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To think that Nick Griffin is misunderstood and actually a nice chap?

824 replies

carrotsarenottheonlyvegetable · 29/04/2010 11:25

I heard him being interviewed this morning on the Today programme.

Firstly, it turns out he's not racist or against immigration! Apparently, he says it's ok for French people to come here (there's not that many that want to so its ok). AND he says that Irish people can come here too because they're really all British! So that's nice. I was a bit confused because I thought they'd spent all those years bombing us because they didn't want to be British but I guess I've got that all wrong.

He's not going to let Algerian asylum seekers come though, but I don't think it matters because they'll just get killed where they are in their own country so that won't be a problem for them much longer.

And the best thing is... he's going to give £50,000 to anyone who's not "pure British" to leave the country and go back to where they came from! How cool is that! So I'm now deciding whether to go back to my Great-Grandmother's origins in Russia, or my Great Grandfather's in Finland. Now, apparently this money is going to come from what he called stupid anti-Climate Change projects so although much of Russia and pretty much all of Finland is a bit chilly, as the climate changes because they money is being spent on me, they'll get warmer and I'll be all toasty!

Brilliant!

OP posts:
scottishmummy · 30/04/2010 23:40

yes,ta for clarification,bnp are odious

daftpunk · 30/04/2010 23:41

Muslims stick together...Jews stick together, ...are you saying that's wrong..?

Kaloki · 30/04/2010 23:46

"Muslims stick together...Jews stick together, ...are you saying that's wrong..?"

No, but saying that they shouldn't have options to mingle/mate is wrong.

RedBlueRed · 30/04/2010 23:48

Scottishmummy - Odious I agree.

I actually remember reading an article ( I cannot remember where or which paper or any of the facts as reported) about a member of the BNP raping a 6 year old girl. He was at that time one of the leading members of the BNP.

I don't want them to have seats in power on that basis alone.

If we allow violent sexual criminals to run the country what hope is there? We should just invite Al Qaeda over here, have done with it.

Zarasmammy · 30/04/2010 23:49

Eurgh! He is a vile vile vile man. Not a nice guy at all, it terryfies me that he stands a chance at getting a seat.

Lulumaam · 30/04/2010 23:51

exactly kaloki... and it also sounds like it is an absolute truth.. yes there are communities/areas where there are people of a particular ethnicity or religion etc can be seen to 'stick together' but that is not true of every jew/muslim especially more secular ones.

'stick to your own kind' is actually one of the most offensive things i've read on here...

and again, what if your child is gay?marries somoen of a differnt colour or faith?

daftpunk · 30/04/2010 23:53

LM;

I would hope all my dc are hetrosexual, and that they marry white christians....

Lulumaam · 30/04/2010 23:54

and if not?

it might well happen.

and what if they have friends who are non white non christian non heterosexuals ?

scottishmummy · 30/04/2010 23:57

stick to your own kind?no jocks gettin it on with nice english/jewish/black boys.eek jocks may contaminate -all the well fired rolls and irn bru might put dem nice boys off

RedBlueRed · 30/04/2010 23:58

Oh god, I had not read the thread, I should have know DP would be on it.

For the second time tonight I walk away from obnoxious trolling.

daftpunk · 30/04/2010 23:58

LM;

How many Muslims do you know who have married catholics ?

Do you know any Jews who have married muslims...?

I don't know many catholics who have married protestants....infact I don't know any....

That's called sticking to your own kind...

People do it...

Bumbleconfusus · 01/05/2010 00:08

Luluman, something in particular struck me with your recent argument to DP - re sexuality and faith... all Muslims hope their children are heterosexual, and that their daughters marry only Muslims (as is the requirement on their faith). To be fair to daftpunk she's not (for once) asking for the absurd.

Kaloki · 01/05/2010 00:08

I know a lot of mixed race/religion couples, and they all get on fine. It happens DP, and it works well, whether you agree or not.

Anyway, third time lucky

"I don't think mixed marriages should be encouraged....always best to stick to your own kind..imo"

This isn't actually you commenting on what you prefer for yourself, it's you saying how others should be! And that is offensive, of course, you can't see that because you're mad.

Put it another way, would you be offended if someone told you that you couldn't marry who you wanted because of some totally irrational feeling they had? Say for example you had different colour hair or eyes to your husband.

Would you agree with it?

And if the also suggested that your marriage was somehow freakish/unnatural, would you be offended?

ChazsBarmyArmy · 01/05/2010 00:22

My DH is a Muslim married to a Catholic

ChazsBarmyArmy · 01/05/2010 00:24

Oh and my Mum was a Protestant who married a Catholic

daftpunk · 01/05/2010 00:26

Ok Ok....don't go mad....

ChazsBarmyArmy · 01/05/2010 00:30

Mad...I'm bloody furious

daftpunk · 01/05/2010 00:31

What...at me..?

Kaloki · 01/05/2010 00:31

DP you say stupid things then wonder why you get pulled up on it. Here's a hint, stop saying it in the first place.

daftpunk · 01/05/2010 00:33

K...i've just read your post..

I'm not mad.

Kaloki · 01/05/2010 00:35

So you managed to respond to that but no other part of the message? Prove to me you aren't mad DP, answer the questions like a rational human being.

ChazsBarmyArmy · 01/05/2010 00:43

DP I was paraphrasing a famous Not the Nine o Clock news sketch which I think is quite apposite to the whole BNP situation where a person who thinks he is superior is actually shown to be ill informed and pompous.

"Prof. Timothy Fielding:
I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Can I put this into some sort of perspective? When I caught Gerald in '68 he was completely wild.

Gerald, the Gorilla:
Wild? I was absolutely livid!"

daftpunk · 01/05/2010 00:57

Ok.....What I said about mixed marriages...

When I met my dh I had no idea his grandfather was black....you would never know...iykwim.....When I was getting to know him it never entered my head to ask him what colour his grandfather was.....mad of me I know....all I knew was that his father had left his mother when he was 4...(my parents wern't happy that he was from a "broken home" but that's another story)....I didn't really question him much about his family....I was only 17.

His grandfather was black...he married a white woman, they had children...they married white people....what more do you want me to say..?

I am the one from the strong catholic family, every single person in my family is white, (apart from one of my cousins who married a sri-lankan 25 yrs ago...they are still talking about that back in Ireland)...My dh has gone along with my religion and has never really questioned any of my views...probably because he thinks kinda like me.....he wants out dc to be hetrosexual, he wants them to marry white christians...he knows I support the BNP...he doesn't really...although he agrees with alot of what NG says.

daftpunk · 01/05/2010 00:58

gotta get some sleep

daftpunk · 01/05/2010 01:03

Chaz;

Watch Orlando and his "gap yah" video on youtube...lololol