to think that my friends a racist?

[avenanap]

I was sitting in her car, having a chat about RE teching in junior schools. I explained to her that I thought RE should encompass teaching more religions than christianity (muslim, Judaism, paganism, budism etc) then she piped up how she thought I was wrong and how our children should only learn christianity (regardless of parents beliefs)as all of the others were corrupting and would mislead them into a life of terrorism! Then she goes on about how our children should be learning about the crusades (sorry, didn't this involve christians slaughtering people from other religions?) and how immigrants are bleading the country dry and using all of our resources. Sorry, I don't find her views accptable, especially as she's married to a Muslim Immigrant and she's applying for a grant for him so he can go to Uni for 3 years! AIBU to think she's full of shit?

yes

I love the question mark in your title.

ha only kidding - the answer is pretty obvious though!!

Rammed up to her eyeballs with the brown stuff

I love the idea of Buddhist terrorists!

If that was me, I really wouldn't be using the term 'friend' in the title. I can understand/accept some views on immigration and things like that, but this is just out and out racism. Disgusting.

I was just so shocked by her comments. I'm not sure if I'm too easily offended though.

I can smell the shit from here!

Did you challenge her opinion?

Haa! Her husband's an Iranian muslim! She's got religious stuff all over her house! I just don't get it. I feel really uncomfortable when I'm with her. I've only just noticed how opinionated she is. I don't have many close friends as they have all moved over the years but I really hate what she said and how two faced she is.

I think it would be great if RE did include the Crusades - it would help children to understand why Muslims don't automatically believe that Western civilisation is wonderful in every way...

I said there's nothing wrong with children learning about other religions and cultures, Britain is a tolerant society and we should make an effort to get to know other faiths. They all have pretty much the same objectives anyway. She went nuts so I dropped it and have not mentioned it since.

Well, yes vicky, but they are immigrant taxpayers so they put in their share of resources too. And I'd rather they were integrating than staying in segregated areas where they (and we) may not learn about diversity...

what a redneck (or is that racist? .. certainly regionalist)

ok what an idiot! and her poor children

christianity / catholicism has a history of exceptional violence and terrorism and persecution

oh yes, immigrants are responsible for lack of school places, nothing to do with anything else

and yes, only immigrants 'bleed resources dry' no british born person would ever be a benefits cheat would they?

big farking face...

I find it odd that a family of catholics who regularly attend mass at the church connected with the local catholic school would not get a place?

or don't you go?

And true blue Brits never bled any other country's resources dry either.

Think I might be looking for another friend, avenanap.

I understand that we live on a small island, there's only so much the country can cope with so there needs to be some type of management of the people who want to come here. RE at ds's school consists of the Catholic church (it's not a catholic church though). The head went around the children asking what faith they were. Ds, in his normal sense of humour, replied Jedi .
The rest of her comments were shit though.

Avenanap, all of her comments are shit, born of trough level ignorance. Sheesh.

jedi

but Vicky - if they are taxpayers and local and catholic how is that not fair? A pisser of course for you , presumeably as a local, prcaticing catholic taxpayer, but how not fair?
If you moved to say Spain and settled there why would you not be entitled to apply for and get a place at the local catholic school?

Odd.... considering her background.