Quote: Timbo @ July 9 2008, 10:49 AM BSTOr working for a living.
But the point is it all comes down to disrespect.
Or boredom.
Toddlers who dislike spicy food 'racist' Page 2
You know in the old days, if you broke the law and didn't take responsibility for it then you became an 'outlaw' which meant you were outside the law - i.e. the law didn't protect you any more, so people could do anything they wanted to you. Has a nice kind of symmetry to it I guess, if you don't respect the law, why should it look after you? (been watching Tony Robinson's Crime and Punishment).
I don't like sushi. Does that mean I'm racist towards the Japanese or just don't like raw fish? The worse part is in these cases it's not even the nationities involved who are deeming this offensive. It's usually paranoid white middle class men and women in little offices who seem to think everyone is that easily offended which ends up backfiring on them.
We had a incident down here where this lady was asked by the council to remove her figurine pigs from her windowsill because it just so happened that the road she lived on lead up to a synagogue. No one in the Jewish community had complained. One Jewish local said "Why would I be that concerned?! Sure, ask her to remove them on the grounds of bad taste (they were ugly) but not in my name!".
Quote: RubyMae - Glamourous Snowdrop at large. @ July 9 2008, 10:53 AM BSTI don't like sushi. Does that mean I'm racist towards the Japanese or just don't like raw fish? The worse part is in these cases it's not even the nationities involved who are deeming this offensive. It's usually paranoid white middle class men and women in little offices who seem to think everyone is that easily offended which ends up backfiring on them.
We had a incident down here where this lady was asked by the council to remove her figurine pigs from her windowsill because it just so happened that the road she lived on lead up to a synagogue. No one in the Jewish community had complained. One Jewish local said "Why would I be that concerned?! Sure, ask her to remove them on the grounds of bad taste (they were ugly) but not in my name!".
Porcelin Pigs? Madness
Quote: Simon Stratton @ July 9 2008, 10:53 AM BSTYou know in the old days, if you broke the law and didn't take responsibility for it then you became an 'outlaw' which meant you were outside the law - i.e. the law didn't protect you any more, so people could do anything they wanted to you. Has a nice kind of symmetry to it I guess, if you don't respect the law, why should it look after you? (been watching Tony Robinson's Crime and Punishment).
Can we wear hats and ride horse?
LOL! A toddler won't know what nationality the food is from anyway so how can it be racist? LOL!
Quote: Timbo @ July 9 2008, 11:00 AM BSTOr lack of self-respect.
What ever floats your boat.
Quote: Gavin @ July 9 2008, 11:01 AM BSTWhat ever floats your boat.
Show a bit more respect. 
Quote: Timbo @ July 9 2008, 11:02 AM BSTShow a bit more respect.
Kiss my shiny metal ass. <3
Quote: Timbo @ July 9 2008, 10:29 AM BSTLeaving aside Pete's parenting skills
why cast aspersions on them? Do you think its OK for kids to say "yuk" to food that some has spent time and money preparing for them?
Quote: Pete @ July 9 2008, 11:06 AM BSTwhy cast aspersions on them? Do you think its OK for kids to say "yuk" to food that some has spent time and money preparing for them?
Just kids for you ungrateful little monsters.
It advises nursery teachers to be on the alert for childish abuse such as: "blackie", "Pakis", "those people" or "they smell".
Bit of a contrast between those examples. 
"Those people over there.." *laser zap*
What do you do if you catch a kid using those terms?
Punch them in the gut?
Quote: Simon Stratton @ July 9 2008, 11:17 AM BSTWhat do you do if you catch a kid using those terms?
Suggest they apply for the police force?