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Originally Posted by foreverwar
BBC
"Parents of a heroin addict are to take legal action against the British National Party (BNP) for using a picture of their dead daughter.
Rachel Whitear, 21, was found dead at her flat in Exmouth, Devon, in May 2000, holding a capped syringe.
The photograph, released by her Herefordshire parents to educate people on drugs, was used by Lancashire BNP members on a leaflet.
The BNP's deputy leader said they would not apologise.
The leaflets, which were circulated in Preston, linked heroin use to Muslim communities"
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Originally Posted by foreverwar
Anyhoo, we seemed to have wandered from the OP about a political party using the circumstances, image, and tragedy suffered by a family without asking their permission, into a discussion about how evil Asians are, and what misery they are bringing on this country - how did that happen? 
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Originally Posted by Escapee
Well, they are your words not mine.
It is of course common sense to suggest that someone with ties in a country will have a head start. If I was going to set up a drug smuggling operation, the first port of call would be to find a local dodgy contact with an in-depth knowledge of a country where the drugs are easily available.
Using someone with family in that country is onbviously an advantage for cover. As there doesn't appear to be many people emigrating to these known drug countries from the UK, it would be unlikely to work the other way around.
If we were talking about European drug smuggling I would think it less likely to be family related and possibly tourist related, but lets be fair not many UK residents go on package trips to pop over to Afghnistan or Pakistan for a holiday, or do they.
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You seemed to have missed my point (
once again) - please see the OP (
reproduced above).
The family tragedy involved was that of a British family, and the point was that their tragedy was being milked by a political party without permission or discussion - my point (above) was that once more a thread was transformed into "
lets bash other races/ethnicities, and make them the scapegoats for all bad things that are happening" thread, and my words were intended to reflect the direction the thread had taken, not my beliefs (but hey, let's not let things like facts stop the fomenting of discord, huh?).
I love the statement "
it is of course common sense" - it is up there with "I
am sure you will agree" and "
we all think" - people sometimes forget their definition of "
common sense" is often neither common or sense (imho).