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MidlandRover Member Since: 30 Jun 2013 Location: Derby Posts: 496 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Well said Badger totally agree. FL2 SD4 Metropolis Auto Santorini Black / ivory completely stock.
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jenks1950 Member Since: 20 Apr 2013 Location: Stevenage Posts: 260 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Seems to be that it is absolutely fine to be a racist as long as you keep quiet about it
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iain cooper Member Since: 27 Aug 2007 Location: north of Glasgow Posts: 1989 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
JC is not a racist, just a very clever presenter who knows how to manipulate the media and the public to maximise his personal wealth.
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ad210358 Member Since: 12 Oct 2008 Location: Here and There Posts: 7464 ![]() ![]() |
People seem to be just waiting for an excuse just to have a pop at someone, just to sensitive, I doubt if we will ever see a factual remake of The Dambusters either. |
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Badger1970 Member Since: 21 Sep 2012 Location: Southam, Warwickshire Posts: 1372 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
^^ |
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pab Member Since: 28 Aug 2012 Location: Now in Mid-Wales Posts: 2007 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Quite. Or Billy Bunter. Or Biggles. All racist.
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DonDon Member Since: 08 Apr 2014 Location: Strathconon Posts: 16 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Perhaps you are not aware of the numerous racial crimes that have gone to court where the perpetrator and the victim have been white but of different nationality ie Scottish, Irish ,Welsh or English. I am not a bleeding heart PC lefty or Human Rights activist but I do believe that we all deserve a bit of respect and should consider carefully what we say lest we offend. Not too hard to do I would suggest. ![]() |
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EYorkshire Member Since: 18 Nov 2010 Location: (!) Posts: 4392 ![]() |
I never knew that, I had to google a few words to find what you meant. Nice one ![]() |
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pab Member Since: 28 Aug 2012 Location: Now in Mid-Wales Posts: 2007 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Nothing wrong with a bit of respect, but the perception of offence is in the eye of the beholder and therein lies the problem - extremist beholders. What's the difference between calling me a 'pom' and calling an Asian person a 'slope'? In reality none at all, but the perception is different. No one is likely to care or start screaming racist if some Aussie calls me a pom (least of all me). But if the target is Asian it's different, for some reason. We need a sense of perspective - don't take offence at things which were not intended to be offensive! And more importantly, don't take offence on behalf of some third party you've never met or ever heard of before at things which were not intended to be offensive! |
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chicken george Member Since: 05 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13292 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
your all feckers the lot of you, stop discussing a furore over a man reading a nursery rhyme, At work |
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EYorkshire Member Since: 18 Nov 2010 Location: (!) Posts: 4392 ![]() |
I'm going to complain that it is not PC for CG to call us 'vaners' or 'vanners' |
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pab Member Since: 28 Aug 2012 Location: Now in Mid-Wales Posts: 2007 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"
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piattj Member Since: 18 Jan 2012 Location: where the crowds aint... Posts: 1235 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
In my view, if Clarkson held / holds racist views, he wouldn't have shirked from using the n-word out loud, knowing that he could re-edit and start again. As it was, he mumbled the middle verse to the point where, unless you already KNEW the verse, you'd NEVER be able to make out the bloody word. As James May said, Clarkson might be reasonably criticised as 'a bellend' but he doesn't strike me as malicious.
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chicken george Member Since: 05 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13292 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Oh am I mistaken? Is tw$ts preferable? At work ![]() At home ![]() "I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race |
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