About time this thread got interesting.
Just ate fried nanas in Ha Long passed off as Vietnamese.
I've eaten them in Australian Chinese restaurants since the 70s
Ha long bay would be beautiful, probably was ,but too many humans here now.
The N/S divide is very much alive.
Call it South China.
Saigon is a rats nest, but Vietnamese all the same.
Still beats Borewood by a by a thousand miles yet nobody here is as sophisticated as Our own DC.
I will make a quick comment on the ridiculous banning of Bitters for writing "flied lice" or whatever it was.
The most innocuous comment ever in light of the fact that the Chinese may be the most powerful nation in our time.
Add to this their entrenched racism.
Add to this their population which makes them dominant globally.
In comedic terms We discuss"punching down" or up.
Bitters was punching up .
I'm not sure who banned him and we don't get too OTT on these issues here but I request the Moderator that made that farcical decision to quietly hand in their tin badge.
I would add the Clunes riots were probably in order if anyone here has ever shared a hotel lobby with Chinese tourists en masse.
Dr John, whom I respect for his intelligence,though often disagree
with,is hopefully not the person responsible .
The complainant was DLs Resident SJW.
I'm a solid contributor here.Love it.
So are others whos ideas I dislike. Does not mean they are invalid.
My point is that the censorship here is getting OTT.
Can I suggest we ban a poster based on more than one complainant , and check the track record of the whining regular Mrs Mangles.
I'll invoke Jazza here- who made some crude comments at times but lived a solitary rural life and was a man of his time.I don 't believe he ever meant racial harm but might have caused some minor offence to be taken.He was a minority ,even in his own country.
My main point is, stop the naivety ,stop the PC bans unless WELL deserved.
I love Demonland and hope it grows with our great club.
Race exists,as does religion and politics.
Can we be adults here and make valid points without recriminations or is it Commo China?
I'll defend Aboriginal Ozzies to the hilt but FFS I need an explanation.
Please Explain.