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#91

Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread

Last post by Josquius - April 26, 2024, 08:13:55 AM

I live within walking distance of Millwall's stadium and many Millwall pubs and can only agree with Gups

Curious, I seem to recall the flat you almost bought but didn't was also near there.
I suspect you're actually a secret Millwall fan. Why else would anyone claim to support the blue Liverpool team? :p

#92

Gaming HQ / Re: The NEW New Boardgames Thr...

Last post by Habbaku - April 26, 2024, 07:51:49 AM

I have, indeed, only played 1 v. 1, many many times. I can't recommend the 4-player rules-set because of that and am pretty leery of it being worthwhile.

Similar to Dune: War for Arrakis and War of the Ring, the games are initially designed as 2-player and it seems to me that the 4-player rules are tacked on as a marketing ploy.

I do hope it works out, regardless. I also recommend playing out a turn or two solo so you don't encounter too many stumbles if you're teaching the game.

#93

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Sheilbh - April 26, 2024, 07:48:32 AM

Just discovered there's a mini-chain of Uyghur restaurants (one in Leicester, one in London) that is engaged in some incredible historical, international trolling of Italians.

All their dishes have Italian names, which is where they initially came from on the Silk Road. So noodles are "Original linguine" and polo (like plov or pilaf) is "Original risotto"

I can only hope the Italians mad at food discover it at some point.

#94

Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread

Last post by Sheilbh - April 26, 2024, 07:43:48 AM

I live within walking distance of Millwall's stadium and many Millwall pubs and can only agree with Gups

#95

Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread

Last post by FunkMonk - April 26, 2024, 06:16:11 AM

 

By common consensus I will also support Palace instead of Milwall. Although because Palace have been in the prem for awhile I've seen them play a lot and I actually kind of like them already so I feel that is cheating.

#96

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by The Brain - April 26, 2024, 05:05:07 AM

If the Jewish guy wasn't holding such a sign then your comment makes no sense. Did he hold such a sign or didn't he?

Don't play Raz.

OK then. Forget the sign. The black guy (lets assume he's 100% non-Jewish in any way) is wearing a kippah. 
Do you think he wouldn't be stopped?

Their problem with the guy was that he was 'openly Jewish', not the color of his skin. If a non-Jew dressed up as a Jew the police stopping him for being 'openly Jewish' or not would I think be decided by how convincingly it was done. I don't think they would tell a guy with a kippah who they don't think is actually Jewish that he was 'openly Jewish', they may in that case think instead that it's some kind of "blackface" situation, which may or may not make them stop him for that. My guess is that the police would be less likely to consider Jewish a guy who looks say East Asian or Black, nevermind that Jews come in all colors.

#97

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Josquius - April 26, 2024, 04:48:23 AM

If the Jewish guy wasn't holding such a sign then your comment makes no sense. Did he hold such a sign or didn't he?

Don't play Raz.

OK then. Forget the sign. The black guy (lets assume he's 100% non-Jewish in any way) is wearing a kippah. 
Do you think he wouldn't be stopped?

#98

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by The Brain - April 26, 2024, 04:46:59 AM

It isn't the first time we've seen something like this happen. I've seen it first hand myself when the far right are given the right to do their thing the anti-fascists are cordoned off from them. This doesn't mean the fascists are regarded as being right. Its just the police doing their job and trying to minimise trouble.
This particular case was bad because of the horrible clumsy language the cop used, not because he wanted to keep a guy in a kippah away from a march where some people might be anti semites of some form (though you also get Jews in such protests too) and looking for someone to lash out at.

Is it common for the police to keep anti-fascists of some ethnicities or religions cordoned off while letting other anti-fascists interact with the fascists?

You're insinuating if a black guy had come along with a sign saying "Support Israel! Destroy Hamas!" the police wouldn't have stopped him too?

I didn't see anything about such a sign in the article. Source?

What are you talking about?
There was no black guy with a sign. Its how we could test your hypothesis however.

If the Jewish guy wasn't holding such a sign then your comment makes no sense. Did he hold such a sign or didn't he?

#99

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Josquius - April 26, 2024, 04:43:54 AM

It isn't the first time we've seen something like this happen. I've seen it first hand myself when the far right are given the right to do their thing the anti-fascists are cordoned off from them. This doesn't mean the fascists are regarded as being right. Its just the police doing their job and trying to minimise trouble.
This particular case was bad because of the horrible clumsy language the cop used, not because he wanted to keep a guy in a kippah away from a march where some people might be anti semites of some form (though you also get Jews in such protests too) and looking for someone to lash out at.

Is it common for the police to keep anti-fascists of some ethnicities or religions cordoned off while letting other anti-fascists interact with the fascists?

You're insinuating if a black guy had come along with a sign saying "Support Israel! Destroy Hamas!" the police wouldn't have stopped him too?

I didn't see anything about such a sign in the article. Source?

What are you talking about?
There was no black guy with a sign. Its how we could test your hypothesis however.

#100

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by The Brain - April 26, 2024, 04:43:26 AM

It isn't the first time we've seen something like this happen. I've seen it first hand myself when the far right are given the right to do their thing the anti-fascists are cordoned off from them. This doesn't mean the fascists are regarded as being right. Its just the police doing their job and trying to minimise trouble.
This particular case was bad because of the horrible clumsy language the cop used, not because he wanted to keep a guy in a kippah away from a march where some people might be anti semites of some form (though you also get Jews in such protests too) and looking for someone to lash out at.

Is it common for the police to keep anti-fascists of some ethnicities or religions cordoned off while letting other anti-fascists interact with the fascists?

You're insinuating if a black guy had come along with a sign saying "Support Israel! Destroy Hamas!" the police wouldn't have stopped him too?

I didn't see anything about such a sign in the article. Source?