Racism

Originally Posted by thulfi

Seriously mate, what point are you ultimately driving at here? The population is 92% white, and almost 86% of the total population are white British.

War has the population percentage got to do with anything.
Racism doesn't have anything to do with minorities or majorities.

Originally Posted by Spank86

What's the difference?

Assuming you compare like with like, is disliking fatties any different from disliking gays?

Exactly my point im trying to get at (badly it seems)

Is there a sliding scale of people you can insult?, will it get treated differently by the police if you report it?

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by specialone

Exactly my point im trying to get at (badly it seems)

Is there a sliding scale of people you can insult?, will it get treated differently by the police if you report it?

Not even mentioning the attitudes to different religions...

I can honestly say I see all religions equally.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Not even mentioning the attitudes to different religions...

Thats a whole other thread, tolerance? my ar*e.

Originally Posted by Spank86

I can honestly say I see all religions equally.

Me too, they are the root of all the worlds problems imo, so i think we should lose them all.

The word isn't what matters, but the context in which it is said, how its delivered and what the purpose of the comment is in the first place.

I don't think I've ever heard of anyone being offended by the way an international cuisine of choice was referred to.

Originally Posted by specialone

My point apart from what ive said above is im sick to the back teeth of racism being used for everything, why is calling someone a specific thing any worse than another?

Originally Posted by specialone

Ginger haired people get insulted all the time too, is this ok but calling somebody a p*ki or ni**er isnt?

Calling abuse to someone by calling them an F-ing ginger is not the same as calling an asian dude an F-ing paki which is certainly not the same as calling a black person an F-ing nig***, well in my opinion anyway.

I mean do you even know the history of the N-word and what it means to black people?

Personally I think people are the root of the worlds problems and religion both a symptom and an excuse. But I do agree the world wouldn't be worse off without.

[21QUEST]

You know what really grates me? The folks who have no idea of the true meaning of Christmas....

Originally Posted by thulfi

Calling abuse to someone by calling them an F-ing ginger is not the same as calling an asian dude an F-ing paki which is certainly not the same as calling a black person an F-ing nig***.

I mean do you even know the history of the N-word and what it means to black people?

This is something I really don't get.

How does something that happened generations ago to people in America have a deep meaning and impact on an 18 year old kid who grew up in slough?