"Conspiracy theorists comes to mind here !"
I am really at a loss to understand this - whether or not the identifying of asylum seekers homes was deliberate is totally beside the point - if it was not, it was an act of utter stupidity to single out their homes in this way and it was an act of thick-headed bureaucracy for landlords to refuse to allow painting after it was known that they attracted racist vandalism.
The practice has been universally condemned - even that doyen of fairness and honesty, The Sun, has spoken out against it - it was warned about four years ago, there have been cases of racist vandalism, possibly facilitated by the identifying the homes..... THERE IS A RISK - what the ****'* the problem in making things safer for people who have suffered enough?
Sure - thugs will do there work anyway - why make it easier.
Landlord's policy
Personally, I believe that the red front doors are not unconnected to the now abandoned 'yellow-star type' armbands and goes higher up than landlord's policy, but that's me.
I've come to expect arguments of the type put forward by somebody with Ake's track record on human rights and his declared hatred of anything liberal - but not from any of the more fair-minded and sane members - please!
Jim Carroll