On 23 Dec 2017 at 9:08pm Wanna Sab? wrote:
... Heard that the Hunt Sabs are protesting the Lewes Boxing Day Hunt again this year! Best of luck to them x
On 23 Dec 2017 at 10:29pm Eric wrote:
Good luck to them. Hound the mounted red coated tw@ts out of town.
On 23 Dec 2017 at 10:45pm Horseman7 wrote:
I love the way Brighton & Hove Buses refer to a "horses and hounds event".
On 23 Dec 2017 at 11:08pm Earl of Lewess wrote:
But they don't hunt anything, they just follow a scent trail, so what's the fuss about?
On 24 Dec 2017 at 7:14am Boss man wrote:
The l f. F will also be there in surport of the hunt and do not take prisoners
On 24 Dec 2017 at 9:09am Citizen Smith wrote:
The best thing would be to go there and laugh and poke fun at the upper class tory twits in their fancy dress.
On 24 Dec 2017 at 9:16am Dean wrote:
As I understand it, there's been a lot of conversation and evangelization about Lewes by people in our group who came to the town for an enjoyable pro-democracy static rally in November, though they were badly roughed up by illegal fascists who tried to hold an opposing event after hearing we had previously arranged our rally. As for next Tuesday, me and my friends' meeting in the town centre is for peace and sustainable living. There will be no march. A very large attendance is expected and there will be a carnival-like atmosphere with songs and costumes. We're encouraging everyone to wear animal masks. We will be in charge and keeping order ourselves. It will be a very pretty sight for families to enjoy.
On 24 Dec 2017 at 10:23am Class war wrote:
@citizen smith
It’s a class jealousy thing is it ?
Nothing to do with animal welfare?
I didn’t think people like you still existed
You live and learn
On 24 Dec 2017 at 10:39am Tom wrote:
I’ve never understood the need for them to parade their pompous asses through the town centre. F off to the country side if you want to do it.
On 24 Dec 2017 at 10:44am Sad and bitter wrote:
@tom
Don’t go then
No one makes you watch it
On 24 Dec 2017 at 10:51am but wrote:
@Sad and bitter, why come all the way into town, let your pets cr@p everywhere only to head straight back to the countryside? Nobody makes them do it.
On 24 Dec 2017 at 10:52am Eric wrote:
Simply put its all to do with "look at us upper class and you lower class know your place".
But all that went by the by decades ago. They haven't realised it yet.
Now they just look like tw@ts.
On 24 Dec 2017 at 11:12am Bert wrote:
Isn't Lewes in the countryside ? Pretty rural to me, lots of fields, no electric lights at night, farms close by, tractors on the roads. I think that's sort of a sign.
On 24 Dec 2017 at 11:38am Tom wrote:
@Sad and bitter - I don't. Why would I go watch someone trying to glorify brutal, unnecessary killings.
@Bert It might be near the countryside but it's not. If it was that close the hunt could turn up on horseback. Instead, go and have a look down by Tescos at all their trucks that they bring the horses in with.
On 24 Dec 2017 at 11:40am Sad and bitter wrote:
There’s a lot of keyboard class warriors on today
When are the Freemans arriving ?
On 24 Dec 2017 at 11:47am Sydney wrote:
I heard a women in a pub near here gloating at how her husband loved shooting squirrels for fun. She wasn't a typical country type, just a normal sort of person. She didn't seem at all concerned that she was living with a murderous psychopathic armed lunatic.
On 24 Dec 2017 at 11:59am Squirrel hater wrote:
@Sydney. Grey Squirrels are vermin, like rats, and should be eradicated whether for fun or as part of a pest control process. They are a nuisance to forestry and gardeners and are responsible for the serious demise of our native Red Squirrel.
On 24 Dec 2017 at 12:34pm Sashimi wrote:
Why can't we live and let live? The foxes are in no danger on Boxing Day. Some of the riders are magistrates and don't want to be involved in anything illegal whatever they think of the law. The Hunt usually just go for a good gallop on the Downs to work off their Xmas pud. They are a traditional spectacle, like morris dancers and bonfire. If any of them offend you because of their origins (cruelty, paganism or anti-Catholic prejudice), just stay away. There are plenty of other things to do in Lewes.
On 24 Dec 2017 at 12:46pm Sydney wrote:
@ squirrel hater. If there were no grey squirrels he would shoot red ones. For fun. Moron
On 24 Dec 2017 at 12:58pm Life wrote:
Need to focus on life positives and support our fellow man. Life too short for negative and abusive comments on this forum. Please let us all be positive in 2018....Seasons Greetings to all here in Lewes and in the wider world....
On 24 Dec 2017 at 1:01pm @Sashimi wrote:
Shall we start celebrating the slave trade then? That’s part of our history too
On 24 Dec 2017 at 1:03pm Dean wrote:
Sashimi's response is exactly why I personally take part in large peace and animal rights rallies such as Tuesday's in Lewes. Preaching so-called "live and let live" to uneducated people is a fascist tactic, and leads directly to the rise of fully institutionalised fascism. The organisers never comment on their plans but I know personally we will permit into our area no-one on horseback. The number of people and their singing and instruments might cause distress to horses and, because we police ourselves, I expect we will take every possible measure to exclude animals from the town centre. This is pretty well-known now, I think.
On 24 Dec 2017 at 1:11pm Tom wrote:
@Dean - how can someone get involved with this?
On 24 Dec 2017 at 1:31pm @Sashimi wrote:
For all the people down voting celebrating the slave trade - if you don’t like it don’t take part in it
On 24 Dec 2017 at 1:33pm Dean wrote:
Tom, the organisers do not discuss admission to the peace and animal rights rally but I know they control it very tightly for security. There is no possibility of admission without a personal introduction.
On 24 Dec 2017 at 1:52pm Astonishing wrote:
It's staggering really that Dean can't see the irony in their own behaviour while referencing the tactics of unsavoury groups. That kind of evangelical lack of self-awareness is typical of those groups too. I'm anti-hunt but wouldn't want to be part of something that can't hold a mirror up to itself.
On 24 Dec 2017 at 2:13pm Dean wrote:
The response above, from "Astonishing", makes absolutely no sense whatsoever! Is it even English?? This is the kind of deception we're up against! Oppression by the lying establishment and the voices of anti-democratic inheritance are on their way out.
On 24 Dec 2017 at 4:08pm Earl of Lewess wrote:
@Eric - I think you're the one who's stuck on the past. These days the riders aren't all upper class, they're just a mixed group of people who live and sometimes work in the countryside. I'm not a Tory and I don't like hunting for pleasure, but if a group of country folk want to meet up and gallop across the countryside, what's the big deal? There's too much chippiness on the part of some people.
On 24 Dec 2017 at 4:08pm Clifford wrote:
Dean, if you're going to criticise other people's use of English you should try to avoid the hyped-up pseudo-rhetoric that you seem to imagine is persuasive. You sound like a particularly pretentious sixth former.
On 24 Dec 2017 at 4:29pm Trolling along..... wrote:
I got caught up by accident in the Katie whatsherface debacle last month. I have to say it was jolly exciting, I can see the attraction now. Haven't seen much aggro since sailing south in 82 mind.
Thing is, I can't decide which side to join.
On 24 Dec 2017 at 5:11pm Fox wrote:
I am perfectly safe, and am wiser than the fat toffs on their donkeys. Relax.....
On 24 Dec 2017 at 5:35pm Anti~Pasti wrote:
Don't go and watch the Hunt! stay at home with the Turkey leftovers...More enjoyable and doesen't result in an innocent animal being torn apart!
On 24 Dec 2017 at 5:54pm Twizzlers wrote:
^ the turkey is an innocent animal being torn apart. You are very stupid.
On 24 Dec 2017 at 7:29pm Anti~Pasti wrote:
@ Twizzlers
You are stupid! so NER! NER! NER!
Twizzlers aint even proper Turkey!
On 24 Dec 2017 at 8:22pm Jonjo wrote:
Normal people ignore the cretins on.this post turn out boxing day and support a great British tradition before these faceless cowards Ruin that as well .If you don't like it stay away the same as I don't like gay pride so I don't go to brighton that day
On 24 Dec 2017 at 10:08pm Eric wrote:
Yeah Jonjo. A great British tradition alongside bear baiting, cock fighting and dog fighting. Maybe we should revive them in interest of tradition?
On 24 Dec 2017 at 10:12pm Fox wrote:
How about some martyr burnings? Good traditional fun!