tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post650674960601774832..comments2024-03-18T08:42:14.224+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: Those Awful StereotypesLabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-40663272548641397582010-09-30T21:12:30.002+00:002010-09-30T21:12:30.002+00:00I have problems with all of those, except bastards...I have problems with all of those, except bastards when it's used correctly. But some things are more problematic than others.<br /><br />If I deleted every comment I disagreed with I may as well not bother with them at all.Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-70203109855294876032010-09-30T01:19:05.188+00:002010-09-30T01:19:05.188+00:00But you have no problem with "gypoes", &...But you have no problem with "gypoes", "scum from the east", or with "bastards" as a description of very young children (clearly meant literally & as an insult)?<br /><br />I guess this is what you expect in a blog post about how terrible beggers & foreigners are, based on unverifiable anecdotes.<br /><br />Personally, I've seen plenty of beggers ASKING for change, & I've either given them some or told them (honestly) that I don't have any on me. None of them have ever attempted to rob me, or for that matter any one I know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-80836168428535450832010-09-28T22:59:03.511+00:002010-09-28T22:59:03.511+00:00Teutonicus - no need for the n-word, or the sand p...Teutonicus - no need for the n-word, or the sand prefix in these parts. I have a certain respect for Johnny Turk (grandad was at Gallipoli).<br /><br />Hence the disappearing comment.<br /><br />Best of order, gentlemen.Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-18274033035430927482010-09-28T22:56:02.673+00:002010-09-28T22:56:02.673+00:00A blog is only as good as the comments it tends to...A blog is only as good as the comments it tends to attract.<br /><br />Cheerio Laban.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-55966714245355168572010-09-27T11:30:15.307+00:002010-09-27T11:30:15.307+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-26816449672404153482010-09-27T11:24:09.658+00:002010-09-27T11:24:09.658+00:00"They're no doubt doing the jobs the loca..."They're no doubt doing the jobs the locals won't do, such as selling The Big Issue."<br /><br />I think it's more a case of the jobs the local are not allowed to do.<br /><br />Here in Glasgow, the Big Issue sellers all used to be young (apparently) genuine homeless local men. Many were quite nice guys and you could stop and chat with them quite the thing.<br /><br />Suddenly (over no more than a month), they all disappeared, and now it's largely Romanians and similar; definitely not local and definitely not chatty - apart from anything else they don't speak the language. <br /><br />I conclude from this that the whole thing is controlled by some Mr. Big somewhere, and I no longer buy their rubbishy magazine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-82675078947418846072010-09-26T10:52:24.949+00:002010-09-26T10:52:24.949+00:00Anonymous said...
There don't seem to be as ...<i> Anonymous said... <br /><br />There don't seem to be as many Romanian gypsy beggars in London as there were a few years ago. Packs of women that would go around with their babies.</i><br /><br />They are all here. (Berlin).Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-34665515005746366742010-09-26T10:00:50.859+00:002010-09-26T10:00:50.859+00:00There don't seem to be as many Romanian gypsy ...There don't seem to be as many Romanian gypsy beggars in London as there were a few years ago. Packs of women that would go around with their babies.<br /><br />No doubt the pickpockets will be out in force as usual along Oxford Street during the Christmas rush. Also, one would guess that gypsy men run most or all of the 'find the lady' card scam pitches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-75590048207398687442010-09-25T08:47:09.958+00:002010-09-25T08:47:09.958+00:00They're no doubt doing the jobs the locals won...<i>They're no doubt doing the jobs the locals won't do, such as selling The Big Issue.</i><br /><br />It certainly works that way here, where the current Big Issue seller (probably Bangladeshi) has held the job for several years. She commutes by train from a nearby city two or three times a week - apart from the maternity leave she took recently.<br /><br />I'm sure it's an infalible sign of a professional begger is that they don't have a scruffy dog.moriartynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-61567866254301589842010-09-24T20:08:59.015+00:002010-09-24T20:08:59.015+00:00Comment above was addressed to Mark.Comment above was addressed to Mark.Foxy Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492883615536847926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-54107428042187535092010-09-24T20:07:55.538+00:002010-09-24T20:07:55.538+00:00They're no doubt doing the jobs the locals won...They're no doubt doing the jobs the locals won't do, such as selling The Big Issue.Foxy Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492883615536847926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-15611560577926705002010-09-24T13:52:58.896+00:002010-09-24T13:52:58.896+00:00'Most people who have travelled around contine...'Most people who have travelled around continental Europe much will have similar stories.'<br /><br />Gypsy beggars have also got well entrenched on the London Underground in the last 15 years. Strange how we seem to have imported this aspect of continental life with greater ease than the 'cafe culture' our leaders believed would mushroom following a simple tweak of the licensing laws. Perhaps 'cultural stereotypes' are a bit deeper than our pop sociologists would have us believe.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-90240263470553827352010-09-24T13:40:02.683+00:002010-09-24T13:40:02.683+00:00When I went on a university trip, as a Russian und...When I went on a university trip, as a Russian undergraduate of a long-established British university, to St Petersburg, in the early 1990s, our department provided us with a list of "dos and don'ts", among which was the instruction "DO hit the gypsy children on Nevsky Prospekt and in the subways".<br /><br />Pretty to the point, really.<br /><br />I must say thought that the real hassle there were the conscript cadet-cops, seeking bribes from foreigners at every opportunity, not the said gypsy child beggars.south of the bordenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-75798181513334187892010-09-24T12:12:30.370+00:002010-09-24T12:12:30.370+00:00Strange case of the Berlin gypoes.
None of my mat...Strange case of the Berlin gypoes.<br /><br />None of my mates had noticed, them not having the ear.<br /><br />All the supossed gypoes here have the strongest Manchester or Birmingham accents you could ever wish to hear in Piccadily station or Birmingham New Street.<br /><br />Dressed just like the scum from the East, the "real" ones, but these accents.....<br /><br />Something else to look out for.<br /><br />The U-Bahn is a favourite for this one. A male "watching" a bastard, whilst the bastard stands in front of you with a PERFECTLY written sign (Done for them by their probation officers, obviously), demanding money. O.K every city has them. Nothing new.<br /><br />The women. Doing the same, but ALWAYS have a bastard in their arms or wrapped up in an old rag and carried over their shoulders.<br /><br />Take note, and notice. Why do these bastards NEVER cry, make a whimper, or even appear to ever MOVE?<br /><br />Time and time again I have requested a blood/drug test order on the bastards when we have arrested the "Mother"* But the boss is a fucking COWARD and has always refused.<br /><br /> ("Mother", I have often seen the same bastard with three or four DIFFERENT "Mothers" on the same U-Bahn line, in the same day!)Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-46629427429421534542010-09-24T09:02:34.202+00:002010-09-24T09:02:34.202+00:00Most people who have travelled around continental ...Most people who have travelled around continental Europe much will have similar stories. <br /><br />Sometimes, "stereotyping" is no more than <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive_reasoning" rel="nofollow">inductive reasoning</a>.Yafflenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-12294538315599747692010-09-23T22:37:53.194+00:002010-09-23T22:37:53.194+00:00How the begging scam works in France, from my own ...How the begging scam works in France, from my own observations (Tours, Amiens, Paris Gare de l'est)<br /><br />It's divided into 3 groups. 1 - Women and children begging around the Railway station. 2 - Young men nearby who muscle French beggars out of the prime positions, distract the police, hassle passers-by who object. 3 - Bunch of men sitting in pub nearby, drinking beer, playing cards, betting on horses and generally spending all the money that the women earn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com