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78% of Brits under surveillance?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ance-year.html
Is this not a little extreme? I wonder what our number would be?
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08-10-2009, 03:04 PM
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No no, not 78%, 1 in 78 people; i.e. 1.3%.
Still, I bet that's more than here. Or maybe not. 
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WOW! I just had a serious case of the stupit!
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08-10-2009, 03:13 PM
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It's okay, Dana and Sundae Girl say that's a typical side effect of reading the Daily Mail.
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08-10-2009, 03:42 PM
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BTW, Griff - I get that you read the statistics wrong, but way to load a poll! Tell me again, why do you hate Britain?
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08-10-2009, 03:53 PM
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By Merkin standards, I'm half Irish. So ppppft :p
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08-10-2009, 07:06 PM
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merkin = unkind
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08-10-2009, 11:19 PM
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Now we all know you're not all evil, and not all of you are evil either.
In fact, I'm inclined to think the worst thing about some Americans is their single mindedness, which is not always a bad thing. Far from evil though.
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I don't mean "merkin" as an insult! It's a comical abbreviation. However, if you view it like Chink or Spic I may have to desist...
My comment was simply because in England, we expect to be mongrel. Very few of us claim to be half this, half that, a quarter the other. (There are some of course, but we snicker about them.) We know we have a mixed heritage, and unless someone has a different language, or an insistent parent, it's just accepted that you're here because you're here because etc etc. What's the point of tracing your family back? You'd only end up finding your female ancestors were rogered by some sort of invader (Viking, Roman, French etc). So my Irish heritage is of no use to me - so what if Grandad came from Ireland? Three Grandparents were Londoners. I know this is a light-hearted thread and I really didn't mean this divisively. Just I wan't quite sure what the comments meant and trying to cover all bases
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08-11-2009, 04:38 PM
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I sorta thought so.
Just feel I have to be super-careful these days. I'm scared the Anti-Merk Death Squad have my address...
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