Two types of folk

I'm saddened by the confirmation that I am indeed dealing with numpty here.

I think you could well be right.

Trying to explore possible mitigating circumstances that could cause someone to behave like the farmer did in the video is called 'reason'.
It is not skirting.
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If you don't like having your mistakes pointed out to you, then I suggest you don't make them in the first place.

You may believe that metaphorical stone you placed on my head is heavy, but to me it has no 'weight'.
It's a Styrofoam prop.

If you want to go around 'not believing' things which were never said or implied then thats up to you.

I know the likes of, JoT just keep coming back for more and more, there's a word for people who do that.
I've told you before, and I'll tell you again.
I ain't 'buying' your snake oil.

 

DA is right, there are two types of folk. Those that agree with me and those that don't.

 

You are quite correct DA, there are two types... I bet that farmer voted "Remain."

 

I don't think you'd sell much even if you tried.
You do however make a good customer for those who 'are' good at it.

Then you'd be wrong in pointing that out, seen as that isn't the case.
The video didn't show a vigilante metering out justice as he saw fit. It showed a man driven to anger by people whose purpose on the day was to agitate, intimidate, and disrupt a group going about their lawful business. Committing the criminal offence of 'aggravated trespass' as they do so.
"Kangaroo justice"?
What's that?
If you'd bother to look up the correct term you may begin to understand that, you and DA, have already presided over one quite unwittingly.

I'm not interested in the labels of 'great brit', or 'little Englander', JoT.
If the practice of not jumping to conclusions based on viewing a couple of minutes worth of edited video footage makes me one in your opinion then so be it.
I would have to disagree though.

The only thing being exposed here is your ignorance.
Sorry, you're not going to play the victim card and accuse me of bullying for saying that are you?

 

DA has already covered that base by claiming that if he did vote remain then he'd be an anomaly who was selfishly thinking about his pocked.
See, he's not daft.
He just thinks everyone else is.

 

You can split any set in two by those with a property, and those without that property.

So, there are two types of folks: those wearing hats at the moment and those that aren’t.

DA’s split was not two types. There were those who commented sympathising with the sabs, those who commented sympathising with the farmer... and nearly all of the rest of us who didn’t comment on YouTube at all. Probably because YouTube comments look like the level of hell that even Dante’s twisted imagination couldn’t cope with.

I’m more interested in a different trend - the two types of folks on the Screwfix sparky forum: Those that think mains voltage should be respected and those that think “eff it, let’s join some wires together and see what happens”.

Perhaps I’ve just noticed it in the last few months, but has this always been a thing?
For sure, I’m all for a “have a go” attitude with plastering and painting (what’s the worst that can happen?) but tatting with lecky without testing equipment - I’m too much of a wuss for that.

I guess there’s a bias to the questions we see. People who fry themselves don’t post. People who actually, ummm, test stuff and think about what they’re doing don’t need to post. So I suppose survivor (literal in this case) bias means we see the “I connected all the wires in my house together - what did I do wrong?” posts.

In fairness, the sparkies that reply aren’t too sarky - that takes restraint. So forget the problems of sabs and the farmers, let’s spare a thought for the daily horror stories that confront the humble ‘lectrician.

 

Glutton. In JOTs case, a glutton for punishment.

Of course, DA has a different word for it. Brexiter!

Mr. HandyAndy - Really

 

So the sabs were there lawfully? Not as vigilantes? Not being disruptive? Not trespassing?

Members of an official law upholding profession?

Mr. HandyAndy - Really

 

Food for thought, instead of hunting foxes with dogs, let's electrocute the b*****s.

 

I had a feeling you'd bring out the 'heavy guns'.

 

Yeah, but that doesn’t mean you can run them over with a quad bike.

I have little sympathy with either side here, but if the rule is that we’re allowed to run people over who are deliberately disruptive then I want a quad bike and a map of the route DA takes for his dogs walking.

 

Yep, thought about it.
I've come to the conclusion that you can't see past your own nose.

 

But that's not the argument is it?, DA pulled his usual stunt of bringing it round to 'leavers' and 'remainers', the 'antagonists' in the video were 'leavers' whilst the 'victims' were 'remainers', eh?, four legs good, two legs bad.

Here's a thought, I would imagine DA is well read, I bet he owns, at the very least, 12 copies of 'catcher in the rye'.

 

I agree with you. DA likes splitting things between black and white - a moral FW de Klerk.

I’m deliberately staying out of the moral dimension of Brexit. I think it’s nonsense and poisonous. “I voted remain therefore I’m more virtuous”? I don’t use emoji, but if there was an emoji for the hand gesture that sort of attitude deserves then maybe I’d make an exception.

I’m just saying that you can’t run people over because they hack you off. But if you could.... man... that’d be sweet.