What grinds my gears...

[Stadt]

My timetable is dreadful, I've got a lesson first and a lesson last

[Carl the Llama]

Student in having classes to attend shocker.

[DB11]

My University tutor setting up a virtual learning environment for our final year project and spelling it prodject

[Merging Cultures]

People who tweet old news.

[David Guiza]

People who tweet old news.

See this all the time. Is it really that hard to look at the date of an article, there was one of Nigel Farrage's plane crash from a couple of years ago circulated a few weeks back by so many people. Christ alive.

[StanSP]

Woman at work didn't know what Nachos were.

 

That grinds my gears. How can you not know?!

[Stadt]

Student in having classes to attend shocker.

With 4 hours of nothing to do in between, I'd rather have a lesson or two

[FoxyPV]

My University tutor setting up a virtual learning environment for our final year project and spelling it prodject

Sectarian bastard

[David Guiza]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/michael-sam-christian-lobby-group-of-thousands-set-to-protest-dallas-cowboys-for-signing-first-openly-gay-nfl-player-9714718.html?dkdk

 

Couldn't be bothered to start a new topic about this. Religious fanatics at it again in the States. Anybody who thinks our country is backwards only need look over the pond.

[Smudge]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/michael-sam-christian-lobby-group-of-thousands-set-to-protest-dallas-cowboys-for-signing-first-openly-gay-nfl-player-9714718.html?dkdk

 

Couldn't be bothered to start a new topic about this. Religious fanatics at it again in the States. Anybody who thinks our country is backwards only need look over the pond.

That's a pretty narrow minded view of the US. Just because some people find homosexuality a sin doesn't mean everyone does. The first amendment protects the right to free speech no matter how hateful.

[Harry - LCFC]

That's a pretty narrow minded view of the US. Just because some people find homosexuality a sin doesn't mean everyone does. The first amendment protects the right to free speech no matter how hateful.

 

No-one is denying them their right to speak. It's not an infringement upon a person's freedom to say you find their views offensive.

[Webbo]

No-one is denying them their right to speak. It's not an infringement upon a person's freedom to say you find their views offensive.

Not fair to judge a whole country on the views of a few extremists.

[Harry - LCFC]

Not fair to judge a whole country on the views of a few extremists.

 

That wasn't what I was saying at all. I was talking about free speech.

[Smudge]

That wasn't what I was saying at all. I was talking about free speech.

Webbo got my point

[David Guiza]

That's a pretty narrow minded view of the US. Just because some people find homosexuality a sin doesn't mean everyone does. The first amendment protects the right to free speech no matter how hateful.

That's why I said Religious Fanatics and not the entire nation. The point about being backward was aimed at them also. Although, as a general point I do think America is very backward in many ways, but that can be expected from such a vast nation with varying cultures.

The Human Rights Act and European Convention allows for freedom of speech, and freedom of thought conscience and religion, but that still needs to be balanced against the rights and interests of others. 

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

When you're anticipating a massive shit and it's 2 paltry nuggets. I've been shortchanged

[Harry - LCFC]

Webbo got my point

 

Sorry, what?

 

You made two points in your post - not judging everyone and the importance of being free to speak. I was talking quite specifically about the second one, I don't know how anyone could've missed that.

[The Doctor]

That's a pretty narrow minded view of the US. Just because some people find homosexuality a sin doesn't mean everyone does. The first amendment protects the right to free speech no matter how hateful.

Fairly sure hate speech is a crime, so that's not true.

[Jon the Hat]

That's why I said Religious Fanatics and not the entire nation. The point about being backward was aimed at them also. Although, as a general point I do think America is very backward in many ways, but that can be expected from such a vast nation with varying cultures.

The Human Rights Act and European Convention allows for freedom of speech, and freedom of thought conscience and religion, but that still needs to be balanced against the rights and interests of others. 

 

Have you spent much time in the US or with Americans?

[Chug Laguna]

Fairly sure hate speech is a crime, so that's not true.

 

Not here... not without imminent danger or some such criteria.

[The Doctor]

Not here... not without imminent danger or some such criteria.

Well then America is a country that gives more rights to white supremacists than to homosexuals - I fail to see how it isn't backwards

[Jon the Hat]

Well then America is a country that gives more rights to white supremacists than to homosexuals - I fail to see how it isn't backwards

 

How exactly does it give more rights to either?  They both have the right to be equally vile and hateful, it is just not very likely.

[ADK]

I reckon we have more religious extremists per capita than the US does.

[pSinatra]

I've an auntie from New York state.  One of of the most intelligent people I have ever met.  I'm not going to assume that all Americans are equally as intelligent.

[David Guiza]

Have you spent much time in the US or with Americans?

Spent the whole summer there last year and been on a few more occasions. Why do you ask?