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Anne Robinson in 'Anti-Welsh comments' Complaint Again.
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As you may remember, in 2001 Anne Robinson said she wanted to put 'The Welsh' into room 101 for whatever reasons she had. I dont remember. In the story above she is seen as being 'anti-welsh' again. The question is would she be able to get away with the same thing if she said them about Black People/Muslims/Afrians/Indians and so on?
My opinion, of course not. But what do you think?
As you may remember, in 2001 Anne Robinson said she wanted to put 'The Welsh' into room 101 for whatever reasons she had. I dont remember. In the story above she is seen as being 'anti-welsh' again. The question is would she be able to get away with the same thing if she said them about Black People/Muslims/Afrians/Indians and so on?
My opinion, of course not. But what do you think?
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And you just have.. but it's just a bit of banter.
Would it be the same if an English person said it in the same way to an Indian or an African? "Oh you suck because you're Indian" I think not.
And straight away we all know that this complaining viewer is a sad and pathetic individual with absolutely nothing better to do than make silly complaints that waste everybody’s time...
The English joke and make fun of the Welsh, the Irish, the Scottish, the French and the Americans and they joke and make fun of us. And mostly there is no harm done. Only a toddler should need that explaining.
Jokes about blacks, Indians or Pakistanis are less acceptable because there’s often a subtle if not patent racist overtone. Although Goodness Gracious Me and the Kumars at No. 42 have perhaps made it less taboo which is good.
Anyway say someone says they want to put the English or the Welsh in Room 101. Another says they want to put blacks Room 101. The latter is obviously offensive. The former isn’t.
Ffs people who get offended by this stuff really need to get a life.
I've never considered Wales a country as such, more an area (like East Anglia).
Whatever it is, it's not racist, though, because Welsh isn't a race (or whatever you call it).
How long did you live in Wales for, Renzo?
I was born and raised in Wales until I was 8, but my family had to move away due to my dad losing his job. Why is this of any relevence?
Because you rattle (whinge) on about this Welsh stuff so much.
So?
So nothing. I was just interested.
Off to room 101 with you...
Yes, and I didn't take offence with Stargalaxy's insinuation that we're all beer swilling thugs. It's just banter.
Get a sense of humour. Getting worked up about trival shit like this is really quite sad.
I'm free to say you come accross as a sad little person then. See you next time you decide to reappear. :thumb:
Next?
granted some of us are, same as some english, scottish, french etc. are
can't we all just get along?