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Originally Posted by Mr Angry
... is quite evidently in breach of said law - and I quote
"A person harasses another on grounds of race or ethnic or national origins when he or she engages in unwanted conduct that has the purpose or effect of: - violating that other person’s dignity;
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I am not harrassing anyone, nor have I suggested that pikeys have a common ethnic or national origin (or race, for that matter) and I have only categorised them in terms of their anti-social behaviour.
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Originally Posted by Mr Angry
Now, if you don't feel that your comments constitute racism there's little or no arguing to be done here but I would ask if your intolerance allows you to seriously purport that people who "camp on public land, drive untaxed, uninsured and stolen cars, go around stealing, half tarmac-ing driveways before doing a runner or dumping rubbish on their illegal campsites"
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Which I believe describes pikeys very well and does not include even one word that fits with the definition of racism you trawled up.
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Originally Posted by Mr Angry
are of a mindset unique only to the Travelling, Romany and Gypsy communities?
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YOU are making the connection between pikeys and the 'cultured travellers' you seem to think I am generalising about. Which means the racism is in YOUR mind.
I have not at any time made any racial, ethnic or national connection with the word 'pikey'. I have only used terms to describe their anti-social behaviour. Do you consider those things in any way 'cultured'? Do you really believe we should have respect for people that behave that way?
And yes, the pikey mindset is unique to them and their ilk. Unless you can point me to another population group that is equally anti-social?