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Alfie targeted by trolls
Apr 7^th, 2017 at 10:17am

Sir Michael Caine hailed Brexit as a vote for freedom from rule by ‘faceless civil servants’ yesterday.
But while some praised the 84-year-old film star for his ‘sane’ views that ‘hit the nail on the head’, he faced a torrent of abuse from Remain-supporting internet trolls who branded him an ‘old and senile bigot’.
Sir Michael said he was confident leaving the EU would be ‘all right’, adding: ‘I voted for Brexit. What it is with me, I’d rather be a poor master than a rich servant.
‘It wasn’t about the racism, immigrants or anything – it was about freedom.’

Speaking to Sky News, he added: ‘Politics is always chaotic. In politics, you’re always going into areas you’ve never been before, so you’re going to get lost and then you’re going to find your way, and then it’ll be all right.’

The Italian Job actor came out in support of leaving the EU before last year’s referendum, leading former Ukip leader Nigel Farage to recall his famous line from the film and proclaim: ‘Let’s blow the bloody doors off!’

In the run-up to the vote, Sir Michael admitted quitting the EU would be ‘scary’ but said the UK should not be dictated to by ‘thousands of faceless civil servants’.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Alfie targeted by trolls Reply #1 - Apr 7^th, 2017 at 10:18am Quite a few useless trolls here probably sent him a blast I guess.
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Prime Minister for Canyons Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 26906 Canberra Gender:	Re: Alfie targeted by trolls Reply #2 - Apr 7^th, 2017 at 10:19am Freedom from what though is my question?
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Mr Hammer Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 25212 Gender:	Re: Alfie targeted by trolls Reply #3 - Apr 7^th, 2017 at 10:21am Braindeads like you.
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 156186 Gender:	Re: Alfie targeted by trolls Reply #4 - Apr 7^th, 2017 at 10:27am What's it all about?
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Alfie targeted by trolls Reply #5 - Apr 7^th, 2017 at 10:29am Exactly. The best thing he ever made and one of the finest Brit films of an era that produced many such.
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Alfie targeted by trolls Reply #6 - Apr 7^th, 2017 at 11:32am the trolls crawl out of the woodwork... we all know that.. its usually people who lose... that stoop to it.. on ya Alfie.
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Alfie targeted by trolls Reply #7 - Apr 7^th, 2017 at 11:37am I think the business of giving actors and actresses Knighthoods and Damehoods is utterly ridiculous.
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Reply #8 - Apr 7^th, 2017 at 12:01pm

Don't agree.
Our creative people are every bit as deserving of honours as businessmen, scientists and certainly most politicians.
It is a recognition of how the great ones have enriched our lives.
However I do believe honours are much too extravagantly handed out. Look at the Australia Day honours list - it's like the bloody phonebook.

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Reply #9 - Apr 7^th, 2017 at 3:46pm

bogarde73 wrote on Apr 7^th, 2017 at 12:01pm:

Don't agree.
Our creative people are every bit as deserving of honours as businessmen, scientists and certainly most politicians.
It is a recognition of how the great ones have enriched our lives.
However I do believe honours are much too extravagantly handed out. Look at the Australia Day honours list - it's like the bloody phonebook.

You old closet Socialist, you.

Those people are actors who perform other people's work. They are puppets.

'Sir' this, and 'Sir' that ~ it's totally ruined the illustrious status that a knighthood once conferred upon exceptional people. The one-time honorable gravitas and weighty seriousness of knighthoods has been reduced to popular culture and a toy at the bottom of the Corn Flakes packet.

I believe even one of the Beetles was given a knighthood. What utter sacrilege.

And then we have 'Sir Michael Caine' ... !!! Grin

How bloody ridiculous is that?!

You're out of the closet now, Bogey. Expect Marla to start propositioning you soon. Kiss

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Reply #10 - Apr 7^th, 2017 at 4:06pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 7^th, 2017 at 11:37am:

I think the business of giving actors and actresses Knighthoods and Damehoods is utterly ridiculous.

its pretty old fashioned these days herb.. it used to come with a parcel of land or money... but now a days its all pretty irrelevant.....

unless they give you and me one of course..

then it ,will go up a notch!

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Reply #11 - Apr 7^th, 2017 at 5:17pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 7^th, 2017 at 3:46pm:

bogarde73 wrote on Apr 7^th, 2017 at 12:01pm:

Don't agree.
Our creative people are every bit as deserving of honours as businessmen, scientists and certainly most politicians.
It is a recognition of how the great ones have enriched our lives.
However I do believe honours are much too extravagantly handed out. Look at the Australia Day honours list - it's like the bloody phonebook.

You old closet Socialist, you.

Those people are actors who perform other people's work. They are puppets.

'Sir' this, and 'Sir' that ~ it's totally ruined the illustrious status that a knighthood once conferred upon exceptional people. The one-time honorable gravitas and weighty seriousness of knighthoods has been reduced to popular culture and a toy at the bottom of the Corn Flakes packet.

I believe even one of the Beetles was given a knighthood. What utter sacrilege.

And then we have 'Sir Michael Caine' ... !!! Grin

How bloody ridiculous is that?!

You're out of the closet now, Bogey. Expect Marla to start propositioning you soon. Kiss

We'll agree to differ. You clearly don't get the same experience from a great performance by say an Emma Thompson as I do.

As I said, too many honours are handed out, but the really great contributors to the arts, over a long time, are as worthy of recognition as an ex PM or anybody else.

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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Alfie targeted by trolls Reply #12 - Apr 7^th, 2017 at 5:59pm Sir Herbert and Dame Cods has a nice ring to it..
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Reply #13 - Apr 7^th, 2017 at 6:39pm

bogarde73 wrote on Apr 7^th, 2017 at 5:17pm:

We'll agree to differ. You clearly don't get the same experience from a great performance by say an Emma Thompson as I do.

As I said, too many honours are handed out, but the really great contributors to the arts, over a long time, are as worthy of recognition as an ex PM or anybody else.

These very ordinary people get lots of awards and trophies to put on the mantlepiece and hang on the walls at home ~ but a knighthood from the Queen?

I'm amazed that an old codger like you isn't as outraged by this trivialising of knighthoods as I am.

I would rather the Queen knighted just one leading surgeon in a Burns Unit than a hundred rock 'n' roll homosexual and drug addict 'stars'.

... than a hundred actors and actresses who work nothing like the hardworking people in factories, coal mines, supermarkets and shift workers.

Paul McCartney
Bob Geldof
Elton John ... Grin

Bono
Mick Jagger ... Grin

Tom Jones
Roger Moore
Rolf Harris
Sir Michael Moore ... Grin

I mean, fair dinkum cobber. Knighthoods have been reduced to the ridiculous.

Next, they'll be handing them out to porn stars.

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Reply #14 - Apr 8^th, 2017 at 7:07am

I wouldn't give you two bob for the people on your list there, except for Paul McCartney who has been a giant in popular music of the last 50 years.

You seem to be deliberately ignoring my point, which is, if you are going to have honours at all, creative people - and that includes great actors - are as worthy as anybody else of being recognised.

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