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AIBU to oppose housing 1,000 undocumented young men near Piddington?

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PiddingtonFan · 16/09/2026 09:38

We dont need anymore undocumented young males.

1000 proposed to be housed near Piddington. Young males from a different culture.

AIBU to agree with them. Enough undocumented males. Too many males overwhelming a small population. 😪

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olivepicanto · 19/09/2026 19:07

FaceTips · 19/09/2026 18:25

There is a core of regular posters that are drawn to anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim threads and seem full of hatred and worse. I imagine them typing away with faces contorted in anger. They are almost obsessed by the topic and have lost all perspective about everything else going on in the world. They use these threads to spend hatred and are clearly not happy in their lives. I am so grateful that my world is not like this, and the people that live in it are not wired this way.

god yes. Newbies as well. I don't even read their crap anymore.

I'm picturing the meme of the cat bashing away on its keyboard.

AlphaQueue · 19/09/2026 19:16

HollyhocksandPeons · 19/09/2026 18:31

Groups of people committing a crime are criminals. They break the law by entering illegally. They are groups of criminals. Try entering Poland by breaking through their border - see what happens. The Polish Parliament approved the use of live ammunition on those who cross the border illegally - after one of their border guards was speared through. Yes, speared.

Or Hungary. From what I saw. They march then back to the border say "apply at the embassy in Serbia" and the embassy in Serbia just doesn't bother.

It's awesome.

EasternStandard · 19/09/2026 20:06

FaceTips · 19/09/2026 18:25

There is a core of regular posters that are drawn to anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim threads and seem full of hatred and worse. I imagine them typing away with faces contorted in anger. They are almost obsessed by the topic and have lost all perspective about everything else going on in the world. They use these threads to spend hatred and are clearly not happy in their lives. I am so grateful that my world is not like this, and the people that live in it are not wired this way.

Tbf your post sounds angrier than the ones you supposedly cite, and as if you are typing as such.

It’s a female dominated site, women will discuss what effects their sex class even if it angers a few.

StandFirm · 19/09/2026 20:08

AlphaQueue · 18/09/2026 20:05

Data centres what's so bad about them? Data and information need to be hosted somewhere. Do we not want a good tech industry?

Data centres and AI in general literally drink the planet dry. The cost in water is huge and the amount of cooling agents/chemicals required to operate them is also a hazard. Not to mention the fact that data is a power hungry beast. Electricity costs are also massive and unless we finally find a way to make clean fusion energy, I can't see how that's not going to send CO2 emissions through the roof. All other measures like driving or flying less, recycling our waste etc are a tiny drop in the ocean compared to what AI is going to cost us very soon.

LuckyHazelFox · 19/09/2026 20:19

FaceTips · 19/09/2026 18:25

There is a core of regular posters that are drawn to anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim threads and seem full of hatred and worse. I imagine them typing away with faces contorted in anger. They are almost obsessed by the topic and have lost all perspective about everything else going on in the world. They use these threads to spend hatred and are clearly not happy in their lives. I am so grateful that my world is not like this, and the people that live in it are not wired this way.

There are Core number of regular posters who are drawn to these threads to try to shut down conversation when it's not going their way. They have lost perspective about the truth on immigration. I can imagine their frustrated faces when, yet again, posters refuse to back down. Think it's called being an adult.

LuckyHazelFox · 19/09/2026 20:25

EasternStandard · 19/09/2026 20:06

Tbf your post sounds angrier than the ones you supposedly cite, and as if you are typing as such.

It’s a female dominated site, women will discuss what effects their sex class even if it angers a few.

Must really frustrate them when women dare to express opinions on their judgement on safety. I feel that's a lot more worrying. Trying to make fellow women feel guilty for their gut instincts.

AlphaQueue · 19/09/2026 20:28

StandFirm · 19/09/2026 20:08

Data centres and AI in general literally drink the planet dry. The cost in water is huge and the amount of cooling agents/chemicals required to operate them is also a hazard. Not to mention the fact that data is a power hungry beast. Electricity costs are also massive and unless we finally find a way to make clean fusion energy, I can't see how that's not going to send CO2 emissions through the roof. All other measures like driving or flying less, recycling our waste etc are a tiny drop in the ocean compared to what AI is going to cost us very soon.

The planet is full of water though? The waste heat and whatnot can be recovered. Our grid is mostly low carbon anyway. Even if we need to use natural gas to power it it'll be fine, we are insignificant to global emissions.

Costs will fall in the future. We need to make this investment and have a good industry and progress.

LuckyHazelFox · 19/09/2026 20:32

HollyhocksandPeons · 19/09/2026 14:39

No, no, no, this is a great idea - that is what they voted for - LibDems did not hide their policies.

Also - priceless - Dr Hari Reed, from Asylum Welcome Oxfordshire, who lives in the village, now opposes this idea - could not make this up!

This is priceless -

From 2.25

Leo Kearse is brilliant. He knows how to highlight the loons. He must get plenty of material from Reddit users.

BIossomtoes · 19/09/2026 21:34

Mouldemort · 19/09/2026 21:29

Some quisling arsehole in Piddington has doxxed the women who spoke to Newsnight about the racist villagers. She’s already received death threats.

Some people just can’t tolerate opinions different from theirs. What a bloody disgrace. I hope they’re proud of themselves.

Somerford · 19/09/2026 21:38

LuckyHazelFox · 19/09/2026 20:25

Must really frustrate them when women dare to express opinions on their judgement on safety. I feel that's a lot more worrying. Trying to make fellow women feel guilty for their gut instincts.

When calling people far-right, racist, fascist etc has lost all meaning and no longer has any impact they have to find different ways to shame you into silence. That's what you're seeing here. I suppose its better than being doused with boiling liquid as we've just seen in Holborn & St Pancras. I think the days of the left claiming the moral high ground are very much over now.

LuckyHazelFox · 19/09/2026 21:41

Somerford · 19/09/2026 21:38

When calling people far-right, racist, fascist etc has lost all meaning and no longer has any impact they have to find different ways to shame you into silence. That's what you're seeing here. I suppose its better than being doused with boiling liquid as we've just seen in Holborn & St Pancras. I think the days of the left claiming the moral high ground are very much over now.

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Oh very much so. Glad mods are hot on troll hunting as well. It's happening more often where people can't take different opinions at face value.

Switchnow · 19/09/2026 21:44

EmeraldShamrock000 · 19/09/2026 17:53

A cat has more rights than a women in Afghanistan. A cat can enjoy sunshine and freedom.
Did anyone see the interview with a Taliban leader 25 years after 9/11 on CBS?
The interview made me sick, his excuses for banning education, forcing girls to leave school to work in industrial roles now that they need extra hands for production.
The interviewer discussed a secret school, showing footage, young girls taking chemistry classes. He didn’t like it. I am scared for the teacher from the school.

And yet if that teacher arrived on a small boat you’d send her back as an economic migrant.

Switchnow · 19/09/2026 21:48

AlphaQueue · 19/09/2026 20:28

The planet is full of water though? The waste heat and whatnot can be recovered. Our grid is mostly low carbon anyway. Even if we need to use natural gas to power it it'll be fine, we are insignificant to global emissions.

Costs will fall in the future. We need to make this investment and have a good industry and progress.

As a fellow MNer is fond of saying, great, they can put them near you if you don’t mind.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8gy7lv448o

Beverly Morris

'I can't drink the water' - life next to a US data centre

Residents in rural Georgia say the data centre next door has disrupted their water supply.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8gy7lv448o

EasternStandard · 19/09/2026 21:51

Somerford · 19/09/2026 21:38

When calling people far-right, racist, fascist etc has lost all meaning and no longer has any impact they have to find different ways to shame you into silence. That's what you're seeing here. I suppose its better than being doused with boiling liquid as we've just seen in Holborn & St Pancras. I think the days of the left claiming the moral high ground are very much over now.

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Yes. The threads used to be full of the usual attacks. I think more women are speaking up about a bad system.

Switchnow · 19/09/2026 21:54

EasternStandard · 19/09/2026 09:36

This is horrific. Do people really think we have enough safeguarding for entry after reading this.

It’s a horrific case. I don’t know what checks you think exist that could predict this awful crime though. A visa system can check past criminal records, not predict future ones.

I don’t use Deliveroo or any of the delivery platforms because of their awful records on illegal working. Hopefully those of you disturbed by illegal working are also voting with your feet.

EasternStandard · 19/09/2026 21:57

Switchnow · 19/09/2026 21:54

It’s a horrific case. I don’t know what checks you think exist that could predict this awful crime though. A visa system can check past criminal records, not predict future ones.

I don’t use Deliveroo or any of the delivery platforms because of their awful records on illegal working. Hopefully those of you disturbed by illegal working are also voting with your feet.

Well on the reading of the Aus system I found they have a specific visa for lone women who are subject to gender based violence. The UNHCR selects those who need refuge from refugee camps. They can bring dc.

They get passage, no trafficking risk of death on dinghies or sexual assault on the way. They are almost zero risk when here, and get to work. I can’t see why anyone would object to that.

AlphaQueue · 19/09/2026 21:57

Switchnow · 19/09/2026 21:48

As a fellow MNer is fond of saying, great, they can put them near you if you don’t mind.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8gy7lv448o

Look I've not seen the issue but I think with careful planning and infrastructure management you can handle the stuff with water flow to houses

Switchnow · 19/09/2026 22:00

Mouldemort · 19/09/2026 21:29

Some quisling arsehole in Piddington has doxxed the women who spoke to Newsnight about the racist villagers. She’s already received death threats.

So much for being motivated by women’s safety eh? Obviously the wrong kind of woman again, like the interloper at the Reform conference. Acceptable to assault her because she caused a ruckus, according to a pp.

Somerford · 19/09/2026 22:00

LuckyHazelFox · 19/09/2026 21:41

Oh very much so. Glad mods are hot on troll hunting as well. It's happening more often where people can't take different opinions at face value.

I think mass immigration, both legal and illegal, is such a demonstrably awful policy that it relies on total narrative control. They HATE it when you question it because its impossible to defend so their only real hope is to shut the discussion down.

They shame you when you talk about it. They shame you when you pay attention to media reports of what members of their imported voting blocs are doing in this country. They shame you when you vote for a party that might do something about it. They shame you because they can't win the argument.

Switchnow · 19/09/2026 22:00

AlphaQueue · 19/09/2026 21:57

Look I've not seen the issue but I think with careful planning and infrastructure management you can handle the stuff with water flow to houses

So you don’t understand the issue but you’re happy to have one built next to your home. Ok, good news for the rest of us.

Switchnow · 19/09/2026 22:04

EasternStandard · 19/09/2026 21:57

Well on the reading of the Aus system I found they have a specific visa for lone women who are subject to gender based violence. The UNHCR selects those who need refuge from refugee camps. They can bring dc.

They get passage, no trafficking risk of death on dinghies or sexual assault on the way. They are almost zero risk when here, and get to work. I can’t see why anyone would object to that.

I’m in favour of out of country applications. I think there are difficulties in making it women and children only, For example, what happens when those women want to bring the fathers of those DC? It’s also likely to be more expensive - women and children needing housing and education, and mothers of young children work fewer hours and are eligible for more benefits. So yes, the fear of sexual violence is reduced but the actual cost may be greater. Both are used as arguments against the asylum system. And it still won’t stop people arriving on small boats.

EasternStandard · 19/09/2026 22:06

On deliveroo no takeaway here for about 8 years. But still the perpetrator still would have committed a crime deliveroo driver or not.

It’s not up to the public to resolve the issues but the gov.

LuckyHazelFox · 19/09/2026 22:07

Somerford · 19/09/2026 22:00

I think mass immigration, both legal and illegal, is such a demonstrably awful policy that it relies on total narrative control. They HATE it when you question it because its impossible to defend so their only real hope is to shut the discussion down.

They shame you when you talk about it. They shame you when you pay attention to media reports of what members of their imported voting blocs are doing in this country. They shame you when you vote for a party that might do something about it. They shame you because they can't win the argument.

There's no shame in standing firm on immigration, so I don't understand why they expect opponents to be bullied into submission. I've seen a hell of a lot of intolerance from the hope not hate lot, including rage baiting.They really can't stand not getting their own way but it's tough really.

EasternStandard · 19/09/2026 22:07

Switchnow · 19/09/2026 22:04

I’m in favour of out of country applications. I think there are difficulties in making it women and children only, For example, what happens when those women want to bring the fathers of those DC? It’s also likely to be more expensive - women and children needing housing and education, and mothers of young children work fewer hours and are eligible for more benefits. So yes, the fear of sexual violence is reduced but the actual cost may be greater. Both are used as arguments against the asylum system. And it still won’t stop people arriving on small boats.

The Australian special visa is limited to women who have no male partner and are at extra risk. It sounds brilliant. Men can come on another visa with extra security and vetting. Far more than here.

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