I was only asking , I was just interested to know not saying I would use it
As Iāve said many times @Geof_Cox all too often you find that amongst the stuff you donāt want to read thereās stuff you do! Itās often difficult when youāre in a thread with 200 comments to get the bits you want without having to at least scan all the comments in order, I find anyway, so getting to that great apple pie recipe in the middle of a thread about how there are no apple pickers anymore invariably means wading through the comments about why there arenāt apple pickers, including the random borderline racist rant some anonymous poster went on about how workshy Eastern Europeans are and that itās good they no longer pick apples. This is a fictional example obviously, there is no apple picker threads to my knowledge, but I think it illustrates what Iām saying, you either have to avoid entire threads and miss good conversation, or at least scan them and end up reading things you donāt really want to read.
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Sorry for being so blunt, but youāre welcome to leave and not come back if youāre offended. Iām sure there are other places online for you to go.
Also, fucking is a seven letter word.
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Exactly the same here.
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Yes, of course thereās an element of scanning sometimes before you realise a comment is not interesting - but thatās life, isnāt it? - it happens whenever you get into conversation with strangers.
Wtf would adults need to be warned? Itās not exactly images of babies being disembowelled and chucked into mass graves?
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Survive France really would have taken a quite unexpected direction change if that was to ever appear 
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FFS I asked a question because I know that some places you can do that I didnāt say I would use it or wanted it
Surely you appreciate the subtlety, Mr. Cox!
Goodness, another thread full of unpleasantness. My list of threads to ignore is growing.
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Yes, why not a head in the sand month too 
. I note 13 likes so far for Andrewās post 
if only Ian Hislop had the balls to do it.
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What, like boring āpratsā ???
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So, Mr. Scullywag, abuse of those who cant respond is the norm? If so, how sad.
Yes, unfortunate, isnāt it. But I guess thatās what happens when people try to shutdown other peopleās views. If people are unhappy with political threads that call out the corruption in the UK then IMHO they should just ignore them. If anybody here wants to start a thread or threads lionising the behaviour of Johnson and his team then I promise not to contribute to it. 
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What are you on about?
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Do I have your permission to just link to this comment under the Mona Lisa thread?
Mr. Scullywag, surely a forum about France is not appropriate for such views, better the canary or similar.
Noone is taking position about Johnson or anything else"
I think thereās several issues at play here
Firstly, English (not British) football fans have a longstanding dreadful reputation in Europe. Lots of mention in the UK press about Hillsborough, but I havenāt seen any mention of Heysel, where thirty-nine were killed at another European Cup Final that involved Liverpool, and British clubs were subsequently banned from European competition for five years. Consequently itās not unreasonable to assume the police had certain expectations
Teargas is used virtually every weekend in Paris, itās the norm in dealing with violent demonstrations and itās a bit naĆÆve of Scousers to assume that French police are like jolly English bobbies.
Re the forged tickets, as far as I understand Liverpool wanted downloadable tickets that could be printed and that unlike those for the previous three CL finals these couldnāt therefore have authenticating holograms and were open to being easily forged.
Lastly, there wasnāt a similar problem with the Spanish fans who were bussed to the ground on official coaches rather than making their own way there.
But, in the interest of balance, I must admit to being from Manchester!
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What I donāt understand is that we have categories. @Stella has a lovely thread with only good news. There are many other categories that provide valuable advice and information on myriad topics. Acknowledged as a great resource. There is also a politics topic. If one likes politics then bale in, if one doesnāt donāt try and encumber or censor those that do. The reason I popped on here was the arrogance of suggesting that certain fair comment should be ābannedā. If Randomadness (who hasnāt even the courage to give his real name) doesnāt like political comments, then he should ignore them.
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Look mate, itās not up to you to determine what is and what is not appropriate here, thatās up to our hosts.
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