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evicting a racist lodger

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  • bitemebankers
    bitemebankers Posts: 1,688 Forumite
    julieb1987 wrote: »
    So if you're not offended but wouldn't say it in a room with Pakistani people...

    Comprehension fail.
    "There may be a legal obligation to obey, but there will be no moral obligation to obey. When it comes to history, it will be the people who broke the law for freedom that will be remembered and honoured." --Rt. Hon. Tony Benn
  • julieb1987
    julieb1987 Posts: 246 Forumite
    I wasn't saying you weren't offended, you didn't answer the question directly. I'm saying IF you weren't offended then that would be the case.
    First Time Buyer: Mortgage Offered, Searches complete, Exchanged 21/12/2012, Completion 04/01/2013! :beer:
  • bigmaz
    bigmaz Posts: 1,251 Forumite
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    edited 17 October 2012 at 1:39PM
    julieb1987 wrote: »
    I wasn't saying you weren't offended, you didn't answer the question directly. I'm saying IF you weren't offended then that would be the case.

    bitemebankers is avoiding all the questions :p
  • bitemebankers
    bitemebankers Posts: 1,688 Forumite
    julieb1987 wrote: »
    It's not that we were "allowed" to be racist.

    Yes, that's exactly what it is, no matter how you try to dress it up. Bigotry was generally more widely tolerated that it is now, be it racism, sexism or homophobia. But society has moved forward and the worst examples of bigotry are now being curtailed.

    Don't like it? Tough.
    "There may be a legal obligation to obey, but there will be no moral obligation to obey. When it comes to history, it will be the people who broke the law for freedom that will be remembered and honoured." --Rt. Hon. Tony Benn
  • DRP
    DRP Posts: 4,287 Forumite
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    bigmaz wrote: »
    bitemebankers is avoiding all the questions :p

    unless they are 120 characters or less...
  • chewmylegoff
    chewmylegoff Posts: 11,469 Forumite
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    I wonder if you can specify "no racists" in a lodger advert, or whether that is discriminatory.
  • bigmaz
    bigmaz Posts: 1,251 Forumite
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    edited 17 October 2012 at 2:08PM
    DRP wrote: »
    unless they are 120 characters or less...

    :rotfl: lol!!
  • julieb1987
    julieb1987 Posts: 246 Forumite
    bitemebankers wrote: »

    Don't like it? Tough.

    So you wouldn't be annoyed if you were told to take your christmas lights down from your house because it offended a non-christian up the road? I bloody well would be! Sorry if that makes me racist...
    First Time Buyer: Mortgage Offered, Searches complete, Exchanged 21/12/2012, Completion 04/01/2013! :beer:
  • bigmaz
    bigmaz Posts: 1,251 Forumite
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    julieb1987 wrote: »
    So you wouldn't be annoyed if you were told to take your christmas lights down from your house because it offended a non-christian up the road? I bloody well would be! Sorry if that makes me racist...

    How can you sleep at night RACIST!!! :rotfl:
  • dodger1
    dodger1 Posts: 4,579 Forumite
    bitemebankers wrote: »
    As you seem to be incapable of working it out for yourself, here's a simple test for you. Ask yourself this: would you tell that joke in front of a room full of Pakistani people?

    I would without a seconds thought because the vast majority of Pakistanis would see it for what it actually is, a joke and they would know I'm not being racist. I'm white and would have no problem with a Pakistani telling a joke about white people, for me it's nothing to do with racism or hatred it's simply a joke, nothing more nothing less.
    It's someone else's fault.
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