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Snowfire;1255400 wrote: Absolutely. My point "it's a question we shouldnt need to ask" was not a slight at Lon but a reflection on attitudes
Well, I for one would want to marry anyone of my choosing whatever race or religion they were. Infact, believe It or not... A Turkish guy asked me to marry him If anything happened to Pete. He even brought brochures into the shop to show me where I would live in Turkey.

Note to self~ Must stop flirting.

qsducks;1255684 wrote: Maybe they made it that way just for you....bland


we don't eat bland foods here, we add varieties of herbs and spices for flavour.

oscar;1255687 wrote: Well, I for one would want to marry anyone of my choosing whatever race or religion they were.


but you didn't...you married Peter. Does he enjoy bland food?

oscar;1255687 wrote: Well, I for one would want to marry anyone of my choosing whatever race or religion they were. Infact, believe It or not... A Turkish guy asked me to marry him If anything happened to Pete. He even brought brochures into the shop to show me where I would live in Turkey.

Note to self~ Must stop flirting.


you flirty sexy fox!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Odie;1255688 wrote: we don't eat bland foods here, we add varieties of herbs and spices for flavour.


What are herbs & spices?

being from a mixed race i know that its hard for the children as they dont really fit into either culture



i know a nice single turkis guy with a guide dog that feels the same :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

You gotta watch those Turkish guys, Oscar! I was on a train once, from Chicago to Pittsburgh and this incredibly handsome man, Farouk was his name, followed me all over the train, telling me he would put me in the movies. Oh, wait a minute . . .it was on a plane from San Diego to Dallas and it was a French man, named Raoul.

qsducks;1255703 wrote: What are herbs & spices?


:eek::rolleyes::yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Zapata;1255716 wrote: You gotta watch those Turkish guys, Oscar! I was on a train once, from Chicago to Pittsburgh and this incredibly handsome man, Farouk was his name, followed me all over the train, telling me he would put me in the movies. Oh, wait a minute . . .it was on a plane from San Diego to Dallas and it was a French man, named Raoul.
:yh_rotfl I have many Turkish friends and neighbours. If my friends want to check the sexy meter, check my friends list on facebook. The one who asked me was very serious. He kept telling me I should go to Turkey with him and campaign for animal rights there. Pete thinks It's absolutely Hilarious. They were discussing a bargain and I think Pete got him up to 2 Camels and a weeks time share.

oscar;1255887 wrote: :yh_rotfl I have many Turkish friends and neighbours. If my friends want to check the sexy meter, check my friends list on facebook. The one who asked me was very serious. He kept telling me I should go to Turkey with him and campaign for animal rights there. Pete thinks It's absolutely Hilarious. They were discussing a bargain and I think Pete got him up to 2 Camels and a weeks time share.


:yh_rotfl

Australia has a growing Asian population and intermarriage between Asians and Europeans is common and totally unremarkable.

Here's Blue Mink singing Great Big Melting Pot song.



YouTube - Blue Mink - Melting Pot

I approve of interracial marriages and was almost a part of one, before he unexpectedly died from something that went wrong during surgery.

I think interracial marriages are great, and a lot of them do work.

oscar;1255887 wrote: :yh_rotfl I have many Turkish friends and neighbours. If my friends want to check the sexy meter, check my friends list on facebook. The one who asked me was very serious. He kept telling me I should go to Turkey with him and campaign for animal rights there. Pete thinks It's absolutely Hilarious. They were discussing a bargain and I think Pete got him up to 2 Camels and a weeks time share.


I "dated" a Turkish girl once... she didn't speak much English...and when she did, she usually got a mouthful from me...and it wasn't English food, bland or otherwise. That was a great relationship. :yh_rotfl

nok;1256209 wrote: I approve of interracial marriages and was almost a part of one, before he unexpectedly died from something that went wrong during surgery.

I think interracial marriages are great, and a lot of them do work.


oh I'm so sorry to hear this Nok.:-4

G-man;1256227 wrote: I "dated" a Turkish girl once... she didn't speak much English...and when she did, she usually got a mouthful from me...and it wasn't English food, bland or otherwise. That was a great relationship. :yh_rotfl


poor girl, no wonder she didn't marry you!:yh_rotfl

not becasue of bland food or otherwise!:wah:

It's human nature to be attracted to and fascinated by races/tribes that are different and downright unhealthy to be too inbred. Children have to be taught to be prejudiced.

Odie;1256231 wrote: poor girl, no wonder she didn't marry you!:yh_rotfl

not becasue of bland food or otherwise!:wah:


Poor girl, my ***! :wah: She never said "no". She knew what was expected up front and she accepted that. Besides, if she wasn't even dating material, she most definitely wasn't marriage material! :yh_rotfl

G-man;1256300 wrote: Poor girl, my ***! :wah: She never said "no". She knew what was expected up front and she accepted that. Besides, if she wasn't even dating material, she most definitely wasn't marriage material! :yh_rotfl


:eek::yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl



your so nasty!:wah::wah:

Odie;1256335 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl



your so nasty!:wah::wah:


Like you've never all had a flirt/booty-call buddy at some point early on in your life? :rolleyes: In my defense, that was a long time ago. :p

G-man;1256349 wrote: Like you've never all had a flirt/booty-call buddy at some point early on in your life? :rolleyes: In my defense, that was a long time ago. :p


in your defense, your crusin today babe!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

G-man;1256349 wrote: Like you've never all had a flirt/booty-call buddy at some point early on in your life? :rolleyes: In my defense, that was a long time ago. :p
Hey, I still got a booty call Buddy :sneaky:

I am cruisin' aren't I?

oscar;1256381 wrote: Hey, I still got a booty call Buddy :sneaky:


Why am I not surprised. Is he Turkish? :yh_rotfl

Did you notice the Turkish fella' on my FB page... the blonde guy with the mullet and sideburns? :p I was tryin' to recall what my Turkish booty-call friend's name was... I'm not even sure I ever knew her name, though... :yh_rotfl

La. judge done after flap over interracial wedding



by MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated Press Writer Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press Writer – Wed Nov 4, 7:44 am ET

BATON ROUGE, La. – At least four times in the last 2 1/2 years, Keith Bardwell says he refused to marry interracial couples while serving as a Louisiana justice of the peace.

He said from his experience and discussions, he had concluded that blacks and whites do not readily accept offspring of such relationships, so the children end up suffering.

His latest rebuff to a bride and groom of different races turned out to be his last. After weeks of calls for his ouster, Bardwell resigned after 34 years in office Tuesday, leaving his reasons a secret.



http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11 ... ebuff.html

flopstock;1259214 wrote: La. judge done after flap over interracial wedding



by MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated Press Writer Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press Writer – Wed Nov 4, 7:44 am ET

BATON ROUGE, La. – At least four times in the last 2 1/2 years, Keith Bardwell says he refused to marry interracial couples while serving as a Louisiana justice of the peace.

He said from his experience and discussions, he had concluded that blacks and whites do not readily accept offspring of such relationships, so the children end up suffering.

His latest rebuff to a bride and groom of different races turned out to be his last. After weeks of calls for his ouster, Bardwell resigned after 34 years in office Tuesday, leaving his reasons a secret.



http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11 ... ebuff.html


Floppy - where I grew up we had a clergyman who counselled young couples who wished to be married in his church which I suppose would be the equivalent of a Baptist congregation. He refused to marry them if they had did before they got to say I do.

Always seemed odd to me. A Catholic priest would have had them married instantly, probably.

Humans are strange. And when they get into positions of power, that just gives them an extra opportunity to impose their strangenesses on others.

Not even a century ago that judge would probably have been a hero of the establishment.

I have nothing against it... in fact i like a white boy lol but i haven't exactly married him ha

Omni_Skittles;1259334 wrote: I have nothing against it... in fact i like a white boy lol but i haven't exactly married him ha


On a forum like this race and religion don't really come in to it until it comes up in conversation so you're not prejudging the person based on those criteria. Come to that the person's sex isn't always immediately obvious either. It doesn't matter until it crops up which perhaps shows how little it actually matters. I didn't know your sex or race until this thread and hadn't given it a moments thought either. It still doesn't really matter- your posts haven't somehow become less interesting because I now know. I knew you were from texas but an impression of texas borne out of watching dallas, the oulaw josey wales, the alamo with John Wayne and GW Bush is not much to go on.

Same with inter religion marriages-I know people who were ostracised for marrying in to the wrong religion years later they usually reconcile with their parents as people realise that you haven't somehow become an alien because you married someone outside the norm.

Inter-racial marriages might be harder but only if what other people think gets in the way. How much should you care about other peoples prejudice? Which is an easy question for me to put since I am not in that kind of situation

Bang on gmc.

I often wonder what the poster of that opinion is, male or female ?

It doesn't matter.

Inter racial relationships are not the problem, it is others outside that can cause problems.

Now inter cultural relationships !!!!....that is something else.

I am married to a women that happens to be black, our only problems arise over cultural differences.

Bruv;1259377 wrote: Bang on gmc.

I often wonder what the poster of that opinion is, male or female ?

It doesn't matter.

Inter racial relationships are not the problem, it is others outside that can cause problems.

Now inter cultural relationships !!!!....that is something else.

I am married to a women that happens to be black, our only problems arise over cultural differences.


We shouldn't look down our noses at Louisiana Justices-it wasn't that long go that people were being stuffed in to ovens for being the wrong race-and the colour of their skin had absolutely nothing to do with it. There were many who thought the reasoning for being racist was perfectly sound-scientific even. It's sometimes not the racism itself that shocks but the compelling logic from people you know are intelligent and are just exactly like you. We're all brought up with prejudices of one kind or another it's sometimes really hard to get away from them.