tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post7238099058569321036..comments2024-03-28T13:49:48.236+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: More Wokery-Pokery.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-15083101237539325742021-08-04T20:30:26.837+01:002021-08-04T20:30:26.837+01:00I thought about going into a comment of reasoned a...I thought about going into a comment of reasoned argument but decided that 'bollocks' was shorter.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-70760521700847361342021-08-03T18:48:49.259+01:002021-08-03T18:48:49.259+01:00Absolutely. Accept that certain things were not pe...Absolutely. Accept that certain things were not perfect, but maybe they were the making of the Colonial world. The 'Empire' brought wealth and civilisation to much of the world. No need to apologise.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-26169199362799431342021-08-03T18:45:50.371+01:002021-08-03T18:45:50.371+01:00A new movement will come and sweep it away... it h...A new movement will come and sweep it away... it has to!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-63621697650787785992021-08-03T18:44:48.852+01:002021-08-03T18:44:48.852+01:00'Pants' sound very sexist!'Pants' sound very sexist!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-4019444931009253802021-08-03T18:16:42.308+01:002021-08-03T18:16:42.308+01:00The mind has to do acrobatic somersaults around th...The mind has to do acrobatic somersaults around this pomposity of thinking. All this revising of the past, everyone knows that's impossible, just move ahead with the future. Lilbitbrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09477302589982766792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-78462774618735976142021-08-03T17:20:28.678+01:002021-08-03T17:20:28.678+01:00This also will pass. A new cause will emerge and ...This also will pass. A new cause will emerge and off to the races they will go. Causes of all kinds seem to drive some people. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473063249106111719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-6721458777806349382021-08-03T16:34:03.390+01:002021-08-03T16:34:03.390+01:00There's much to think about over this wokery. ...There's much to think about over this wokery. <br /><br />Anyone know what group invented pants? Salty Pumpkin Studiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10116105220109225010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-90733771701376894352021-08-03T15:29:12.709+01:002021-08-03T15:29:12.709+01:00All this nonsense is based on hypocrisy, but someh...All this nonsense is based on hypocrisy, but somehow it only works one way. It's OK for a black girl to have dyed blonde hair, but it's not OK for a white girl to have dreadlocks.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-81051609957647310402021-08-03T15:26:32.395+01:002021-08-03T15:26:32.395+01:00What does it leave us? Fish-n-Chips?What does it leave us? Fish-n-Chips?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-36627917385011349892021-08-03T15:24:40.971+01:002021-08-03T15:24:40.971+01:00The people who want everything to change are mostl...The people who want everything to change are mostly young. They have no appreciation of heritage or pride; they simply want to wreck!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-42365505782745844202021-08-03T14:56:41.492+01:002021-08-03T14:56:41.492+01:00What about all the Asian pianists, violinists and ...What about all the Asian pianists, violinists and other musicians who play classic European music? IsnĀ“t this cultural appropriation at its worst?Hildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447112312199912513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-47492325439085817182021-08-03T14:24:16.854+01:002021-08-03T14:24:16.854+01:00Those dread colonialists! I'd say along with y...Those dread colonialists! I'd say along with your steak, you should enjoy a baked potato and a side of tomato while you still can. Wash it down with a cup of tea, too. Surely all these appropriated foods will soon go by the side.Tim B. Inmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08143483015560273896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-90479534328321372522021-08-03T14:09:11.504+01:002021-08-03T14:09:11.504+01:00The world has gone mad...is it just us oldies who ...The world has gone mad...is it just us oldies who think so? Is that an ageist comment?Sansthinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830251370050922342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-60107735627067630912021-08-03T13:48:43.760+01:002021-08-03T13:48:43.760+01:00It might well have been an April Fool's joke; ...It might well have been an April Fool's joke; it's all that crazy.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-44141706497813950702021-08-03T13:47:33.562+01:002021-08-03T13:47:33.562+01:00They've been reading the 'New Edition'...They've been reading the 'New Edition'.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-33031883008835495422021-08-03T13:46:18.605+01:002021-08-03T13:46:18.605+01:00These folk actively look for something to complain...These folk actively look for something to complain about. If you want to be a vegan; be one, and leave everyone else alone. I shall continue to make hummus every week, with no feelings of shame or guilt.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-88505248125549684632021-08-03T13:43:58.747+01:002021-08-03T13:43:58.747+01:00re No 4. Eshe Kiama Zuri is the 25 year old Vice C...re No 4. Eshe Kiama Zuri is the 25 year old Vice Chair of the Vegan Society. She's one of those who insists on being referred to as They, and Their; and they describe themselves as black, queer, disabled, working class, and non gendered. What else would one expect. Mad as a hatter! Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-57683012176854140062021-08-03T13:38:17.439+01:002021-08-03T13:38:17.439+01:00Try explaining that to him!Try explaining that to him!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-55051130676430610932021-08-03T12:57:22.438+01:002021-08-03T12:57:22.438+01:00But surely, if you're not French, that's c...But surely, if you're not French, that's cultural appropriation. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-39989566886980745332021-08-03T12:32:58.226+01:002021-08-03T12:32:58.226+01:00I had to check the date for I thought for a moment...I had to check the date for I thought for a moment we'd just sailed into April.Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-11889750707294263892021-08-03T11:22:09.690+01:002021-08-03T11:22:09.690+01:00The notice has been around for a while now but, &#...The notice has been around for a while now but, 'George Orwell's 1984 was meant to be a warning not a guide'.Andi's English Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136573194920355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-13198276565279751272021-08-03T11:15:03.126+01:002021-08-03T11:15:03.126+01:00I have nothing against 'woke' as it pertai...I have nothing against 'woke' as it pertains to being aware of injustice, and actively working against it. I have nothing against liberal, being that I am regularly told that I am one. But they all need to keep their mitts off my hummus and shut up about my chile poblanos. For crying out loud. Countries have been sharing their food traditions ever since man began to travel. What is the protest about <i>that</i> for pete's sake?<br />Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-90507296312686794612021-08-03T10:46:55.663+01:002021-08-03T10:46:55.663+01:00I am pleased you numbered your points.
1. I hope ...I am pleased you numbered your points.<br /><br />1. I hope they are suggesting Esperanto and not French.<br />2. Wot you sayin guv? Tha takin the mickey of me? <br />So sorry old chap. No offence meant. Just a joke.<br />3. There is really nothing to say.<br />4. Nothing wrong with copying the vegetarian diets of foreigners really, is there? Perhaps qualify like copyright if you are writing about your vego diet. *NB This diet has has been practised in the world since man, no men and women walked on this planet."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-66072299433711349532021-08-03T10:04:32.468+01:002021-08-03T10:04:32.468+01:00Macron would have me Horse-whipped. He wants the w...Macron would have me Horse-whipped. He wants the whole of Europe to speak francais. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-48493665298888203752021-08-03T09:53:43.883+01:002021-08-03T09:53:43.883+01:00An exchange of cultural studies and observations i...An exchange of cultural studies and observations is surely a very good thing. What is not, is to kick and shout about Hummus being 'Middle Eastern', and therefore not what Brits should be eating. That Zuri woman (vice chair of the Vegan Soc') is nuts.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com