Are you a racist?

[trobinson97]

When I was about 16 I lived in a little village. there was an U.S.A.F base 200 yards outside the village. The place that Elvis passed through. Anyway, one sunny day I was walking through the village and I saw this enormous coloured guy standing at the village cross. He had a smile from ear to ear. He asked us where he could get a bus for Glasgow and was he allowed to get on it. I asked him why he was smiling the way that he did and he told me that he would not be allowed to walk around as freely as he was doing if he was back home in Alabama. To be honest I did not understand what he was talking about.

Some years later my wife and I were waiting in a queue to get into a club in Nashville. There was 4 coloured people standing in front of us. When they reached the front of the queue they were told that the entry charge was $10. They turned away. We did not mind as we wanted to see the artist that was appearing, also we were on holiday. When we went to pay we were charged one dollar each.

Now that is racism and should not be allowed anywhere.

I don't get offended when people talk about the Scots being mean. Sticks and stones etc.

Couloured?

[bigboab]

What the fuck! You keep bringing up protests. Wtf do protests have to do with hate crimes and MAKING SOMEONE STFU!

If you were more coherent and stopped mixing your rant about how you work and can't protest then you'd make sense.

Goodness fuck!

This thread is about PC... you brought up Michael Vick. Where's the connection? Is Kevin Bacon involved?

Keep up..... The meat of the discussion isn't about protests. If you get all excited over one sentence, maybe you should step back, take a breath and figure out what your posts have to do with the subject...... even remotely!

Edit to add: the very small insignificant point of protests and working was that there are many career protestors. Most folks can't take off work to stand around with signs over someones bad taste in the PC world.

No, this thread is about racism.

@trobinson97

[Busyman]

What the fuck! You keep bringing up protests. Wtf do protests have to do with hate crimes and MAKING SOMEONE STFU!

If you were more coherent and stopped mixing your rant about how you work and can't protest then you'd make sense.

Goodness fuck!

This thread is about PC... you brought up Michael Vick. Where's the connection? Is Kevin Bacon involved?

Keep up..... The meat of the discussion isn't about protests. If you get all excited over one sentence, maybe you should step back, take a breath and figure out what your posts have to do with the subject...... even remotely!

Edit to add: the very small insignificant point of protests and working was that there are many career protestors. Most folks can't take off work to stand around with signs over someones bad taste in the PC world.

What? The thread is about racism. You brought up protests and PC.

I brought up protests (like you did) and related it to Vick. You say people shouldn't and that you work. I say they should have the right. That's related.

I say also that if some politician says some off shit that we have the right to call him on it.

[Allygemz]

This thread is about PC... you brought up Michael Vick. Where's the connection? Is Kevin Bacon involved?

Keep up..... The meat of the discussion isn't about protests. If you get all excited over one sentence, maybe you should step back, take a breath and figure out what your posts have to do with the subject...... even remotely!

Edit to add: the very small insignificant point of protests and working was that there are many career protestors. Most folks can't take off work to stand around with signs over someones bad taste in the PC world.

What? The thread is about racism. You brought up protests and PC.

I brought up protests (like you did) and related it to Vick. You say people shouldn't and that you work. I say they should have the right. That's related.

I say also that if some politician says some off shit that we have the right to call him on it.

The meat of the thread, NOT THE TOPIC (see the 2nd post ) is about PC, tests like the OP mentions is the result of the PC world we now live in.

Michael Vick is some ignorant American football player who seriously abused animals. There is no connection to his story and this entire thread.

Don't back peddle, it's ok, you made an error. Life is about learning

[Busyman™]

What? The thread is about racism. You brought up protests and PC.

I brought up protests (like you did) and related it to Vick. You say people shouldn't and that you work. I say they should have the right. That's related.

I say also that if some politician says some off shit that we have the right to call him on it.

The meat of the thread, NOT THE TOPIC (see the 2nd post ) is about PC, tests like the OP mentions is the result of the PC world we now live in.

Michael Vick is some ignorant American football player who seriously abused animals. There is no connection to his story and this entire thread.

Don't back peddle, it's ok, you made an error. Life is about learning

No bud. You keep talking about PC and protests....wtf?!

Your protest bit made me bring up Mike Vick. I brought up nothing about his abuse of animals. I brought up the protests.

It's quite simple. If you can't keep your rants under control, there's help around these parts.

PC, yes. Protests, no.

Mmk?

[Allygemz]

The meat of the thread, NOT THE TOPIC (see the 2nd post ) is about PC, tests like the OP mentions is the result of the PC world we now live in.

Michael Vick is some ignorant American football player who seriously abused animals. There is no connection to his story and this entire thread.

Don't back peddle, it's ok, you made an error. Life is about learning

No bud. You keep talking about PC and protests....wtf?!

Your protest bit made me bring up Mike Vick. I brought up nothing about his abuse of animals. I brought up the protests.

It's quite simple. If you can't keep your rants under control, there's help around these parts.

PC, yes. Protests, no.

Mmk?

What does protesting Michael Vick have to do with protesting over being PC (ya know, the bigot discussion, teaching children in school they are bigots because it's pc, protesting people who say un PC things)

PC, no! Protests, Hell no!

[Busyman™]

No bud. You keep talking about PC and protests....wtf?!

Your protest bit made me bring up Mike Vick. I brought up nothing about his abuse of animals. I brought up the protests.

It's quite simple. If you can't keep your rants under control, there's help around these parts.

PC, yes. Protests, no.

Mmk?

What does protesting Michael Vick have to do with protesting over being PC (ya know, the bigot discussion, teaching children in school they are bigots because it's pc, protesting people who say un PC things)

PC, no! Protests, Hell no!

It relates to people having a right to protest in general.

That was made quite clear.

People should protest what they want. They should bring attention to assholes if they so choose to do so.

If someone protests something I don't give a shit about, I won't care. If you feel folks waste their time protesting, why do you even give a fuck?

[Allygemz]

What does protesting Michael Vick have to do with protesting over being PC (ya know, the bigot discussion, teaching children in school they are bigots because it's pc, protesting people who say un PC things)

PC, no! Protests, Hell no!

It relates to people having a right to protest in general.

That was made quite clear.

People should protest what they want. They should bring attention to assholes if they so choose to do so.

If someone protests something I don't give a shit about, I won't care. If you feel folks waste their time protesting, why do you even give a fuck?

Ever try to get to work during rush hour in NYC when streets are closed off for protestors?

I just read this thread over. I am boggled how you do not understand what I mean. It isn't even about disagreeing with me. I don't think you really do. I think you have taken a sentence here and there and ran with it. Sorry you don't comprehend what I am saying. But hey! You got to say "fuck" at me a few times. That should mean something

[Busyman™]

It relates to people having a right to protest in general.

That was made quite clear.

People should protest what they want. They should bring attention to assholes if they so choose to do so.

If someone protests something I don't give a shit about, I won't care. If you feel folks waste their time protesting, why do you even give a fuck?

Ever try to get to work during rush hour in NYC when streets are closed off for protestors?

I just read this thread over. I am boggled how you do not understand what I mean. It isn't even about disagreeing with me. I don't think you really do. I think you have taken a sentence here and there and ran with it. Sorry you don't comprehend what I am saying. But hey! You got to say "fuck" at me a few times. That should mean something

I work in Washington D.C. so I get a full glut of protesters between illegal immigration or the IMF/World Bank.

I hate them fucking up my commute but that's something else now isn't it?

You said protests in general.

Oh yes I understand. You want to limit a person's right to protest "cuz you don't like it cuz you work".

Big hooty.

Protests/marches are for bringing attention to a cause or wrong. Nothing more.

[j2k4]

OT for this one post only (and your reply, hopefully), Busyman - what do you think of the Vick situation?

Thumbnail version, of course.