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Rodge

In a discussion of the Sky News report that since the attack in London Asian people are three times more likely to be questioned by police, the following was said

"Thats crap, black people are just as bad when it comes to terrorism of today. How about Irish people? There about 100,000 terrorists from Ireland now without a job. They've been committing criminal act of terrorism too."

How would you react if someone said this to you?

Rhyme

I wouldnt be happy thats for sure... who said it?

Dub13

who said it...?

MrJoeSoap

I'm not offended, its pretty much true (although 100,000 is probably a big exaggeration).

c - 13

Blatent Racism.

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Dinner

Honestly, I wouldnt let myself be bothered. Anyone with half a brain knows that its not true. And if someone allows themselves to be ignorant like that then thats their fault.

Rodge

Dub13 wrote:

who said it...?

A lovely Englishman in work

pwd

I'd laugh

Wigertoods

Poor lad seems to have a chip on his shoulder.
:mad: :mad:

Rhyme

Rodge wrote:

A lovely Englishman in work

Tell him he's ignorant. Sure they may start this, but not all terrorists are asian, black and/or Irish

Rodge

I sort of told him already when he said it

Its only racist because its about Irish people

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

the RA only had about 80 full-time members, so 100k is a slight over-exageration (sic)! It's a slight cliche, but if the Brits hadn't fcuked up Ireland, Middle East and Africa when they were ruling various parts of those places, there would be all this sh*te in the first place...

if you are working in Ireland then tell your co-worker to fcuk off back to the low-pay of his own country and stop coming here for work and still feeling free to insult us...

dublinguy2004

Since when was Irish an ethnic minority? I've been applying for jobs in the UK and it really bugs me those demographic surveys they stick on the end of application forms where you are asked to state which ethnic group you come from. The Brits classify us Irish into a seperate ethnic minority along with the blacks, asians and gypsies.

Hobbes

I'd post to skynews with the Irish comment if only to point out how bloody stupid people are acting in regards to current history.

arbeitsscheuer

Racist. Of course it is.

Question is: If somebody in work had made a derogatory, generalising and xenophobic remark about the English, would you have been bothered?
Well, would you?

I've been dealing with sh*t like that for 15 years cos
a) I have an English accent
and
b) I'm proud to have been born there (if not actually an English citizen)

You get people who try to make you feel embarassed because you're even slightly English or, indeed, if you're in England, slightly Irish, but you just deal with it, because the majority of people aren't like that.

Don't let f**ks like the guy who made that comment make you think that everyone thinks the same as him. He's just an ignorant pr*ck, end of story.

c - 13

SebtheBum wrote:

Racist. Of course it is.

Question is: If somebody in work had made a derogatory, generalising and xenophobic remark about the English, would you have been bothered?
Well, would you?

I've been dealing with sh*t like that for 15 years cos
a) I have an English accent
and
b) I'm proud to have been born there (if not actually an English citizen)

You get people who try to make you feel embarassed because you're even slightly English or, indeed, if you're in England, slightly Irish, but you just deal with it, because the majority of people aren't like that.

Don't let f**ks like the guy who made that comment make you think that everyone thinks the same as him. He's just an ignorant pr*ck, end of story.

Well Said

joejoem

Rodge wrote:

In a discussion of the Sky News report that since the attack in London Asian people are three times more likely to be questioned by police, the following was said

"Thats crap, black people are just as bad when it comes to terrorism of today. How about Irish people? There about 100,000 terrorists from Ireland now without a job. They've been committing criminal act of terrorism too."

How would you react if someone said this to you?

I would probably loose the rag, throw something at the ground around him, and start to shout at him while walking towards him trying to calm myself down and stop myself from throttleing him. Thats how I pictured it in my mind anyway. I would be more offended at the comparison to these suicide bombers than at the genralisation. Actually no, its the two of them that would bother me. Tis a sensitive subject

Rodge

SebtheBum wrote:

Racist. Of course it is.

Question is: If somebody in work had made a derogatory, generalising and xenophobic remark about the English, would you have been bothered?
Well, would you?

Honestly, I wouldnt have been because I am not English.

SebtheBum wrote:

I've been dealing with sh*t like that for 15 years cos
a) I have an English accent
and
b) I'm proud to have been born there (if not actually an English citizen)

You get people who try to make you feel embarassed because you're even slightly English or, indeed, if you're in England, slightly Irish, but you just deal with it, because the majority of people aren't like that.

Don't let f**ks like the guy who made that comment make you think that everyone thinks the same as him. He's just an ignorant pr*ck, end of story.

True. I should have just ignored it instead of doing what joejoem said he would do.

Jesus Trash Can

Rodge wrote:

In a discussion of the Sky News report that since the attack in London Asian people are three times more likely to be questioned by police, the following was said

"Thats crap, black people are just as bad when it comes to terrorism of today. How about Irish people? There about 100,000 terrorists from Ireland now without a job. They've been committing criminal act of terrorism too."

How would you react if someone said this to you?

I'd say, "this can only be Sky News...."

digitally-yours

i would say after the bombs they now have lost the power of thinking its normal they are just scared and paranoid and that will be a normal responce of anyone
and i agree with people here only feel its racist coz its about irish
other wise its fine

Eoin

dublinguy2004 wrote:

Since when was Irish an ethnic minority? I've been applying for jobs in the UK and it really bugs me those demographic surveys they stick on the end of application forms where you are asked to state which ethnic group you come from. The Brits classify us Irish into a seperate ethnic minority along with the blacks, asians and gypsies.

I'm a bit confused - is Irish listed as a particular box to check? If so, then it's probably something to do with the British census being updated a few years ago as many ex-pats in Britain wanted to be recognised as Irish, rather than just "Caucasian". Apparently when the Irish classification was introduced to the census, something like 7 million ticked the box. Logic dictates that 7 million out of a population of 60+ million (total guess) is an ethnic minority.

Stephen

If that guy had said that to me i'd have told him to go fúck himself. 100,000 IRA men? Yeah, right.

Mossy Monk

Sky News? pfffffffft