Dave Crozier wrote: > Making rash judgments on news by stereotyping the people involved is both > stupid, irrational and certainly shows a lack of basic intelligence. > > Well, that IS the basis for prejudice and stereotype, after all.
> On the basis that I was brought up in Greater Manchester, Live in West > Yorkshire and work in Lancashire with a holiday cottage in South Wales GASP! You're a Muslim!!!!!! :-D > > The "yobs" as they are called are predominantly white, living on council > estates with young parents who are usually obese, illiterate and seemingly > welded to the television set with no idea where their children spend their > free time. We call 'em trailer trash here, although certainly not everyone who lives in trailers acts like that. > We caused it, only we can put it right and simply passing the buck and > postulating about which section of the community is to blame will simply not > fix the problem. To sort this whole mess out is going to put a lot of > people's noses out of joint. > > End of Sermon! > <.Applause, whistling> (Transcripts available from BBC. Ask for "The Crozier Show", episode 168) _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
