Tarring working class people with the racist brush is not very comradely imo. Yes there is a subsection of poor people who are racist and ignorant, but there are plenty of middle class and upper class racist pricks too. From the left, right and centre.

Clearly I'm not defending what you describe but you can't stereotype/tar [people who fly the Union Flag all year around] with the same brush.

Tarring working class people with the racist brush is not very comradely imo. Yes there is a subsection of poor people who are racist and ignorant, but there are plenty of middle class and upper class racist pricks too. From the left, right and centre.

Northwich has a curry house now?

One of my best mates - with whom I spent a very enjoyable evening at a curry house in Northwich this very weekend past

That sounds dangerously close to "I'm not racist, I'm always going out for a curry!"

(not having a dig there btw, just making a joke)

One thing about moving to the depths of wildest Summerzet is that I miss the range of restaurants. Decent curry can be hard to find out here. Can't move for tasty cider though!

It's crass stereotyping. Not everyone has had the benefit of people like Thornberry's resources, very expensive legal training or the expertise of her peers, when honing their social graces.

Saying someone or something isn't as bad as him doesn't strike me as a very effective defence

I lived in Weston for 6 years and

Stereotypes are stereotypes are stereotypes. Do you believe every one you hear or read about?

It does! An *awesome* one mate

http://bombayquaynorthwich.co.uk/

Man that is good cuzza and extremely reasonable. There's even a bar right next door as well, all very friendly and lovely. We had a great time, let me know if you ever fancy meeting up if you're close.

Ethnic jokes are a little uncouth, but you laugh as they're based on truth.

Like black people liking watermelon? Or Jews being greedy?

I thought better of you, mate.

EXCITING CAR PARK UPDATE


http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/n ... _launched/





Not sure if I'm meant to type car reg in anymore or not, but it looks like a proper car park still.

THE operators of a controversial car park which was ordered to shut down appear to be fighting back.

Private car park company Smart Parking has drawn anger from motorists over the way it has been handing out fines at Oastler Road car park in Saltaire.

The furore prompted Bradford Council to declare the site unlawful and serve a notice ordering the car park to close by November 24.

But in an apparent act of defiance against this notice, the company has now lodged a retrospective planning application for its parking signs, in a move one councillor branded “hilarious”.

Like black people liking watermelon? Or Jews being greedy?

I thought better of you, mate.

There are different kinds of stereotypes. Not all of them are necessarily offensive.

I lived there until 2005 or something. Best it had then was the Seafarer (wayfarer?) chippy. I mean there was that place on the corner near all the estate agents but it never seemed to be open.

Now I live down Brum way, but thanks for the offer.

I've promised her a 20 McNugget Sharebox on our 25th anniversary

I'm not exactly crying myself to sleep over this every night, but I still maintain that the concept of pigeon-holing an entire race, or social/gender group into Box A or Category B (they're all bright/lazy/tight-fisted whatever), regardless of whether supposedly 'positive' or 'not offensive', is ultimately incredibly wrong-headed, close-minded, lazy and demeaning. Further, I'd argue that precisely this very same sentiment lies at the root of far worse things, such as xenophobia, bigotry and outright racism.

The incongruity of it all, in these more enlightened times, is prominent indeed. It's not 1977 anymore, and we need to stop labeling people.

Because when you're done with the legs and the breast, there's a box to stick the bon-(it's a different time now, MaliA - Ed)

BBC: "Alex Salmond: Trump 'broke Scots investment promises'"

I think your mistake was trusting Donald Trump, Alex.

we need to stop labeling people.

I'm not exactly crying myself to sleep over this every night, but I still maintain that the concept of pigeon-holing an entire race, or social/gender group into Box A or Category B (they're all bright/lazy/tight-fisted whatever), regardless of whether supposedly 'positive' or 'not offensive', is ultimately incredibly wrong-headed, close-minded, lazy and demeaning. Further, I'd argue that precisely this very same sentiment lies at the root of far worse things, such as xenophobia, bigotry and outright racism.

The incongruity of it all, in these more enlightened times, is prominent indeed. It's not 1977 anymore, and we need to stop labeling people.

I see on Twitter that our lovely PM went to a banquet last night to celebrate Paul Dacre's 25 years as editor of the Daily Mail. What an absolute shower of fucking lowlife shit.

It's the principle of by-default attributing labels and assumptions to entire groups of people on the basis of where they are from, the colour of their skin, their social class, their race, their gender, their sexuality, whether they like Union Jacks, their age, their accent. For a start, it's demonstrably bollocks, because there will be huge diversity of attributes among large groups and populations of people, but its not the lack of veracity that I have a problem with, it's the offence that will be caused. You say oh well, no-one would take offence at A or B, but I'm afraid that's a very subjective matter. It's not a case of being "counter productive", and to say it harms no-one is naive in the extreme I'm afraid.

Like I've also said, I don't like the underpinning "othering" sentiment either, because basically that's precisely what lies at the root of far, far worse things as well.

I do believe that will all the migrations and globalisation the concept of stereotyping will erode itself and eventually cease to exist.

It's the principle of by-default attributing labels and assumptions to entire groups of people on the basis of where they are from, the colour of their skin, their social class, their race, their gender, their sexuality, whether they like Union Jacks, their age, their accent. For a start, it's demonstrably bollocks, because there will be huge diversity of attributes among large groups and populations of people, but its not the lack of veracity that I have a problem with, it's the offence that will be caused. You say oh well, no-one would take offence at A or B, but I'm afraid that's a very subjective matter. It's not a case of being "counter productive", and to say it harms no-one is naive in the extreme I'm afraid.

Like I've also said, I don't like the underpinning "othering" sentiment either, because basically that's precisely what lies at the root of far, far worse things as well, such as nationalism for instance.

Genetic diversity decreases the farther from West Africa one travels, interestingly.

Is that true in say, Vancouver? Or Sydney?

Looks like the racist elements in all societies are voting to prevent this even more these days.

...whether they like Union Jacks...

Yeah the was SCIENCE on it, and there was a STRAIGHT LINE GRAPH, which for biology is very rare so tremendously exciting. I think it was published in Cell. Which is an IMPORTANT JOUNAL (I've not been in that one)