JessopSmythe
Active Member
I realise that this may be a contoversial topic and ask you all (inc mods :wink: ) to read the following post carefully before responding.
Just a thought that struck me whilst reading the girls v boys thread. Somebody mentioned the analogy with the race issue and it reminded me of a conversation I had with a friend earlier in the day.
Why do people feel the need to shout "discrimination" every time they don't get their own way? I know it could apply to all sorts of groups but the two examples I know of happen to involve the unneccessary playing of the race card.
Firstly, a friend of mine living in suburbia (doesn't matter where) was involved in a case fairly recently after the building of a new mosque in his area. At first there were no problems. Being a quiet town, pretty much everybody got on well regardless of race or religion. However an illegal 2nd story got built onto the mosque without any kind of planning permission. The local residents, quite rightly, comlained to the council. Unfortunately, when the planning officers instucted the mosque officials to stop building work and go through the proper channels to obtain planning permission they were told that any attempt to interfere would result in a racial harrassment case. The council backed down and gave retrospective planning permission without consulting the residents at all. Hey presto, one neighbourhood full of instant racists.
I'm not racist in any way but can fully sympathise with these residents. Why play the race card unneccessarily and create the very problem you're trying to avoid? Surely this kind of action only goes to provide ammunition for those that are actively racist.
As I said, a bit controversial. Please reply carefully or not at all. This is not, in any way shape or form, an attack on any race or religious group.
NB, I've not forgotten the second example, just realised how long this post was getting
Just a thought that struck me whilst reading the girls v boys thread. Somebody mentioned the analogy with the race issue and it reminded me of a conversation I had with a friend earlier in the day.
Why do people feel the need to shout "discrimination" every time they don't get their own way? I know it could apply to all sorts of groups but the two examples I know of happen to involve the unneccessary playing of the race card.
Firstly, a friend of mine living in suburbia (doesn't matter where) was involved in a case fairly recently after the building of a new mosque in his area. At first there were no problems. Being a quiet town, pretty much everybody got on well regardless of race or religion. However an illegal 2nd story got built onto the mosque without any kind of planning permission. The local residents, quite rightly, comlained to the council. Unfortunately, when the planning officers instucted the mosque officials to stop building work and go through the proper channels to obtain planning permission they were told that any attempt to interfere would result in a racial harrassment case. The council backed down and gave retrospective planning permission without consulting the residents at all. Hey presto, one neighbourhood full of instant racists.
I'm not racist in any way but can fully sympathise with these residents. Why play the race card unneccessarily and create the very problem you're trying to avoid? Surely this kind of action only goes to provide ammunition for those that are actively racist.
As I said, a bit controversial. Please reply carefully or not at all. This is not, in any way shape or form, an attack on any race or religious group.
NB, I've not forgotten the second example, just realised how long this post was getting