Golli in the window

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....hbour-black-wife.html

Is it being racist to display a legal toy in one's window?

[notasyoungasiwas]

And she might NOT be a nasty old cow !!

[notasyoungasiwas]

OMG it's ageist again !!

[sara3]

of course not, notasyoung.. we just don't actually know.

[sara3]

ooh, hit a nerve?

[sara3]

it's about respecting other people and the law in our country.

[notasyoungasiwas]

And as I have already stated we don't actually know what the other woman has said or done to her in the past

[notasyoungasiwas]

No, not hit a nerve at all - go on insult me again

[sara3]

what have I said to insult you?

[notasyoungasiwas]

Anyway I'm going now, I've had my say (along with others who I agree with). It's pc gone mad and racism ALWAYS seem to work one way IMO

[sp1814]

notasyoungasiwas

Absolutely - and I can almost guarantee that the neighbour has given ad good as she's gotten, but at the moment, all we know is that the arrested woman has committed and offence.

Neighbour disputes are poison. I myself had a long running dispute with a neighbour concerning a tree which overhung (overhanged??) my garden.

It escalated to the point where I seriously considered pouring sugar into the petrol tank of his Volvo.

I didn't - but it wasn't my proudest moment.

[sp1814]

Notasyoungasiwas

Perhaps it's because there's no offensive equivalent of a golliwog?

And if racism always seems to be one way...shouldn't you question why?

[ummmm]

Don't you love a well thought argument..?

[joeluke]

It's a childs toy

It's only racist if you WANT to see it as such

[ummmm]

Exactly!!!

[sara3]

and it's a crime in such circumstances joeluke.

if a law was passed tomorrow saying it was illegal to say the word "orange".. you may well think it's ridiculous, but the law is the law. break it, and you're a criminal.