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Suggesting children may shoplift in a shop is now RACIST, apple-rently.

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    Hobbit FeetHobbit Feet Posts: 18,798
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    muggins14 wrote: »
    Don't give Her Maj ideas, she'll be down to the local skateboard shop checking out the best ones for her dogs :D It'll be mayhem in the palace corridors this Xmas :D

    but think of their little furry faces as they unwrap them :kitty:
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    simysimy Posts: 1,498
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    Blueblade gearing up for one of his month long arguments, little does he realise the true nature of his opponent. This could be a defining moment in the history of DS.
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    spaccanautspaccanaut Posts: 463
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    Same here. Groups of teenagers who used distraction tactics to steal. Nothing whatsoever to do with colour.

    Some people see race in everything.
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    JDFJDF Posts: 4,250
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    spaccanaut wrote: »
    Some people see race in everything.

    Sad but ture.
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    scottie2121scottie2121 Posts: 11,284
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    spaccanaut wrote: »
    So you are suggesting I went to Eton instead then? ;-)

    Well your OP is a mess!
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    Fairyprincess0Fairyprincess0 Posts: 30,085
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    Whenever I've had to deal with shoplifters they've always been white and British....
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    juliancarswelljuliancarswell Posts: 8,896
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    Whenever I've had to deal with shoplifters they've always been white and British....


    Hardly surprising as we are about 85% of the population.:)
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    dekafdekaf Posts: 8,398
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    Same here. Groups of teenagers who used distraction tactics to steal. Nothing whatsoever to do with colour.

    Absolutely. There is the possibility that is what the boys thought, but it doesn't make it true, and it more than likely isn't.
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    TakaeTakae Posts: 13,555
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    spaccanaut wrote: »
    Some people see race in everything.

    Based on your posting history alone, you're certainly one of those people.
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    muggins14muggins14 Posts: 61,844
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    Same here. Groups of teenagers who used distraction tactics to steal. Nothing whatsoever to do with colour.

    Then they should post a 'nobody under the age of 16' sign (or 18) clearly. That's set the cat amongst the pigeons when mummy and daddy can't take little master and miss in whilst they buy their over-priced Apple products :p
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    muggins14muggins14 Posts: 61,844
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    spaccanaut wrote: »
    Some people see race in everything.

    Considering the high proportion of threads that you post which concern non-white people, I'd say you definitely do!
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    InkblotInkblot Posts: 26,889
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    I saw someone get caught trying to shoplift in an Apple Store recently. They were white and not wearing school uniform. I mean. one of the arguments for school uniforms is that the students will be easier to identify and that should make them less likely to misbehave (and more likely to get caught).

    Just like when staff wear Apple Store uniforms.
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    jacquelineannejacquelineanne Posts: 1,692
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    Sport1 wrote: »
    There is no such thing as a race card. Also, sometimes minorities are victims of racism and they raise concerns. Why shouldn't they?

    A lot of the time they raise it where it doesn't exist.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
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    It doesn't just happen to black kids.

    I remember being about 9 or 10, I was in a shop with my birthday money and my Mum was waiting outside for me, I was looking at the toys trying to decide what to buy when the old bint behind the counter barked "Oi, I can see you there, so I'll know if you pinch anything"

    I was quite sensitive at that age, so I left the shop and started to cry :confused: I was a weird kid.

    Also when I was a bit older (maybe 14), me and my Sister tried to go into a shop and was told at the door that we would have to wait outside until the teenagers that were already inside the shop had left as they had a "2 at a time policy" in case we tried to shoplift.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
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    Hardly surprising as we are about 85% of the population.:)

    I was about to say the same thing :D
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    darkislanddarkisland Posts: 3,178
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    One of the sadder aspect of today's world is multitude of 'isms' which are generally self defined and used, as and when required.

    Just look elsewhere on this forum for a few self proclaimed experts arguing the toss (at great length) over whether an armed piece of low life with a hefty criminal record should be beatified after biting off more than he could chew with 'The Feds'.

    I wish common sense would make a national re-appearance.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
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    darkisland wrote: »
    One of the sadder aspect of today's world is multitude of 'isms' which are generally self defined and used, as and when required.

    Just look elsewhere on this forum for a few self proclaimed experts arguing the toss (at great length) over whether an armed piece of low life with a hefty criminal record should be beatified after biting off more than he could chew with 'The Feds'.

    I wish common sense would make a national re-appearance.

    Identity politics, get used to 'em :(
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    MTUK1MTUK1 Posts: 20,077
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    Sport1 wrote: »
    There is no such thing as a race card. Also, sometimes minorities are victims of racism and they raise concerns. Why shouldn't they?

    Anyone can be a victim of racism. Not just minorities.
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    Sport1Sport1 Posts: 8,819
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    MTUK1 wrote: »
    Anyone can be a victim of racism. Not just minorities.

    Again, no-one has suggested otherwise.
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    spaccanautspaccanaut Posts: 463
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    muggins14 wrote: »
    Considering the high proportion of threads that you post which concern non-white people, I'd say you definitely do!

    Huh? There is noi evidence for this. :confused:
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    MesostimMesostim Posts: 52,864
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    A lot of the time they raise it where it doesn't exist.

    Don't know about a lot... but there seems to be "a lot" more emphasis on denying racism ever occurs to minorities, as if that would somehow legitimise it if the threshold of recognised racism was raised or even removed entirely... there is even a phrase handy to signpost this phenomenon so it can be highlighted and observed...it's called "the race card".
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    2+2=52+2=5 Posts: 24,264
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    MTUK1 wrote: »
    Anyone can be a victim of racism. Not just minorities.

    Who has argued against that? The answer is: nobody.
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    2+2=52+2=5 Posts: 24,264
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    A lot of the time they raise it where it doesn't exist.

    Does racism exist, then?
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    MinaHMinaH Posts: 3,406
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    Some people claim that "races" don't exist. So one could play the "race doesn't exist card" - although that movement hasn't really been taken up by the media or society.
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