tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post2659978072678154889..comments2024-03-29T05:21:20.293+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: EDL Man Interviewed for Press TVCro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-42315481188277312062015-12-12T04:45:35.236+00:002015-12-12T04:45:35.236+00:00I think he was pissed. It sounds more like 'sl...I think he was pissed. It sounds more like 'slurring' than dim.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-33128896077457517372015-12-12T04:44:49.314+00:002015-12-12T04:44:49.314+00:00It certainly fails some, but that's another wh...It certainly fails some, but that's another whole subject.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-26756076108991984572015-12-12T04:44:12.635+00:002015-12-12T04:44:12.635+00:00We'll never know. Maybe he was a star student ...We'll never know. Maybe he was a star student at the LSE.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-89151282781664689372015-12-12T04:42:56.082+00:002015-12-12T04:42:56.082+00:00That's why I posted it Weave. OK, it's pro...That's why I posted it Weave. OK, it's provocative, but it makes for an interesting forum.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-89343736316612559642015-12-12T04:41:50.494+00:002015-12-12T04:41:50.494+00:00I'm sure these gangs don't 'rape in th...I'm sure these gangs don't 'rape in the name of Islam'. They rape because they see young female infidels as easy targets.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-49931006607149987142015-12-12T04:40:38.550+00:002015-12-12T04:40:38.550+00:00Keep on worrying.Keep on worrying.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-86750933707811717652015-12-12T04:40:17.954+00:002015-12-12T04:40:17.954+00:00Me too Graham.Me too Graham.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-31273423447156172792015-12-12T04:39:26.109+00:002015-12-12T04:39:26.109+00:00Frightening.Frightening.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-64303619855464886762015-12-12T04:38:37.471+00:002015-12-12T04:38:37.471+00:00That's exactly how I viewed it, with the '...That's exactly how I viewed it, with the 'friends' being in the background.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-80909578644820443152015-12-12T00:37:19.370+00:002015-12-12T00:37:19.370+00:00Poor wee soul...I'm guessing the educational ...Poor wee soul...I'm guessing the educational system in Britain is failing????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-17360624749182585582015-12-11T23:54:30.262+00:002015-12-11T23:54:30.262+00:00Yep the young man appears pissed.
Oh flip my predu...Yep the young man appears pissed.<br />Oh flip my predudice came in labelling him un educated ,<br />Not working, taking benefits.<br />What is normal to one person is not to the next.<br />I knew I would go to uni , be supported, be nurtured. This young lad probably got none of that. Sad!.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09336065771519985917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-24037852436072718792015-12-11T20:17:02.048+00:002015-12-11T20:17:02.048+00:00Well said Cro...
But I think friends should perhap...Well said Cro...<br />But I think friends should perhaps read "friends"....<br />I doubt that they would stand by him when the chips were down!<br />T'poor sod is mere cannon fodder!Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-40832388913165706212015-12-11T19:51:52.926+00:002015-12-11T19:51:52.926+00:00Reading this post and then reading the comments Cr...Reading this post and then reading the comments Cro, makes me so pleased that I continue to blog most days - all views make for a good, balanced discussion which then help with forming one's own opinion.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-25001075367463362382015-12-11T19:42:52.168+00:002015-12-11T19:42:52.168+00:00I think he was pissed. However, I also think that...I think he was pissed. However, I also think that he was saying something that it is a pity our politicians will not stand up and say, that we do not want a legal system based on Islam. And we do not want the rape of 12 year olds in the name of Islam. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-89340011092921621012015-12-11T17:27:34.744+00:002015-12-11T17:27:34.744+00:00Two big worries for me here;
1, I could not unders...Two big worries for me here;<br />1, I could not understand a single word he said.<br />2, It would seem that I should be concerned about what he is saying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-59278330732035828292015-12-11T16:48:40.039+00:002015-12-11T16:48:40.039+00:00While I appreciate that some people hold such view...While I appreciate that some people hold such views because of difficult lives (though what the connection is with racism I struggle to see) I know many people who have no such "excuse". My brother-in-law (and his family) who have had a good upbringing and are very comfortably off would agree with him. We know several people who have had privileged lives and want for nothing who would agree with him. They may be more articulate but the mantra is the same. Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-43545044432644254882015-12-11T13:55:50.397+00:002015-12-11T13:55:50.397+00:00It's disillusioned people, often the young and...It's disillusioned people, often the young and often those less able mentally, who are more easily led into extremism whether it be of the left or the right or of fundamental Christianity or Islam. Of course there have to be leaders and they are often far from underprivileged or uneducated. It has always been thus and presumably always will be.<br /><br />I have to say that I thought LaPré DelaForge made a lot of sense.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-6406599455276484292015-12-11T13:31:38.496+00:002015-12-11T13:31:38.496+00:00It was hard for me to understand his words, but th...It was hard for me to understand his words, but then again, it didn't seem like he did either. Every place has its idiots.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-73353617114956817682015-12-11T13:31:33.866+00:002015-12-11T13:31:33.866+00:00If this young man had been interviewed in the stre...If this young man had been interviewed in the street about some everyday matter, I wouldn't have taken the slightest bit of notice. But the fact that he was at some wretched EDL march worried me. I'm sure he'd been coerced into joining-in, by a bunch of friends that he could well do without.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-80807424311140103662015-12-11T13:22:13.892+00:002015-12-11T13:22:13.892+00:00Please everyone...
please remember that there are...Please everyone... <br />please remember that there are a lot of young, and very disillusioned young, people like this lad...<br />they are willing to turn out for a demonstration like this...<br />and are more likely to go and vote...<br />whilst the silent majority sit on their hands fuming....<br />or, more likely, in the pub...<br />whinging!<br />That is what allows organizations like the FN in France to get elected....<br />and extreme right and left groups everywhere feed on people like him.<br /><br />I do not actually think he was pissed...<br />he probably has never been able to express himself clearly....<br />therefore, he has been passed over many times in the hunt for worthwhile employment...<br />he has probably had that feeling of exclusion strengthened by teachers...<br />and, possibly, even his parent(s) if their job went down the pan because a firm moved the work abroad...<br />find him and his friends a job... <br />pay a decent wage for hard work...<br />and a lot of the trouble will go away...<br />not all of it, but a lot of it....<br /><br />I have worked with lads like this...<br />give them a focus and a reasonable reward and you get a very good return!!<br />Ignoring them and taking the P out of them isn't helping society one jot!!Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-76771301371789734202015-12-11T12:42:02.736+00:002015-12-11T12:42:02.736+00:00I thought he put his point very well.I thought he put his point very well.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-5132846821177728652015-12-11T12:41:39.614+00:002015-12-11T12:41:39.614+00:00If you didn't, you'd cry.If you didn't, you'd cry.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-47999494825063399962015-12-11T12:39:59.629+00:002015-12-11T12:39:59.629+00:00Ah the flower of British youth! My daughter and I ...Ah the flower of British youth! My daughter and I missed this interview. Thanks for sharing Cro. Didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so we laughed !!Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-22627878627408922482015-12-11T10:46:11.134+00:002015-12-11T10:46:11.134+00:00Fair point, well made.Fair point, well made.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-23835540368294985572015-12-11T09:56:44.529+00:002015-12-11T09:56:44.529+00:00Obviously mixed with the wrong sort of people. ...Obviously mixed with the wrong sort of people. 'Easily led' comes to mind.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com