'The M20 is in England..... .... A country that I truly believe is much much less racist than France.'
You only believe that because you don't live here anymore mate, I regularly hear phrases I would associate with Mosley in the streets, factorys, shops, bars and cafes of West and North Yorkshire. We are equally as xenophobic, homophobic, misogynous and secular as anywhere else. Sad but true Paul On 24 January 2014 21:59, Damian Walsh <pussaydam...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > The M20 is in England..... > > .... A country that I truely believe is much much less racist than France. > > God help us all! > > Damian > > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 10:57 PM, Richard Naef < > rich...@triumph-computers.co.uk> wrote: > > > Not sure you can judge the level of racial hatred in a country from a > > single interaction between 2 groups of young blokes. I've spent many > > happy > > days driving up and down the length and breadth of France stopping at > many > > Aire Du's (as we call them) and NEVER seen a single example of racial > > intolerance, but from that I don't judge that French people are without > > racial prejudice. At a wild guess I'd say that in this as in many other > > areas we are broadly similar, ie the level of racial intolerance has > > reduced > > since the days of open racism to where it is often challenged or at least > > remarked upon in a negative way. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org [mailto: > leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] > > > On Behalf Of Damian Walsh > > > Sent: 24 January 2014 21:47 > > > To: leedslist > > > Subject: [LU] non-lu quenelle? > > > > > > I drove back to the Uk a week ago. In a service station on the M20 > there > > was > > > a, I think, family group of young people who happenned to wear white > > shirts > > > with no ties, crombie-like overcoats, homburg hats and who had visible > > > ringlets dangling under their hats. > > > > > > There was also a group of orthodox-English young adults who had no > shame > > > in cat-calling and insulting the other group. Needless to say the > insults > > > tended more to the racial (no apologies) rather than, say, sexuality. > > > > > > Shame on me - I said nowt. I'd like to think I'd have done or said > summat > > if > > > matters progressed beyond some juvenile name calling. But that's easy > to > > > say now and the fact is I said nowt. > > > > > > I was and am shocked though that such a thing can happen today in > > England. > > > The service station was packed - 50, 60, 70 people in view and earshot > of > > the > > > 2 groups. Nobody said a word. > > > > > > Damian > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leedslist mailing list > > > Info and options: > > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > > > > > John 'Grampa' Sykes > > > Rest In Peace old lad > > > 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leedslist mailing list > > Info and options: > > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > > > John 'Grampa' Sykes > > Rest In Peace old lad > > 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > John 'Grampa' Sykes > Rest In Peace old lad > 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
