Dons_1988 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 8 minutes ago, Day of the Lords said: 24 minutes ago, dorlomin said: Wasnt that the first episode in a series of The Wire. Was that the "Stevedores" season? I blame the Greeks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 People. They're people. Wanting to live in a different country isn't a person's defining characteristic.Immigants 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 9 minutes ago, D.A.F.C said: 53 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: People. They're people. Wanting to live in a different country isn't a person's defining characteristic. Immigants ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 ?Immigants. From Simpsons episode where they blame everything on immigrants. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 9 minutes ago, D.A.F.C said: 17 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: ? Immigants. From Simpsons episode where they blame everything on immigrants. Sorry, Im old. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 1 minute ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Sorry, Im old. ..and fat and bald. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 ..and fat and bald.Shut the doors and windows lads, a network designer with wee trotters for hands and a Doctor of coloured cement are about to go at it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Shut the doors and windows lads, a network designer with wee trotters for hands and a Doctor of coloured cement are about to go at it. Windows down, heating on full blast Shirley? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 24 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: are about to go at it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 34 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said: ..and fat and bald. I wast getting to that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 1 minute ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: I wast getting to that. I never know now if something is a typo or a reference to some youth programme. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I really dislike people being described as a ‘migrant’ or ‘immigrant’, thus my earlier post. Whilst technically accurate it dehumanises people I think, or at least paints them as something less. Years of right wing media propaganda have meant that such terms are covered in connotations, all negative. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 11 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: I really dislike people being described as a ‘migrant’ or ‘immigrant’, thus my earlier post. Whilst technically accurate it dehumanises people I think, or at least paints them as something less. Years of right wing media propaganda have meant that such terms are covered in connotations, all negative. Using the term immigrants in this context immediately lets the reader know WTF 39 people are doing in the back of a truck. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 35 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: I never know now if something is a typo or a reference to some youth programme. Wast bruh? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Using the term immigrants in this context immediately lets the reader know WTF 39 people are doing in the back of a truck. Yeah it’s all about context. The headlines I’ve seen use bodies or people, it’s only in the body of an article I’ve seen the term immigrants used. It’s just informative as you instantly know the nature of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Bairnardo said: 1 hour ago, KnightswoodBear said: ..and fat and bald. Shut the doors and windows lads, a network designer with wee trotters for hands and a Doctor of coloured cement are about to go at it. Someone lift Bairnardo up so he can see. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 I get where DA is coming from. We have a right wing PM describing it as "truly heartbreaking" yet these kind of events are the manifestation of demonising and dehumanising right wing policies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said: Someone lift Bairnardo up so he can see. Seen it already. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Priti Patel will probably go up the road tonight and rub herself raw thinking about it. That's something I might have to have a wee think about in a darkened room..... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 4 hours ago, throbber said: Ran out of oxygen surely? 3 hours ago, Doctor said: If its actually asphyxiation whick killed them that is fucking grim. Is the container part of a truck air tight? Surely there has to be ventilation? Fucking dreadful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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