tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post116270931688759550..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: If you remember, you weren't thereTim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162817363876324142006-11-06T12:49:00.000+00:002006-11-06T12:49:00.000+00:00Billy has hit the nail firmly on the head ... bein...Billy has hit the nail firmly on the head ... being of Romany blood (and proud of it), I was nonplussed when the term 'chav' started to gain currency ... I regard it as a term of racist abuse, since it is an insult exclusively thrown at the white English working class ... usually by people who are inordinately interested in policing other people's language.<BR/>Nice one, Billy.St. Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05539878989031969603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162753157536877952006-11-05T18:59:00.000+00:002006-11-05T18:59:00.000+00:00I only got as far as the third line. I refuse to r...I only got as far as the third line. I refuse to read anything by anyone who uses the word "chav" unless they're actually Romany.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841187654606981532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162747957156083142006-11-05T17:32:00.000+00:002006-11-05T17:32:00.000+00:00Yeah, Anderson doesn't even have a Wikipedia entry...Yeah, Anderson doesn't even have a Wikipedia entry. The Jules Munshin/Horst Bucchholz of OZ.<BR/><BR/>I know what you mean about radicals turning rightwards, Anthony, but surely he could have used that in the article - a mea culpa for his youthful indiscretions, etc.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162747615464356202006-11-05T17:26:00.000+00:002006-11-05T17:26:00.000+00:00Fancy that OZ thing surfacing again. Jim Anderson ...Fancy that OZ thing surfacing again. Jim Anderson seems to have vaporized. Richard Neville is back in Oz, doing public speaking. Felix now has a very nice little place in the Caribbean from whence he writes poetry.Dick Headleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978203284842718331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162746124303321092006-11-05T17:02:00.000+00:002006-11-05T17:02:00.000+00:00How funny is that, getting a lesser sentence for b...How funny is that, getting a lesser sentence for being a bit thick? The shame of it.<BR/>(If memory serves, a very similar defence was trotted out by Lester Piggot's brief, when he was up for tax dodging ... I'd rather take my knocks than go for that).<BR/>Can't imagine Hugh Grant as Richard Neville.<BR/>It's a standard journey, I'm afraid - from young firebrand to conservative old fart ... look at the likes of the Angry Young Men.<BR/>The opposite journey, young conservative to old radical. is much rarer. Not sure if Michael Portillo fits the bill ... red-blood Tory to touchy-feely liberal ... can't trust him either way.St. Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05539878989031969603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162738568785860502006-11-05T14:56:00.000+00:002006-11-05T14:56:00.000+00:00The world is truly a confusing place when you can ...The world is truly a confusing place when you can progress from OZ to the Sunday Tel. Although knowing that makes me feel slightly less conflicted about agreeing with part of that article: I had cause to visit a police station earlier this week and was amazed that nothing seems to be computerised.orange anubishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05063487149276940191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1162729905952280402006-11-05T12:31:00.000+00:002006-11-05T12:31:00.000+00:00Presumably the Telegraph knows who he is, the hypo...Presumably the Telegraph knows who he is, the hypocrisy of age eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com