Because you offer nothing to back it up, and still seem to be refusing to do so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fred Basset
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Because you offer nothing to back it up, and still seem to be refusing to do so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fred Basset
A guy I was training with several years ago had only recently moved to the UK from South Africa, and in the bar was recounting the story of how his father had clipped a farm worker with his truck on a country lane and left him for dead becuase he was "only a n****r".Quote:
Originally Posted by janvanvurpa
You've never seen a roomful of people go silent and open-mouthed so quickly, it was like feeding time in a goldfish pond.
I had to disabuse him of the notion that this was in any way an acceptable view "over here", and although he was free to hold it he should expect his public-facing career to last long if he continued to vocalise it. He genuinely couldn't see what was wrong, thanks to twenty years of upbringing.
Sweet - Just the place I want to live or even better allow people to immigrate from.
MOGADISHU, Somalia — An Islamic court in Somalia on Thursday cut off a hand and foot from each of four men convicted of stealing phones and guns, drawing hundreds of onlookers as the weeping men were punished at a military camp.
I believe they are referred to as refugees.Quote:
Originally Posted by fousto
We have a very large contingent in San Diego!
Is that a problem for you?
Oh hell no plus I want to get a group from here!
I can't see clearly what is going on, but heavy smoke is rising from the ground and a horrible stench fills the air.
More people are streaming up the hill, some of them with firewood and maize stalks.
Suddenly an old woman breaks from the crowd, screaming for mercy. Three or four people go after her, beat her and drag her back, pushing her onto - what I can now see - is a raging fire.
Burned alive
I was witnessing a horrific practice which appears to be on the increase in Kenya - the lynching of people accused of being witches.
I personally saw the burning alive of five elderly men and women in Itii village.
And yes Tazio I have many problems with our immigration laws. And WTFAW the "Global Refugee" center
I don't know what your expecting me to "back it up" with? I made some observations, stand by my comments and i'm not refusing to do whatever you think i am.... this forum is not where i spen my life unlike you and a few others.. i have businesses to run and thats what i'm doingQuote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
If you don't like it "Ben"... tough :laugh:
Right now and for the foreseeable future, i know which country i'd rather be in, and thats here where i am for reasons given by me in a previous thread a few months back
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Originally Posted by Fred Basset
Glad to have you Fred.
Glad you'd take him :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by Fiero 5.7
Glad to be here!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fiero 5.7
Excuse me if i don't get too excited about 4/7 though :laugh:
Thats 4th July not 7th April btw :up:
How about combining music and motorsport?Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7K620u75PQ&NR=1
why?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fred Basset
so that you can understand what they're saying behind your back? :p :
steve ? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
laws should be respected, everyone here would agree to that.Quote:
Originally Posted by steve_spackman
as for "a lot" of people... how many is too many for you? :dozey:
Lets say as an extreme, you move to UAE... you respect the cultureQuote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
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 ? :)
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
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Originally Posted by donKey jote
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
http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_3_166.gif
WTF is respecting culture and how do the Poles not do it for example?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fred Basset
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.
Those Anglo-Saxons! They're almost as bad as those non-American Indian Americans.
Excellent post. I suspect it will provoke another reaction along the lines of 'I'm so busy I can't be bothered to respond'.Quote:
Originally Posted by tamburello
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Originally Posted by BDunnell
No reaction, i'm not being led down the path you would like me to go
Simple--Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
First, quit making jokes about my sweetie who is not nearly as ugly as your old ass nor as nearly worn out by new zealand farmers as yours
Second, repect that fact that everyone in britain is an elitest, superior snob, w/o any backbone or balls, who spend their time whining about the ills of the world rather than doing anything about it.....
Translation. I've got no reasonable argument against what I've said so I'll say something about garden paths in a sorry attempt to convince myself and others than my latent racism is alright.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fred Basset
I meant to say "against what you have said"
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Originally Posted by tamburello
Actually they were South African, so yes your probably right :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by tamburello
It's funny, most South Africans and their descendants tend to make an effort not to be seen as being racist :mark:Quote:
Originally Posted by Fred Basset