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At least 2 out of 3 people declared bankrupt are not home owners.

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  • Really2
    Really2 Posts: 12,397 Forumite
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    edited 6 October 2009 at 2:42PM
    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    How many peoples of different races and cultures have you conducted business with Carol? Whilst we are all similar we are different.

    To add I do not find saying a religion is known for finance and business is racist.:confused:

    I don't think Thrugelmir meant anything by it other than a what the person did fitted fitted a sterotype.

    I think it was as racist as saying northerns are tight. :)

    so sterotyping not racism in my mind.
  • StevieJ
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    I should imagine there will be a fair number of student loans going down with those bankruptcies.
    BTW I once knew someone who couldn't afford to go bankrupt :eek:
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • ess0two
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    Bit OTT carol,seen worse things said on here,that go un-noticed?
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  • Thrugelmir
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    carolt wrote: »
    Exactly. My experience has taught me that we are all different. And that includes people who happen to share the same religion, skin colour, race etc.

    Genuinely shocked. You seem an intelligent poster - shocking how these attitudes can lie inside even seemingly intelligent people.

    In no way was my post intended to be offensive. So please accept my apology.
  • StevieJ
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    Really2 wrote: »
    To add I do not find saying a religion is known for finance and business is racist.:confused:

    I don't think Thrugelmir meant anything by it other than a what the person did fitted fitted a sterotype.

    I think it was as racist as saying northerns are tight    . :)

    so sterotyping not racism in my mind.

    Get lost :eek: that is Yorkies and Jocks icon7.gif don't tar all Northerners.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • Really2
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    Get lost :eek: that is Yorkies and Jocks icon7.gif don't tar all Northerners.

    But what about Southerners :)
  • mysterio_2
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    StevieJ wrote: »
    I should imagine there will be a fair number of student loans going down with those bankruptcies.
    BTW I once knew someone who couldn't afford to go bankrupt :eek:

    ah BUT....student loans cannot be included in bankruptcy debts they still have to be paid
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  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    edited 6 October 2009 at 2:52PM
    Really2 wrote: »
    To add I do not find saying a religion is known for finance and business is racist.:confused:

    I don't think Thrugelmir meant anything by it other than a what the person did fitted fitted a sterotype.

    I think it was as racist as saying northerns are tight. :)

    so sterotyping not racism in my mind.

    Sorry, Thrugelmir related a story of a member of a as yet unnamed religion - I'd love to know which one - who committed fraud on a grand scale, which Thrugelmir appeared to be implying was in some way related to his religion.

    How is that not racist?

    Nothing wrong with the original story, but the religious reference at the end appeared to have been put in as some kind of humourous 'punchline', much as one might expect a racist to end a story about a black man committing a crime with some equally 'hilarious' punchline. It's just not relevant. Sorry.


    EDIT: Just seen your apology - it's not for me to accept it or otherwise, really, but point noted, Thrugelmir.
  • StevieJ
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    mysterio wrote: »
    ah BUT....student loans cannot be included in bankruptcy debts they still have to be paid

    Is that so, I certainly didn't know that.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    ess0two wrote: »
    Bit OTT carol,seen worse things said on here,that go un-noticed?

    I'm sure that's true - there have been posters on here who've been kicked off for racist posts, I believe, though I haven't seen the threads.

    Easy to say that something's not offensive if it's not directed at you - members of the mystery religion, say, might disagree.
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