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Originally Posted by dr wadd
I do not wish to drag this thread into a debate about the pros and cons of the asylum policy, but I think you'll find that sadly this attitude has been common enough for quite some time.
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Also, where does asylum come into this, I didn't see any mention of the victim being an asylum seeker in the article. Is it not also possible that the womans family could have been living in Scotland for generations?
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Originally Posted by dr wadd
Even if the asylum policy has made the problem worse, is it not somewhat flippant to simply dismiss an issue of racism as being a by-product of an asylum policy? Is it not more than likely that the racist attitudes were there in the first place, and the asylum policy just gives them a "convenient" excuse to express them openly?
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Well said!