Bradford & Bingley Bailout by the City

oldMcDonald

snoopy78 wrote: »

This is the attitude that I am unkeen on, most disabled people can look after themselves and can live so called normal lives. They don't need anyone to protect them, or talk out for them.

Maybe I was wrong to say most, I should have said many.

My child is profoundly disabled. I have had him referred to as a retard, backward and a dinlo by people on the street, people who have glanced at my child and made a comment as they pass by. Can you imagine how that feels? I bloody well do have to protect him and talk out for him as he is unable to do this for himself.

WTF?_2

Dithering_Dad wrote: »

There will always be small minded people like yourself who use words like 'retard' and 'negro' (which was the n__ word I was referring to, not the slag derivative you thought) and insist that 'they're legitimate and factual words used to describe a section of the community. Luckily, you're on the fringe.

Firstly I never labelled anyone a 'retard'. In fact, no-one did. Even the link which set you off on an almighty torrent of self-indignation used the word '!!!!!!' and not 'retard'. A bit of a difference.


Secondly. calm down. You'll give yourself a hernia with your ranting.

EDIT: Thirdly, regarding the use of the word 'Negro' which I'm sure you didn't mean when you referred to N________ : This quote is from Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech:

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

"But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition."

"Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds.""

"It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality."


Somehow I don't think his use of the word 'Negro' was ironic. Luckily for the ignorant like him we have political correctness to put us right on using the word negro, eh :rolleyes: What a pity MLK didn't have anyone around with your highly tuned sensibilities to put him right.....

worldtraveller

With the continuing bad news regarding BB in the media, I wonder how long it will be before savers start to pull their money out in droves? :think:

WTF?_2

Dithering_Dad wrote: »

Firstly, the word 'retard' and the word '!!!!!!' are exactly the same word, just used in past-tense. Here is a link to help you with your english language skills: http://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/-ed.htm

I'd have no difficulties describing the child in the photo as 'being a !!!!!! child' because that is a perfectly correct definition.

I would however hesitate to describe the child as 'a retard' because that is most certainly a term which has come to be used in a derogatory way. Not just labelled by PC-idiots as 'offensive' but actually used as a term of insult.

A subtle difference, but subtleties tend to get lost in the broad, broad brushstrokes of political correctness. They certainly got lost on you since you have a number of times on this thread accused me of calling the kid 'a retard' even though I have done nothing of the sort :rolleyes:

Dithering_Dad wrote: »

Secondly, unless you have extra powers that help you see beyond the written word, ...

Exactly. Here's some examples of stuff you have written in this thread which I think constitutes ranting and warrants my exhortation to 'calm down':

I suggest you keep your views on disabled children to yourself, you piece of !!!!!!. (To Treadmill)

You would however be happy to express these views on an anonymous forum or down the pub with your cronies. Rather than being an 'important person' with 'incisive opinions', you're actually a rather sad little coward.

There will always be small minded people like yourself who use words like 'retard' and 'negro' (which was the n__ word I was referring to, not the slag derivative you thought) and insist that 'they're legitimate and factual words used to describe a section of the community. Luckily, you're on the fringe.

... you have no idea whether I am calm or otherwise.

Unless your habit of going off on one, as evidenced above, is a sign of endearment then I think your words give a pretty good insight as to your temperament at the time of posting.

Unless descriptive words such as "I am enraged" or "Dithering Dad hammered away angrily at his keyboard", there is no way to indicate any sort of emotional response in text. For information I am actually slightly amused that we've both entered into a competition of "who can make !!!!!!? look the most biggoted fool on MSE". I'm ashamed to say that you're winning.

You've also 'proved' that Martin Luther King was racist against 'negros'. Way to go, congratulations on your triumph over adversity! :rotfl:

WTF?_2

worldtraveller wrote: »

With the continuing bad news regarding BB in the media, I wonder how long it will be before savers start to pull their money out in droves? :think:

Indeed.

Mind you, the media are doing their best to play it down and the catastrophic slide in share values and seemingly endless stream of bad news is being kept away from headline news.

WTF?_2

Dithering_Dad wrote: »

Thirdly, you're winning even more with that addition to your text & with every subsequent post you make, especially with the Martin Luther King references and your repeated use of the use the words 'Negro' and '!!!!!!' in many of your posts

Well, you've finally stopped accusing me of using the term 'retard' which means you've taken something on board.

Sadly for you, my only use of the term negro so far has been in quotes of Martin Luther King speeches where (no doubt in his ignorance brought on by living in pre-PC times) he uses the word repeatedly. If only he could be as enlightened as you and realise that in fact he was using a racist term.

(perhaps you will soon be justifying euthanasia for disabled babies and extoling your perceived superiority of the white race?) Well done. :rotfl::rotfl: :rotfl:

Classic. A world of your own! Keep it up.

ad44downey

Back on topic. The darling of buy to letters, B&B, takes a right pasting today.

Total carnage. Bradford and Bingley shares finish down 18% today.

Gorgeous_George

Could you take this petty argument into the Moneysavers Arms or use the pm system.

It is boring to the extreme.

GG

pickles110564

How many more banks are in trouble?
found out today that another friend has a 4.5% fixed rate ending in September, quite worried for them.
Is there anything positive I can pass on to them, one for you brainboxes from the city.

WTF?_2

pickles110564 wrote: »

How many more banks are in trouble?
found out today that another friend has a 4.5% fixed rate ending in September, quite worried for them.
Is there anything positive I can pass on to them, one for you brainboxes from the city.

Around the time of Northern Rock, Bradford and Bingley and Alliance and Leicester were also thought to be in imminent danger.

Also, HBOS are up to their neck in UK property exposure.