Wow that's racist!!!

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Originally Posted by Fred Basset

It should be a a req that you learn the language over a period of time

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why?
so that you can understand what they're saying behind your back? :p :

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

What does 'respect the country's culture' mean, exactly? To what are people expected to conform other than the laws of the land in question?

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steve ? :)

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Originally Posted by steve_spackman

The issue is, is that alot of people move abroad, yet have no desire to respect the countries culture or laws..Thats what annoys me, so dont you dare slam me for that.

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laws should be respected, everyone here would agree to that.
as for "a lot" of people... how many is too many for you? :dozey:

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

steve ? :)

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Lets say as an extreme, you move to UAE... you respect the culture
Its a pretty simple thing to do.. stop trying to stir the pot with the "sarcasm" smilie :)

Thanks Fred (I do realise you're very busy :) )
I think I know what you're getting at with regards to UAE, but that is an extreme. Respect the culture... do you mean integrate or seclude myself in the expat areas so they don't see me boozing and get offended?
But back to the UK... Say I were Polish and were to move to the UK, what aspect of your culture should I respect so as not to offend you ? :)

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

Say I were Polish, What would your advice to me be if I were to move to the UK?
What aspect of your culture should I respect so as not to offend you ? :)

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Judging by some of the comments here, some apparently useful steps would be (a) tolerating casual racism, (b) promising not to utter a word of Polish ever again, and (c) conforming to some meaningless concept of a shared identity.

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

Thanks Fred (I do realise you're very busy :) )
I think I know what you're getting at with regards to UAE, but that is an extreme. Respect the culture... do you mean integrate or seclude myself in the expat areas so they don't see me boozing and get offended?
But back to the UK... Say I were Polish and were to move to the UK, what aspect of your culture should I respect so as not to offend you ? :)

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Sorry.. didn't know we were "back to the UK"... its like i said, whichever country you move to, you should respect the culture. Your offending me right now with your veiled accusations aimed at me so its end of story

well you left the UK and not the UAE to go to the US... :)
Sorry if you're offended, I'm just curious about what you and Steve really mean.
The case of the Polish have been brought up several times in this thread.
Any chance of a concrete example of what they should respect apart from the all-englobing "our culture" excuse?
I guess not since it's end of story :)

anyway got a plane to catch - I'm on vacation, going back to my cosy little English oasis in Spain... haven't seen my parents since Christmas

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Originally Posted by Fred Basset

Sorry.. didn't know we were "back to the UK"... its like i said, whichever country you move to, you should respect the culture. Your offending me right now with your veiled accusations aimed at me so its end of story

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WTF is respecting culture and how do the Poles not do it for example?

Should they walk around going EN GER LAND! When there's a football match? Should they stop eating so much pork and start having a Beef roast with Yorkshire puddings every Sunday at lunchtime?

As with everything I'm reminded of of a Simpsons episode. Basically in the episode Springfield passes a bill to throw all illegal immigrants out and hardworking Apu is going to get thrown out so he goes to Fat Tony (the local mafia boss) and gets a fake passport and other fake documents and tries to pass himself off as an American and denies his Indian heritage. Basically it doesn't work and he's extremely unhappy.

What is so wrong with Polish people keeping their identity and having a sense of where they come from. Being someone of South African blood from Australia who lives in the UK I have a distinct sense of where I come from and who I am, denying people this right is just unacceptable.

http://homepage.mac.com/ibook238/.Pictures/apu-mets.jpg

Forget the Poles.

I'm sick to death of Anglo-Saxons ignoring the culture of the indigenous people of the British Isles. I wish they'd feck off back to Germany and leave England to its true people, the Celts.

Pack your bags Bassett, your ancestors were undoubtedly Germanic thieves and rapists.