Prospective Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Perhaps the OP should instead have asked "Did the riots make people more aware of ongoing problems with racial divisions in society and a problem with some communities being reluctant to integrate with the mainstream". The riots have made people more realist IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_W Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 If someone had posted it like that with the intention of proving that only black or asians committed crimes, they would rightly be accused of racism. However since the post you quoted was not claiming it proved that only whites committed crime, your point is moot. So what point is LeMaquis making then auto ? There are many occasions when the star is full of crimes commited by Black or Asians but LeMaquis does not mention that .... see my point ..... probably not eh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowersfade Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Racists try to latch onto circumstances as a justification for their illogical views; normal people don't, so these incidents, participated in by a significant number of non-whites are likely to have encouraged those who are already racist to be more vocal; possibly in the misapprehension that fair-minded, intelligent folk will agree with them. Exactly. ........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_W Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 The point he is making is in your quote: "The problem with racists ... is they ignore white crime. He'd comment on a black cannabis-dealer but not on someone like Harold Shipman." You notice how he acknowledges both black and white crime in his post, again making your post moot. Did you notice how he made assumptions, a bit like making out people are racist for mentioning black/ethnic crimes ....... yes we know people of all colours and creed commit crime, but it is a big 'no no' to mention certain levels of crime within certain ethnic groups though eh auto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
some guy Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I do wish people would shut up about racism. I genuinely feel it's people talking about it that stirs it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman62 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 The riots have made people more realist IMO.Very true and not afraid anymore now that figures have shown the true facts which didn't show well for some ethnic minorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman62 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I do wish people would shut up about racism. I genuinely feel it's people talking about it that stirs it up.And people with a 52 card pack, all of them the race card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman62 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Did you notice how he made assumptions, a bit like making out people are racist for mentioning black/ethnic crimes ....... yes we know people of all colours and creed commit crime, but it is a big 'no no' to mention certain levels of crime within certain ethnic groups though eh auto Especialy when the percentage of crime is dissproportianate to the percentage of the population, but you're called a racist when you point it out when in actual fact you're a realist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman62 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 I was looking on the Star website yesterday and all the serious crime they were reporting on was committed by white people. There was the rape of a bloke in Rotherham town centre by a white bloke, two white blokes who nicked a Landrover in Derbyshire and while fleeing police drove the wrong way round roundabouts and on the wrong side of the road at fantastic speeds, four drunk young white blokes who kicked someone's head in for a laugh, a white ex-services bloke who defrauded banks so he could set up a cannabis factory and a white ex-teacher who's gone inside for paedophilia. The problem with racists like bassman is they ignore white crime. He'd comment on a black cannabis-dealer but not on someone like Harold Shipman. And he's so committed to Sheffield he lives in Derbyshire. So you compare car theft by a white person to shootings/murders by black people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman62 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Again, he does not say that, try reading the post you are talking about. What he says that come people only mention crime committed by one race, in order to make a point about that race. In fact he is saying almost exactly oppposite to what you are insinuating he is claiming, he issaying that crime committed by a race does not reflect on the race as a whole because all races commit crime. All races commit crime but some races commit a dissproportianate amount of crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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