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evicting a racist lodger
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There is a huge leap between those 2 kinds of people. Who decides wether a mild remark is offensive or not? If you have someone coming into your house telling you (as another poster put it) all X's are Y's, then yeah fair enough, that is blatent racism. If this was put into practise for everything, not just racism, then you would struggle to find anyone thats not offensive about something.
Of course that is so, but how are your IF scenarios relevant to this thread?Declutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️0 -
propertyman wrote: »Nonsense- in that case the thread would have been
Did you even read the OP? No, thought not."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 Benn0 -
Who decides wether a mild remark is offensive or not?
Racism is generally held to be offensive as well as illegal. I can't believe anyone is trying to claim it can be considered otherwise, unless they're racists themselves, which would certainly explain it."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 Benn0 -
Arent you clever :rotfl:
yes and I have some certificates on the wall to prove it :rotfl:Stop! Think. Read the small print. Trust nothing and assume that it is your responsibility. That way it rarely goes wrong.
Actively hunting down the person who invented the imaginary tenure, "share freehold"; if you can show me one I will produce my daughter's unicorn0 -
bitemebankers wrote: »Did you even read the OP? No, thought not.
Donut - of course I did- and quickly came to a conclusion.Stop! Think. Read the small print. Trust nothing and assume that it is your responsibility. That way it rarely goes wrong.
Actively hunting down the person who invented the imaginary tenure, "share freehold"; if you can show me one I will produce my daughter's unicorn0 -
bitemebankers wrote: »One thing is certain, the ex-lodger will definitely think twice before spouting racist comments in future. Better still, being evicted might even make them consider why they hold those racist views. I think the OP is to be applauded.
How on earth can you be certain when you have no idea what was said?0 -
societys_child wrote: »How on earth can you be certain when you have no idea what was said?
Are you claiming the OP is a liar?
As I said earlier, I'm taking the OP at their word and on that basis, I applaud their actions."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 Benn0 -
propertyman wrote: »Donut - of course I did- and quickly came to a conclusion.
In that case you should go back and read it again, paying particular attention this part instead of jumping to erroneous conclusions:
Anyway the actual question.....
This evening she said she has been to some housing department of the local council for advice and been told that even though there is no contract, because she has paid a months rent in advance, I legally have to give her 28 days notice..."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 Benn0 -
Racism- its a word or term that is widely used and poorly understood.
Racism is a fundamental assessment that there are different races in the world. We can attribute measurable objective characteristics traits and qualities, actions and beliefs to that.
It is then if we distort that, or place an evaluation of an innate inferiority, or superiority, that there is a problem.
There is nothing wrong or offensive in exploring race and racisms, other than the regard for the feelings of others and the ethical and legal constraints in place- which frankly are widely variable across the world.
If we then take our views, whether or not they can be substantiated, and discriminate ( even institutionalise) or assert those views in what we do or say , that it is wrong.Stop! Think. Read the small print. Trust nothing and assume that it is your responsibility. That way it rarely goes wrong.
Actively hunting down the person who invented the imaginary tenure, "share freehold"; if you can show me one I will produce my daughter's unicorn0 -
bitemebankers wrote: »Are you claiming the OP is a liar?
As I said earlier, I'm taking the OP at their word and on that basis, I applaud their actions.
The OP declined to post the actual comment so it isn't a case of calling the OP a liar it is simply a statement of fact. No-one on this thread, apart from the OP knows what the comment was.
All we do know is the other party didn't think it was racist with the OP saying they knew what the lodger meant though.
That to me very much sounds like a comment open to interpretation and not a clear racial slur. We also know nothing about the lodger or their background. Racism isn't just black/white the comment may have been about Jews or travellers etc etc often devisive topics.
With that in mind, the OP does need to think that anyone they invite in will potentially hold a view they find disagreeable. It is important for a landlord to be able to deal with that, especially if the tenent is otherwise, a good one.What if there was no such thing as a rhetorical question?0
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