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to not understand why people think it's a good idea to flood the country with people of other races and cultures?

208 replies

HoHumm · 01/07/2011 23:18

It is said that multiculturalism is a 'good' thing, why? You want your kids to mix with people of other cultures - take them on holiday.

Why is it a good to create areas with pockets of people from other countries who don't particularly want to be here, like us, our culture, food or weather, and are basically only here to bleed (for want of a better word) the country dry of as much money/services as they can get? That is the ugly truth. A lot of their money is not put back in the economy here, it goes out of the country to build houses/buy cars for their families back 'home'.

In my street (coucil housing), 7 out of 15 houses are occupied by foreign nationals. They do not mix with anyone else except their fellow countrymen (the 2 polish families have riotous barbecues every weekend). As I walk to the town centre, at least 1 of out every 3 groups of people are talking in a foreign tongue, they would not pass the time of day with you and I am far outside London.

Explain how this is benefitting our society as a whole. The old chestnut 'they are doing jobs we don't want to do' is wearing thin. If we needed doctors and nurses etc, why was this not planned in advance and quotas not figured out to make sure our young were trained for these jobs with incentives put in place? Is'nt that what the government is supposed to do? At least they would be putting their wages back into our economy.

Call me a racist - whatever. I know what I'm talking about with first hand experience.

Flame away.

OP posts:
Asinine · 01/07/2011 23:28

Usual you put it so much better...Grin

usualsuspect · 01/07/2011 23:29

I'm on a fuck off roll tonight Grin

ThePathanKhansWoman · 01/07/2011 23:29

My mother came here from Ireland to nurse in the mid-sixties, and my father came from Jamaica to train as an engineer at Rolls-Royce. So i suppose i can't really answer that question without being subjective, however i feel YABU.

CQrrrneee · 01/07/2011 23:31

'Call me a racist - whatever. '
YABU and racist HTH

ThePathanKhansWoman · 01/07/2011 23:33

Have you thought of moving to Midsummer OP?

CherylWillBounceBack · 01/07/2011 23:33

Whilst a lot of what you say is a problem (people who don't integrate or speak the language), the problem is that the attitude appears to go hand in hand with the inherently false assumption that every person with different coloured skin is a lifetime sponger and only here to bleed the country dry.

Today I was abused by a bunch of kids on a bus. I was walking down the street and had racial slurs shouted at me.

It didn't even make sense. I was born in the town, I'm over thirty and am completely English. I love my country (apart from the debt fuelled idiocy that some of the general populous indulge in). In fact, I'd wager my parents and I contribute more in tax in one year than that pond life or their parents have done in their entire state funded lives.

So whilst some of your concerns may be valid, please think before you spread your attitude to your children and they tar everyone with the same brush.

maypole1 · 01/07/2011 23:37

I fear its to late for her children when you finish with

"call me a racist whatever"

Then the world is a dark place for you and your family

Empusa · 01/07/2011 23:47

"think it's a good idea to flood the country"

It's all those swimming pools they get given, they just keep over filling them.

LRDTheFeministNutcase · 01/07/2011 23:48

Crikey, they must be bright foreigners to 'bleed our country dry' of services they can't access what with being foreign nationals ... and taking into account the higher band tax they have to pay ... Hmm

magicmummy1 · 01/07/2011 23:49

Fuck off now, op, there's a dear.

inkystinky · 01/07/2011 23:49

I cant call you a racist cos that would imply you are knowledgeable ........I can however call you ignorant.

ilovesooty · 01/07/2011 23:50

Fuck off now, op, there's a dear

And when you get there...

Champersonice · 01/07/2011 23:54

Hahahaha HoHumm
go stick your thoughts up your Bumm

DioneTheDiabolist · 01/07/2011 23:55

A Flood?
In this weather?
How?
Is it one of those flash flood thingies?
Get the sand bags.
Contact the water company.

NOBODY PANIC!

BonzoDooDah · 01/07/2011 23:59

Fuck off

sparky246 · 02/07/2011 00:03

not only are you a racist op-you are also a dimwit.
people coming here is not a new thing[think of the huguenots-they arrived in the 1700s i believe-and they brought with them the word refugee amongst other things]
hurray for multi-cultureism-without it i wouldnt have my beutiful grandchildren and i doubt if i would be here myself.
multiculterism has given us a great tapestry of human beings and we can all learn from each other-
look further than youre predujuice and embrace it-you will learn a lot.
lose the hate and look at what others have brought to this country!

UnseenAcademicalMum · 02/07/2011 00:05

I presume you are a fully paid-up member of the BNP then OP?

My first ever Biscuit

AwesomePan · 02/07/2011 00:07

no, you are all being very snooty and unfair......

ErinGoBraLess · 02/07/2011 00:08

You total Clunge. If it wasn't for our multicultural society I wouldn't have my gorgeous children.

electra · 02/07/2011 00:09

Oh shut the hell up HoHumm and have the balls to post under your real name.

BagofHolly · 02/07/2011 00:10

I worry about what would happen if the Spanish suddenly took this view, and booted out all our leathery expats! Then we'd be flooded with miserable sunworshippers, "bleeding us dry". Would they still count as British, OP? I mean afterall, they'd be quite brown. And some can even speak Spanish! Traitors! What would we do with them? La Tasca only has a few vacancies!

God what an ignoramus.

Kiwiinkits · 02/07/2011 00:13

Between 1840 and the mid 20th Century my country was flooded with foreigners who spoke another language and couldn't give a rats about the existing culture here. Not more bloody English immigrants, the locals thought. I wish they'd bug off back where they came from.

I guess I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for their mass cultural invasion.

OP, you may have a slight point, true multiculturalism is a difficult-to-achieve ideal. But immigration is a modern reality; it's a connected world. That being the case you have to try to accommodate and befriend. Otherwise you'll be living in bitterness forever and perhaps miss out on some valuable connections.

AwesomePan · 02/07/2011 00:13

no ,wait. We keep being told by liberals that we should be open to argument, of all persuasion ( which is bollocks of course) so lets hear this one.

Skibadee · 02/07/2011 00:13

Oh God, I need to step away from the laptop...

When we can no longer have nativity plays, when we cannot understand what our doctors are talking about, when we hear stories of immigrant families living in houses that cost the government £thousands a month, do we not need to wonder if it is time for this to stop?

On the other hand, land is land. People are people. Who should be allowed to say what people live on what bit of land? Yes, we have history and culture, but that is changing constantly (along with my name for threads like these which I just can't seem to walk away from...).

I'm arguing with myself now. I can see this from so many pov's. Nothings going to change at the end of the day, unless somehow the BNP get into power, so I try not to confuse myself with it all.

thesunshinesbrightly · 02/07/2011 00:20

Grin Op - How long have you been on here for? you should no better not to start a thread like this.