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[MelanieGiles]

My "funny guy" comment was really directed at you Paul - but then Andy Davie can be quite funny as well - especially when we are running round London in a taxi at 1am in the morning trying to find a kebab shop that is open!!!

Remember the Great Kebab Chase Andy!!

[Adam Davies]

Lol, we ended up with each others kebab in the end...must have been the most expensive kebab in history Mel, with that cab fare included.
Great fun though

[cazlizzy]

I am so glad others felt that those two posters were uncomfortable.
I have seen them pop up a few time now, (even wondered if they were joined at the hip[;)]) but I have refrained from commenting, as I have been tired from work when I saw them and might not have been very diplomatic.[:D]

[ivas4us]

Thank you Melanie and Andy for your comments and support. It is very much appreciated.

[David Mond]

All opinion is welcome both serious, political (if it adds to the debate on a particular issue as all parties have different views on debt and what to do about it) and humourous jokes.

Everyone is not universally going to agree with everything but free speech is something we all take for granted in this country and long may it continue.

[Max]

David, I am off on a tangent a little - you may be able to answer this. David was talking to a neighbour yesterday - "a facilities officer at the local Council" - I do not know what that is. During the conversation my husband said he has become computer friendly with a Jewish man over the computer network. My husband was told he must not say that - not pc - he has to say he has a friend who is a Jew. What on earth is the difference? J

[kallis3]

I wouldn't have thought there was any difference personally.

There is too much emphasis on what is pc these days, and not enough time spent on the things that really matter.

[Max]

How true your comment is - if people thought like that more often there would be less conflict and more co-operation. J

[kallis3]

Exactly J!

[David Mond]

David, I am off on a tangent a little - you may be able to answer this. David was talking to a neighbour yesterday - "a facilities officer at the local Council" - I do not know what that is. During the conversation my husband said he has become computer friendly with a Jewish man over the computer network. My husband was told he must not say that - not pc - he has to say he has a friend who is a Jew. What on earth is the difference? J

“Jew” as an adjective (“Jew lawyer”) is an ethnic insult; the word is “Jewish.” But people who object to “Jew” as a noun are being oversensitive. Most Jews are proud to be called Jews. The expression “to Jew someone down"—an expression meaning “to bargain for a lower price”—reflects a grossly insulting stereotype and should be avoided in all contexts.

I personally like to be known as Jewish and not being referred to as a "Jew" - however it is really in the context as an adjective that the problem (if any) arises.

I am a Jew and I am Jewish so in reality I don't mind.

[kallis3]

Thanks for clearing that up David!

[David Mond]

[:D]