Xenophobic, Bigotted, Racist, Islamophobic, Extremely Rude, Or All Five?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3275447/Vile-racist-rant-London-bus-caught-camera.html

[Khandro]

THECORBYLOON

//DAVE, are Polish folk not a race?//

No, they are not a race.

[retrocop]

Mamalyne
Careful what you wish for . Those armed unwanted Afghanis are still on the loose. :-(

[mikey4444]

Well said Mamy !

[Mamyalynne]

Thank you for the warning, I'll be fine.

[retrocop]

Well good for you. That's the spirit.:-)

[Mamyalynne]

Good for me?

Just my nature, that's all.


The mention of shooting me was if I ever descend to a level that some do, I won't - hence, no need to worry.

[THECORBYLOON]

Section 9 (1)

Race includes—

(a)colour;

(b)nationality;

(c)ethnic or national origins.

Polish folk ARE a race.

[THECORBYLOON]

That relates to the 2010 Equality Act.

[-Talbot-]

andy, I asked you how do you know the two women were innocent?
you answered with....


Are you seriously trying to defend this woman's behaviour by 'giving her the benefit of the doubt'?

Seriously?



Well no, I at no time would defend behaviour like that...now can you answer my question?

[trt]

## Well I think some of you may be racist. Are you picking on her because she is black? ##

Looking at the video a couple of times, I didn't see one white person on that bus, and even the driver was a Sikh.

Who would live in a place like this? Back to you David in the studio.

[tamborine]

If I were in the black womans place & had 2 foreign speakers looking at me & laughing I would react with some choice slanging. To be polite the 2 asians should have zipped it to avoid offence. But then, they dont know the meaning of manners.

[Mamyalynne]

You would Tambo? I am surprised , didn't have you down as a shouty,ranty,slangy type.

[tamborine]

I can be as mouthy as the next ;)

[jourdain2]

We don't know what the black woman had experienced before from Muslims. I do not excuse her foul-mouthed rant, but Muslims in my area (and to my knowledge) made the lives of local black people a misery. It may be that this is the case here and the woman just broke. She shouldn't have.

Re: language. If the Asian women were born in Britain then they are British and should speak English. If foreigners then they should still speak English if in English-speaking society. When I lived in France Mr. J2 and I always spoke French in waiting-rooms etc. when French people were present - it was only polite.

So, I don't support the outburst, but I can understand it.

[retrocop]

//trt
## Well I think some of you may be racist. Are you picking on her because she is black? ##

Looking at the video a couple of times, I didn't see one white person on that bus, and even the driver was a Sikh.//


Who would live in a place like this? //

Thats odd. Wrote almost the same at 1510 but I got the usual suspects trying to provoke me for saying it. :-(

[THECORBYLOON]

JORDAIN are you saying that two folk whose language is not English should speak only English to each other when others are within earshot? Does that mean that English folk should never speak using any local dialect in case outsiders can not understand every word?

If you were on a train or a bus, would you object to folk close to you having a conversation in English but so quietly that you could not hear it?

Is there not such a thing as respecting private conversations?

[retrocop]

jourdain
See my post at 1513. Some here are not old enough to know what good manners are. It is a fact we are a dying breed. It is no suprise that I can say "I would like and thank you" in about 15 different European languages.
Sadly people here believe it is ok to show ignorance and continue to use their mother tongue in front of people of the indigenous population they live with
Rudeness and arrogant and worthy of complaint but not in the way the black woman remonstrated for sure.

[jourdain2]

THE CORBYLOON - Well, that's what we did when in public - out of sheer good manners. I don't see why others should not do the same.

Dialect is another matter, I've often struggled with, say, Geordie.

Of course I respect private conversation, but these ladies were obviously not hushing their voices to be private. I have found that many Asian people rejoice in speaking freely in what to the native population is an incomprehensible code. Very unsettling for the natives. Schoolchildren used to shout words like 'putah' at female staff, knowing (to start with) that they could get away with it because we did not understand. Language is a potent weapon.

That is why we made the effort to speak French in public when French people were around. It is only good manners and if we could do it, so can others.

No decent person would endeavour to listen to a hushed conversation in English. I am slightly offended by the suggestion that I, or others, would do so.

[Zacs-Master]

Hey man, we're all part of a race. The human race. Like, maybe we should all just, y'know.....chill and take time to smell,the flowers.

[jourdain2]

^^^ Make that 'I am very offended'.