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Quote: Jennie @ 7th May 2014, 1:49 PM BST

Sympathies. That was why I was always terrible at customer services roles. I can't abide that kind of thing and get irritated with them far too soon.

When I get irritated, I employ what my family and friends call "the tone" - a way of speaking that on the surface appears perfectly polite, but is dripping with imminent danger. When you get the tone,, retreat.

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Yep. I take a very deep breathe and politely advise that the best I can do is get their contact details and pass the message on. In my head I am swearing at them and thinking how easy it would be to accidently hang up on them.

Quote: Renegade Carpark @ 7th May 2014, 12:21 AM BST

I'd like to thank roscoff for supplying me with a new TTPYO. The equation of nature and the animal kingdom with human morality, as if nature is the paramour for all things honourable and decent.

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Not a problem. Was actually thinking of higher order animals as what you're actually talking about is instinct. Evidence of bullying has been seen in dolphins including individual dolphins being excluded from the pod. So the higher order of mammal the more likely anti-social behaviour? I mean lions kill the young of another male lion. Is this instinct or learnt? Racism in humans? We're not born racist it's learnt behaviour. I hope you enjoyed that little vignette there RCP

I don't think racism is so hard to understand, it's natural to feel closer to people we share our genes with, and proportionally less close to those who appear to be most different to us.
The trick is to get over this feeling and see the similarities instead of the differences.

Quote: roscoff @ 7th May 2014, 3:58 PM BST

We're not born racist it's learnt behaviour. I hope you enjoyed that little vignette there RCP

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Hey, we're not born computer literate either, learnt behaviour is extremely important.

Quote: Nogget @ 7th May 2014, 5:04 PM BST

The trick is to get over this feeling and see the similarities instead of the differences.

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If it were purely down to a matter of racial differences, than I would agree with you wholeheartedly. It's the cultural differences that separate us more then skin hue, small eyes or afro hair.

I'm not keen on the French, does that make me racist?

Yes it would make you racist. Though it's an interesting question if that definition is unfair.
I mean the French and English are pretty much the same racially, so perhaps it would be fairer to say you're nationalistic.
I always get annoyed when people say you're racist or even Islamophobic for disliking Muslims.
You're theistic you dislike someone else's religion.

Quote: sootyj @ 7th May 2014, 6:09 PM BST

Yes it would make you racist. Though it's an interesting question if that definition is unfair.

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I think the law was changed recently to accommodate cultural hatred as 'racism'. What I find really weird is when people complain about immigrants, they're called racists - try telling the myriad of immigrants they're all one race or one culture.

As I mentioned previously, views haven't changed, just the way you can express them.

If you hate the French that's xenophobic, innit? Not racist.

Aren't xenophobia and racism the same thing

I wouldn't have thought the French were a race.
It's all equally unsavoury though. Racism and xenophobia that is, not the French...

I think RCP's right about faith and racism, though can't find a source.

In which case that's bloody awful as it sticks the law in the corner of religion not those trying to leave it.

The weird thing is that while we condemn things like homophobia, racism and xenophobia, we don't mind so much when someone says they just hate people. Sure, it's not discriminatory, but surely it's worse to hate everyone?

I hate you Nogget

(Not really ! Your awesome dude!!)

I dunno, if you hate everyone then it's clearly something about you. If you hate specific people you're putting the blame on them.

I hate the human race

It's a vile cancer spoiling a beautiful amazing planet

F**k you

FUCK YOU ALL

Yeah, I'm talking to you buddy

Quote: lofthouse @ 7th May 2014, 7:38 PM BST

I hate the human race

It's a vile cancer spoiling a beautiful amazing planet

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Oh God, spare me another anti-human nature apologist. Humans are great, we are the absolute best and in comparison, all of the other animals are dumb tards.

'You don't see animals starting wars or putting people in prison'

'I have yet to see a badger write and direct Die Hard, a dolphin make a chocolate éclair or a cat come up with a cure for Polio'

'But humans are destroying the planet'

'The planet is perfectly capable of destroying itself, ask the next dinosaur you meet'

Animals basically wander around all day looking for somewhere to have a shit...and that's it. Still, if you are a human and worried about the impact of your presence on Planet Earth, you're more than welcome to top yourself and feed some worms.