Political correctness vs. common sense.

[Drico One]

Oh, I think people in service industries can't be expected to decipher the wishes of foreign nationals who have absolutely no English. I wouldn't expect that of anybody - and if this guy ran a shop of his own and decided that it was too much trouble then I don't think anybody could deny him that right. He could choose who he did business with.

However, what I find fishy about this guy is that he seems to be an employee who has for some reason attracted the attention of the BBC. It's as if he's unilaterally taken this course of action and made some great play of it. He might fancy himself as a hero of Middle England, but many in Middle England wouldn't see the difference between the immigrants he refers to and himself...

Drico.

[glennjridge]

at the end of the day IMO generally they left their own areas because something about their own culture failed. then they go to countrys that area stable and whose cultures are succesful.

so its hard to tolerate their complaints about our cuture when they couldnt even stomach their own where they were raised apparently.

*sets sail on The Mayflower*

[No Muscle Mary]

the countrys they go to bend over backwards for these people.yet if you complain you are a racist. we're far to hard on ourselves for the success of our own countrys we look for excuses for those that come here and dont even want to assimilate.

Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.

[glennjridge]

I'd love to be assimilated by her again and again

[Drico One]

Caught you before you could edit it:

I would prefer to be assimilated by her then pikard.

I never knew you swung both ways, Glenn. Those a-la-carte Republicans, eh?

Drico.

[No Muscle Mary]

Maybe in that case he would be prick-hard?

*gets coat, leaves the building*

[Drico One]

With Glenn? Doubtful.

[glennjridge]

well I've always found picards bald head strangely hypnotizing

[Your Funny Uncle]

Oh, I think people in service industries can't be expected to decipher the wishes of foreign nationals who have absolutely no English. I wouldn't expect that of anybody - and if this guy ran a shop of his own and decided that it was too much trouble then I don't think anybody could deny him that right. He could choose who he did business with.

However, what I find fishy about this guy is that he seems to be an employee who has for some reason attracted the attention of the BBC. It's as if he's unilaterally taken this course of action and made some great play of it. He might fancy himself as a hero of Middle England, but many in Middle England wouldn't see the difference between the immigrants he refers to and himself...

Drico.

The way I understand it is that sub post offices are run as franchises and hence are a bit of both. They are privately owned and often have a part which is like a newsagents or stationers with its own tills and such, and then a seperate counter that deals with the post office duties. I assume that post office counters would have the right to revoke his franchises but they don't employ him as such.

[raggatwin]

Whilst it is true to say that many immigrants cannot speak English it is also true that many want to learn English but are prevented from doing so because of the MASSIVE cut in ESOL spending by the government in recent years

[StevePSB]

That's a fair enough point, but I personally wouldn't move to, let's say France, without knowing the French language well enough to at the very least be able to get by first. Again, a common sense thing.


StevePSB

[raggatwin]

Yeah but that's you Steve. The iberian penninsula is full of British and Irish people who can't speak a word of Spanish or Portuguese ditto with Italy and probably Romania and Bulgaria as well.

[homer1972]

[Undertaker]

That's a fair enough point, but I personally wouldn't move to, let's say France, without knowing the French language well enough to at the very least be able to get by first. Again, a common sense thing.
StevePSB

The difference is that it would be by choice that you would be moving to France. A lot of these immigrants have nothing and want a better life. Learning the lingo will be the last thing on their minds until they get here. Even then, i highly doubt they have ever been given an education, let alone, an English lesson.

That said, a lot of them are here on the scrounge and a lot illegally. There was a good documentary on t.v this week about how they get in. They are that desperate, they cling to moving lorries and are hanging on underneath.

There are that many wanting to get into Britain, how can you tell who are genuine and who aren't?

[homer1972]