Why The Difference?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-3297743/PLATELL-S-PEOPLE-Quiet-dignity-Marines-shames-riot-rabble.html

Two dignified protests, how very different from that other one, held earlier in the week, I refer of course to those pro-immigration protesters.

[Togo]

My pleasure Baldric. A very good pal of mine was in attendance. A boy from a very challenging upbringing. Made whole by the RM, and a truly good and fair man with a purpose in life that is not just about himself. I am proud to know him, and by association every one of his fellow serving and ex-servicemen.

[Baldric]

My Career finished in the '80s after a bad RTC, but served almost 20 years before that with no regrets.

[sp1814]

Well that certainly told me.

I feel thoroughly put in my place now.

I apologise for bringing this thread into disrepute, and would like to thank those who have taken time out to criticise me - everything is a learning experience, and criticism is as valid as praise.

Seriously - thank you.

And please look out for any further posts I put on AB. There's every chance I might slip back and write something I shouldn't.

I love you all.*







(*platonically).

[retrocop]

Thank you for you apology and acknowledgement. I am sure it will be well recieved and accepted.

//There's every chance I might slip back and write something I shouldn't. //

Well should you do so let us hope you recieve an equal and just punishment that is distributed to the rest of us who let our halo slip!!
:-)

[Baldric]

Just checking SP, just checking!
;o)

[sp1814]

Hmmm...sarcasm sometimes goes unnoticed.

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

/// Hmmm...sarcasm sometimes goes unnoticed. ///

That is because most of us are decent 'fellows' and take a person's apology as being sincere and accept it with gratitude, little realising that some amongst us can stoop so low as to be sarcastic.

[sp1814]

AOG

Nothing to apologise for.

Your original question has no merit.

[naomi24]

I think the original question has merit.

[sp1814]

naomi24

If a work colleague asked me, "How comes a bunch of protesting anarchists behaved differently from a group of disciplined ex-marines?" I would answer, "Are you serious? What do you expect from anarchists?"

I would then try to smell his breath to see if he had been drinking.

The original 'question' was not a question. It was a point that was being made. It's something that many of us do on AB. I do it myself when I want to make a point based on an agenda I may have (I do it frequently when trying to draw attention to bigoted views).

But there needs to be honesty here.

The question is not a valid one because it's something that everyone above the age of 14 knows.

Anarchists revel in anarchy. It's in the name.

Meritless.

[naomi24]

If it sows a seed that encourages people who support the anarchists’ agenda to think about what they’re actually supporting it is not meritless.

[sp1814]

If you say so naomi24, if you say so...

[retrocop]

Thats the best you can offer? Ha pathetic.

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

/// Anarchists revel in anarchy. It's in the name. ///

I was referring to the pro-immigration protesters, and it was this 'rabble' that Amanda Platell was referring to also.

/// How utterly different from another protest four days earlier. Last Saturday, terrified rail passengers had to flee for safety as 'A VIOLENT RABBLE OF PRO-IMMIGRATION PROTESTERS' — many having attended an anarchist meeting — rioted as they tried to storm Eurostar trains at London’s St Pancras station ‘in solidarity with migrants and refugees’. ///

But then you and others couldn't possibly be seen criticising such a group as them, now could you?

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

/// If a work colleague asked me, "How comes a bunch of protesting anarchists behaved differently from a group of disciplined ex-marines?" I would answer, "Are you serious? What do you expect from anarchists?" ///

That wasn't the question that I asked as you well know it.

/// The original 'question' was not a question. ///

Eh? "Why The Difference"?, that is not a question?????

/// But there needs to be honesty here.

The question is not a valid one because it's something that everyone above the age of 14 knows. ///

So now it is a question, but not a valid one? LOL

"Why the difference" is something that everyone above the age of 14 knows?????

Oh pack it up, you are creasing me up. LOL LOL LOL.

/// Anarchists revel in anarchy. It's in the name. ///

Anyone see the word 'ANARCHIST" referred to by me in my thread?

[sp1814]

AOG

You should have read Ms Platell's report:

[i]Last Saturday, terrified rail passengers had to flee for safety as a violent rabble of pro-immigration protesters — many having attended an anarchist meeting — rioted as they tried to storm Eurostar trains at London’s St Pancras station ‘in solidarity with migrants and refugees’.[i]

Ergo...anarchists.

[sp1814]

AOG

What I mean is - you weren't really asking a question. Yeah were making a point.

It's because you have a particular agenda.

We all do.

Your agenda was to spark a debate, to which you could bring up certain points.

Unless you really don't understand why the two groups act differently when protesting.

...and if you really don't know the difference, well...

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

/// You should have read Ms Platell's report: ///

I did read it, that is why I copied and pasted the same passage as yours except 33 minutes before you.

I will enter a portion of that very same excerpt.

/// 'A VIOLENT RABBLE OF PRO-IMMIGRATION PROTESTERS' — many having attended an anarchist meeting ///

Attended!!!! Attended!!! that doesn't make those 'violent rabble of pro-immigration protesters' fully paid up anarchists members.