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Thread #146699   Message #3461782
Posted By: GUEST
05-Jan-13 - 01:21 PM
Thread Name: BS: 'NoTravellers'common UK sign?
Subject: RE: BS: 'NoTravellers'common UK sign?
""Whether you call it racism or not, anti-Gypsy bigotry exists in a big way in this country and all over Europe, particularly fiercely in countries such as Romania, Hungary and Italybut what is most worrying about it is that it is more than acceptable. Although banning words from being heard is hardly any solution to racism, you will casually hear words like 'gippo' and 'pikey' on television and on the radio where you would never hear the words 'paki' and 'nigger'. Although it is hard to fathom today, it is shocking to find that there are places in the UK where you will find signs beside the entrance to establishments to the effect of 'We Do Not Serve Gypsies'. Imagine the outrage if establishments refused to serve black people or Jews!"
http://www.thecommentfactory.com/racism-against-gypsies-and-travellers-rampant-in-europe-3691/"
"If the signs are so "strategically placed" that no-one can see them, are they really signs?"
Inside pub porchways and over bars are not where "no-one can see them"
This has been pointed out earlier in this thread - read what people write.
Jim Carroll