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2006-10-10 Britain

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Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-10-10 10:08|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 he would find it rude to tell someone wearing sunglasses to remove them

Not indoors he wouldn't. In winter. At night.

Or in a job interview.

Posted by Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-10-10 10:19|| 2006-10-10 10:19|| Front Page Top

#2 I think most of the West is coming to the conclusion that the Muzzies will be pissed at anything and we of the West think the Muzzies can just go fuck themselves.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2006-10-10 10:25|| 2006-10-10 10:25|| Front Page Top

#3 he would find it rude to tell someone wearing sunglasses to remove them.

but would he find it rude to hear someone saying, in general, that he is against the wearing of sunglasses indoors or when having a conversation with someone whom you are trying to get to know, even outdoors?

don't think so.

Posted by PlanetDan 2006-10-10 11:18|| 2006-10-10 11:18|| Front Page Top

#4 I think it's rude to say "death to america"

Posted by Jesing Ebbease3087 2006-10-10 11:54|| 2006-10-10 11:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Rusdie is now going to be a visiting Professor (of English/Lit, I believe) at Emory University here in Atlanta. I, for one, wholly welcome him to come visit and speak here, even if it's one of the most moonbat-infested universities in the southeast.

Posted by BA 2006-10-10 12:42|| 2006-10-10 12:42|| Front Page Top

#6 It is rude to wear sunglasses when conversing, unless the physical situation (facing into bright sun, blindness) requires it. The eyes and the face communicate as much as the words coming from the mouth, and to refuse to share that is to set oneself above the person with whom one is speaking. After all, the reason musicians wear sunglasses in dark, smokey venues is so that nobody can see what they're looking at, or that they are not exactly sober, or that they despise the suckers paying good money for what they're dishing out.

So whether or not Mr. Rushdie would so say, I most certainly do, Planet Dan.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-10 12:54|| 2006-10-10 12:54|| Front Page Top

#7 He should address the issue of the mozzie taxis in England refusing to carry the blind because of his indispenable guide mutt. That's much more than just "rude". That's a shameful illogic that John Prescott pretends not to see or understand in his headlong mollycoddling of 'em "sensitivities". Hogwash.

Posted by Duh! 2006-10-10 13:10|| 2006-10-10 13:10|| Front Page Top

#8 I wear sunglasses outside because of cataract surgery that has left me even more light-sensitive than I was before. I try my best to remember to take them off when I come indoors. There's a medical reason I wear them. There is no sensible reason to wear a veil - or even a burqa - except to put women into a subservient place. Jack Straw needs to keep hammering these points home. If muslims want to live in the UK, they need to adopt more closely to UK dress and behavior and stop trying to create exclusive "islamic" enclaves. That, in my opinion, is an act of war.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-10-10 15:36|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-10-10 15:36|| Front Page Top

#9 As a longtime wearer of sunglasses I am offended by these remarks. You are racists, and I demand an apology. Furthermore I demand an apology for headlice, the high price of gas, sunspots, various other natural phenomenon, herpes, violence in the crusades and the fact that there are poor people.
Yours Truly,
Liberal Asshole

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-10-10 17:57|| 2006-10-10 17:57|| Front Page Top

#10 The reason why muslim women wear the veil...toilet duty.

Posted by tipper 2006-10-10 23:28|| 2006-10-10 23:28|| Front Page Top

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