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Racists & Xenophobes: Threatening the economic prosperity of Britain.

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  • Dave101t
    Dave101t Posts: 4,157 Forumite
    no other country grapples with the notion of 'am i a racist if i want an immigration cap', they all have caps and thats it. no question and no appeal.
    Tho alot of us English seem to have gotten confused recently, we dont need to justify anything to anyone. i remember last year there was a liner full of illegal immigrants running low on fuel and tried to stop in australia, they simply wouldnt let them dock and forced them on their way, potentially a death sentence for everyone on board.
    what happend to the UK's balls?
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  • Malcolm.
    Malcolm. Posts: 1,079 Forumite
    that's true in a very specific sense but kind of meaningless really... even very young children can [correctly] very quickly spot that people with recent lineage that predominately comes from different parts of the world often look, sound, etc somewhat different... whether you call these differences 'race' or something else is neither here nor there...

    If you aknowledgde the non-existance of race, you realise that we're all genetic variations of one-another.

    There is no them and us.
  • chris_m
    chris_m Posts: 8,250 Forumite
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    Dave101t wrote: »
    what happend to the UK's balls?

    He lost to Miliband minor :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • Cleaver
    Cleaver Posts: 6,989 Forumite
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    Dave101t wrote: »
    who cares if people are racists on here? that doesnt make them thick,

    I tend to agree with Hamish that quite a few racists also tend to be pretty dumb. I think disliking or judging someone unfairly based on the colour of their skin, their race or the country they come from is a pretty stupid thing to do.
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    The UK has over 2 million unemployed (and rising). I truly fail to see why it would be considered racist to suggest that maybe the door should be shut to non UK citizens (of any race) until we clear some of that joblessness.
  • olly300
    olly300 Posts: 14,738 Forumite
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    OK, but boris is kind of, y'know, a buffoon.
    But he isn't a stupid one.
    I'm not cynical I'm realistic :p

    (If a link I give opens pop ups I won't know I don't use windows)
  • The worst of them is Poppycod and his army of sockies. Vile character.
  • poppycod
    poppycod Posts: 1,400 Forumite
    The worst of them is Poppycod and his army of sockies. Vile character.

    how ironic.

    At least I don't come on here with the express purpose of spreading disinformation and propaganda...
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    Can I ask a dumb question? I'm going to anyway.

    Who are these racists. I haven't noticed any, which has me fearing if all you lot can spot them, and I can't, maybe I'm one of them.

    Or are they someone who appears to disagree with the OP? Which means, I'm still a racist.
  • olly300
    olly300 Posts: 14,738 Forumite
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    Can I ask a dumb question? I'm going to anyway.

    Who are these racists. I haven't noticed any, which has me fearing if all you lot can spot them, and I can't, maybe I'm one of them.

    Or are they someone who appears to disagree with the OP? Which means, I'm still a racist.

    They tend to post mostly in discussion time.

    I'm sure you have responded to one of them in the past due to their anti-Semitic rants.

    BTW Jewish people and Sikhs are a race under the Race Discrimination Act but I'm sure you know that already.
    I'm not cynical I'm realistic :p

    (If a link I give opens pop ups I won't know I don't use windows)
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