Guest Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said: Looks like Edinburgh will be going down the shitebag route of adding a plaque to the Dundas statue. No, the "shitebag route" as you put it, would be to pander to the extremists and remove the statue. Still, I'm sure the circus will have moved on in a week or two............. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 15 minutes ago, WATTOO said: No, the "shitebag route" as you put it, would be to pander to the extremists and remove the statue. Still, I'm sure the circus will have moved on in a week or two............. Given your love of statues of slave traders, I would say that it's probably you that's the extremist. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 26 minutes ago, WATTOO said: No, the "shitebag route" as you put it, would be to pander to the extremists and remove the statue. Still, I'm sure the circus will have moved on in a week or two............. I'm sure you'll know when the circus moves on, you absolute clown. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Sounds shite tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Here's some "football lads" protecting the Lady Godiva statue in Coventry. I'm not sure what she had to do with the slave trade but I'm sure these fellahs mean well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dee Man said: Have they done research and found that racism is less prevalent in private schools? Diane Abbot thought it would be less of a problem, and was worried about the low expectations of teachers and outcomes in the state sector I think. Got a load of stick for putting her son in a private school. Edited June 10, 2020 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Minneapolis Police Chief has withdrawn from negotiations with the police union as the first part of transforming the police force. Many police unions are an obstacle to reform and shield officers from discipline and provide cover for misconduct. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 5 minutes ago, Theroadlesstravelled said: Minneapolis Police Chief has withdrawn from negotiations with the police union as the first part of transforming the police force. Many police unions are an obstacle to reform and shield officers from discipline and provide cover for misconduct. Posted this before but the Union President sounds like a character in a James Ellroy novel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kroll_(police_officer) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Is desecrating graves of racists allowed on the high ground? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambie's Pigeon Feed Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Books and museums are history, statues are not. Taking them down is not erasing history and people peddling this line are showing themselves up. Taking down that statue was an entirely legitimate protest and has led to more... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 The statue removals are absolutely fantastic and a great way of making racist gammons shift uncomfortably in their seats. The folk raging about statues being cunted into rivers are the same absolute fucking vermin who have absolutely no problem with migrants and their kids drowning in the Med. If creepy fuckers like Wattoo and Jeremiah Cole's latest tragic alias are raging about something, taking the opposite position is very likely going to be the right side of the moral argument. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Day of the Lords said: The statue removals are absolutely fantastic and a great way of making racist gammons shift uncomfortably in their seats. The folk raging about statues being cunted into rivers are the same absolute fucking vermin who have absolutely no problem with migrants and their kids drowning in the Med. If creepy fuckers like Wattoo and Jeremiah Cole's latest tragic alias are raging about something, taking the opposite position is very likely going to be the right side of the moral argument. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 56 minutes ago, tongue_tied_danny said: Lady Godiva Wid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 29 minutes ago, Theroadlesstravelled said: Is desecrating graves of racists allowed on the high ground? Why don't you explain to the people what you think is being argued here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 49 minutes ago, MixuFruit said: I have no idea. Presumably yes they have. I have no idea myself and was genuinely interested as that seems absolutely shite and wholly unfair having to shell out thousands of pounds in the hope that your child is subjected to less racism than a public school. I'm not sure that going to a school where the families are generally better off than students at mainstream schools means the pupils are going to be more tolerant people with higher values. Anecdotally, kids today in general are far less tolerant of all forms of discrimination and bigotry IMO. This proves absolutely nothing but this is the first article that came up on ny Google search. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/voices/private-school-racism-black-students-state-exclusions-a9286021.html%3famp 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 1 hour ago, WATTOO said: No, the "shitebag route" as you put it, would be to pander to the extremists and remove the statue. Still, I'm sure the circus will have moved on in a week or two............. I agree pandering is the shitebag route. But actually listening to people's arguments and being willing to change your mind and admit that you could be wrong takes far more courage than just sticking to your side's party line, whatever that might be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 25 minutes ago, Day of the Lords said: The statue removals are absolutely fantastic and a great way of making racist gammons shift uncomfortably in their seats. The folk raging about statues being cunted into rivers are the same absolute fucking vermin who have absolutely no problem with migrants and their kids drowning in the Med. Also, it looked like a great fucking laugh. Wish I'd been there tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BukyOHare Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 I'm all for people protesting peacefully, no issue whatsoever to bring about changes in attitude to racism, climate change or anything else. What cannot be condoned is the mob rule of vandalism, attacking the police with bikes or anything else which comes to hand or the toppling of statues and rolling them into the sea. I totally agree the statues have had their day but Its not up to mobs to take the law into their own hands. If this behaviour continues then where do we ultimately draw the line until somebody says enough is enough? The death of George Floyd has crossed the Atlantic and gone from peaceful protests about changes in attitudes for the better to a much darker and sinister place on a more consistent basis, that cannot be good. Any law abiding citizen has to see that surely? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Just now, BukyOHare said: Any law abiding citizen has to see that surely? Law abiding citizens are shitehawks tho'. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BukyOHare Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 1 minute ago, AsimButtHitsASix said: Law abiding citizens are shitehawks tho'. Ok. Whatever that means. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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