Appleby Fair

Just a quick question ApplebyLover. If you love Appleby so much, then why aren't you there enjoying it? And if you're already there then it really can't be that good if you are sat on a public forum arguing with a bunch of strange women???
Its just because when I go to an event I enjoy, Olympia for example, I don't sit on a public forum telling everyone how great it is, simply because im having too much fun and don't really care what anyone else thinks?
 
So what?

Too many horses anyway. Certainly don't need any more coloured feathery types. Drown em all!!!! Then have em on the barbecue as steaks!

I honestly do not know why you are all moaning about horses and humans havin a bath. The Indians have an annual bath with the elephants in the Ganges, here, the travellers have an annual bath in the Eden! What's the problem?

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I think time seems to have a habit of making things either better or worse, good things don't seem to stay the same.
I almost see gypsy's are viewed the same as that of teenagers. everyone see's the drunk teenagers throwing up on our pavements at 4am, or breaking peoples windows, stealing cars and taking drugs in parks... but obviously this is not every teenager, but the bad ones give other teenagers a bad name.
Appleby is like a music festival, which sadly now are sometimes ruined with people who burn tents and wreck things for 'fun'. there are some people who go to enjoy the music and a bit of a booze up, but the more problems and incidents, the less 'normal' people go and the worse it gets.
sadly Appleby involves horses, not just humans, who get caught up in the rowdy affair.
this is just my opinion. but horse abuse is never right, where ever it happens and it definitely happens at Appleby
 
pippixox said:
I think time seems to have a habit of making things either better or worse, good things don't seem to stay the same.
I almost see gypsy's are viewed the same as that of teenagers. everyone see's the drunk teenagers throwing up on our pavements at 4am, or breaking peoples windows, stealing cars and taking drugs in parks... but obviously this is not every teenager, but the bad ones give other teenagers a bad name.
Appleby is like a music festival, which sadly now are sometimes ruined with people who burn tents and wreck things for 'fun'. there are some people who go to enjoy the music and a bit of a booze up, but the more problems and incidents, the less 'normal' people go and the worse it gets.
sadly Appleby involves horses, not just humans, who get caught up in the rowdy affair.
this is just my opinion. but horse abuse is never right, where ever it happens and it definitely happens at Appleby
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Good post.
 
ApplebyLover said:
Fact: Gypsies and Travellers are minority ethnic groups and legally protected under the Race Relations Act, so discrimination against them is unlawful. English Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers have the same rights to race relations protection as other recognised ethnic minority groups

The British government definition of gypsies and travellers does in fact extend beyond the racial and ethnic boundaries to include 'Persons of nomadic habit of life whatever their race or origin' so you are partly right, but the fact remains that discrimination against them is illegal, and they are an officially recognised ethnic minority group.
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nomadic habit = moblie, travels, migratory

the gypsies and travellers that are protected (as they are ethnic groups) are the ones that travel...... these ones that travel are often 'proper' gypsies, with many generations together passing down their way of life, who have high care and welfare standards for their horses, as their life without these would be non existent....... i would assume that these are the sort of people appleby fair was made by, so they could buy/sell and gather together for a few weeks.......

however there are those that live in large 'mobile' trailers, or even houses now that still call themselves 'travellers'. they may well be descended from English Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers, but do not hold the same values or traditions.... these people do not deserve the rights to race relations protection, as they do not full-fill the government description of a traveller! these people are not in the minority, and look like any other 'family' of britain. appleby fair was not made for these people to go and mess around in, causing havoc and creating news headlines!

it is a shame that the latter ruin it for the former and the general public, because it could be a fantasic place to learn about the true travellers way of life, when they so rarely open their doors!

pippixox: i thoroughly agree with you!
 
Being a person of minority ethnic descent in 2013 sounds like a pretty good place to be.
sort of like having diplomatic immunity, except racial.

you can go around being contemptuous and insulting to the majority of the population of the country you live in, go around nicking stuff, illegally occupying privately owned land, fly grazing your livestock, generally behaving like animals and get treated with kid gloves by the local police force who's policies are a softly softly approach on the handling of minorities for fear of being accused of racism, and if anyone dares complain you get a hundred bleeding liberals rushing to your defense and accusing people of discriminating against you.



Excellent! where can i sign up?
 
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lula said:
Being a person of minority ethnic descent in 2013 sounds like a pretty good place to be.
sort of like having diplomatic immunity, except its racial.

you can go around being contemptuous and insulting to the majority of the population of the country you live in, go around nicking stuff, illegally occupying privately owned land, fly grazing your livestock, generally behaving like animals and get treated with kid gloves by the local police force who's policies are a softly softly approach on the handling of minorities for fear of being accused of racism, and if anyone dares complain you get a hundred bleeding liberals rushing to your defense and accusing people of discriminating against you.



Excellent! where can i sign up?
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nail on the head.

not relevant to this thread but theres a manager in my work who is the rudest man ever, no respect for customers or any of the people he works with, clicks his fingers at you when he wants your attention. he also smells like he hasnt washed in a year. he's an ethnic minority. he's pulled the racism card once when he was pulled up about his behaviour, company is scared to do anything else about him.
 
quirky said:
I was thinking along the same lines, especially as the previous alliteration had/has an issue with the person they are now alleging is RB.
Gawd, it's blummin tiring, I can't be doing with it all :o
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I know it is not DD, for gods sake.
 
quirky said:
I was thinking along the same lines, especially as the previous alliteration had/has an issue with the person they are now alleging is RB.
Gawd, it's blummin tiring, I can't be doing with it all :o
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If im thinking along the same lines re person, WHY? Why claim that The male poster with a lovely grey horse is RB???:confused:
 
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