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« on: April 21, 2008, 11:53:23 AM » |
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Horneris
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« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2008, 11:59:34 AM » |
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« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2008, 12:00:53 PM » |
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Or rather cancelled by the organisers because they refused to avoid 2 streets at the centre of the riots a few years back.
Doesn't that just seem eminently sensible?
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« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2008, 12:02:30 PM » |
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Well....shouldnt have even got that far, and no reason to cancel the whole thing playing into peoples fears...lets just give up...nah thats very poor.
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« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2008, 12:03:48 PM » |
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The organisers cancelled it, which seems odd really. Unless they had some untold reason for really wanting to go down those streets,
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« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2008, 12:04:38 PM » |
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Well....shouldnt have even got that far, and no reason to cancel the whole thing playing into peoples fears...lets just give up...nah thats very poor.
from my reading it was the organisers that decided to cancel the whole thing - it wasn't 'banned' as your post suggests. Surely the safety of the children taking part should be paramount, and if the police suggested an alternative route, why cancel the whole thing in a huff? |
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« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2008, 12:06:37 PM » |
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Or rather cancelled by the organisers because they refused to avoid 2 streets at the centre of the riots a few years back.
Doesn't that just seem eminently sensible?
7 years ago. Those streets were deliberately chosen for that reason, or would you make any historical centre of disturbance a no-go area ad infinitum? And with the number of people who they were expecting to take part the route would have to be a certain length for it to be viable. |
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« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2008, 12:07:15 PM » |
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Well....shouldnt have even got that far, and no reason to cancel the whole thing playing into peoples fears...lets just give up...nah thats very poor.
from my reading it was the organisers that decided to cancel the whole thing - it wasn't 'banned' as your post suggests. Surely the safety of the children taking part should be paramount, and if the police suggested an alternative route, why cancel the whole thing in a huff? I agree. |
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« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2008, 12:09:08 PM » |
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I just find it sad that just down the road from me...there are fears of violence over a celebration of English history?!??
What went wrong?
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« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2008, 12:11:35 PM » |
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If the police had specific intelligence that there were groups planning on disrupting this route then fair enough.
But if there were plans to do so then I would expect them to disrupt whichever route was chosen - which suggests that the police are only worried about the idea of that route on St Georges day rather than the practical reality of whether it is safe or not.
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« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2008, 12:57:55 PM » |
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I just find it sad that just down the road from me...there are fears of violence over a celebration of English history?!??
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I think the stabbing of an Asian kid by a bunch of racists went wrong. |
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« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2008, 01:01:49 PM » |
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I just find it sad that just down the road from me...there are fears of violence over a celebration of English history?!??
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I think the stabbings of many English kids by bunches of Asians is wrong.fyp. |
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« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2008, 01:02:46 PM » |
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I just find it sad that just down the road from me...there are fears of violence over a celebration of English history?!??
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I think the stabbings of many English kids by bunches of Asians is wrong.fyp. Erm, the Asian kids weren't English then? |
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« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2008, 01:03:26 PM » |
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I just find it sad that just down the road from me...there are fears of violence over a celebration of English history?!??
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I think the stabbings of many English kids by bunches of Asians is wrong.fyp.  well this should turn into a fun thread now. |
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« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2008, 01:04:00 PM » |
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I just find it sad that just down the road from me...there are fears of violence over a celebration of English history?!??
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I think the stabbings of many English kids by bunches of Asians is wrong.fyp. Erm, the Asian kids weren't English then? English = white, I presume |
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