well done sterling...you took yet another thread that needed to have nothing to do with your ideals & turned it into the sterling show.

nighty night, i hope your proud

xxx

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‘Football isn’t instant coffee. You have to work at it. You must grow the bean, grind it.’ Ian Holloway

Yeah but he’s right though isn’t he?

I'm not sure that 'they' think anything, since people have their own ideas about things and are not one clump of colour. Let's not ignore those committing crimes or indeed crime stats but at the same time let's also not ignore that the overwhelming majority of people of any colour aren't committing crime or being confrontational to anyone, nor do they have the remotest of interest in doing so. The danger of lazily lumping everyone into a 'why do black people..' group is that by default you're condemning countless people who don't fit the bill, and live perfectly decent lives. If you mindlessly demonise and marginalise, then good people do indeed have valid concerns about racism, on account that you're behaving in a racist way towards them.

Edited by dollardays (30 Nov 2019 10.32pm)

I think this is wholly unrealistic.

Business investment doesn't ignore these realities, nor does house pricing nor the people who buy them.

The fact is stark, violent crime levels differ within communities and that leads to significantly different environments.

You talk about numbers of people actually doing the crimes....well they are significantly higher than other groups but its pure day dreaming if you think that's all it is.

Have you lived in a violent environment for years? I spent ten years growing up in Stockwell before 87 and I can tell you It's not just the criminals themselves but a culture where the bar for violence is lower. No one taught them that culture within the British system and these communities have been here multiple generations.

The whole debate around racism is pure idealistic BS.

You take 100 people from any group and the top 30 are always going to be pleasant.....It's not about them, it's about how many at the other end of the spectrum you have to worry about.....and the statistics don't lie.....Even if the system does.

Edited by Stirlingsays (30 Nov 2019 11.23pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

It was a comment on a sweeping condemnation of black people as confrontational, which is indeed incorrect.

I've done a couple of stretches and it's no fun I tell thee. Last stay I had at her majesty's pleasure my TV didn't even have Freeview and there was only a playstation 4 in the communal area. Still though, the methadone gives you a bit of a buzz so it wasn't a total write off.