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Everyone’s a Quinner

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Re: Brexit
« Reply #75 on: Tuesday 29-Jan-2019, 14:43* »
If we are into analogies then my favourite is the Lego one. Imagine you and your 27 classmates have been building a city out of Lego for many years. It’s large and complex. Suddenly you decide to tell your classmates you don’t want to play any more and you want your blue Lego bricks back. You expect them to immediately accommodate you even though taking the blue bricks away will destroy some of the things that you’ve all agreed to build together. Instead of being accommodating and pragmatic about arranging this and taking responsibility for the difficulties your decision has caused others you kick up a real tantrum and demand your bricks back immediately and say that you never ever want to play with them again, even though there are a number of other games that you enjoy. You expect them to clear up the mess and do the hard work in rearranging things for you. You’re a bit of a **** really and need to grow up.

That doesn’t really reflect on what is going on though does it. Nor is that helpful in any way. And I wouldn’t call 2 years immediate either. When it’s something as trivial as a game then yeah I can see how that would be unreasonable however in real adult life we are having to follow EU sanctions and regulations to which we have in part had enough of.

The direction the EU is going regarding armies etc isn’t where we want to go. Also everybody has a right to change their mind, just because you are a part of something doesn’t mean you can’t have a freedom of choice to change your mind. I find that way of thinking unhelpful and disruptive towards actually progressing through this in a positive and grown up manner. We aren’t asking for all our money back (or bricks). The money (or bricks) we have already given to the EU (or in your case, a little toddlers tower), they can keep that. We are simply not wishing to keep building this little toddlers tower higher than its own good, as  it’s looking ready to topple. We do not wish to carry on in this way and do not wish to be a part of the European Union. It doesn’t mean we aren’t part of Europe in itself.

To conclude things by saying “You’re a bit of a **** really and need to grow up” is both very immature, very unfair and very aggressive for someone who is just voicing an opinion, like we are all free to do. I’d like to also point out that your concluding comment really does mirror your whole paragraphs attitude and manner in which you’ve voiced this with a lack of any decency or maturity.

We’ll agree to disagree. Regards
« Last Edit: Tuesday 29-Jan-2019, 14:46* by Everyone’s a Quinner »

 

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