Forbidden fruit

[Curious]

Like the love that dare not speak its name there's one topic we can't discuss here but for those who are interested here's a link to White Desire's favorite news source with a story about stifling free speech, the BBC.

[jinks]

Remember guys, no discussion here on this subject.

[baziel]

dare not speak its name there's one topic we can't discus

Remember guys, no discussion here on this subject.

but for those who are interested here's

i am on the black list now ? Same " Let Me Tell You", ?

[Art]

Paradise made from concrete.

con·crete (kŏn-krēt', kŏng-, kŏn'krēt', kŏng'-)

adj. Of or relating to an actual, specific thing or instance; particular: had the concrete evidence needed to convict. Existing in reality or in real experience; perceptible by the senses; real: concrete objects such as trees.
Formed by the coalescence of separate particles or parts into one mass; solid. Made of hard, strong, conglomerate construction material.

n. (kŏn'krēt', kŏng'-, kŏn-krēt', kŏng-)
A hard, strong construction material consisting of sand, conglomerate gravel, pebbles, broken stone, or slag in a mortar or cement matrix. A mass formed by the coalescence of particles.

v. (kŏn'krēt', kŏng'-, kŏn-krēt', kŏng-) con·cret·ed, con·cret·ing, con·cretes
v. tr. To build, treat, or cover with hard, strong conglomerate construction material. To form into a mass by coalescence or cohesion of particles or parts.
v. intr. To harden; solidify.

[Middle English concret, from Latin concrētus, past participle of concrēscere, to grow together, harden : com-, com- + crēscere, to grow; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.]
con·crete'ly adv., con·crete'ness n.

Those who dislike diversity often care for concrete.


Paradise lost.


Loyal Air Force same same Louis XV?


Paradise without concrete.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/wilde/poemsofdouglas.htm


Paradise lost.

[Khor tose]

Like the love that dare not speak its name there's one topic we can't discuss here but for those who are interested here's a link to White Desire's favorite news source with a story about stifling free speech, the BBC.

We can always talk about Ferdinand VII of Spain.

http://www.nndb.com/people/937/000097646/

[MiniMee]

Like the love that dare not speak its name there's one topic we can't discuss .

Oh, you mean......

But only one subject we can't discuss? I thought you meant .......

[kenc]

.... the love that dare not speak its name ....

Uhh... you're talking about Durian, right?

[Curious]

A longer and more in-depth analysis is in the current edition of The Economist which is no doubt banned from sale in Thailand

[Beach Bunny]

A longer and more in-depth analysis is in the current edition of The Economist which is no doubt banned from sale in Thailand

Hmmm...who was previously our main Economist reader here?

[Curious]

Hmmm...who was previously our main Economist reader here?

If you did a Search I guess you would find quite a few. It is only people like you who live in an intellectual backwater (i.e. your own mind) who find the idea of reading widely unusual.

[Khor tose]

Hmmm...who was previously our main Economist reader here?

If you did a Search I guess you would find quite a few. It is only people like you who live in an intellectual backwater (i.e. your own mind) who find the idea of reading widely unusual.

Hey Bunny, help me out here. Did Curious just lay a zinger on you, or did he do a gotcha?

zing·er (zngr)
n. Informal
1. A witty, often caustic remark.
2. A sudden shock, revelation, or turn of events.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

got·cha (gch)
interj.
Used to indicate understanding or to signal the fact of having caught or defeated another.
n. A game or endeavor in which one party seeks to catch another out, as in a mistake or lie.
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[Contraction of got you.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

[Smiles]

" ...Hey Bunny, help me out here. Did Curious just lay a zinger on you, or did he do a gotcha? ... "

I doubt it, more likely neither. Rabbit Ears may be a troll, but he's a lot smarter than Curious.
Interesting ... one man's 'zinger' is another man's 'just-plain-lame'

[Khor tose]

" ...Hey Bunny, help me out here. Did Curious just lay a zinger on you, or did he do a gotcha? ... "

I doubt it, more likely neither. Rabbit Ears may be a troll, but he's a lot smarter than Curious.
Interesting ... one man's 'zinger' is another man's 'just-plain-lame'

I will be glad to discuss it with you when and if we meet. (We have a mutal friend.) Until then we will have to agree to disagree.