tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post1756293106732573324..comments2024-03-18T15:08:44.116+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Guess Who's Complaining (Again)....JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-32346337773421129002009-03-23T17:44:00.000+00:002009-03-23T17:44:00.000+00:00"If someone who doesn't speak English walks into t...<I>"If someone who doesn't speak English walks into the post office, the clerk tell whether he's a resident or a tourist. "</I><BR/><BR/>Mr Kumarasiri seems quirte a sensible chap - and tourists do tend to have phrasebooks, etc, and make some attempt to explain (at least, I always do!).<BR/><BR/>Besides, I suspect he's quite familiar with the locals who make a point of NOT speaking English....JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-53361245063606774622009-03-23T10:59:00.000+00:002009-03-23T10:59:00.000+00:00"A lot of people think he is wrong and want him go..."A lot of people think he is wrong and want him gone."<BR/><BR/>Quite a sinister statement, given past actions when there is "a lot of anger" in the Muslim commoonity. No doubt once a specific threat is made the police will arrest HIM for causing a breach of the peace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-73403201612609141822009-03-23T08:48:00.000+00:002009-03-23T08:48:00.000+00:00If someone who doesn't speak English walks into th...If someone who doesn't speak English walks into the post office, the clerk tell whether he's a resident or a tourist. If clerks are told not to serve people who don't speak English, the effect will be felt by both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-77125661211744532182009-03-22T22:15:00.000+00:002009-03-22T22:15:00.000+00:00"I can see his point, but what about tourists or b...<I>"I can see his point, but what about tourists or business travelers?"</I><BR/><BR/>I'd be surprised if Mr Kumarasiri intended to take it that far. He seems to have been making a point directed specifically at those permanent residents who, like some British retirees in Spain, expect to be able to live indefinitely in a cultural bubble and expect others to adapt to them.Edwin Greenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03639193560457674072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-47061413696947914742009-03-22T11:01:00.000+00:002009-03-22T11:01:00.000+00:00I can see his point, but what about tourists or bu...I can see his point, but what about tourists or business travelers? Not everyone who goes to a post office is a long-term resident of the country.<BR/><BR/>A couple of years ago I was visiting Kiev for three weeks and went to a post office to buy stamps. I knew enough basic Russian to ask for the right kind of stamps (Kiev is in Ukraine, but it's a Russian-speaking city for the same kind of historical reasons that made Dublin English-speaking). However, when the clerk started yelling at me in a very rude and exasperated manner, I had no idea what she was saying. I never did figure it out. At least they didn't have a policy of refusing to serve people with inadequate language skills.<BR/><BR/>Anyone who wants to be a long-term resident of a country should certainly learn the language of the country, but it would be unfortunate if someone who was simply traveling (from Sri Lanka, perhaps?) were trying to buy stamps for postcards home and ran into a problem with this policy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-28037137009460866202009-03-21T19:19:00.000+00:002009-03-21T19:19:00.000+00:00He's becoming something of a national celebrity, i...He's becoming something of a national celebrity, isn't he?<BR/><BR/>Now the police have sacked a law-abiding police officer for being on the leaked BNP members list, it's looking like the Political class are going in for a full-scale electoral suicide pact.. and all this with the European and county elections coming up.<BR/><BR/>Labour in fourth place, anyone?North Northwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990919627286136085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-62321321248782905402009-03-21T15:45:00.000+00:002009-03-21T15:45:00.000+00:00People may not end up putting a cross in the BNP b...People may not end up putting a cross in the BNP box, but I agree that people have had enough. <BR/><BR/>This sycophantic glorification of "difference" has led to the most lopsided, counter-productive, insane organisational mentality you can imagine - all at the expense of traditional British sensibilities.<BR/><BR/>The logical conclusion of our current trajectory is ... well, disturbing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-19092166734960987822009-03-21T14:06:00.000+00:002009-03-21T14:06:00.000+00:00If a non English speaker went into our village pos...If a non English speaker went into our village post office they would do their best to serve them, but if they spoke no English at all how could anyone be expected to help. German or French might be OK, but Urdu? Not a frigging chance.<BR/><BR/>Excellent recruiting material for the BNP, especially since the postie has quit.Dr Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176521760477086914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-24322736356413525222009-03-21T11:09:00.000+00:002009-03-21T11:09:00.000+00:00"Exactly! It'll be a protest vote, not so much a '..."Exactly! It'll be a protest vote, not so much a 'cross in the box' but a 'two finger salute' to the entrenched political heirarchy."<BR/><BR/>There is an historical handbook on this scenario. "Mein Kampf"! The left wing socialists morph into..........well, you know the rest.Oldrightiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192587284458430556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-5040625550173838102009-03-21T10:10:00.000+00:002009-03-21T10:10:00.000+00:00"Harry Haddock commented that there was more to th...<I>"Harry Haddock commented that there was more to this story than meets the eye, but I think we ought to just take it at face value."</I><BR/><BR/>Until more facts emerge, that's just what we should do....JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-56276466417373992892009-03-21T09:34:00.000+00:002009-03-21T09:34:00.000+00:00I'd sooner vote Labour than vote BNP, but yes, I'd...I'd sooner vote Labour than vote BNP, but yes, I'd agree that the mainstream political parties and their clients, the Mulsims, are doing their best to make BNP seem like the least insance choice<BR/><BR/>I posted this on my blog and Nottingham resident Harry Haddock commented that there was more to this story than meets the eye, but I think we ought to just take it at face value.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-53424500431802848182009-03-21T09:33:00.000+00:002009-03-21T09:33:00.000+00:00Gordon: We must find an excuse for this behaviour,...Gordon: We must find an excuse for this behaviour, Pete. Not a good fit for attention seeking so maybe we could have him sectioned as a serious self harm case?<BR/><BR/>Mandy: No, this requires some fine stitching Gordon. Its a choice between planting BNP membership or discrediting him once our accountants have fixed the books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-77052145172946066522009-03-21T09:06:00.000+00:002009-03-21T09:06:00.000+00:00"People have had enough and that's why I am convin...<I>"People have had enough and that's why I am convinced the BNP will get votes. No one wants to vote for them but the votes will be given to make a very important point."</I><BR/><BR/>Exactly! It'll be a protest vote, not so much a 'cross in the box' but a 'two finger salute' to the entrenched political heirarchy.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-22447631355474999972009-03-21T09:01:00.000+00:002009-03-21T09:01:00.000+00:00More recruiting tools for the BNP. The mainstream...More recruiting tools for the BNP. The mainstream parties have got to wake up ASAP. I heard a woman in my local post office the other day tell her friend she was 'sick to death of hearing about bloody muslims', a friend who works at Scotland Yard says he regularly hears people mutter 'Christ', 'shite', 'fuck', bollox', under their breath as they enter the vestibule through the security complex. You wouldn't think you were entering the HQ of the world's largest and oldest police force but the entrance to a 1980's loony left council super library. Every image is of a black or asian person, in or out of uniform; there are adverts for black history month, best wishes for ramadan, posters for the Gay Police Association. People have had enough and that's why I am convinced the BNP will get votes. No one wants to vote for them but the votes will be given to make a very important point.<BR/><BR/>Ah feck it! Stone the Sri lankan - coming over here, taking our jobs and dictating who can come into his shop on the basis of language skills or not - outrageous, at least the moose-slims will do something about it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com