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[quote author=Whaddapie link=topic=24077.msg586896#msg586896 date=1212503288]
My friend, you have some very, VERY black and white, right or wrong views on life, it would appear, based on some of your responses in this thread alone...
Something said tounge-in-cheek doesn't make somebody a racist, amigo. If there was no malice in it, it was just a bad joke... We're all so ready to jump on bandwagons (race, sex, sexual orientation, etc...) these days, it's almost a self fulfilling prophesy now.
Had it been me, he'd probably have told me to throw a potato at him, or something.
It was silly, and he was just looking for attention. And yes, he should have apologised when you asked him to. But he's just a gobshite, not a nazi.
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yeh there are one or two things in life i feel very strongly about. This is one of them. Think about it this way. I politely made it clear to him that it was out of order and it didnt take a genius to work out why. It was meant as an insult which he persisted with even though i made it clear how i felt. I have experienced racism before and i know a racist remark when i hear one. Sorry mate.
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Just because you feel strongly about something doesn't mean others have too.
I'm not saying he is right, just that you cannot expect everyone to respect your views.
[quote author=Whaddapie link=topic=24077.msg586896#msg586896 date=1212503288]
My friend, you have some very, VERY black and white, right or wrong views on life, it would appear, based on some of your responses in this thread alone...
Something said tounge-in-cheek doesn't make somebody a racist, amigo. If there was no malice in it, it was just a bad joke... We're all so ready to jump on bandwagons (race, sex, sexual orientation, etc...) these days, it's almost a self fulfilling prophesy now.
Had it been me, he'd probably have told me to throw a potato at him, or something.
It was silly, and he was just looking for attention. And yes, he should have apologised when you asked him to. But he's just a gobshite, not a nazi.
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yeh there are one or two things in life i feel very strongly about. This is one of them. Think about it this way. I politely made it clear to him that it was out of order and it didnt take a genius to work out why. It was meant as an insult which he persisted with even though i made it clear how i felt. I have experienced racism before and i know a racist remark when i hear one. Sorry mate.
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Just because you feel strongly about something doesn't mean others have too.
I'm not saying he is right, just that you cannot expect everyone to respect your views.