Posts by giovanni tiso
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For most of the nations sitting in the lower reaches of the Transparency International annual rating, they simply don't have that societal mental barrier.
Describes Italy pretty well. And there people get caught all the time, there's just no stygma.
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but it is far from okay to attempt/wage any sort of defense of yourself by yourself, and without any appeal whatsoever to social legitimacy
The problem is there you're not saying anything. There is no content whatsoever to your tirades, other than the idea that you're deeply misunderstood (by us). You keep insulting everybody here but have absolutely nothing to contribute to any conversation other than this notion that we are all terrible people all bent on excluding you from our conversations. Which rather begs the question why you keep coming back.
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I mean how many people *havent* had the threepence (we're talking 1950s) or the $2 (now) in exchange for a tiny piece of dentine & enamel? The evidence is everywhere!
Last year I took Joseph to a show with a friend of his who insisted to bring along a toy he had just bought with Tooth Fairy money. When it transpired that the Fairy gave him $4 per tooth, Joseph looked at me with an expression of genuine outrage and betrayal.
But then of course Santa perpetuates class division by giving expensive presents to rich kids, cheap presents to poor kids. All these fabled creatures are clearly inveterate Tories - with the possible exception of the Verruca Gnome.
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My point is, it's subliminal peer pressure on a grand scale. If you're brought up in that kind of all-pervasive atmosphere, it is that much more difficult to break ranks and tell people that you think that belief in their bearded sky god is just as ridiculous as belief in the tooth fairy and Santa Claus.
Except the tooth fairy actually exists.
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Very well put. Now spare a thought for those of us whose culture dictates that if you agree with what somebody has to say, that's frightfully rude.
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Yes, plus no Gulf Stream I imagine.
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(I am pretty pleased with the cupcake I just ate, though. So there's that.)
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The exception to this rule was the famous Giovanni Tiso.
That's just because I don't like to call attention to where I'm originally from.
The If New Zealand Was in Europe map seems relevant. It suggests I was born in Dunedin.
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PAS and Steven have been good for each other
Those difficult beginnigs must have been before my time, but hear hear on how great it is that you stuck with him and he with us.
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God i hope people never get to know me that well.
As far as I'm concerned, you're in no danger.