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[stevemcgarrett]

I've decided to take a walk in this thread down the primrose path of political correctness, and snip of few of its delicate buds while I'm at it.

Some will undoubtedly accuse me of racist sentiments and summarily dismiss my complaint. So be it, I say.

Is anyone else irritated to the point of being sick and tired of all the mainstream media attention given to the supposed plight of recent immigrants "of color" to developed nations, especially Europe and North America?

I mean, now we've got the Indian government taking umbrage with the British government for not doing enough to curb racism within BBC reality TV. Oh, do defend yourselves. The honor--er, honour--of our hallowed Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty is at stake. We demand your concern!

Yeah, and never mind that the show participants our in self-imposed isolation and no one knows for sure what's going on. Never mind that in India class and race define the remnants of a caste system. And never mind that the British government doesn't lecture the Indians on this score.

Then you've got taxi drivers in Minneapolis who are Muslim and refuse to transport passengers who bring bottled alcohol and other prohibited duty free items into their cabs. Never mind that serving the airport is a privilege and comes with an understanding that all passengers must be served. Scandanavian Americans do demand their democratic principles but now lawyers for the taxi union are rushing to the defense of these "mistreated and disrespected" Muslim immigrant cabbies.

Oh, far be it for me to defend the French government but now Algerian immigrants are incensed by laws that forbid wearing traditional Muslim garb in the schools just as the same rules are chafing the Pakistani immigrants in Britain.

And last week the Danish, those notoriously interventionist neo-colonials of the Northlands, have had the temerity to resist Muslim immigrants in their midst who are STILL shouting for the heads of the magazine that published that "deplorable" cartoon of the great prophet Mohammed.

Just a thought: if these immigrants can't live with tolerance of thought and action, how about taking the next plane back to the countries of your birth where you can put your heads in the sand? Or maybe some hardy, masochistic minded Europeans or North Americans should immigrate to Pakistan, India, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Algeria and other bastions of liberty and tolerance and press the legal systems there for redress if they are so much as insulted.

Oh, wait, let's not lose our heads over this, figurately speaking of course. But then this might be the only way people like me can claim victimhood.

[jinju]

i agree with you. 3rd world sucks.

[bucheon bum]

this is the current events forum right? seems as though steve believes this is the "rant forum".

[Ya-ta Boy]

[Nowhere Man]

I dunno, Steve.

This seems pretty one-sided.

Gopher?

[kermo]

I think the Shilpa story has been blown out of proportion, but there is a lot of racial hatred that stems from immigration (sit in a room with my grandfather and you'll get an earful.)
For instance, I am concerned with the way Muslims are not allowed to study or teach in France while wearing visible religious symbols, but nuns are allowed to wear headdresses and habits. How does one justify that?

[jinju]

[Nowhere Man]

I believe the situation in France is about public schools, where nuns don't teach.

[Ya-ta Boy]

[jinju]

[Ya-ta Boy]

You'd think a photographer would be more aware of blindspots in his world vision.

[ddeubel]

[jinju]

[huffdaddy]

[bucheon bum]

what? huffdaddy are you telling me stevie is putting his spin on something? that the facts aren't totally in line with his statements? WOW! SHOCKING!