verminstar
Banned
most of the areas that voted against these things had a lot of immigrants, most who voted against it had none or few immigrants
I hate to point out the obvious but ye just contradicted yerself.
True story...ye know the recent surge in hate crime and racist attacks on property isnt actually about race at all...its about control. Certain minority sections are muscling in on the street level stuff...when a certain house is targetted, the fact the guys a foreigner has nothing to do with motive but more like a warning and an order to stop or else.
Now, because of the way the housing executive is setup here, anyone with a police statement to backup the claimant wishes to move address because of intimidation gets moved to the top of the priority list. The result being ye get a good house in a good area...the scams been used many times before and because of the political climate here, extremely difficult to prove as fraud.
Ergo the more publicity and public outcry at the supposed 'racist attack', the better their chances of bumping that priority list.
Part of the reason why there is so little of the easterrn europe crime gangs here is because we already have home grown gangs who are extremely well established and still very much active, despite what the rest of the world thinks. What we do have is a fairly serious housing shortage and people will try every scam in the book to bump the list...I did this meself over 20 years ago after I was told to leave belfast or else, got a new house in a new town within the week and its the one time Ill happily cooperate with the police.
Having a m8 throw a brick through the window when the kids are in more or less seals the deal cos the news crews descend on a story like that like vultures. I dont even blame them fer doing it cos we did it before they arrived...some still do although the methods are more extreme these days as competition is fierce.
We got enough problems here without taking on more, but by all means, so long as they integrate into our society and learn the language and respect the beliefs, then I got no issues with them whatsoever. I even have a few m8s who are Polish and ones a big Russian I used to work with years ago...that guy can drink and party just as hard as anyone I know and hes got a seriously hard left hook that just stuns ye every time. I got no issues with anyone regardless where they from...unless they start messing around, then we might develope issues but that applies to anyone regardless their nationality.
I do see meself as having many right wing ideals but I am not racist...at least I dont regard myself as such. This puts me at odds with others I know but some things are just wrong no matter what side the fence yer on, and its not right attacking refugees trying to run from a warzone.
Maybe Im just going soft in me old age ^