XPost: uk.politics.misc 
 From: incubus9536612@gmail.com 
  
 On 2019-10-15, tim...  wrote: 
 > 
 > 
 > "Incubus"  wrote in message 
 > news:qo4iee$stk$1@dont-email.me... 
 >> On 2019-10-15, Grik-basstarde€€€€€  wrote: 
 >>> On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 13:46:57 +0100, Ian Jackson 
 >>> wrote: 
 >>> 
 >>>>In message , 
 >>>>Grik-basstarde€€€€€  writes 
 >>>>>On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:21:19 +0100, Ian Jackson 
 >>>>> wrote: 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>>>In message , Brian Reay  
 >>>>>>writes 
 >>>>>>>Ned Latham  wrote: 
 >>>>>>>> Incubus wrote: 
 >>>>>>>>> Dave Plowman wrote: 
 >>>>>>>> 
 >>>>>>>> ----snip---- 
 >>>>>>>> 
 >>>>>>>>>> Would a vote to remain have stopped Farage and the anti-EU press 
 >>>>>>>>>> constantly calling for another referendum, then? We know the 
 >>>>>>>>>> answer as 
 >>>>>>>>>> regards Farage, since he said it on live TV. 
 >>>>>>>>> 
 >>>>>>>>> He said it wouldn't be the end of the matter.  He didn't say he and 
 >>>>>>>>> all 
 >>>>>>>>> his supporters would have tantrums and do their level best to 
 >>>>>>>>> interfere 
 >>>>>>>>> with the democratic process.  Personally, I would have accepted the 
 >>>>>>>>> result until further information or material change came to light 
 >>>>>>>>> that 
 >>>>>>>>> justified the issue being reopened. 
 >>>>>>>> 
 >>>>>>>> How about the EU ambition to own armed force? 
 >>>>>>>> 
 >>>>>>> 
 >>>>>>>You only need to look at recent events in Spain to understand that. 
 >>>>>>> 
 >>>>>>>Give the EU an Army and they could ensure no one ever dare tried to 
 >>>>>>>follow 
 >>>>>>>the UK and leave. 
 >>>>>>> 
 >>>>>>It's just as well that Turkey's not in the EU! 
 >>>>>> 
 >>>>>>Of course, the 'immediate prospect' of Turkey joining EU was one of the 
 >>>>>>reasons that some Brexiteers said why they voted to leave. In truth, it 
 >>>>>>was never really on the cards at the time, and now is certainly never 
 >>>>>>likely happen in anything like the foreseeable future. In the event of 
 >>>>>>a 
 >>>>>>second referendum, I think it's pretty safe to say that Brexiteers can 
 >>>>>>safely cross it off their list of reasons why we need to leave. 
 >>>>> 
 >>>>>If other Turd World Middle East shitholes such as Grease and Cyprus 
 >>>>>can be allowed to join the EU (albeit temporarily), why not Turkey? 
 >>>> 
 >>>>Greece, of course, 'invented' democracy (oft-called-upon in this NG). If 
 >>>>anyone should be in the EU, it's Greece! 
 >>> 
 >>> That is, of course, a myth, and the EU is the most undemocratic 
 >>> institution there is. 
 >>> 
 >>> It's like saying the Arabs 'invented' numbers.  If anyone should be 
 >>> kicked out of the EU, it's Grease! 
 >> 
 >> The number of things Arabs have given us can be counted on one hand... 
 > 
 > didn't they invent our numbers? 
  
 How does one invent a number any more than one can invent a right angle? 
 They 
 influenced the way we write numerals but certainly didn't invent those as 
 they 
 were influenced by Indian mathematicians in turn. 
  
 > without their work you wouldn't even be able to write your previous 
 sentence 
  
 That is so far from reality that it doesn't even require repudiation. 
  
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