The DailyMash pay walls come down
Discussion
hyperblue said:
Bing o said:
It's telling me that I get 10 free pages then I have to pay for content. Maybe because I'm overseas?
Yeah, it's only overseas, as I noticed last week. Hope they don't bring it in for UK readers.
kers, what have they got against Johnny Foreigner?Hugo a Gogo said:
hyperblue said:
Bing o said:
It's telling me that I get 10 free pages then I have to pay for content. Maybe because I'm overseas?
Yeah, it's only overseas, as I noticed last week. Hope they don't bring it in for UK readers.kers, what have they got against Johnny Foreigner?Eric Mc said:
Do you not really mean to say that the paywalls are "going up"?
Walls coming down generally refers to the removal of a barrier.
A wall going up usually implies the installation of a barrier.
Or perhaps you were thinking of "curtains"?
Strictly speaking, I think what the OP was referring to is a "Pay Portcullis".Walls coming down generally refers to the removal of a barrier.
A wall going up usually implies the installation of a barrier.
Or perhaps you were thinking of "curtains"?
tonym911 said:
Doesn't that mean the pay walls have come up, rather than gone down? 
Didn't Churchill suggst that an iron curtain had descended across Europe? So there is historical support for the OP.Edited to add before someone picks it up:
Actually a little research that I should have completed before the original post shows that "an iron curtain has [my change of text wes correct in context] descended across the continent". However, later in his speech he said: "the iron curtain which lies across Europe", so he couldn't make up his mind.
Edited by Derek Smith on Monday 21st November 20:15
Ahonen said:
Derek Smith said:
Didn't Churchill suggst that an iron curtain had descended across Europe? So there is historical support for the OP.
But it is also said that the Berlin Wall 'came down' in 1989.Walls come down when a barrier is removed.
Curtains come down whan a barrier is imposed.
The OP has tangled his metaphors.
Derek Smith said:
Didn't Churchill suggst that an iron curtain had descended across Europe? So there is historical support for the OP.
Edited to add before someone picks it up:
Actually a little research that I should have completed before the original post shows that "an iron curtain has [my change of text wes correct in context] descended across the continent". However, later in his speech he said: "the iron curtain which lies across Europe", so he couldn't make up his mind.
Curtains come down. It really is that simple. It is a reference to theatre. Edited to add before someone picks it up:
Actually a little research that I should have completed before the original post shows that "an iron curtain has [my change of text wes correct in context] descended across the continent". However, later in his speech he said: "the iron curtain which lies across Europe", so he couldn't make up his mind.
Edited by Derek Smith on Monday 21st November 20:15
Walls on the other hand for the same context very obviously go up.
If Churchill had not been using a metaphor but instead spoken directly of the wall then he would not have said that a wall has come down over Europe.
It is a good metaphor as the descending curtain is not implying the end but rather a change from one scene to another.
So. Curtains down. Walls up.
And a curtain is not a wall.
As for charging overseas. This may be because their advertisers are declining to pay for that traffic so it is worthless to them so monetize it or get rid of it.
Or maybe they are doing it on moral grounds. Recognising that most overseas access is from non tax paying expats so by taking money from them and paying corporation tax on it they are flying the flag for the loony left
Edited by DonkeyApple on Tuesday 22 November 08:19
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