elag wrote:
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> > Our problem here is that the rules the governments put in place to protect the minorities are being over used and abused to such an extent
> > they are actually causing more trouble than they're worth. People see what they think of as bias in favour of other cultures etc and the old
> > green eyed god shows his head. The gutter press are certainly fanning the flames of another forest fire of hatred here.
>
> Same thing here... "reverse discrimination" and "white male rage" are
> issues that won't go away. On the other side you have people looking
> for slavery reparations and extension of affirmative action. Really,
> in view of the history of slavery and "Jim Crow", segregation and the
> "color barrier" I have to come down on the side of affirmative action.
I would, if it didn't piss so many people off. More and more people are becoming right wing here, it's scary. There also times when minorities are
literally seen to get away with murder (riots etc) when they claim that police or whoever handled things wrongly due to their
religion/colour/sexuality blah blah and the courts agree. People look and see this unfair treatment, knowing if they did the same they would be
languishing in prison. Affirmative action should only be used for the good..
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>
> I can see that things might be played out more equitably with a goal of
> eventual real equal opportunity, but I do think that past injustices
> have not quite been wiped out yet. Any statistical analysis of relative
> opportunities in the various ethnic groups will bear this out.
The sense of injustice here is not as great. I know there was slavery here but there seemed to be a period where the past was forgotten. What
we're seeing now looks like "I am entitled to this, gimme."
I despair when I see uneven handedness on either 'side' as i know it will lead to more anger and resentment from the opposition.
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> >
> > Personally it makes no difference to me where someone was born , what colour they are or how they speak as long as they mean no harm to
> > anyone. There are those who spoil it for others, we do get gangs of eastern europeans professionally begging etc etc and of course it is
> > easy for the nationalists to use them as the big stick with which to beat all immigrants and asylum seekers.
>
> We have our Xenophobes as well... significantly, all are descended from
> immigrants, many of whom would be considered quite unsavory in the light
> of the XXIst century. Them lousy furriners are us.
>
>
:O) We say this often, we are a mongrel nation, as Eddie Izzard puts it. This area has been under everything from Roman, viking and French control
with influxes from all over the place. Hence our strange accent.
--
Paul.
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