BBC Poetry Season - Zephaniah and students perform The British

[85mmshell]

TOWERS SCHOOL IS SHIT!

I TOOK A HUGE SHIT IN E-BLOCK YE BOI

[demonwolf379]

I is studying this poem at school bruv!

[666teehee]

Is that nathan from misfits?

[pikachugirllauren]

you lot dont understand this poem

[TheEljay]

Yes Sale Grammar.

[DazzaMeach]

@TheEljay luke you nunce.

[AnnoyedSpectator]

well, that was shit

[Magesn0]

@AnnoyedSpectator You're an idiot -_-

[AnnoyedSpectator]

@Magesn0 fuck you this is gay

[TheAorton]

@AnnoyedSpectator i totally agree with you, british people aren't pakistani and indian and stuff!

[AnnoyedSpectator]

@TheAorton no, i'm just saying it's shit. u fucking cunt.

[TheAorton]

@AnnoyedSpectator well, i'm still right about the indian pakistani thing.

[AnnoyedSpectator]

@TheAorton i never said anything about that, but this is still fucking awful

[TheAorton]

@AnnoyedSpectator i know.

[bonyos16]

ben z is the truth

[grimaces]

Thanks for not mentioning The IRISH!

Dim Brits!!

[MadOldPete]

@grimaces nobody ever does

[SueSpinx]

Loda fat cos, lose sum weight

[Carnkhan4]

Interesting

[garlandfornow]

wtf is this, the bbc really is in need of idea's

[hollium]

You need to learn how to use apostrophes, love.

[garlandfornow]

i havnt got time to faf about with that shit, and you need to learn how to insult people better and eat real food

[rabbitspliff]

if they conspire to terrorism or try to force culture into a country where that aspect of culture is socially unacceptable, they have no right to be there. however if they want to get a job,settle down, mind their own business and contribute to society, they're more than welcome. equality in rights and freedom should be relative to how a person respects others' rights and freedom.

[natmanprime]

i agree with your last bit

"Freedom is the right of all sentient beings." Optimus Prime

"Anarchy founded upon, and maintained by, the Law Of Consent"

Natmanprime

I believe this law to be self evidently true, logical, and correct to the common sense of all Sentient beings who value their sentience AT ALL.

Based on that assumption the law follows logically

[natmanprime]

Also:

abolish everything apart from hospitals, librarys,museums.

They get tarted up and glorified with tax money.

NOTHING ELSE gets tax money.

Not schools, not govt.

Kids will have to spend compulsory time alone in library, for certain amount of time each day instead of forced learning at school, thereby engendering their natural curiosity not crushing it. Whatever subject they freely choose, they will naturally desire to become expert in.

They can socialize in whatever clubs they want.

[NoPlanB616]

kids wouldn't freely choose to go to a library. girls maybe but boys no chance my cousins would rather play football and xbox. there too young to recognise how important an education is.

[hollium]

I've worked in a library, and yeah, plenty of kids come in of their own accord. So stfu.

[NoPlanB616]

i never said no kids would come in and do it. i said there are alot of kids who wouldn't. I need to learn how to use apostrophes on a youtube comment. Ok for one am not writing an essay here and don't be condescending. I wasn't addressing you, so the least you could do reply in a polite manner.

[natmanprime]

It can be a pleasurable thing, to indulge in one's curiosity. We have all evolved with it, so we all possess this natural urge.

That's how we evolved, by being more curious than other mammals, because knowledge is power.

[natmanprime]

I said "compulsory time alone in library". "Compulsory" means they HAVE to go.

The libraries will also be spruced up ALOT, with ANYTHING they want to know AVAILABLE, from the most clear minds around, not like it is now.

I believe that kids have a developed a phobia about learning what we call "academic" subjects because they have been force fed stuff before they get a chance to be hungry for it. They have also learnt to think in "genres", like maths, biology art, etc.instead of just THINKING.

[NoPlanB616]

its an interesting prospect, i admitt i misread and didn't see the compulsory part. Would like to see it tested.

[natmanprime]

so would I my friend, so would I.

Alas it takes power to implement such things.

I believe it would eventually grow a true and satisfying paradise on earth.

There'd be more geniuses around.

[rabbitspliff]

it's all about balance. left wing politically correct let's let them trample all over us and abuse our ideologies beliefs are just as bad as right wing racist let's deport any non european non caucasians beliefs. don't judge people on what colour they are or where they come from because you're born with that, can't change it... damn running out of space to write.

[rabbitspliff]

when in rome, do as the romans do. got no problem with british citizens and immigrants alike as long as they fit into society and act in a socially acceptable way. foreign culture shouldn't compromise culture already here, it should complement it. this is no longer the times of the romans or normans. medievalistic invasion is not acceptable. frankly, this appeasement bullshit propaganda pisses me off.

[zeb120]

that would shut the KKK and BNP's mouth and face n anything which they open to vent the poisonous gas of their faithless propaganda`

[Woolstenholme]

Lincolnshire bastards

[thallassocracy]

The absolute best joke about being British is that even the word "British" is pinched from another language!

Benjamin Zephaniah is one of our best humorous poets.

[zeb120]

well said

please enlighten me whcih language has borrowed them this word which they boast so heartlessly all the time

[thallassocracy]

'British' is almost certainly from the root PRETAN. It means 'painted people' (people who go into battle with designs painted on them), and it must have come from a Celtic language.

I can understand people being angry with with the BNP and the rest of those bigots - but when Benjamin Zephaniah laughs at them, it upsets them a lot more.

I'm white, but Ben's 'White Comedy' has me in stitches every time.

[9thprotocol]

most people don't want a 'melting pot'.......mixing of the races dilutes everyone's identity,culture and heritage....diversity and pride is the spice of human existence

[BGDPPL]

why cant we make a new culture, identity and heritage?

they have to start somewhere

[zeb120]

well BNP and KKK dont think the way u do

[natmanprime]

"Anarchy founded upon, and maintained by, the Law Of Consent"

Hows that? What do you think? Or:

Everyone does their own thing as long as it don't bother anyone else without their consent"

[zeb120]

well yeah but when u take it that way, u head towards extremist conservatism ! there is a very fine line between the two. it is a very complex issue. i need pages upon pages to explain but for the meantine i will agree with u

[ornage2005]

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that's me! :D

[FordMustangGTR91]

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