Anya wrote:Why is it 'racist' to say that people who are here illegally, should not be here? Whether they are originally from an European country, or Timbuktu?
Why is it 'racist' to say that people who are guests in this country, never paid a penny tax and commit serious crimes, should not be here?
Why is is 'racist' to say that a great deal of crime in this country is committed by migrants?
It isn't racist to say that some people are here illegally; it isn't racist to say that somee people here have never paid a penny tax or committed serious crime, nor is it racist to say that a great deal of crime is this country is committed by immigrants - what IS racist is to single out ANY particular group WHOEVER they are and say that it is all commited by them or even mostly committed by them.
We have plenty of people in this country - who can trace their ancestors in this country back hundreds of years who don't pay a penny tax, who have never worked a day in their lives and who commit serious crimes - we do very well on that as far as I can see.
I am sorry Sass you feel like that. However, I accept that you do not wish to remain a member. I kbnow Deja well, she posts loads of emails that she gets - with the title that they came with and I cannot believe that she would do this knowing that it was racist. I have not known her to be racist at any time.
Deja says that her Asian colleague did not find it offensive, well my friend, who happens to be Indian, didn't find it racist either but me and my colleague at work, who is Scottish from way back, DID find it to be racist.
It may be that some people can accept this and not find it racist, that is their right but many do not accept it and I don't want this forum deteriorating into a rabble. It is something we do need to debate and talk about though - this is the way that things change.
In future if there is any debate which shows signs of obviously getting heated it will be moved to the two debating areas we have on here so that those who don't want to get into this kind of discussion will know where not to go.
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