Kilroy-Silk and racism

Posted by: DAVOhorn on 10 January 2004

So the PC Minority have got upset at an article in a newspaper.

Funny it was published previously but no complaints.

Anyway He used the term ARABS.

So who starts shouting and screaming, the Muslim Council.

He did not state Muslims which is a religion and not a racial group.

There are Arab Jews,Arab Christians and Arab Muslims.

I presume that the Muslim Council identified themselves with this presumed prejudicial statement and were thus offended.

Funny they dont sem to protest at the offensive racial and religious material put out by some of the more extreme Mullahs in London and other major towns.

Oh yeah i forgot only white anglo saxons are racist and every body else is justified in their prejudice as they are a minority.

The CRE also are very outspoken on this but again they ARE SELECTIVE IN WHAT AND WHO OFFENDS THEIR SENSIBILITIES.

If we are to have true tolerance then all peoples regardles of race must learn to live in harmony and respect.

One question, if many Muslims find life in the UK so objectionable why do they not live in a MUSLIM Country where their way of life is the norm?

I presume they seek Asylum here as we are generally a tolerant society and allow people to live how they chose as long as it is within the law.

I hope this post is read in the manner it was posted.

regards David

Posted on: 20 January 2004 by adamk

I presume that all the intellectuals on the forum could not bring themselves to admit to reading 'The Sun' newspaper.

It's lead article yesterday ran along the lines that as of May or June there are thousands of gypsies/travellers in Poland and the other soon to join the EU Eastern European countries that are waiting to flood Britain for work, free housing, social benefits, schooling etc.

My conclusion on reading the article was that the Sun was in some way trying to warn us or trying to create a feeling of hysteria about this.

My point is that I find it stange that Kilroy's comments can whip up such rage but comments by the Sun seem to be perfectly acceptable.

Posted on: 20 January 2004 by matthewr

I am not an interleckshual but I do read (at least superficially) The Sun 2 or 3 times a week and one of my best friends works for them.

Its coverage of the the Asylum issue is frankly a disgrace. They regularly print neo-racist, hate and hysteria articles based on half-truths and misinformation.

They also (or rather their editor) have a similar obsession with Paedophiles and their coverage is similarly awful. The recent "Ship, Ship, Hooray" headline and the piece encouraging Roy Whiting to kill himself were particularly nauseating.

In short this once great newspaper has descended to the unpleasant depths and low standards of the Daily Mail.

Matthew

(I should point out these are my views rather than those of my Sun employed friend who remains a staunch defender of his newspaper and his colleagues)

Posted on: 20 January 2004 by Mick P

Matthew said....I am not an interleckshual

Well that is something we finally agree on.

Regards

Mick

Posted on: 20 January 2004 by Former member

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Simon Perry:
The BBC is probably our last stand against the
total americanisation of British culture./QUOTE]

There's a long way to go before British culture (whatever that means) is totally Americanised (whatever that means). And there are many things about living in these sceptered isles that would benefit from a healthy dose of Americanisation. There's an irritating tendency here on the part of people who know fuck all about the USA to believe nothing but the worst about the country and its people.

However, I'll confine myself to the telly for the moment. Many of the best programmes of recent years have been American imports. Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't there been entire threads devoted to Buffy and 24, for example?

And the best recent Brit stuff, like The Office, is on TV over there, repeated several nights a week on BBC America.

The Beeb is a national treasure, but it's not and shouldn't be a bulwark against Americanisation. A good dollop of Yankee can-do about the place and it might not be as shopworn and tarnished.

Alan

Posted on: 20 January 2004 by TomK

Alan,
Having lived in the US for 3 years in the late eighties I totally agree with you. Many people in this country think the British way (or more likely the English way) of doing things is always best when nothing could be further from the truth.

Most of the Americans I came across were decent thoughtful people and not the lite-beer-guzzling rednecks of popular mythology. And as you say much recent quality television is produced in the US. One of the things that appealed most is that it’s quite acceptable to be successful over there and undoubtedly the potential rewards for getting the finger out and grafting a bit were far richer.

Posted on: 20 January 2004 by HTK

quote:
Originally posted by adamk:
I presume that all the intellectuals on the forum could not bring themselves to admit to reading 'The Sun' newspaper.

So it can be read now? That's an improvement.

Harry