Huh? 4 being a substitute for the English "for," how does this make any sense in French-speaking Belgium?
Re: Terrorists take Eagles of Death Metal show in Paris host
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:53 pm
by JackRiddler
Lord Balto » Mon Nov 16, 2015 7:43 pm wrote:
Huh? 4 being a substitute for the English "for," how does this make any sense in French-speaking Belgium?
If you've ever been there, then you know French-speaking Belgium (native tongue, for the French Belgians if not the Flemish) is also English-speaking Belgium (the widely used international tongue, you know?). You'll be hard-pressed to find anyone there, or in France, who doesn't get the use of "4," which is international. Not that the name isn't incredibly stupid and provocative.
Flemish schools in Brussels and some municipalities near the language border, must offer French lessons starting from the first or the second year. Most other Flemish schools offer French education in the third cycle. Some of the latter schools offer non-mandatory French lessons already in the second cycle. Primary schools in the French Community must teach another language, which is generally Dutch or English, depending on the school. Primary schools in the German Community have obligatory French lessons.
Current radio hits in Belgium feature one Dutch-sounding song in the top six at least...
1 Hello Adele
2 Eyo! K3
3 Locked Away R. City & Adam Levine
4 Catch & Release Matt Simons
5 Sorry Justin Bieber
6 What Do You Mean? Justin Bieber
Yeh. Justin Bieber.
Re: Terrorists take Eagles of Death Metal show in Paris host
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:56 pm
by backtoiam
Here is one way a two legged mammal could think about all this. If you kill 120 people, with eight surviving
relatives screaming for justice is 960 surviving family members that will never shut up.
Where are they? Where are the endless media spotlight on that? Won't be. The spotlight will just move on.
Re: Terrorists take Eagles of Death Metal show in Paris host
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:57 pm
by Lord Balto
MacCruiskeen » Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:40 pm wrote:^^In the days when this board was still moderated, and still run by a Canadian socialist, IanEye's huge steaming pile of timewasting, self-regarding, content-free, thread-derailing troll-shit would have been removed immediately.
The Scientologists used to do a thing on the alt.scientology newsgroup where they'd post a huge number of recipes to drive down serious posts onto another page where, presumably, no one would see them. See Tory Magoo's interviews on Media Mayhem at TheLip.tv. This doesn't exactly work here, but it does tend to dilute serious discussion.
And don't forget that Tory Magoo rearranged is Yoga Motor...
Re: Terrorists take Eagles of Death Metal show in Paris host
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:59 pm
by MacCruiskeen
Jack, sei gegrüßt. Logging out now (it's 2 a.m. here and I'm up early). More tomorrow.
Re: Terrorists take Eagles of Death Metal show in Paris host
Huh? 4 being a substitute for the English "for," how does this make any sense in French-speaking Belgium?
French-speaking Belgium (native tongue, for the Walloons if not the Flemish) is also English-speaking Belgium, if you've ever been there. You'll be hard-pressed to find anyone there, or in France, who doesn't get the use of "4," which is international. Not that the name isn't incredibly stupid and provocative.
Yeah, I get that. One only needs to watch New Delhi TV to understand how far English has penetrated into foreign languages. But these are not only Belgians, these are Moslem (sorry, no speaka duh Newspeak) Belgians who, presumably, are locked in a global war against American/British/French hegemony, and they are using English internet hacker slang? This is precisely what I'd expect from the jokers who invented the name "scud" for Iraqi missiles.
Re: Terrorists take Eagles of Death Metal show in Paris host
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:09 pm
by Joao
Somebody had a laugh at this...
#fairplay4cuba
Re: Terrorists take Eagles of Death Metal show in Paris host
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:16 pm
by norton ash
IanEye is not a troll. He's one of the deepest and most intuitive posters I've met here.
Re: my heart is like a wheel
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:19 pm
by IanEye
MacCruiskeen » Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:40 pm wrote:^^In the days when this board was still moderated, and still run by a Canadian socialist, IanEye's huge steaming pile of timewasting, self-regarding, content-free, thread-derailing troll-shit would have been removed immediately.
I was going to comment on the fact that President Assad is making the exact same hand symbol as McConaughey does when he reminds us that "time is a flat circle".
But then brekin would come along and get all grumpy about how awful "True Detective" is.
None of us want that.
We are all stuck on the same Möbius strip here, haven't you figured that out yet?
"you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave" and all that.
Re: Terrorists take Eagles of Death Metal show in Paris host
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:19 pm
by Nordic
MacCruiskeen » Mon Nov 16, 2015 7:40 pm wrote:^^In the days when this board was still moderated, and still run by a Canadian socialist, IanEye's huge steaming pile of timewasting, self-regarding, content-free, thread-derailing troll-shit would have been removed immediately.
The Eagles, ffs... They're not the only example of the USA torturing the planet, but still a memorably cruel one.
That's uncalled for and downright mean. IanEye is a sweet soul. You should delete that and apologize.
Re: Terrorists take Eagles of Death Metal show in Paris host
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:35 pm
by norton ash
Re: Terrorists take Eagles of Death Metal show in Paris host
MacCruiskeen » Mon Nov 16, 2015 7:40 pm wrote:^^In the days when this board was still moderated, and still run by a Canadian socialist, IanEye's huge steaming pile of timewasting, self-regarding, content-free, thread-derailing troll-shit would have been removed immediately.
The Eagles, ffs... They're not the only example of the USA torturing the planet, but still a memorably cruel one.
That's uncalled for and downright mean. IanEye is a sweet soul. You should delete that and apologize.
i and i walk on the moon
i and i could walk forever
Walking on the moon
i and i could live together
Walking on, walking on the moon
Re: Terrorists take Eagles of Death Metal show in Paris host
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:53 pm
by JackRiddler
Lord Balto » Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:06 pm wrote:these are Moslem (sorry, no speaka duh Newspeak) Belgians who, presumably, are locked in a global war against American/British/French hegemony, and they are using English internet hacker slang?
Obviously. The funny thing is, you think you've just argued for the opposite of what you've just argued.
Also, you may think this is one of those "intuitive" as opposed to "rigorous" calls, whereas intuition would say, of course they might use the "4." Whom would they be trying to attract? Youth they want to turn away from Justin Bieber? Or 110-year-old men like us, capable -- in 2015 -- of describing "4" as "internet hacker slang"! (Did you really just write that?)
Is there a requirement that threads that might actually produce a "there" in terms of real reasons to doubt elements of an official story must maintain a minimum level of non-intuitive non-rigorous bullshit to drown out any possible real evidence? Let's insist on it!
Speaking of numbers, let's get back to that 13!
ta lki n ghe ads
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:56 pm
by IanEye
it's all good.
I have been trying to behave myself for the most part.
But in replying to Alice last week i did say this:
