"In order to be racist, do you have to refer to a race?"
The Times article from an earlier posting .
"A study earlier this year provided DNA evidence that it is a distinct ethnic minority, which separated from the settled Irish community between 1,000 and 2,000 years ago."
Are you disputing these findings; if not, the Irish Travellers Bluesman has consistently made the target for his vitriol are an identified racial group.
"isn't about Irish tinkers"
Bluesman has specifically targeted "thieving Irish scum Pikeys".
As I said, he has never denied being a racist - are you saying he isn't?
In fact, he has in no way defended or attempted to prove or qualify any of his statements, he has simply gone on attacking a specific racial group.
"It seems that anybody who feels the law of the land has to be applied equally"
Just as you have ignored the anomolies in the law which have been pointed out to you, you continue to ignore an action which will force Travellers to unavoidably continue breaking the law, putting themselves in danger and the settled community at a greater inconvenience.
Where do you think they should go - detainment camps until it can be decided what can be done with them - isn't that wat hapened in pre-war Germany?
And by the way, I am a British citizen, no matter where I choose to live; I am perfectly to comment on events anywhere in the world - Nazi Germany, former Yugoslavia, Serbia, Libya, Syria.... or even my birthlace, Britain - is that a right you would deny those of us who no longr live there. As limited as it may be, my knowledge and experience of Travellers in Britain and their treatmet at the hands of British racists appears to exceed yours by over three decades.
Jim Carroll