Get's my vote!!
Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 11:18 pm
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Re: Get's my vote!!
Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 11:31 pm
They don't seem to have managed to get the traction the UKIP has...
Catchy tune though...
Catchy tune though...
Re: Get's my vote!!
Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 3:02 pm
"The Land of St George"
Per the myth he was ethnically or culturally Greek so Greece is "The Land of St George" but then he was from Cappdocia which is in Turkey so Turkey is "The Land of St George". But if you let people in just for claiming him then you have to let in nearly all of Europe because everyone from Russia and Sweden to France and Italy have strong claims based on iconography. This sculpture from Sweden is especially good and has George killing the dragon with a sword: much manlier than the wimpy pokey-thing which allows George to stay safely at a distance. A sword means he has to move in close enough to feel the dragons breath and smell his blood.
This is Beta Gyorgis, a church dedicated to St George in Ethiopia where Christianity has flourished since 400 AD, centuries before England. St George is Ethiopia's patron saint.:
And whose flag is this with Georgy right in the middle!
This is a different St. George, sans dragon, just standing around and looking ready for anything:
"The Land of St George" is more international than the EU!
yrs,
rubato
Per the myth he was ethnically or culturally Greek so Greece is "The Land of St George" but then he was from Cappdocia which is in Turkey so Turkey is "The Land of St George". But if you let people in just for claiming him then you have to let in nearly all of Europe because everyone from Russia and Sweden to France and Italy have strong claims based on iconography. This sculpture from Sweden is especially good and has George killing the dragon with a sword: much manlier than the wimpy pokey-thing which allows George to stay safely at a distance. A sword means he has to move in close enough to feel the dragons breath and smell his blood.
This is Beta Gyorgis, a church dedicated to St George in Ethiopia where Christianity has flourished since 400 AD, centuries before England. St George is Ethiopia's patron saint.:
And whose flag is this with Georgy right in the middle!
This is a different St. George, sans dragon, just standing around and looking ready for anything:
"The Land of St George" is more international than the EU!
yrs,
rubato
Re: Get's my vote!!
Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 11:22 pm
Yes, and?
Re: Get's my vote!!
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 1:30 am
If you had watched the video perhaps you would have understood the reference.
yrs,
rubato
yrs,
rubato
Re: Get's my vote!!
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 1:53 am
I did watch the video, your point was ...what exactly....
Re: Get's my vote!!
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 2:05 am
some people think they're far more clever than they actually are.
Re: Get's my vote!!
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 2:50 pm
And here I had thought American political parties/campaigns were the dumbest on the planet. Now I see there is some genuine competition.
Just need to bend the arms a bit on that Cross of St. George.
Also too:
(Got here before Meade did.)
Just need to bend the arms a bit on that Cross of St. George.
Also too:
Maybe the party platform should include English as the national language, with foreign aid to the Welsh.Get's my vote!!
(Got here before Meade did.)
Re: Get's my vote!!
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 3:12 pm
Oh come now... it's not just the Welsh influence....
Re: Get's my vote!!
Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 11:53 pm
The durability of the relationship between xenophobia/racism and ignorance is a continual source of wonder and some encouragement.
yrs,
rubato
yrs,
rubato
Re: Get's my vote!!
Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 12:56 am
rubato wrote:The durability of the relationship between xenophobia/racism and ignorance is a continual source of wonder and some encouragement.
yrs,
rubato
Oh indeed, thanks for remdining us!
Re: Get's my vote!!
Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 3:00 am
Yes, the symbiotic relationship between bigotry and ignorance is impossible to miss..
I've seen numerous examples of this right here on this board...
In fact I commented on one such example, not too long ago:
I've seen numerous examples of this right here on this board...
In fact I commented on one such example, not too long ago:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=10832&p=138094&hil ... ry#p138094Bigots begin with a preconceived view and close themselves off to any information or perspectives that might undermine their ignorant foregone conclusions. Bigotry is the "comfort zone" and ignorance is the bigot's "comfort food"...