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[purdey]

As I said earlier, yes the word is used by the young, but the elder still find the term offensive, as originally intended.

[BOF]

I don't think you can blame Mountbatten for the increasing divergence between the Hindus and Moslems in the 1940s; the Moslems just did not want to live under majority Hindu Rule, once the British left.

I see parallels with Cyprus and Sri Lanka; in both cases minorities sought separation following the departure of the British.

Lana

Will the Moderators please respect the "General Chat" section and not bring up politics into every thread ....

However, I do agree; but I would suggest it is no mere coincidence that these countries under discussion, suffered the same fate upon the departure of their common "Master" ....

that would be the "british"master then? not the Dutch,Potuguese,German,russian,turkish,French masters...........
as an aside i do not use the word "paki" but it is a four letter word the same as Brit, Taff, Jock , Mick. '
On the point of Children being racist, lets not forget they are born a blank sheet - it is adults/parents that learn them the fundamentals....
BOF

Check your history BOF ...

.... and "learn" some grammar, before you "teach" your kids ...

BTW ... that's "blank slate" ... not sheet ...

Sorry darling but i was born in Kensington and it was a blank sheet - perhaps were you were raised slate was more readily available?
BOF

[Oracle]

I don't think you can blame Mountbatten for the increasing divergence between the Hindus and Moslems in the 1940s; the Moslems just did not want to live under majority Hindu Rule, once the British left.

I see parallels with Cyprus and Sri Lanka; in both cases minorities sought separation following the departure of the British.

Lana

Will the Moderators please respect the "General Chat" section and not bring up politics into every thread ....

However, I do agree; but I would suggest it is no mere coincidence that these countries under discussion, suffered the same fate upon the departure of their common "Master" ....

that would be the "british"master then? not the Dutch,Potuguese,German,russian,turkish,French masters...........
as an aside i do not use the word "paki" but it is a four letter word the same as Brit, Taff, Jock , Mick. '
On the point of Children being racist, lets not forget they are born a blank sheet - it is adults/parents that learn them the fundamentals....
BOF

Check your history BOF ...

.... and "learn" some grammar, before you "teach" your kids ...

BTW ... that's "blank slate" ... not sheet ...

Sorry darling but i was born in Kensington and it was a blank sheet - perhaps were you were raised slate was more readily available?
BOF

Really! .... the Kensingtonians have tampered with our Latin Heritage? ....

[denizaksulu]

Stay where you are if it's so bad .....

Just the response I expected - how predictable!

Thank your lucky stars you were not shopping in the 'Murder Mile' around 1956/58. You would have seen real hospitality then.

Was that when the British were shooting Cypriot school children

Servicemens wives were not. Beyond that I am not saying who was killing who.

Servicemen's wives & Cypriot Schoolchildren? You are both joking right? Please elaborate.

Whatever country the Briish try to control ends up as a shooting gallery.

[CanDiaz]

Stay where you are if it's so bad .....

Just the response I expected - how predictable!

Thank your lucky stars you were not shopping in the 'Murder Mile' around 1956/58. You would have seen real hospitality then.

Was that when the British were shooting Cypriot school children

Servicemens wives were not. Beyond that I am not saying who was killing who.

Servicemen's wives & Cypriot Schoolchildren? You are both joking right? Please elaborate.

Whatever country the Briish try to control ends up as a shooting gallery.

So your telling me that British soldiers were shooting Cypriot school children & Servicemen's wives? You got a link to back up that claim ?
As if!

[Xybadog]

Stay where you are if it's so bad .....

Just the response I expected - how predictable!

Thank your lucky stars you were not shopping in the 'Murder Mile' around 1956/58. You would have seen real hospitality then.

Was that when the British were shooting Cypriot school children

Servicemens wives were not. Beyond that I am not saying who was killing who.

Servicemen's wives & Cypriot Schoolchildren? You are both joking right? Please elaborate.

Whatever country the Briish try to control ends up as a shooting gallery.

So your telling me that British soldiers were shooting Cypriot school children & Servicemen's wives? You got a link to back up that claim ?
As if!

No, I don't think this is true. I've checked it out, and can find no mention of children killed on Ledra Street (by UK forces). Can't even find anything on Cypriot archive websites. I may be wrong, but don't think so.

[Oracle]

Stay where you are if it's so bad .....

Just the response I expected - how predictable!

Thank your lucky stars you were not shopping in the 'Murder Mile' around 1956/58. You would have seen real hospitality then.

Was that when the British were shooting Cypriot school children

Servicemens wives were not. Beyond that I am not saying who was killing who.

Servicemen's wives & Cypriot Schoolchildren? You are both joking right? Please elaborate.

Whatever country the Briish try to control ends up as a shooting gallery.

So your telling me that British soldiers were shooting Cypriot school children & Servicemen's wives? You got a link to back up that claim ?
As if!

No, I don't think this is true. I've checked it out, and can find no mention of children killed on Ledra Street (by UK forces). Can't even find anything on Cypriot archive websites. I may be wrong, but don't think so.

I don't know what Deniz was referring to, but here's one for now ....

THE BRAVE GENERAL AND HIS HEROIC SOLDIERS

A seven-years-old child was murdered in Larnaca by the “brave-hearted” men of Harding, who, unable to face the fighters of Cyprus ordered his soldiers to shoot even the little children, thinking that in this way he would scare the people of Cyprus.

Cervantes’ hero, Don Quixote, mistakenly attacked wind-mills because he had the illusion that he was attacking live enemies. Harding, whose mind no longer thinks clearly because of his many defeats, ordered the shooting of little children, defenseless creatures, because he knew that none of them could offer resistance.

The little boy’s murder occurred like this:

There was a demonstration in Larnaca. English soldiers armed like lobsters were afraid to approach St. Lazarus square where the demonstrators awaited them with rocks in their hands. In order to intimidate the crowd they preferred to show their “heroism” by shooting at a shop in a side street of Agis Onisiforos where four or five children had gathered.

Harding’s troops murdering a young child…how brave! The soldiers realized that there would be a protest and ran away as if they were chased by the ghost of the dead child.

The general protest was so great that even an English woman who knew the innocent child burst into tears when she learned of the murder.

[webbo]

I don't think you can blame Mountbatten for the increasing divergence between the Hindus and Moslems in the 1940s; the Moslems just did not want to live under majority Hindu Rule, once the British left.

I see parallels with Cyprus and Sri Lanka; in both cases minorities sought separation following the departure of the British.

Lana

Will the Moderators please respect the "General Chat" section and not bring up politics into every thread ....

However, I do agree; but I would suggest it is no mere coincidence that these countries under discussion, suffered the same fate upon the departure of their common "Master" ....

that would be the "british"master then? not the Dutch,Potuguese,German,russian,turkish,French masters...........
as an aside i do not use the word "paki" but it is a four letter word the same as Brit, Taff, Jock , Mick. '
On the point of Children being racist, lets not forget they are born a blank sheet - it is adults/parents that learn them the fundamentals....
BOF

Check your history BOF ...

.... and "learn" some grammar, before you "teach" your kids ...

BTW ... that's "blank slate" ... not sheet ...

Sorry darling but i was born in Kensington and it was a blank sheet - perhaps were you were raised slate was more readily available?
BOF

We always used to say 'keep/ing a clean slate'
Play on words, same meaning!

Bubbles x

[purdey]

Or if your playing football, a clean sheet.

[webbo]

Or if your playing football, a clean sheet.

or when making the bed.......................

Bubbles x