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shifty_uk said:
And all muslims are terrorists
Unless you have met her then I hope your post was sarcastic, as the news report of her actions were in no way racist.
another school kid arrested
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And all muslims are terrorists
Unless you have met her then I hope your post was sarcastic, as the news report of her actions were in no way racist.
She said "Could I move groups, I don't understand what they are saying"
Why is that Racist?
It would have been a different story, if it were 5 White pupils and 1 Asian, and the Asian asking to move groups for not being able to understand the White pupils.
Why is that Racist?
It would have been a different story, if it were 5 White pupils and 1 Asian, and the Asian asking to move groups for not being able to understand the White pupils.
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Jacob334 said:
A sound argument.
She may be 'languageist', but she didn't object to their race. She objected to not being able to understand the language they were speaking when the point of the lesson was to "discuss". How, precisely, is she supposed to do that with a non-English speaking group? The fact that they were Asian is not the point. It's that they weren't speaking English. If they had been, and she'd objected to sitting with them because they were Asian, I'd agree with you. But, assuming the story is accurate as to facts, that isn't what happened.paul@ said:
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Unfortunately, 'many people' are too stupid to know what's good for them.dirtydog said:
Incidentally, I agree that the country's present immigration policy, and the way that we deal with immigrants in general, is flawed. I don't agree that immigration is a bad thing in general though, but it's clearly something which has to be managed skilfully, and I think we're seeing the effects of bad immigration management now.
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Yes, but the news reports don't need to be true do they? When later questioned, chavs always try and make it sound like they were doing the right thing. For example, a boy chav starts giving a teacher abuse, swearing, throwing things around, getting very violent and screaming. When questioned about it later, all he says is "I just asked politely for a pencil, and he wouldn't give me it, so I sat silently and didn't do any work"
A bit ott example, but still valid.
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I think that's where the problem lays! Notice that the teacher and the girl have very different stories, as do the police and the girl. It's impossible to know which story is the more truthful.Geoff said:
I've never said that it isArcade Fire said:Unfortunately, 'many people' are too stupid to know what's good for them.
Incidentally, I agree that the country's present immigration policy, and the way that we deal with immigrants in general, is flawed. I don't agree that immigration is a bad thing in general though, but it's clearly something which has to be managed skilfully, and I think we're seeing the effects of bad immigration management now.
A carefully managed and controlled immigration policy could benefit the UK. Such a system is light years from our current free for all where virtually anyone is let in.
dirtydog said:
I believe having none-English speaking children in English speaking schools is a problem, however you can't blame them for wanting to learn. It's the ones that don't want to learn that are the problem. However, how are the supposed to learn if they are not allowed in English speaking schools.
It's catch-22.
Yes, absolutely.Arcade Fire said:Unfortunately, 'many people' are too stupid to know what's good for them.
Incidentally, I agree that the country's present immigration policy, and the way that we deal with immigrants in general, is flawed. I don't agree that immigration is a bad thing in general though, but it's clearly something which has to be managed skilfully, and I think we're seeing the effects of bad immigration management now.
Immigration, per se, is no bad thing and in many respects, a very good thing provided it is controlled, and the policy is to do what is in the interest of this country. Uncontrolled immigration, which if you include illegals is very close to what we have now, is not a good thing if for no other reason than that we have no idea what load it puts on things like public services, including but not limited to schools. And when senior government employees admit that they haven't the faintest notion how many illegal immigrants we have, it's hardly controlled.
I don't blame the foreign-speaking children, I blame the government for putting them in English-speaking schools.NokkonWud said:
The best solution would be for them not to be in this country in the first place.
Second to that, the only solution is special lessons for them where they can learn English without the other pupils' schooling being disrupted.
Quite possibly. Which is why my first comment was a caveat about the story being accurate, or at least fairly accurate, and balanced.Efour2 said:Aww come on we all know there is more to this than what the paper has reported.
Tip of the iceberg. You watch tommrows news when they drag some dirt on this girl as being an active member of the BNP youth movement.
But why let that ruin a chance for a good rant?
