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UK: Rioters came from 44 countries - Daily Mail logic
« on: October 24, 2011, 07:57:05 AM »
I am bewildered by this. Why does foreign nationality indicate greed and opportunist criminality?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2052617/Rioters-came-44-countries-1-7-jailed-summer-violence-foreign-national.html
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Re: UK: Rioters came from 44 countries - Daily Mail logic
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2011, 10:11:43 AM »
And the people who note that the remaining 6 of 7 jailed must be British, get red-arrowed. ???
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Re: UK: Rioters came from 44 countries - Daily Mail logic
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2011, 11:44:32 AM »
And one comment started ranting about illegal immigrants....where did it say in the article that the foreign people were here illegally?
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Re: UK: Rioters came from 44 countries - Daily Mail logic
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2011, 12:27:04 PM »
I love the DM for their gossip stories, but I also hate them for the way they always tend to write about immigrants negatively. There was a story where a guy had done something and they had to keep mentioning that he was Polish. I'm like wtf does being Polish have to do with it. They're always fear mongering and it makes me sick.
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Re: UK: Rioters came from 44 countries - Daily Mail logic
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2011, 12:36:15 PM »
I shouldn't even let the Daily Mail bother me anymore.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that, as of 2010, London's foreign-born population is 2,650,000 (33 per cent), up from 1,630,000 in 1997. (From Wikipedia).

1 in 7 rioters were foreign born, that's 14%.

So, actually foreigners were doing LESS rioting as a proportion of the population that the British-born. WE SHOULD BE APPLAUDED, NOT DERIDED.
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Re: UK: Rioters came from 44 countries - Daily Mail logic
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2011, 02:50:27 PM »
Look, the world has to be warned about the Samoans. They're a dangerous, nasty bunch.

(I'm not talking about people who live in American Samoa, who are obviously the salt of the earth, but rather the independent chain of islands to the west of them.)
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Re: UK: Rioters came from 44 countries - Daily Mail logic
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2011, 04:43:09 PM »
Quote from: britwrit on October 24, 2011, 02:50:27 PM
Look, the world has to be warned about the Samoans. They're a dangerous, nasty bunch.

(I'm not talking about people who live in American Samoa, who are obviously the salt of the earth, but rather the independent chain of islands to the west of them.)

Any reference to a total group of people in a negative (or positive) manner is stereotyping. Not all Samoans are dangerous and nasty.  ???
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Re: UK: Rioters came from 44 countries - Daily Mail logic
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2011, 05:10:56 PM »
Quote from: Vegasgrl94 on October 24, 2011, 04:43:09 PM
Any reference to a total group of people in a negative (or positive) manner is stereotyping. Not all Samoans are dangerous and nasty.  ???
fwiw, I took britwit's comment to be sarcastic, in response to the ridiculousness of the article. Not trying to put word in britwit's mouth but that's just how I took it.
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Re: UK: Rioters came from 44 countries - Daily Mail logic
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2011, 05:16:37 PM »
Yes, I agree that BritWrit was making a joke - not seriously saying that Samoans are dangerous & nasty.

It's just the Daily Mail - pick the 'major ill of society' (mob hysteria) du jour:  immigrants, homosexuals, the welfare state, feminism, yob culture, liberalism, atheism...mix & match, rinse, repeat.
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Re: UK: Rioters came from 44 countries - Daily Mail logic
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2011, 10:32:24 PM »
Quote from: kathrynhabibti on October 24, 2011, 05:10:56 PM
fwiw, I took britwit's comment to be sarcastic, in response to the ridiculousness of the article. Not trying to put word in britwit's mouth but that's just how I took it.

Oh ok I hope so! Lol. Usually after a sarcastic remark I will see this  ::) or this  :P

So if it wasn't meant in that way, my bad!  8)
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Re: UK: Rioters came from 44 countries - Daily Mail logic
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2011, 12:05:15 AM »
Yeah, sorry. It was my lame attempt at "humor."
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Re: UK: Rioters came from 44 countries - Daily Mail logic
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2011, 12:19:32 AM »
Quote from: britwrit on October 25, 2011, 12:05:15 AM
Yeah, sorry. It was my lame attempt at "humor."

Lol! Good ol Internet. Can never properly portray our sense of humor can it.  ;D
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Re: UK: Rioters came from 44 countries - Daily Mail logic
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2011, 07:16:23 AM »
Automatic Daily Wail headline generator - http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/toys/dailymail/
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Re: UK: Rioters came from 44 countries - Daily Mail logic
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2011, 08:45:02 AM »
Quote from: britwrit on October 24, 2011, 02:50:27 PM
Look, the world has to be warned about the Samoans.

Darned good girl scout cookie though...
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Re: UK: Rioters came from 44 countries - Daily Mail logic
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2011, 10:19:24 AM »
Quote from: sonofasailor on October 25, 2011, 08:45:02 AM
Darned good girl scout cookie though...
:D

Quote from: britwrit on October 25, 2011, 12:05:15 AM
Yeah, sorry. It was my lame attempt at "humor."
I liked it :)

Quote from: Vegasgrl94 on October 25, 2011, 12:19:32 AM
Lol! Good ol Internet. Can never properly portray our sense of humor can it.  ;D
Yeah, gets lots in the ether sometimes ;)

Quote from: pdf27 on October 25, 2011, 07:16:23 AM
Automatic Daily Wail headline generator - http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/toys/dailymail/
Oh gosh, that is funny... I wonder if Samoans will pop up in there sometime?
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