JonnyF

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I lived in London for 10 years and never needed a vehicle of my own.

That's fine. What if you were an old woman waiting at a bus stop and got stabbed to death? Maybe she would have liked the option to take the car, like Khan does.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-69010196

41 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

Who was arrested for being Jewish in London, and when did this happen?

My mistake, it was merely a threat to be arrested if they didn't comply with restriction of movement being applied as a result of being openly Jewish.

Which is totally fine 😃.

9 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

If anyone genuinely wants to be treated equally, why celebrate the difference in such a manner ?

One might conclude that they (and I don't mean all gay people, I mean the ones who attend these rallys) do not want to be considered equal, they want to be considered "special".

Hence all the exhibitionism, the crys for attention, the exaggerated flamboyance, and even indecent exposure that we see at such marches. It all just screams "look at ME". Personally I have a lot more respect for people who just accept their sexuality, whatever that might be and get on with their lives, like the majority of gay people I work with on a daily basis. 

2 minutes ago, oldscool said:

And there have been plenty of white pride marches and groups, some more infamous than others, and a regular ginger convention.

And I would apply the same logic to those marches. Pointless, and a cry for attention. 

10 hours ago, Baht Simpson said:

Dumb comparison. You don't see people being beaten up, imprisoned and executed for being bald, ginger, tall etc. Besides that, Pride is about other things too. 

 

Some people's obsession with it on here is rather sad, and when you get the same people criticizing every article of LGBT+ news it leaves one to think it's something a bit more sinister. I don't see why Pride should exist, it's all equal now isn't a valid criticism unless backed up with sound reasons.

I don't see why being gay is something to be proud of. Any more than being straight. It's just what you are. It's like being proud of having blue eyes. 

As for my opinion being sinister, I presume that is a euphemism for homophobic but you don't have the stones to come out and say it. A weak argument, especially when we consider that many gay people agree with me, Douglas Murray for example.

3 hours ago, roquefort said:

Someone born in London. Now in a minority in their own city.

Being a second generation immigrant born in London does not make you indigenous.

12 minutes ago, oldscool said:

 

I get your point, really, but at the same time I don't see the need for people on the forum to be so hostile to Pride, ladyboys and gender-fluidity generally, and a lot of it really is just pure nastiness of the sort I have never witnessed among Thais.

I don't see it as hostile. I just don't see the need for it. We don't see white pride, straight pride, ginger pride, bald pride, tall pride etc.

I don't see gay people being harrassed in Thailand. There are gay people in senior positions in the company I work for, nobody bats an eyelid. If you raised it as an issue you would be treated as a Pariah and rightly so. Just get on with their lives. No need to shout about it, it's almost like inviting hostility where there is none. Like racism, the demand for homophobia seems to be outstripping the supply so some people are trying to manufacture some to fill the gap. It's like "let's be deliberately provocative and see if we can bait someone into objecting so we can scream Homophobe and Bigot at them". 

12 minutes ago, oldscool said:

 

And some might say Walking St and Patong etc are Straight Pride Night every night of the year anyway!

Equally, you could say places like Soi Paradise in Phuket or Silom Soi 4 in Bangkok are like gay pride every night. The gay scene has their areas just as the straight scene does. 

Just another example of equality already achieved. 

Fortunately I'll be out of Bangkok for the long weekend so I won't have to suffer these attention seeking exhibitionists making complete fools of themselves.

Look at MEEEEEEEEEEEE. 

Ummm, no thanks... 

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Defense?

Once again, censorious left wing politicians trying to take over the job of parenting from the parents.

Here's an idea, how about you stay out of people's lives and focus on doing your own job properly? 

14 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Knife crime has increased across the UK.

 

 

Whataboutism. 

Just now, Chomper Higgot said:

Opinions differ.

Of course. Some will like his two tiered, anti-semitic policing and pro-palestine police force. 

Some will like pricing the poor out of their cars and onto a mismanaged, crime ridden public transport system.

Some might even like the rise in violent/knife crime. 

I don't. 

Just now, Chomper Higgot said:

 

Be careful with overuse of your short-cut key, you’ll wear it out.

 

 

Oh the irony. 

1 minute ago, Chomper Higgot said:

He’s a first generation working class immigrant of Pakistani heritage.

Correct.

Not Indian, as BE88 is suggesting. 

7 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I hen I figure out what I believe it is I’ll let you know.

Not sure what that garbage is supposed to mean, but let me know when you have the stones to say what you mean. 

1 hour ago, Danderman123 said:

She won re-election last night.

Yep, she defeated another Democrat candidate.

Another DEI vote. 

Or maybe she was elected due to her high moral standards and lovely personality? 😄

2 minutes ago, BE88 said:

 

Yes I understand but you have to read history the British Indian Empire if you not know

I know the history. 

Khan is still not Indian. He is the son of Pakistani immigrants. Just admit you got his nationality wrong. 😄

If you do not understand the difference between Indians and Pakistanis in 2024 I suggest you go to a cricket match in Delhi and tell the home crowd that they are in fact, not Indian but Pakistani.

Don't forget to film it and post back here. 

3 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

It was Stoner who tried to introduced racism into the discussion, I have simply not engaged in his attempt to do.

 

It’s a term, that for some, is like a flame is to a moth.

 

 

 

 

 

Here is what you said to me.

I have clearly stated the policies of Khan that I do not like. Multiple times. 

So if you believe it is due to something else, then have the minerals to say it. If not, drop the childish insinuations.

Just now, BE88 said:

 

Indians and Pakistanis were part of the same British empire before their partition

Khan is not Indian.

1 minute ago, BE88 said:

However, it is funny to note that the English are now governed by Indians, once their servants.

Khan is the child of Pakistani immigrants, not Indians. 

10 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Respecting the result of an overwhelming democratic vote is not ‘supporting’ anyone, it’s respecting the result of the election.

Nobody is disrespecting the vote or calling for another one.

We are not Remainers. 

11 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I have not flung any kind of names, not is it a something I do.

No, you prefer to insinuate racism rather than say it. 

Bravo.

3 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

It was you who introduced Mugabe Jonny.

 

Despite him being completely irrelevant to the topic of discussion.

Respecting the result of an overwhelming democratic vote is not ‘supporting’ anyone, it’s respecting the result of the election.

 

 

 

It's not irrelevant. You are simply pretending not to see the relevance. 

It clearly shows that your only defense of Khan is that he "was elected" falls at the first hurdle. If being elected was a valid justification for anti-semitic, twio tiered policing, then you would have no problem with Mugabe's policies since he was also elected.

The fact that Mugabe went further that anti-semitic policing is your attempt at a deflection. 

54 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

It’s not irony Jonny.

 

It’s whataboutary.

It's highlighting hypocrisy.

Curious that you would leap to the defense of someone presiding over an organization guilty of such systemic abuse of children in order to score political points re. migration.