"We may think that a remark made by a poster implies racist attitudes that they have not actually been expressed"
Racism has no place on this or any forum - stereotyping Travellers as "thieves" aand spreaders of rubbish as Iains did is racism, pure and simple
Some travellers are guilty of both, as are settled people, but to give the behaviour of some as a reason for an exectution goes beond the limits of decenct
If that was not his intention, then he used my point that the victim was a Traveller to embark on an attack on the Travelling community as a whole
Either way, it was a racist attack
In Britain, Travellers are now entitled to protection under race discrimination laws - I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that this has to be extended to hatemail on the internet
Jim Carroll