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Sam.Spoons
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Topic: Diversity and lack of it Posted: 04 Mar 22 at 1:48pm |
To me it's a word that carries an implied smile and no real malice, 'muppet' is another as is 'plonker'...
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Spice 346 "Flat Broke"
Blaze 671 "supersonic soap dish" |
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Do Different
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 04 Mar 22 at 4:49pm |
Muppet: Most Useless Person Pusser Ever Trained.
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tink
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 22 at 6:58pm |
International Womens day, ironically tidying a few books and came across this 1973 book How Sailboats Win Races, William Smith. Thankfully we have progressed
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423zero
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 22 at 7:16pm |
Wow, thought things had started to improve in the sixties, 1973.
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423zero
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 22 at 7:23pm |
Being that it's International Women's day, have a look at 261 fearless foundation.
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Rupert
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 22 at 7:24pm |
1973! I could have believed that sort of thing from a 1950s book on sailing.
Mind, given that the helms role is to sit on the edge and think they are in charge, and the crew's role to actually do everything, maybe the traditional dinghy roles just reflect real life. |
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JimC
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 22 at 9:56pm |
It seems the first edition of that book was 1964, so we can hope he didn't revise that chapter for the 1973 edition.
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Dougaldog
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 13 Mar 22 at 6:52pm |
It is really difficult to answer this without making oneself sound racist and that as sure as hell isn't the case. But as one who was at the show, all day, both days, either iGRF had his eyes dazzled by some of the exhibits or he didn't see people faces -let's face it, it's not easy for him to make eye contact is it .
Can I just point out to him that the young guy sharing MC duties with Hannah Diamond was demonstrably 'not white'. So there you have it - he was at the show, and he was very much 'high profile' and superbly professional. Dougal
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iGRF
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 Mar 22 at 2:08pm |
I should just add, shortism is worse than racism, nothing we shortfolk can do about it, even Michael Jackson turned white, homosexuals, don't really have to practise, trans folk don't 'have' to be either, it's a choice, yet here we are without any shortphobic defense protocols to employ, denied jobs, universally prejudiced against, nothing we can do, we are the silent yet universally enslaved to prejudice minority..
Hope that makes you feel really bad. |
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423zero
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 Mar 22 at 3:00pm |
No one for any reason should feel disadvantaged, with you on that. I think you will find that if you were discriminated against because of your size, it would be illegal.
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