Geoff Wearmouth wibbled:

> The British Government is afraid of offending yobs and a government
> agency has suggested that the word 'gang' be replaced with 'group'.
>

Of course... why didn't we think of this sooner? Why bother trying to
have a more inclusive society when we can just change the language
instead? I'm sure the warm fuzzy feeling that comes from belonging to
a group rather than a gang will wipe out all anti-social behaviour.

What a great thing this Newspeak is....

> Might that not have a knock-on effect and a nerdy, computer-related
> group of individuals who once had a ZX81/TS-1000, or somesuch, will
> acquire a little kudos, at least in the U.K.
>

I hope so... I'm feeling a little more dangerous already. Maybe I
should start posting while wearing a hoody.

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On 2007-05-23, Matt Rudge wrote:

> Maybe I should start posting while wearing a hoody.

Will that protect you from viruses, or am I thinking of something else?

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Geoff Wearmouth did eloquently scribble:
> The British Government is afraid of offending yobs and a government
> agency has suggested that the word 'gang' be replaced with 'group'.

You're forgetting, anything forbidden becomes more desirable by the people
they're trying to control.


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Geoff Wearmouth wrote:
> The British Government is afraid of offending yobs and a government
> agency has suggested that the word 'gang' be replaced with 'group'.

It's the opposite here. A couple of younglads smoking a spliff in their
own home are members of the gangland underground.

On Wed, 23 May 2007 10:03:57 +0200 (CEST) da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were rappin'
to MC Matt Rudge:

> > Might that not have a knock-on effect and a nerdy, computer-related
> > group of individuals who once had a ZX81/TS-1000, or somesuch, will
> > acquire a little kudos, at least in the U.K.
>
> I hope so... I'm feeling a little more dangerous already. Maybe I
> should start posting while wearing a hoody.

I tried posting while hanging around outside the local newsagent's.
Unfortunately there's no wi-fi signal there, so I decided to give up
and go home.

Chris


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On 2007-05-23, cheveron@gmail.com wrote:

> Well it looks like I've got a new highly paid job, so I'll be hanging
> around in the UK for a bit longer,

OK but try not to post each message a million times, I know this group
doesn't have many posts but just repeating them all the time doesn't
fool anyone!

What is it with google groups at the moment, every group I'm in has at
least one poster repeat-posting the same post over and over again..

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Ian Rawlings did eloquently scribble:
> On 2007-05-23, cheveron@gmail.com wrote:

>> Well it looks like I've got a new highly paid job, so I'll be hanging
>> around in the UK for a bit longer,

> OK but try not to post each message a million times, I know this group
> doesn't have many posts but just repeating them all the time doesn't
> fool anyone!

> What is it with google groups at the moment, every group I'm in has at
> least one poster repeat-posting the same post over and over again..

Aye, I've noticed that too. Yes another reason to get a proper news
reader/news server.
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Matt Rudge wrote:

> I hope so... I'm feeling a little more dangerous already. Maybe I
> should start posting while wearing a hoody.

Watch out. Dave Cameron's liable to come along and hug you.

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Duncan Snowden did eloquently scribble:
> Matt Rudge wrote:

>> I hope so... I'm feeling a little more dangerous already. Maybe I
>> should start posting while wearing a hoody.

> Watch out. Dave Cameron's liable to come along and hug you.

A threat which should be enough to stop anyone from wearing a hoodie.

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ARGH!

Ian Rawlings wrote:
> What is it with google groups at the moment, every group I'm in has
> at least one poster repeat-posting the same post over and over
> again..

They're sick of the groups resource use so they're trying to destroy Usenet.

PROVE ME WRONG!

On 2007-05-24, fuzzix wrote:

> They're sick of the groups resource use so they're trying to destroy Usenet.
>
> PROVE ME WRONG!

Not a very good strategy though is it, given that us usenetters can
just kill posts from google groups using a variety of *secret means*....

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Ian Rawlings did eloquently scribble:
> On 2007-05-24, fuzzix wrote:

>> They're sick of the groups resource use so they're trying to destroy Usenet.
>>
>> PROVE ME WRONG!

> Not a very good strategy though is it, given that us usenetters can
> just kill posts from google groups using a variety of *secret means*....

Yep. We all adept at the arcane arts of bitwizardry.
I SAID BITWIZARDRY! NOT GITWIZARDRY! We're not Blaine fans.

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fuzzix wrote:

> They're sick of the groups resource use so they're trying to destroy
> Usenet.
>
> PROVE ME WRONG!


I can't.

Privatazing is going on... Usenet is the next.

They will make then all better and prepare the Usenet fot the right
ppl. As have happened mismanagment in public Railroad, for
example...... I could tell that thousand... I hope it will not the stay
the same all the time, though.


Let's say Alabania is the best, bez they have all privatized. Now the
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P.S.: What is the best in Internet?, regarding News?, reading News?,
posting News? discussion and such things? Where can I find it? (And so
the story takes the heat....)

"Geoff Wearmouth" wrote in message
news:1179906109.876000.309410@q69g2000hsb.googlegr oups.com...
> The British Government is afraid of offending yobs and a government
> agency has suggested that the word 'gang' be replaced with 'group'.

I know we all like laughing at hand-wringing liberals but this is so bad
that it's not even funny.

On 2007-05-26, Phil wrote:

> I know we all like laughing at hand-wringing liberals but this is so bad
> that it's not even funny.

It's not actually the whole story either, just the bits that make it
sound like some kind of portent of doom.

When I were a lad stuff like this was the staple diet of Esther
Rantzen and the That's Life team, with their Jobsworth awards and all
that kind of thing. Nowadays it's headline news in the Daily Mail and
a sign of impending doom. I suppose it goes to show that there's
nothing really bad going on to speak of...

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Phil did eloquently scribble:

> "Geoff Wearmouth" wrote in message
> news:1179906109.876000.309410@q69g2000hsb.googlegr oups.com...
>> The British Government is afraid of offending yobs and a government
>> agency has suggested that the word 'gang' be replaced with 'group'.

> I know we all like laughing at hand-wringing liberals but this is so bad
> that it's not even funny.

I don't see the liberals making these policies.
Labour, yes. I think the libdems have more sense.

If you're using the american term for liberals, stop it, this is british
politics we're talking about.
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On May 23, 8:41 am, Geoff Wearmouth wrote:
> The British Government is afraid of offending yobs and a government
> agency has suggested that the word 'gang' be replaced with 'group'.
>
Soon we'll have gangsex and groupbang as nouns then. Marvellous.

spike1@freenet.co.uk wrote:
> If you're using the american term for liberals, stop it, this is
> british politics we're talking about.

If he was using the American term it'd be librul or liberl. I've
actually seen Libertarians use "librul" like it's a dirty word. Anyway,
that's a whole other story.

....trails off muttering about not understanding how people can like
"liberty" and not "liberls"...