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Yes, I think Spain can just sit back and wait for them to arrive, they don't have to do anything, all the cancelled holidays to the hot spots will have to rebook somewhere else. Thankfully most stick to the coastal strips in order to get their booze and sun, so I won't bump into many. ;)

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We are already seeing more tour buses,they are stopping off for a tour of Alora then heading up to the Ardales lakes.
At the moment it seems to be mostly the Saga lot, but there are a lot more of them than there has been for the last couple of years....it may just turn out to be a busy summer.

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That christ for that then as you probably bump into enough where you live. :tounge_smile:

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Along with a group of friends from the British Association for Roman Archaeology I enjoyed a really good trip to Libya in November 2009, lasting eight days - we were based in both Tripoli and Benghazi, and visited most of the ancient sites all along the Medieterranean coast, in cluding the magnificent ruins at Leptis Magna. Libya - a very strange country (all alcohol is totally banned) - huge posters showing massive portraits of Gaddafi all over the place - but we were never aware of any kind of political dissent or even of any evidence of the influence of Gaddafi in spite of all those posters. We had a good time and would never have been politically undiplomatic at any time.

Tripoli Airport looked like what Heathrow airport (or London airport as it was called at the time) might well have looked like when it came into existence in 1946. The public loos in Libya were straight out of a nightmare of horridness (is there such a word?) - as bad as those in Romania when I was there on a school trip to see the total eclipse of the sun in August 1999.

Although we enjoyed our (dry :() time in Libya and were always treated well by the few Libyans we actually came into contact with (all hotel staff seemed to be Egyptians or Tunisians) it really was with some relief when we boarded the British Airways flight back to Terminal Five at Heathrow.

As for the Daily Mail it really is good value for money as it contains masses of reading material which could take you all day to get through if you are a slowish reader and read every single word. Of course it is a wee bit OTT quite often in its opinions and observations of present day life in the UK, but actually much of what it reports is just what many other newspapers are too bloody scared to report on the grounds of it being not very "Politically Correct", and very often the truth isn't very Politically Correct either! And the truth in Britain often does hurt!

I do find Peter Hitchens more than just a little extremist in his ultra right wing views, and Jan Moir has rightfully earned herself the title of "Queen of Bigotry" and one of her homophobic articles (re the late Stephen Gately) resulted in it bringing about the largest number of complaints via the PCC (Press Complaints Commission) ever being received by one single newspaper item.

As for Janet Street Porter - well, she's just plain bonkers, and even more so when appearing on BBC1's "Question Time" program. Not only does her chavette style mega Estuary accent grate big time but much of the stuff emanating from her very voluble gob is nothing but sheer crap.

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So it's good reading even tho is is apparantly aimed at rightwing homophobes.

That alone reminds me why I don't read it. One time in a cafe they were there free and we were waiting for ages, so I read the damn thing.

I remember their massive double page spread on how Cannabis was worse than alcohol and tobacco put together.

On that basis, I'd also suggest it would be excellent reading for the hard of thinking too.

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But it takes a lot longer to get there and for many of us thats the deciding factor.

Jim

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True, however there are far too many factors against Spain attacting the same number of Brits as a few years ago, in the foreseeable future, unless there are some very dramatic changes in the fortunes of both countries.

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When was it that people who disapproved of gay behaviour become, supposedly, 'phobic' about it? Always thought that 'homophobia' is an inaccurate term.

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pho·bi·a


1. A persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous.
2. A strong fear, dislike, or aversion.


Seems pretty accurate to me.

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Not always a fear though is it and the term phobia is strongly associated with fear.

'Homophobia' gives the impression that people are afraid of gay behaviour and I've never met anybody who was.

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2. A strong fear, dislike, or aversion.


I am simply pointing out the definition of the word, which, in this case, defines your feeling perfectly.

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Ignoring the feeble attempt at the wind up, your quoted example of the meaning of phobia covers it in the medical sense.... I'd still say that in common use its much more likely to be considered an irrational fear.

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Wind you up? Odd... You stated that the use of the term phobic was incorrect, I provide you with a link to the dictionary definition of the word which shows that its a perfectly legitimate use of the word and you try and suggest that there is some sort of wind up. What's the matter, no one playing with you in the Barbie?

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So suggesting that it perfectly describes my feelings wasn't a wind up then?
Yeah, of course it wasn't.

No doubt from the same site you quoted

–noun
a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it.

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I didn't bring it up.. you did.