Rudyard Kipling

[chesters1]

We were so poor (i am so traumatised i spelt it pure) we begged slaves to employ us

 

PS are not we all decendants of slaves? Ask any chinese descendant of american railrod construction

Edited July 23, 2018 by chesters1

[gozzer]

I like "If". I like the Maya Angelou poem too. It occurs to me, though, that "Still I Rise" is about being the black descendant of slaves in America. Angelou had a horrific early life. She was born in 1928 in Missouri. She lived through the civil rights years. She suffered a great deal of personal hardship. I'm slightly amused by the idea of relatively privileged students growing up in a relatively liberal country feeling that it speaks for them. "If" is more universal, though it may reasonably be pointed out that it is addressed directly to only half of humanity.

 

I think it was chosen simply because it would cause maximum gammon-fury, to be a provocation, rather than because they had thought about what would be most appropriate.

 

You can't say that Steve, . It's much less than half, don't forget the LGBTQIA.

 

John.

[Steve Walker]

You can't say that Steve, . It's much less than half, don't forget the LGBTQIA.

 

John.

 

I think the LGB would generally split between the two, the T would also be in or out depending on what they are now rather than what they were born as. The QIA - yeah, they will have to go write their own sodding poem.

[Huge_Vitae]

 

I think the LGB would generally split between the two, the T would also be in or out depending on what they are now rather than what they were born as. The QIA - yeah, they will have to go write their own sodding poem.

Personally I think the Qatar Investment Autority are occupied at the moments with problems in banking, doubt they have time to write a poem.

[chesters1]

Personally I think the Qatar Investment Autority are occupied at the moments with problems in banking, doubt they have time to write a poem.

Theres always time for the idle to write stuff

 

"Swearing by God who upraised the sky,

Swearing by God who spread the light,

Qatar will always be free,

Elevated by the spirits of the loyal,

Follow the path of the ancestors,

And the prophets guidance.

In my heart, Qatar is an epic of dignity and glory,

Qatar is the land of the early men,

Who protect us at time of distress,

Doves they can be at times of peace,

Warriors they are at times of sacrifice."

[Ken L]

Hamsters wee merely the spearhead for the current Syrian invasion.

[chesters1]

Hamsters wee merely the spearhead for the current Syrian invasion.

Leaving the steppes to make room for more lemmings isnt that bad surely?

Edited July 24, 2018 by chesters1

[John S]

Leaving the steppes to make room for more lemmings isnt that bad surely?

 

That's one small steppe for a lemming, one giant leap for lemmingkind

[corydoras]

Hamsters wee merely the spearhead for the current Syrian invasion.

I'd rather a Syrian hamster than a Russian one.

[Steve Walker]

I'd rather a Syrian hamster than a Russian one.

 

 

Novichok is a good name for a hamster.