I'll deliberately tune in to watch....Jade?

[KingPoker]

i agree with tank. Shows like that simply prey on the fears of current situations otherwise they wouldnt be worthwhile viewing. But it is problems like that influence ape-like people called racists to assume every muslim is a terroist when in truth islam is one of the most peaceful religions. It teaches to respect everyone and as such the khuran is considered one of the most beatiful pieces of literature in existance. It is the extremists that twist words into suiting whatever their underlying motive may be (a bit like those weirdos who believe they here the devil talking to them when they play bob the builder themtune backwards!)

[sledge13]

Why is it a stupid post?

Why should there be any climate where any nationality cannot be seen as the "bad guy".

Hollywood had a phase of having the English as the bad guys in the 90s in many films, yet I dont remember international protests. Tank have you even watched 24? Shocked to see such a patheic pc reply, 24 has had english, american...heck even their own president as bad guys....I actually feel sick at your pendantic ignorant reply.

So easy to call people racist these days, when the callers are the flag burning warmongers.   

[I, Zimbra]

lol

I was going to ask, 'Is the majority always right then?', but that's just facetious, rhetorical... never mind. I am glad it's calmed down, the last thing I want to do is it up again.

[tantrum]

Islam is a religion to start with, if you can't differentiate between the two then no point on talking about the other parts of your post.

So easy to call people racist these days, when the callers are the flag burning warmongers.  

who are the callers? muslims?  get a life... or go and join BNP forum for your ignorant views

[Rod Paradise]

Why is it a stupid post?

Why should there be any climate where any nationality cannot be seen as the "bad guy".

Hollywood had a phase of having the English as the bad guys in the 90s in many films, yet I dont remember international protests. Tank have you even watched 24? Shocked to see such a patheic pc reply, 24 has had english, american...heck even their own president as bad guys....I actually feel sick at your pendantic ignorant reply.

So easy to call people racist these days, when the callers are the flag burning warmongers.   

So Muslim citizens of America who complained become flag burning warmongers to you.? If they haven't the right to complain without being compared to their own religion's extremists, then you crusades, inquisition, religion by sword, law based on the bible folk might be guilty of throwing stones in your own greenhouse.

[sledge13]

What the hell am I been ignorant about?

My point is if any other culture had been mocked on Big Brother...Australian/Polish/Russian/Romanain etc...there would not have been the same uproar! This is why divides are happening, every culture gets mocked...English...Tea/fish n chips/bad teeth, but without violent threats and burnings...no crowd for the eviction is proof of how sad its got...

The bullying was out of order and Shilpa is a wise and nice person in my opinion, she has said its not been racist herself and that is what this subject is about in the first place!   

[TightPaulFolds]

But Paki is considered racial abuse because it was used as a derogatory statement throughout the 80's and 90's, and for me its all about respecting the wishes of the poeple who the term is aimed at.

I'm scottish and do not wish to be referred to as jock, please desist

[thetank]

Seen it, loved it, bought the box sets.

Why should there be any climate where any nationality cannot be seen as the "bad guy".
   

There shouldn't be, but there is. It exists and needs to dealt with, with a degree of practicality.

If a loyal US citizen, who happens to be a muslim, has had their children beat up on the way to school by other kids playing at Jack Bauer, they're probably within their rights to write a wee letter off.

Of course it's not the fault of 24 that schollyard bullying, or more violent and serious hate crimes occur in the US. They didn't help the situation though.

Nor will Keifer Sutherland doing a 30 second spot on how it's wrong to beat up on brown people solve the problem, it will help the situation though

So the peaceful protestors got a sort of result. Great.

The more of that wot goes on, people listning to each other and making concessions, the less blowing up of stuff will go in this world.

In this tale I say yayay Muslims protestors, and yayay 24.
 

[tantrum]

I'm scottish and do not wish to be referred to as jock, please desist

Scottish? don't you have funny accent?

[sledge13]

 

Tantrum is a proof in point, he now makes an innocent joke about the scottish accent...but earlier berates me.

He would not dare make a joke about a Far east accent and that is what is wrong with the pc enviroment we now live in.....

[thetank]

Tantrum's a chickie

[tantrum]

this was not an innocent joke; I was targeting TightPaulFolds on purpose.  It is called playground flirting. I fancy tightpaul, and the only way he will react to my posts is when i comment on his accent on the the fact that he is scottish.

[sledge13]

 

[TightPaulFolds]

this was not an innocent joke; I was targeting TightPaulFolds on purpose.  It is called playground flirting. I fancy tightpaul, and the only way he will react to my posts is when i comment on his accent on the the fact that he is scottish.

I fancy tantrum. Nice pic! A little less makeup perhaps...

[thetank]

Tantrum is a proof in point, he now makes an innocent joke about the scottish accent...but earlier berates me.

He would not dare make a joke about a Far east accent and that is what is wrong with the pc enviroment we now live in.....

No so much

If I call Rod a fat proddy c***, it's probably ok. I know Rod. He might call me a sheep shagging bas***d and we'll get on with it.

If I call someone I don't know in Glasgow a fat proddy c***, it's probably bad.  It might not even be ok for me to speak to Rod like that, but it's certainly less ok to greet the stranger in that manner.


On a larger scale, the English culture probably knows the Scottish culture a lot better than it knows the Chinese culture. As far as severity of racial slurs go, there are probably degrees like with everything else. If we choose to be more outrages when the Star uses the word "chink" in a headline than when it uses the word "jock" is that such an unfair distinction?

Of course it would be great if it wasn't like this. Moving towards a worldwide community where we all rip the living shite of each other verbally, (a global Glasgow if you will) without fear of being accused of racism, but we ain't quite there yet.