Canada to firmly re-assess its status as a British colony

[dps]

Since when has that stopped any Languishite? 

In this particular case it was Barrister Boy instructing us to stop responding to Raz.  I thought responding to him after that would make me look bad.

Your posts tend to make you look bad, whether you're responding to Raz or someone else.   

[HVC]

Since when has that stopped any Languishite? 

In this particular case it was Barrister Boy instructing us to stop responding to Raz.  I thought responding to him after that would make me look bad.

Stop.

Hold on.

Let me get this straight:

Someone on languish actually listened to what I said?

*thud*

Every once in a while people make mistakes. Can't always hold it against them

[Valmy]

Your posts tend to make you look bad, whether you're responding to Raz or someone else.   

So why make a bad situation worse?

[Malthus]

Since when has that stopped any Languishite? 

In this particular case it was Barrister Boy instructing us to stop responding to Raz.  I thought responding to him after that would make me look bad.

Stop.

Hold on.

Let me get this straight:

Someone on languish actually listened to what I said?

*thud*

Hey, I listen all the time.


...




How else would I know what to make fun of next? 

[Valmy]

Stop.

Hold on.

Let me get this straight:

Someone on languish actually listened to what I said?

*thud*

Are you kidding?  You are my Languish SuperEgo.

[Barrister]

Stop.

Hold on.

Let me get this straight:

Someone on languish actually listened to what I said?

*thud*

Are you kidding?  You are my Languish SuperEgo.

[Malthus]

Stop.

Hold on.

Let me get this straight:

Someone on languish actually listened to what I said?

*thud*

Are you kidding?  You are my Languish SuperEgo.

Well, thank goodness he isn't your Languish Id.

An overpowering urge to play curling is a terrible affliction for a Texan. 

[Barrister]

Stop.

Hold on.

Let me get this straight:

Someone on languish actually listened to what I said?

*thud*

Are you kidding?  You are my Languish SuperEgo.

Well, thank goodness he isn't your Languish Id.

An overpowering urge to play curling is a terrible affliction for a Texan. 

You don't "play curling".

You curl.

And it's a noble sport, no matter where you live.  Why - there's even a curling club in Austin!

http://www.lonestarcurlingclub.org/

[grumbler]

Huh?  I stated my point already.  Saying things like 'Well if France had won the Seven Years War it all would have made no difference because once the Revolution happens..'

Well that is a pretty big departure to just assume everything would have gone the same way.  Even something far less significant like the personal failings of Louis might have had it go far differently.  That is why Alt His does not really work for  me, my suspension of disbelief is hard to get out of the way.  Did I not just say this exact same thing?  Why are you asking 'So what?'?

One can make an interesting speculation about a change in a historical event; one cannot make an interesting speculation based on "well, if people had been different..." because it was possible for France to have won the Seven Years' War; it wasn't possible for the King of France in 1789 to have been a different person with the same name.

I agree with you that suspension of disbelief is impossible in the case of a different Louis XVI, but disagree in the case of a French victory of some type in the SYW; we can postulate with some knowledge as to how the latter could have come about; the former is fantasy.

[Razgovory]

I wouldn't bother responding to Raz in this thread.

  I think these are legitimate questions.

[Malthus]

Stop.

Hold on.

Let me get this straight:

Someone on languish actually listened to what I said?

*thud*

Are you kidding?  You are my Languish SuperEgo.

Well, thank goodness he isn't your Languish Id.

An overpowering urge to play curling is a terrible affliction for a Texan. 

You don't "play curling".

You curl.

And it's a noble sport, no matter where you live.  Why - there's even a curling club in Austin!

http://www.lonestarcurlingclub.org/

Telling a Texan that he may have "an urge to curl" can be misconstrued as some sort of euphemism. 

[Barrister]

Stop.

Hold on.

Let me get this straight:

Someone on languish actually listened to what I said?

*thud*

Are you kidding?  You are my Languish SuperEgo.

Well, thank goodness he isn't your Languish Id.

An overpowering urge to play curling is a terrible affliction for a Texan. 

You don't "play curling".

You curl.

And it's a noble sport, no matter where you live.  Why - there's even a curling club in Austin!

http://www.lonestarcurlingclub.org/

Telling a Texan that he may have "an urge to curl" can be misconstrued as some sort of euphemism. 

A euphemism for having fun playing a centuries old scottish game involving 40lb granite rocks?

[crazy canuck]

A euphemism for having fun playing a centuries old scottish game involving 40lb granite rocks?

Valmy and Marti may be getting excited now.

[Razgovory]

I dunno?  Do the English do such things?  Do the Germans?  Do they feel so strongly about their culture that someone displaying another cultural artifact is "Deeply offensive" to them?

Yes nobody else in the entire world is offended by anything.  Only French speakers ever get offended.

Anyway they banned it as a religious symbol not a cultural one.  They see it as a breach of the separation of church and state.  Like some Americans find nativity scenes on public grounds offensive.

The headscarf is more cultural then religious.  Some Muslims do not wear it.  I ask again, did the Germans or the English ban this?  I believe in Britain Welsh is an official language.  Does France have multiple official languages like the UK.  Is Breton protected?  Must signs in Southern France have Occitan "more predominate"?

Why don't you google or wiki for these answers? I dont get it.

The point was to get Valmy to admit they are not.  The article that Viking posted blatantly says what I was claiming, that France sees itself fighting the English language.  The bitching and moaning about English and the need to for French to predominate is rooted in French culture, which is why I brought France into this.

France presents itself as a big country struggling for cultural diversity against the predominance of English in international affairs. According to French republican ideology (see also Laïcité), all citizens are equal and therefore no groups may exercise extra rights; this is an idea stemming from the French Revolution, contrasting with the previous situation in which many groups had special rights and privileges.

[Oexmelin]

I thought the point was validating some vague, misguided form of essentialism of French culture on your part.