We read:
"The day before, an articulated lorry [truck] from Holland arrived at the market and the driver, confronted by unmanageable confusion, abandoned his vehicle and disappeared. So our fork‑lift man began unloading the goods on pallets from the back.
Next thing, a policeman arrives and orders him to shift the vehicle. He says it isn’t his. The officer repeats his instruction, more forcefully.
The fork-lift man explains he hasn’t got the keys and isn’t HGV-licensed anyway. ‘Well, go and find the driver and tell him to move!’ ‘It won’t matter to him, mate. He’s Dutch. He doesn’t speak a word of English.’
The policeman’s eyes narrowed. ‘You watch what you say,’ he barked. ‘I could nick you for racism.’
Making racist mountains out of molehills clouds the debate. There is enough race-related wickedness in the world we need to address without creating false controversies.
It is not racist to say a foreign man does not speak English (although, being Dutch, he probably does). It is not even insulting.
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'Racist' is just another word/term that's used/abused for effect and/or to be threatening, and in the process lost its correct meaning.
The Brits are so heavily addicted to political correctness that they've lost all connection to reality, logic, and rational thinking, assuming they ever had any. They have become the ultimate nanny-state, even surpassing the US, and that's not easy to do. One would think they would be more concerned with the millions of radical Muslims taking control of their country.
@Levy - The British nation is of course very divided over the issues you raise, just as is the US.
Funny, i don't hear a sound of protest coming from the British people.
Thats becuase they have been brainwashed by Big Brother anonn 4:09
Perhaps it's because neither of you live in Britain or read UK media!!
That sound you hear is the sounds of KING RICHARD the LIONHEART,ADMRIRAL HORATIO NELSON and SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL spinning in their graves
Anyone for a few rounds of RUE BRITTANIA?
Dear Bird Flu: If you are going to even capitalize the title, then at least spell it correctly (although I realize you have demonstrated on previous posts your obvious disregard for conventional spelling!).
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