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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 05:36 AM Apr 2019

Well mannered British unsure if having bloody coup is polite or not

Good manners are currently the only thing preventing the British population rising up and tearing the ruling class to pieces in bloody insurrection.

Whilst there is certainly an overwhelming desire amongst the British to revolt in the most violent way possible, there is also a concern that it would be seen as ‘impolite’.

“Well, yes, I think that, like most of us, there’s nothing I’d enjoy more, right now, than parading around Parliament Square with Liam Fox’s head on a spear,” explained Simon Williams, an insect psychiatrist from Norwich.

“But, I’m just a little concerned that people would think me rude.

“I mean, like most people I was brought up to believe that good manners are paramount.


https://newsthump.com/2019/04/01/well-mannered-british-unsure-if-having-bloody-coup-is-polite-or-not/

There is a truth in this for most of us - unfortunately times have changed somewhat and those gobs on the far left and far right seem to think violence of language is now okey dokey
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Well mannered British unsure if having bloody coup is polite or not (Original Post) Soph0571 Apr 2019 OP
Simon Williams, an insect psychiatrist. Doodley Apr 2019 #1
Yeah! It is satire :-) Soph0571 Apr 2019 #2
LOL.. that was the ultimate tip-off. hlthe2b Apr 2019 #3
I Googled insect psychiatrist and it is a real thing. Doodley Apr 2019 #5
Is that a humorous nickname for an insect "behaviorist"? hlthe2b Apr 2019 #6
I'd love to be a fly on the wall while an insect has therapy. Doodley Apr 2019 #7
Satire or not Pope George Ringo II Apr 2019 #4

Pope George Ringo II

(1,896 posts)
4. Satire or not
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 06:02 AM
Apr 2019

I think a coup is sometimes acceptable, provided the proper niceties are observed. We're not barbarians, after all.

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