Facebook Anomaly

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by sweller, Jan 17, 2011.

  1. sweller

    sweller Guest

    Those with Facebook accounts can you find the group " The Sun "newspaper"
    is an enemy of the people "

    Forget the group itself - it was nothing special and a bit green wax
    crayon - but it seems it's been dropped from the Facebook search results.
    However, it does still exist with 1500 members.

    Some are getting a bit paranoid about this. Murdoch as the man etc.

    Quite interesting though.
     
    sweller, Jan 17, 2011
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    Pete Fisher Guest

    No.

    There is still "THE SUN NEWSPAPER IS SCUM" and "Don't Trust The Sun
    Newspaper It Lies x". Rather more niche targets in that case though.

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    Pete Fisher, Jan 17, 2011
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    wessie Guest

    no
     
    wessie, Jan 17, 2011
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    Hog Guest

    Has something changed?
    In the lunch room/changing room/bog of any Unionised environment I've ever
    been in a copy of The Sun was always to be found.
     
    Hog, Jan 17, 2011
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  5. sweller

    Krusty Guest

    Yes - top of the list when I click 'See more results'. In fact exactly
    the same as searching 'facebook the sun newspaper is an enemy of the
    people' in Bing, which isn't surprising as Facebook search just uses
    Bing now. At least it does in the new profile.
     
    Krusty, Jan 17, 2011
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    Snowleopard Guest

    On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:01:50 +0000, "sweller"
    Certainly doesn't appear on the first page of searches.. if you put
    the whole string in with the quotes it turns up a Bing search result
    linking to the page.
     
    Snowleopard, Jan 17, 2011
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  7. sweller

    sweller Guest

    Yes, the most read paper is now The Mail.

    Suns were never that popular within the driving grade but that was
    political dating from the 1982 strike. They were binned quickly and
    those reading them tended to be told they were not a welcome publication.

    When we still had paper trains it was common (as in when I was a young
    Secondman I witnessed it a lot) for the bundle straps to be cut and the
    windows in the vans opened before departure or drivers would simply piss
    on the bundles.

    You'll not see them in Liverpool messrooms either.
     
    sweller, Jan 17, 2011
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  8. sweller

    sweller Guest

    So it does. Tin foil hats off chaps!
     
    sweller, Jan 17, 2011
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    Hog Guest

    The Daily Fail is that?.......
    I did notice a slow migration to The Star.

    I wonder how the new "i" is going to take off.
     
    Hog, Jan 17, 2011
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  10. sweller

    sweller Guest

    Can't recall ever seeing those in traincrew messrooms.

    If it's as dull as its older brother then my guess is it won't.
     
    sweller, Jan 17, 2011
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    Lozzo Guest

    If anyone told me I couldn't read the newspaper of my choice in any
    mess room they'd be told to go get fucked... cheeky cunts.

    What happened to the right to free speech and a free press then, Simon?
    Don't the Labour Party or the unions believe in that kind of thing?

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    Lozzo, Jan 17, 2011
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    wessie Guest

    I'm pretty sure you would've fallen out with the rail bosses before you
    fell out with the workers, and done the fucking off yourself.
    It's up there with the right to protest and withdraw labour.

    I'm quite happy with someone reading the Sun in my mess room but they would
    have to put up with my protestations in the form of taking the piss.
     
    wessie, Jan 17, 2011
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  13. Some did, some didn't but in the main most were in favour of freedom of
    speech and would have loved a free press. Sentiments which were almost
    universally shared by newspaper proprietors with the proviso that such
    freedoms apply only to themselves or those educated at Eton and certainly
    not to the great unwashed. This, unsurprisingly, caused friction.
    ..
     
    steve auvache, Jan 18, 2011
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  14. sweller

    Lozzo Guest

    I'm pretty sure I'd have done my damndest to defy them in any legal way
    possible.
    That's fair enough, I can shut out the sound of someone taking the piss
    when I'm reading, but no-one tells me what I can and can't read. I'm
    just as likely to be offended by someone reading left wing literature
    and newspapers, but I usually have the decency and manners to STFU and
    keep my views to myself, which is precisely what I'd expect anyone else
    to do when confronted by my reading material.

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    Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
    in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
    BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
    they churn out)
     
    Lozzo, Jan 18, 2011
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    wessie Guest

    Depends if you chose to sit at my table. Just like UKRM, anyone sharing my
    table in a works canteen is there for my entertainment. Probably explains
    why I never got promoted off the shop floor at Xerox.

    Sit at another table if you want to read your Harry Potter book. Simples.
     
    wessie, Jan 18, 2011
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  16. sweller

    sweller Guest

    If you believe the Sun represents freedom of speech then there's not a
    great deal that can be done for you. Hence it was unpopular.

    No-one would have said you couldn't read it but I'm sure someone would
    have found you a colouring book when you'd finished it.
     
    sweller, Jan 18, 2011
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  17. sweller

    sweller Guest

    You wouldn't last long - the only thing that keeps the railways running
    is cooperation. This may seem counter intuitive.

    f you're in the awkward squad you soon find everyone rounding on you.
    There's a time and a place for everything.

    The real skill is knowing where and when.
     
    sweller, Jan 18, 2011
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    Andy Bonwick Guest

    Can you still be expelled from the union if you're a 'difficult'
    member? Once they're done that then your days are always numbered
    because the employer doesn't want problems amongst the workers.
    A skill you're trying your hardest to acquire?
     
    Andy Bonwick, Jan 18, 2011
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    R C Nesbit Guest

    Sweller spoke:
    <Porridge>
    "Get me a newspaper - the Sun. Oh, and something to read as well"

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    Looks like Rab C Nesbit.
     
    R C Nesbit, Jan 18, 2011
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    Lozzo Guest

    You've pretty much summed up exactly why I'll never belong to a union.

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    Lozzo
    Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
    in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
    BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
    they churn out)
     
    Lozzo, Jan 18, 2011
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