"The argument/ discussion has long since been won by Keith and others who support his views on the matter."
No it has most certainly not been - nobody other than your gang has bothered to stay around and none but you band of brothers has expressed support for this vile and now abandoned practice - that's the way these arguments go.
Neither of you has addressed the compulsory nature of these non-electronic identification tags, and you have ignored the
and neither have you even bothered to acknowledge the affect they had on the people forced to wear them.
You appear to be claiming victory on peoples' silence here as Keith has done elsewhere on other subjects.
The practice, along with that of putting identification plaques and painting doors a single colour has been universally condemned by all but the extreme right (such as yourselves).
You, at leas, have made it clear that your sympathy lies with the racist vandals rather than the asylum seekers
"The truth of the matter is, that in pooper areas it is almost impossible for a young couple to get a house, when they see houses being specially refurbished and given to AS for free; they rightly or wrongly come to the conclusion that they are being victimised to serve a political agenda.....this has been happening for a number of years.   the present charade is a media smokescreen to divert public opinion from the real problem."
Keith has yet to come out of his closet and blame the Asylum seekers for their predicament.
Hi La-La world of hoteliers forcing their customers to wear armbands that have to be cut off, in order to be fed is the only defence he has put up for this disgusting practice - it has been shown to be both dehumanising and dangerous for the wearers, it has been abandoned and is only defended now by those who have defended similar examples of abuses of human rights in the past.
You want to argue Ake - address the reality of the situation.
These Asylum Seekers have fled regimes who routinely persecute and threaten only to be met with the similar persecution and threats from our own home-grown thugs.
Jim Carroll