gettafa Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 (edited) 45 minutes ago, HeliX said: I've asked for feedback from most of my non-successful job applications (well, those that got to interview anyway) and always found it very useful. Not being funny, and I don't doubt your ability, but maybe they dodged a bullet there. You must be fun in the pub after work (Don't get me wrong, I'd be there as ever to the last orders bell and beyond on a Friday night but some people only have a certain appetite for a pub conversation...discussion...debate....argument etc) Edited June 5, 2020 by gettafa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 8 minutes ago, gettafa said: Not being funny, and I don't doubt your ability, but maybe they dodged a bullet there. You must be fun in the pub after work (Don't get me wrong, I'd be there as ever to the last orders bell and beyond on a Friday night but some people only have a certain appetite for a pub conversation...discussion...debate....argument etc) If you want to go on a date with me just grow a pair and ask. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettafa Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 (edited) Thanks, but actually I lied. I would probably make my excuses and go early in time to catch a documentary in BBC3 I was waiting to watch Edited June 5, 2020 by gettafa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 37 minutes ago, woolley said: Hang on. I remember the Mitchell Minstrels as a kid. Very popular they were too. My mum and dad didn't sit their laughing and taking the piss out of the "darkies". I can understand younger, uninformed people thinking that was what it was about, but it absolutely wasn't. They merely enjoyed the performances of a talented group of people. You can say that it was because of an ignorance of the history which is the whole problem, and you may have a point, but racial hatred in the sense it is understood relating to BLM, it absolutely was not. Your assertion that these folks are dying out and taking their racism with them is grossly offensive to that generation. Racism will always be around. I hope so. Sometimes it was laughable. Other times it was not. When someone watching TV pipes up " Why have we got to have black newsreaders? " and an animated discussion follows you know they actually mean it. That's a difference you're deliberately pretending not to understand... And yes, racism will be around for as long as ignorance.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 8 minutes ago, gettafa said: Thanks, but actually I lied. I would probably make my excuses and go early in time to catch a documentary in BBC3 I was waiting to watch You can watch BBC3 anytime. It only streams. Not big on documentaries though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 1 minute ago, P.K. said: And yes, racism will be around for as long as ignorance.... Which is for ever. It's a funny thing. Person to person, people get along fine. It's herds that don't. It's a conundrum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 36 minutes ago, woolley said: Hang on. I remember the Mitchell Minstrels as a kid. Very popular they were too. My mum and dad didn't sit their laughing and taking the piss out of the "darkies". I can understand younger, uninformed people thinking that was what it was about, but it absolutely wasn't. They merely enjoyed the performances of a talented group of people. You can say that it was because of an ignorance of the history which is the whole problem, and you may have a point, but racial hatred in the sense it is understood relating to BLM, it absolutely was not. Your assertion that these folks are dying out and taking their racism with them is grossly offensive to that generation. Racism will always be around. Unfortunately it will in some form or another. I have been surprised at the level of racism in some young people I know. They have black and Asian friends but still have a strange outlook. One, a 13 year old and not unintelligent by any means and very well educated, was discussing with me the overpopulation of the planet and ways to cut pollution and greenhouse gasses, suggested that African families could be given £200 for each newborn baby, because that's a lot of money to them. The babies are trained by NASA to survive in a hostile climate and sent to Mars to set up a colony there and terraform the place. Then more of the races which have the highest birth rates could colonise the place! This kid grew up with an African family living next door and played with their kids regularly, his best friend is Asian, he goes to school with kids of many races . He, to all intents and purposes would never consider himself a racist but for some reason, there's an undercurrent there and it's not from his parents either? I sometimes wonder if racism simply goes back to a basic instinct to keep to your own 'tribe? ' 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 40 minutes ago, Rhumsaa said: racism /ˈreɪsɪz(ə)m/ Learn to pronounce noun noun: racism prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. "a programme to combat racism" the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. "theories of racism" That's not racist - that's painfully obvious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Max Power said: Unfortunately it will in some form or another. I have been surprised at the level of racism in some young people I know. They have black and Asian friends but still have a strange outlook. One, a 13 year old and not unintelligent by any means and very well educated, was discussing with me the overpopulation of the planet and ways to cut pollution and greenhouse gasses, suggested that African families could be given £200 for each newborn baby, because that's a lot of money to them. The babies are trained by NASA to survive in a hostile climate and sent to Mars to set up a colony there and terraform the place. Then more of the races which have the highest birth rates could colonise the place! This kid grew up with an African family living next door and played with their kids regularly, his best friend is Asian, he goes to school with kids of many races . He, to all intents and purposes would never consider himself a racist but for some reason, there's an undercurrent there and it's not from his parents either? I sometimes wonder if racism simply goes back to a basic instinct to keep to your own 'tribe? ' It certainly should and that's how I interpret it. Not better, not worse, just different. And to me racism is failing to give equal treatment, support, and opportunity irrespective of "tribe". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 1 hour ago, woolley said: Well I've bought my last Manx milk and cheese for a start! Stu did years ago! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Rhumsaa said: or both Nothing worse than a truthful idiot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 15 hours ago, NoTail said: I did not hear what Stu said, not really sure I care. I do think he should be able to say what he likes though.. In this day and age, you can't. Somebody will come along and accuse you of being racist/homophobic/bigot. Nobody likes the truth anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, Neil Down said: In this day and age, you can't. Somebody will come along and accuse you of being racist/homophobic/bigot. Nobody likes the truth anymore Nobody has ever called me any of those things, and I say what I want all the time. Maybe it's the things you're saying? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Raekwon Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 6 minutes ago, Neil Down said: In this day and age, you can't. Somebody will come along and accuse you of being racist/homophobic/bigot. Nobody likes the truth anymore Why don't you give us an example of something that someone might say that would lead to one of those accusations? Otherwise this is yet more meaningless strawman tripe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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