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Mait001 wrote:

and are, in any event, too busy earning a living to spend a
day in slow-walking down Central London streets

Precisely. You don't give a **** about anything except yourself.

Well, who cares about you?

Except, people who are "too busy earning a living", are also "too busy" to
know
when they're being ****ed up the ass -- at least until it's too late.

Fortunately, at least in this country, there is a tradition of people who
think.

Feel free to join.

Utterly prejudiced nonsense.

What is?

If I said something wrong, please point it out -- precisely.


Okay, here goes:-

1. I do "give a ****" about lots of things apart from myself.

Ok. It's an affirmation, but I'll take you at your word for now.

2. Lots of people care about me (or at least they say they do).

ditto.

3. Your phrase ending with the words "****ed up the ass" is a bit obtuse for me

Phrases are not generally said to be "obtuse". It's not the first time today
I heard the word used incorrectly. Perhaps you meant "abstruse", or perhaps,
just not specific. In any case, "****ed up the ass" means doing something
very bad to you -- like lying to you, or ****ing on your rights.

- if you explain what you mean then I'll be able to reply.

Yeah.

4. Your implication that I do not think is misconceived: you confuse inability
to think with disagreeing with your view.

I think your views, and particularly your WORDS here relating to the
rights to demonstrate, illustrate a blockage in your thought process
department. I'm willing to discuss that publicly with you, and in painful
detail.

5. I am a British subject already, so there is nothing for me to "join".

Specifically I was talking about those subjects who think.

Precise enough?

I think you'll find I am just that.

Or is the right to demonstrate MORE IMPORTANT than the right to work?

I'd say it is.

That's your opinion and, on it, we'l just have to differ.

Certainly it's more fundamental. Take it away, and you'd have difficulty
justifying most other rights, (that had previously been taken for granted).

An interesting philosophical point...

....it wasn't just a "philosophical point" to the people of say Romania
less than fifteen years ago -- was it?

Your RIGHT to demonstrate is a lot more powerful than even your right
to vote. The Romanians removed a dictator by demonstrating.

but as it happens I regard duty as more
important than "rights" anyway,

Like the right to complain about European integration?

Great. In that case just shut up. You have no rights, and you don't count.

and it's not only a right to work,

But who cares about rights? Duty to the Party is more important
--isn't that what you're saying? Or what?

in my view,

Yep.

as long as one is able to do so,

For how long will that be?

it is also a duty to work.

Good. No rights for you then.

Hands up -- anyone else?

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kedron