Binos Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Just now, Gibby82 said: You realise you can be a white ethnic minority? You realise England has a considerably higher level of immigration than Scotland which is my point Not quibbling over semantics If we had the same level of immigration our knuckle scrapers would be rioting We do not just have nicer people 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 8 minutes ago, welshbairn said: There ain't no black in the Union Jack? What's your point caller 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibby82 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Just now, Binos said: You realise England has a considerably higher level of immigration than Scotland which is my point Not quibbling over semantics If we had the same level of immigration our knuckle scrapers would be rioting We do not just have nicer people It's not semantics, the last census literally says the ethnic minority population of Scotland is 12.9%. “In 2022 12.9% of people in Scotland had a minority ethnic background. This is an increase from 8.2% in 2011.” I'll leave it at it that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Binos said: What's your point caller You're defining immigration status by skin colour with no reference to place of birth. Edited August 11 by welshbairn 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 23 minutes ago, Binos said: Jesus wept, added to your sentence after foreign born, never said you altered your post So, is the figure 14%, (and 10%) or 27% and 7% like you claimed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 (edited) That's another wrong un identified for the ignore list. Edited August 11 by DeeTillEhDeh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freedom Farter Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 (edited) 1 hour ago, Binos said: We do not just have nicer people Gladly, almost nobody argues that. Certainly nobody in this thread. Why these accusations of complacency annoy me is they're all coming from folk like Iain MacWhirter, someone who writes for the Spectator - a bastion of racism - and who spends the other 364 days of the year not giving a toss about anti-racism. Yet now, when he senses that an observable disparity between England and Scotland could be "exploited by the SNP!" or something, now he suddenly pretends to care about anti-racism. If you listen to Scottish folk who do actually care about antiracism, they constantly rail against Scottish complacency. They know the battle is huge and ongoing. They also know well that absence of riots does not mean absence of racism. Edited August 11 by Freedom Farter 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 1 hour ago, Binos said: You realise England has a considerably higher level of immigration than Scotland which is my point Not quibbling over semantics If we had the same level of immigration our knuckle scrapers would be rioting We do not just have nicer people England also a much higher population density hence there are more people down south who say "no more, we're full". I can't think of anywhere in Scotland that complains about too many people. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 1 hour ago, Fullerene said: England also a much higher population density hence there are more people down south who say "no more, we're full". I can't think of anywhere in Scotland that complains about too many people. I complain about too many people during pretty much every aspect of my day to day existence 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Maybe the Bino boy should lighten up and watch a Gary Glitter video. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 11 hours ago, Fullerene said: England also a much higher population density hence there are more people down south who say "no more, we're full". I can't think of anywhere in Scotland that complains about too many people. Never been to Princes Street or the Royal Mile in August! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 13 hours ago, Binos said: You realise England has a considerably higher level of immigration than Scotland which is my point Not quibbling over semantics If we had the same level of immigration our knuckle scrapers would be rioting We do not just have nicer people yes, absolutely, the amount of folk here who upon returning from a visit down south, will comment on the amount of "foreigners" and mosques etc who then remark that we are " lucky not to have all that up here" shows that we would be in a similar position if we had the same numbers. Also for aw these fanny's arguing the toss about birthplace, there are direct immigrants, and then there are the children and grandchildren of immigrants, many of whom will be born here and be British citizens, the knuckle draggers won't see any difference between the two as we saw with the f**kin riots last week so stop being f**king difficult. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 7 minutes ago, effeffsee_the2nd said: yes, absolutely, the amount of folk here who upon returning from a visit down south, will comment on the amount of "foreigners" and mosques etc who then remark that we are " lucky not to have all that up here" shows that we would be in a similar position if we had the same numbers. Wait, you're saying that after a wee visit to, I don't know, some holiday resort or a concert, on return there's loads of folk commenting on foreigners or mosques? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 2 minutes ago, Dan Steele said: Wait, you're saying that after a wee visit to, I don't know, some holiday resort or a concert, on return there's loads of folk commenting on foreigners or mosques? yes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Worst holiday - counted mosques in Guildford when I was a teenager. I was given a notebook and told to note down all the mosques with it. When I asked about dictaphones they laughed and said they didn't have anything so modern. All morning I counted mosques. If you didn't swing the pencil hard enough, the mosque went f**kin' nuts and tried to break the lead. Hit the thing too hard and the lead smashed the paper and you got covered in shavings. By lunchtime I was knackered, but when I got to the canteen everybody stood up and applauded. Turned out they were having a laugh with the new guy and I could have been using a dictaphone. I walked out and never went back. Didn't even ask for an ice cream. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 (edited) 10 minutes ago, carpetmonster said: Worst holiday - counted mosques in Guildford when I was a teenager Ah, the I-Spy Book of Mosques. Not as good as this one which is very good for taking note of 'different' people. Edited August 12 by Dan Steele Sp. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Visited Paisley recently and every building there was a mosque. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 54 minutes ago, effeffsee_the2nd said: yes Scottish people come out with this sort of stuff all the time - eg saying London, Birmingham etc is full of foreigners and very multicultural but said in a negative way. I’m surprised this is even up for debate. I think Scotland is bad for casual racism. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 33 minutes ago, throbber said: I think Scotland is bad for casual racism. Back in the day when Argyle Place (just off the Meadows) used to have a lot of asian owned fruit and veg shops, my old man used to refer to it as "The Khyber Pass". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Just now, Leith Green said: Back in the day when Argyle Place (just off the Meadows) used to have a lot of asian owned fruit and veg shops, my old man used to refer to it as "The Khyber Pass". lol. There is a street somewhere in west end Glasgow that my dad always used to refer to as “eth street” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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