am not posting any more on this thread. As far as I am concerned I have made my views quite clear so if anyone claims not to understand them, that's too bad.

There are quite often reports on the forum of similar groups of people selling rubbish tea towels etc from door to door in ED at vastly inflated prices, and claiming to come from some (bogus) charity or other.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Mick Mac Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Personally Sue I think you should apologise > for > > > saying the OP was racist. > > > > xxxxxx > > > > Eh? Where did I say the OP was racist? > > Sue is, of course, correct. She definitely did > not say the OP was racist. She might have > suggested, hinted, indicated, offered, prompted, > propounded, connoted and implied it. But Sue > definitely did not say it. > > (This post has be brought to you by thesaurus.com) xxxxxxx Christ almighty. Have you actually bothered to read my post where I explained my objections to the OP's describing the person who scratched her car as an asylum seeker? It's nothing to do with race - except perhaps in your mind, as perhaps you imagine that all asylum seekers must be a different race to you? Jesus Christ. Do feel free to continue to deliberately misinterpret what I say. It keeps Jeremy amused, anyway :))

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Personally Sue I think you should apologise for > saying the OP was racist. xxxxxx Eh? Where did I say the OP was racist? Asylum seekers may be of any race, surely? Of course I am not going to apologise for something I did not say!! "asylum seeker noun noun: asylum seeker; plural noun: asylum seekers 1. a person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another." I objected to her stating that the person who apparently scratched her car was an asylum seeker, thus reinforcing people's ideas that asylum seekers are criminals. I wondered why it was necessary to include that fact - surely it would have been enough merely to complain that her car had been scratched, which most people would have sympathised with anyway. At least she wasn't making an assumption in this case, but nevertheless, many people in this country seem determined enough already to exclude from it anybody needing help, without fanning the flames. And so near Christmas, too. No room in the inn and all that :( And no, I'm not a Christian. ETA: But I suspect that many of the people who would like to shut out all asylum seekers from this country call themselves Christians :( And it's an absolute nonsense to say that describing a criminal's gender etc is the same as describing them as an asylum seeker. The implications are completely different in a climate where people/press/politicians with an agenda are whipping up feeling against asylum seekers. And it's not even as if the description was for use in identifying or catching somebody who had committed a crime - the person was long caught.

I know the incident itself isn't funny, but this headline (from the Huffington Post) made me laugh: "Iceland's Police Kill Man For The First Time, Ever" Are they expecting to kill him for the second time at some point?

enjoy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How can you, James Barber, name and shame somebody > in public for having a house extension? xxxxxxxx The information re the person's name and full address was already in the public domain. Anybody can have access to it quite easily. And this issue is not about "having a house extension". It's about considerable inconvenience being caused to neighbours and other users of a quite narrow backstreet by somebody wanting to build a basement swimming pool and - apparently - cinema (!!!!) in a relatively small space with - apparently - restricted access. I think people round here should be over the moon to have such a proactive councillor who looks out for the community's best interests, not be constantly slagging him off at every opportunity, often getting their facts wrong. Many councillors attend a few meetings a year and - er - that's it.

Fair enough. However, if you knew who it was and it had been a sober non asylum seeker, would you have thought to have mentioned that in your post? I am not the "ED forum PC police". This has nothing to do with political correctness. If you would have described whoever it was, then fine. However you seemed to think that the fact that it was an asylum seeker was sufficiently significant to mention, even though the crime was a year ago.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Common mistake, but I think you want the East > Dubai Forum... :))

pinecone Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > was it done near barry house? > http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5 > ,313905 xxxxxxx Even if it was near Barry House, unless the OP has clear proof that it was an asylum seeker, "drunk" or not, who damaged her car, she should not be coming on here spreading poisonous and unfounded accusations. ETA: I can't think such statements can be doing your "French fashion consultant" business (or whatever it is) any favours, except amongst the more right wing readers of the forum, as it's certainly put me off ever wishing to find out any more about it.

OMG I got my first Christmas card through the post last week - in NOVEMBER! :( Just received this email: Did you realise that more stamps will be used over the Christmas period than the rest of the year. If you can, please save them up and send them to: Hearing Dogs For Deaf People P.O Box 6198 Leighton Buzzard Beds LU7 9XT. UK. All correspondence (membership renewal, monetary donations etc) should be sent to our headquarters. For economical reasons we cannot reply to all donations of stamps but please continue to send them on a regular basis. Please cut/ tear the stamps from the envelope leaving approximately 1/2 cm of paper around the stamp. Foreign stamps can be sent separately and marked clearly on the front of the package ?Foreign Stamps Only? as these generate a greater revenue.

Capt'n Tortue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > After having my wing mirror smashed off by drunk > asylum seeker Christmas 2012 morning. xxxxxxxx And you know it was a "drunk asylum seeker" - how?

unlurked Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My Sunday lunch in a local pub was spoiled > yesterday by parents that did not control their > kids. Kids were screaming and shouting, running > and jumping around tables, and throwing pub board > games all over. One set of diners moved table. > Give me kid unfriendly all the time until selfish > parents can control kids crap behaviour. xxxxxxx Which pub?? And why didn't the staff do anything??

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > http://eveningharold.com/2013/11/29/police-warning > -over-sinister-clowns-giving-speeches-about-iq/ xxxxxxx :))

numbers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mick Mac - a Christmas jumper > > SJ - Madonna's Greatest Hits > > Sue - shares in the Ivy House > > Foxy - a la carte meal at the Patch xxxxxxx Thanks, numbers, I already have some :) Very kind thought though :)

bloodyjon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What a typical James storm in a tea cup Barber > post. Some people might believe that a swimming > pool is excessive (I do) but I really don't see > what relevance it to this discussion. Would the > road closures have been less bad if they were > building something else? xxxxxxx That is unfair to James. And yes in my view the road closures would be less bad if they were building something else - something of use to the wider community, for example.

DirtyBox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I always piss on my cans before drinking them, > washes away the rats piss xxxxxxx You don't work in a shop, do you? :)) ETA: As in, replacing the unhygienic rats' piss with your own prior to selling the goods .....

simonethebeaver Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not really. I'm fairly relaxed about stuff, but > drinking directly from cans that rats and mice in > warehouse may have run over, with their leaky > little bladders, is a bit grim. xxxxxxx Not if you just don't think about it :) You'd never get out of bed if you worried about everything you might do which had a hygiene implication! How many people do you know who have ever become ill through drinking out of a contaminated can?

DulwichBorn&Bred Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As for the shops , always wash cans and tins in > case mice etc have urinated on them and dirty > hands touching the items . xxxxx Oh for goodness sake. That's verging on OCD, sorry.

SebsC Wrote: Apparently a total of 6 > members of staff have left meaning they have 1 > person left for reception, phones etc. I should be > hearing back again today with regards to what is > going to be done to improve the situation whilst > they are finding full time staff again. xxxxxx I would be interested to know why so many staff members have left simultaneously, and if there is a common reason or if it is just coincidence. If there is a common reason, and if it is connected with the way the practice is run, I'd like to know what the practice intends to do to ensure that it can recruit and retain competent replacement staff. Otherwise this situation will just keep repeating itself. ETA: And surely they can get temps to cover the phones? I realise dealing with callers with medical issues is not like being in a call centre, but surely anything would be better than nothing, even if they have to take messages and get somebody else to call a person back? Surely anybody can get to grips with an appointment system so that at least callers could make appointments?

SteveUK1978 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > The owner must have a friend on the planning > committee xxxxxx Or as BNG says above, brown envelopes and cash have been involved. Surely obtaining planning permission must take into account unreasonable disruption to others? ETA: It's not like it's a new medical centre or something, where the longer term advantage would outweigh the shorter term disruption. It's a bloody private swimming pool!

It's an unusual name. Googling it brings up (apart from the Linked In link) an Elisa Onuoha living in SE6, with a link to her full address. OK it may be a completely different person, but she could either have moved from that address or moved to that address, so worth investigating? It's on 192.com and from quite old electoral records, but if you still don't want to open the letter/s and you still want to contact her, it's probably your only hope (unless the council might help?) http://www.192.com/atoz/people/onuoha/elisa/se6/3861068667/

I have emailed Jenny Sargeant the following (I live just round the corner): I understand that Crawthew Road is to be closed because somebody wants to build a swimming pool in their basement. Please could you explain why residents, visitors and people who work in the area should be inconvenienced for such a very long time for the benefit of people owning one house, and how this swimming pool came to get planning permission in the first place? Thank you.

edcam Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You're beginning to sound a teensy bit like a > tosser now woodrot. xxxxxx Ah that's unfair, it made me laugh :))

It could be funny - but it just doesn't ring true, sorry ....

brain_opera Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I can absolutely believe this would happen at DMC, > and one of the reasons being you never see the > same GP twice, and just from notes, you don't get > the full picture. xxxxxx Eh? You can ask to see whatever GP you want. If you don't, then you probably won't see the same GP twice .....