old.sparkles

If you have a point to make, can you try not to 'BINGO' in one sentence!

When you say 'our country', which are you referring to?

Sugarmooma

All over the world. And it doesn't get better.

Sugarmooma

paulry

I made my points. Not sure what you mean by your bingo comment.

The topic thread is specifically referring to the UK. I know we're Australians (though not real apparently) but we are British too so yes its our country.

paulry

For clarity, the opening line on this thread states:

"Found this comment on a UK Forum..."

And in my response I repeatedly referred to the UK. I'm willing to be corrected but I think it's clear which country we're referring to.

old.sparkles

The 'BINGO' comment was related to the number of buzz words you threw into the remark - enough for a full house.

And the country comment because I couldn't recognise which country you meant since none fit the bill of 'most un-racist' amongst those I thought you were referring to - UK (not one country, but group of countries) or AUS, both of which have racism issues.

Whilst the OP referred to a UK forum, I do not watch UK sports generally and 'taking a knee' is most often seen in the US I believe, although I've seen some drivers do the same in F1. This form of peaceful protest does seem to be global

paulry

There can't be many "real Aussies" then!

paulry

You don't consider the UK to be one of the most un-racist countries? I'm intrigued. Which countries are less racist in your book? And points out of 10 how racist do you see the UK (one country - but you can split them up into Scotland, Wales, etc if you prefer). Likewise - since that got brought up points out of 10 for how racist is Australia?

old.sparkles

Seeing some posts on FB from people I worked with in the UK, plenty of racism - both overt and covert. The same would be true here in Australia. I wouldn't want to rate either, and I haven't lived in enough for a comparison on a global scale, or 'points out of 10'.

It would be nice if we could accept that we are all humans. That your gender, colour, wealth or religion, should not limit what you can be, or change how you are treated. Until that is true, I welcome all forms of peaceful protest that might make a difference - even if it's one issue at a time!

paulry

But you said none fit the bill as most un-racist so some clearly are more un-racist than the UK (and Australia) in your book. I would very much like to know which countries they are because out of my experiences of visiting and living in many countries, the UK is up there with the best - and I'm not just saying that because I am (with Spouses permission) a real British person. And while I'm aware that Australia does have racism, the overwhelming majority of it's people and everywhere possible in its laws are un-racist so I'm troubled that a real Aussie sees plenty of racism here. But it's easy-peasy to slap a label on people and places but often entirely another thing to justify that label.

A nice virtue signal bingo line up above, btw, but I think you'll find that in the modern day the overwhelming majority of people in Western countries (not just the UK, Australia and the USA) agree and support all of those things, and we don't need to signal our submission and bend our knees to some organisation that seeks to divide us for that.

old.sparkles

What you see as dividing, I see as uniting. If we all agree that people should be treated fairly, and highlight where that does not occur, what, exactly, is divisive in that stance?

Edit - sorry, on the BINGO, I'm unclear on what buzz words I used. Could you highlight as none on my card.

Boiler

We can salute those who refuse to bow down to the Progs, much easier to bend the knee in subjugation.

IrishDigger

A highly regarded police officer is killed on duty in London and few football clubs can even be bothered to observe a minutes silence. Yet week after week after week after week they take the knee for a tragic death that happened thousands of miles away in a foreign country. VJ Day came and went and no one took the knee for the millions of Allied soldiers killed in action.

paulry

It would have been about right to hold two minute's silence for that poor police officer who died in the line of duty, and for VJ day the bugle call followed by two minutes silence.

paulry

...But wait. You judge that our country (the UK) is racist based on some posts you read on Facebook??