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nigelswift Oct 2, 2006 12:27:03
Replying to goffik

I actually quite fancy the name "MotherF*cker" as an alias, if it's not already gone!

Lets face it, you're no stranger to the term Goff... ;)

As one who has confessed to being offended by S...... I'm not looking to say more, except....
I DO hope your suggestion doesn't lead to a discussion about whether its acceptable or not - not because it wouldn't be a valid discussion but because I don't relish revisiting the real troll's issue and giving it the satisfaction (bearing in mind it still visits). I did understand his basic message that it has two meanings, its not rocket science, but I was pretty peevedv that at no time did he acknowledge that pushing the one meaning might deeply upset other people. I thought that was pretty mean spirited. Its only a ruddy symbol after all and doesn't HAVE to be pushed. If World Peace is your thing then the CND symbol is just as good and doesn't upset anyone.

L Littlestone
Littlestone Oct 2, 2006 13:01:09
Replying to nigelswift

Like you Nigel I'm not going to get drawn into this debate again - it's completely fruitless. Silverfox sent me a little poem a couple of days ago though - seems a shame to waste it, so here it is and folks can make of it what they will -

The Swastika

There's a funny little cross
that crops up now and then
some say it causes no offence
to others just a little sign.

To me it reeks of death
white copses piled up high
shovelled into rotting heaps
on down to stinking pits.

Then come the trivial ones
with that sign around their neck
or make it part of a pseudonym
a party game perhaps.

They say it causes no offence
just another little sign
to me I hear the hiss of gas
the crunch of leather boots
iron doors closing lastly shut
six million screams up chimney stacks.

But some just say it causes no offence
to others just a little sign
a page of history growing faint...
until it comes again.

Silverfox

G goffik
goffik Oct 2, 2006 19:23:38
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
Lets face it, you're no stranger to the term Goff... ;)
Motherf...... actually, I see your point.

;o)

G x