polpott Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Just now, BritManToo said: I thought he was Greek? Born in Corfu. A prince in the Greek royal family. Gave up his Greek titles when he married the Queen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2021 20 hours ago, roo860 said: That comment wasn't racist, bit of banter. Now trot off. No. It definitely was racist 2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Loiner Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2021 20 hours ago, roo860 said: That comment wasn't racist, bit of banter. Now trot off. Of course it’s not. Many a true word is spoken in jest though. The permanently offended will always delight in giving it an “ist” of some sort. My favourite royal. RIP 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 6 minutes ago, Loiner said: Of course it’s not. Many a true word is spoken in jest though. The permanently offended will always delight in giving it an “ist” of some sort. My favourite royal. RIP In what alternative universe is referring to Chinese as slitty eyed not racist? It was both a humorous comment and racist at the same time. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Loiner Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, Jingthing said: In what alternative universe is referring to Chinese as slitty eyed not racist? It was both a humorous comment and racist at the same time. In the alternative universe of the woken snowflakery everything can be construed as racist, sexist, heterosexist, ageist, ableist, etc, etc. Whatever offends their delicate sensitivities is deemed offensive. Usually it’s on behalf of others that neither know nor would even care. In the Real World - not an issue. Who’s going to provide our ‘gaffes’ now? 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, Loiner said: In the alternative universe of the woken snowflakery everything can be construed as racist, sexist, heterosexist, ageist, ableist, etc, etc. Whatever offends their delicate sensitivities is deemed offensive. Usually it’s on behalf of others that neither know nor would even care. In the Real World - not an issue. Who’s going to provide our ‘gaffes’ now? Would you call a Chinese person slitty eyed to his face? Its not really defensible. Why even try? Is it necessary to say the departed prince was perfect? Edited April 10, 2021 by Jingthing 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Loiner Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, Jingthing said: Would you call a Chinese person slitty eyed to his face? Its not really defensible. Why even try? Is it necessary to say the departed prince was perfect? Yeah, why not? Haven’t you heard any Chinese comedians before? (Other than politically correct ones maybe.) Who’s said perfect - was that you making things up? 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phetphet Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 42 minutes ago, elliss said: Me too .. Yeah , but that was a long time ago ... Time changes everything ....555 I think he was of both German and Danish blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CharlieH Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, phetphet said: I think he was of both German and Danish blood. No Danish & Greek actually. "Philip was the child of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg.[5] A member of the House of Glücksburg, the ruling house of Denmark, he was a prince of both Greece and Denmark by virtue of his patrilineal descent from George I of Greece and Christian IX of Denmark, and he was from birth in the line of succession to both thrones." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 RIP Prince Philip. However, the UK TV coverage has been way over the top! Showing the same hagiography repeatedly on all BBC channels, and similar on ITV, will backfire on the BBC. Thank God for Channel 4. I had thought the UK media had moved on and would reflect a more modern public thinking about the monarchy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roo860 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 46 minutes ago, CharlieH said: No Danish & Greek actually. "Philip was the child of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg.[5] A member of the House of Glücksburg, the ruling house of Denmark, he was a prince of both Greece and Denmark by virtue of his patrilineal descent from George I of Greece and Christian IX of Denmark, and he was from birth in the line of succession to both thrones." Wasn't Princess Alice named after a cake? ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maybole Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 1 hour ago, elliss said: Me too .. Yeah , but that was a long time ago ... Time changes everything ....555 1 hour ago, BritManToo said: I thought he was Greek? He was Danish, from the house of Schleswig-Holstien-Sonderburg- something. But I am being pedantic as usual. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jingthing Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Loiner said: Yeah, why not? Haven’t you heard any Chinese comedians before? (Other than politically correct ones maybe.) Who’s said perfect - was that you making things up? It would be a totally different dynamic if a Chinese person said that. A person could have communicated the same idea about going native without using a racial derogatory term. Edited April 10, 2021 by Jingthing 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meat Pie 47 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 3 hours ago, Jingthing said: Would you call a Chinese person slitty eyed to his face? Its not really defensible. Why even try? Is it necessary to say the departed prince was perfect? Come to Australia you will be called white trash by indigenous people but we had to change the name of Coon cheese which has been the brands name for 120 years 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Loiner Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2021 13 minutes ago, Jingthing said: It would be a totally different dynamic if a Chinese person said that. A person could have communicated the same idea about going native without using a racial derogatory term. Are you one of these proponents that only white people can be racist? Or is it only when the dynamics are working in favour of your theory? Not that the PC crowd’s favourite offence causer is such a biggie anyway, and certainly not as important as the wokerati would like to have us believe. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kinnock Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2021 On 4/9/2021 at 6:52 PM, Crossy said: RIP Phil. Nobody lives forever, your "gaffes" will. Be strong your Majesty the Queen!! I don't see them as 'gaffes' - more as a robust British sense of humour and an admirable immunity to media training. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 37 minutes ago, Loiner said: Are you one of these proponents that only white people can be racist? ... Of course not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiner Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, Jingthing said: Of course not. PC’s laws of dynamics then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Loiner said: PC’s laws of dynamics then? Are you really so dim that you really don't get the difference between joking about your OWN group and a person not in that group? Edited April 10, 2021 by Jingthing 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Loiner Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, Jingthing said: Are you really so dim that you really don't get the difference between joking about your OWN group and a person not in that group? Dim? Ooo I’m so offended. Aren’t you being ableist there? No, I don’t get your difference. Why should there be any difference at all? Joking about other ‘groups’, or races for that matter, is not the cardinal sin you types try to make it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 8 minutes ago, Loiner said: Dim? Ooo I’m so offended. Aren’t you being ableist there? No, I don’t get your difference. Why should there be any difference at all? Joking about other ‘groups’, or races for that matter, is not the cardinal sin you types try to make it. Try saying the n word to a black guy. Do you get it now? I never said anything about cardinal sins. That's your trip. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 I think enough already about Prince Philips gaffes or whatever people want to call them. This is how comedian Bill Maher announced his death "Prince Philip Queen Elizabeth's ... dude ... shockingly dead at 99. He died as he lived. Peacefully in his sleep." 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Loiner Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2021 29 minutes ago, Jingthing said: Try saying the n word to a black guy. Do you get it now? I never said anything about cardinal sins. That's your trip. I don’t get how one particular group has been allowed to hijack a word and make it their own, that nobody else is allowed to even utter without causing offence to the woke people. So you agree that racism is not a cardinal sin for the woke? Well in reality it’s not even a minor infringement of an unwritten rule of etiquette, unless you’re a drama queen. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraday Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 (edited) It was banter, & seen as so. There were considerably more things being said, & acted upon that were racist. Edited April 10, 2021 by faraday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Excel Posted April 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2021 I am saddened and appalled by the way this post has drifted into something totally out of keeping with this sad event. The usual suspects trying to get one up on somebody else in this circumstance is inappropriate. Regardless of peoples own thoughts Prince Phillip has passed away and unlike many of us , me included, he was the husband of Her Majesty the Queen for 73 years, my lifetime, so imagine the loss that this elderly lady is now feeling. Show more respect please. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Loiner said: Prince Philip was a true Brit, war hero and a man’s man. He was Greek, which is why he was known as 'Phil the Greek'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, BritManToo said: He was Greek, which is why he was known as 'Phil the Greek'. That's right, he was born in Greece, but his father was accused of being involved in a failed millinery coup and they were exiled, Below is a picture of Philip as a young boy. Edited April 10, 2021 by sirineou 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, BritManToo said: He was Greek, which is why he was known as 'Phil the Greek'. Well he was a naturalised British subject and he did rescind his Greek nationality, so he was as British as you or I legally. However this may, or may not, be of interest to understand his roots. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/09/prince-philip-the-greek-duke-of-edinburgh Edited April 10, 2021 by Excel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post theoldgit Posted April 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2021 Reported troll post and responses removed. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kwasaki Posted April 11, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Excel said: I am saddened and appalled by the way this post has drifted into something totally out of keeping with this sad event. The usual suspects trying to get one up on somebody else in this circumstance is inappropriate. Regardless of peoples own thoughts Prince Phillip has passed away and unlike many of us , me included, he was the husband of Her Majesty the Queen for 73 years, my lifetime, so imagine the loss that this elderly lady is now feeling. Show more respect please. Thanks for that I'll ask if the thread can be closed if it continues. I started it for people to show respect not hijack it. Edited April 11, 2021 by Kwasaki 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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