Ok, I'm pished, so very very pished, and all I've had all night is tabloid racist bullshit from the inlaws, unbelievably backed up by the missus (God knows why as she always acknowledges how fucked up her mam and father in law is ) on how it's all the Romanians fault because "the last 3 rapes committed In Scotland were by Romanians"
yet as far as Google will let me find the last 98% of crimes committed in Scotland were committed by Scottish people.
And that perennial "you've had a few too many" argument seems to hold so much sway, ........ why can't people just admit that their only source of world news is fed to them by A, a government who needs you to think this particular way.. or B, the media publications who also need you to think that way.?
why can't people just be honest and admit they only form their opinions based on what their favoured media wants them to believe?
I'm one of them(media fed) but I'm willing to accept my opinions are wrong once proven otherwise!
fuck, I hope this makes sense!
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I need a drink....
I usually take every story with a pinch of salt until I've done some research.
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Even smart people who have done research-based qualifications where they literally spend years trying to over-come their confirmation bias to make their thesis top notch enough to get their qualification can fall foul and wind up adamantly defending bullshit...
As to the whole "immigrants are the rapists and murderists" type argument - it's always been a reasonable estimate that 80% ish of violent crime is committed by people you know - friends, relatives, co-workers so, it would seem likely that most of the immigrant crime would be against other immigrants - so surely racists shouldn't be that upset, and violence against natives would be most likely by other natives ... now, if that supposition is correct then migrants account for what, 10% of people... so logically most of the violent crime is people born here... at least, that's my thinking - I'd love to see some actual statistics, but it's too sunday morning to bother with researching it properly
One of the things I like about this forum is that we get different opinions. Sometimes they are born out of hands on experience. Sometimes they come from a different perspective on life. Generally we're a pretty tolerant bunch, and this mixed community generates some interesting discussions.
There is a slight point to be made though that life is basically what you believe, so the question is, if you don't actually believe in anything, are you actually alive? mmmm
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Measure of a Man
You cannot satisfy them, they creep across the land, they want to be the only way
Green fields are built upon, black towers rise above you, tinted windows darken every day
So now we lock our doors, and though we carry phones, isolated sheep don't understand
Clubs replaced by media, society's been put on hold, suckling at the state they hold out hand
It's not your place to have a care
To decide what makes the measure of a man
To see the world as black as you do
I'd hoped that given time you'd understand
I hope you're listening, don't ever let them in, at the borders just turn them away
And as they stand before you, they've given everything, just to give you the chance to say
You're not welcome here, your kind are just rapists and thieves
We need the balls to say it's not OK to get in here, think you're the same as me?
It's not your place to have a care
To decide what makes the measure of a man
To see the world as black as you do
I'd hoped that given time you'd understand
That by the time they get here, they've carried the weight of the world
Can't you see you're parcelling dirt to sell to the dregs of the earth? You sicken me
Shouldn't be so quick to judge, but you said to me;
"I'd let them crawl from the globe or drown at sea, I don't care where they go when they go from here
I struggle to see why I'd care if they die, it's not like their problems are mine if you let me decide."
There's a place where they go that you can't see
In the back of a truck where they can't breathe
And you lay the blame
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At the first sign of such nonsense I'm gone....out through the door marked out. Funnily enough the invites dry up eventually, a blessing of which I'm eternally thankful for.
He's also playing to other racial stereotypes by also being charged with theft!
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Nah, obviously that's bollocks and immigrants DO commit crimes, even at a disproportionate rate due to human nature being what it is when people are down and out, have nothing to lose, and are from poorer areas with worse education, more poverty etc. As usual I'm not entirely clear what your point is because you usually obfuscate it behind sarcasm/ dry wit.
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Can you imagine how you'd feel in his shoes?
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