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[sylus]

well done rad

very few would have stood up and corrected some points that needed to be corrected..but you did..all credit to you

 

[dbmtb]

Forget immigration, here's a story to MAKE YOU REALLY MAD. I really feel for some people, they have a tough time.

Actually, it's a Dalek invasion in camouflage.

 

[FMJ]

Some words said here personally does not insult me, but little worry when people keep on saying emigrants (Polish in this case) does this and that based on single accidents and all turn in to main generalization and hate.

You have to take into account which muppets, er........people are saying these things, or as John so eloquently put it, shooting their mouths off.

 

[brocklanders023]

Well, I'm polish emigrant doing some IT job here... but starting doubt if truly I am. Never get drunk, pay full taxes, haven't used any benefit at all and (God forgive me)
sending just a little money for my family, etc., etc. I just doesn't fit to broad generalization. I feel ashamed for my nation keep drinking all the time in opposite to Brit natives who's never goes to pub and never get hammered.
Some words said here personally does not insult me, but little worry when people keep on saying emigrants (Polish in this case) does this and that based on single accidents and all turn in to main generalization and hate.
Obviously, is a narrow minded thinking but dangerous from my point of view.
Last words what I was heard lately were “a job stealer“. Actually, how on earth you can steal a job? You are competitive by doing something or if not, go look elsewhere no matter who you are.
Simple as that. I just have a job in Scotland because I taken this opportunity in EU, stay pretty close to mountains I couldn't leave without and like English language.
Please feel free to continue topic, I'm leaving now.

Great post Rad.

 

[shovelon]

Forget immigration, here's a story to MAKE YOU REALLY MAD.

You think that is bad. Here is Pam Anderson at her bins.

 

[FMJ]

Forget immigration, here's a story to MAKE YOU REALLY MAD.

There's a few groups around here protesting dumps and quarrys screaming NIMBY, but this NIMFY thing? I might be able to get behind that, so to speak.

 

[greenstiles]

Sorry i stand my ground here. As i clearly stated before I don't have an issue with individuals who are just trying to live a better life from other countries, that is what most of us are trying to do...

.......but i take exception to governments who think that letting endless people into an island as small as the UK is stupid and lacks forsight. I know there are a lot of chavey UK dole slackers, but isn't that a sweeping generalization too.

There are many many willing UK born people who need jobs desperatly and are qualified to do so too, and i feel that these people are being let down. All the issues raised here are real for everyone. Also I am giving a valid non racist oppinion shared by many others, not shouting my mouth off.

It would be nice to laugh everything off, as being ok and a bit of a joke, it's the british way.....but some people who live in area's which are changing rapidly culturally are finding it hard to laugh about these issues any more. Perhaps the people who think this is all a fuss about nothing would think differently if it starts happening where they live !!!

And to finish I would like to say I AM A BIN MAN (really) and yes I think i'm a policeman !!!

 

[highlandsflyer]

I just have a job in Scotland because I taken this opportunity in EU, stay pretty close to mountains I couldn't leave without and like English language.

Radoslaw, thanks for your post. It addresses the issue well; the depiction of your country folk is total ba's.

If there are some drunken guys who happen to be talking in their native tongue and are hammered outside a bar, what difference is there between them and drunk Brits, other than where they happen to be from?

Ever tried sitting down and getting drunk with them? I do all the time, and the few guys who don't speak so much English are just as good a laugh as anyone else.

There have been Poles in my life for as long as I remember. Girlfriends, co workers, employees, bosses and plain old mates. I don't recognise the crap being written at all.

The Poles have so much in common with us Scots and we are a perfect fit culturally. It just works. We love them here, and would not be without them, they are part of our culture and society, one hundred percent and we need them. They are also part of my family, having married a couple of my lucky cousins. Our best friends at the Scottish end of things are mainly Polish and my kids spend their time with their Polish pals, even a boyfriend who may one day become my kin and I would be delighted.

If you want a stereotype about Poles I will happily indulge. Hard working, trustworthy, well educated, team players, great laugh socially, friendly and considerate.

There are at least one or two of those facets I would find hard to apply to some of my neighbouring country folk.

It is all good, and if you are lucky enough to have some Polish people in your town get to know them. Try learning a little Polish, show them we are not all close minded little kill joys.

My life was saved by a Polish girl who found me in my bed with a head injury and insisted on taking me to hospital, despite the fact she was working illegally at the time, a long time ago in London.

Salt of the earth, just about all of them I have known.

Scotland needs more immigrants, so come one come all! Even more English as long as you promise to vote for the SNP...

 

[greenstiles]

ER it's not just about Polish people for gods sake ! It's about ALL EU imigrants......Albanians, Russians, etc etc,

and illegal imigrants too...it's about numbers that are too big to fit in a small area, that is already filled with numbers (people) that are already here and need jobs. That's my main issue, period. Just imagine if the whole of Birminham decided to move into a small cornish town. I'm proberly wasting my breath here ....

ps FMJ i find it ironic that you feel the need to start name calling '' muppets'' on a UK subject matter as you live in Canada ? Unless you have recently visited the UK i would say that you are trying to talk about something in the UK that you know nothing about..........now that could be interpreted as shouting ones mouth off........in it !

 

[highlandsflyer]

FMJ being a member of this forum and as able to read the news as anyone else could be as up on these issues as anyone else. Or not, but would still have every right to throw in, this is an international site and it is general chat.

How racist to suggest otherwise.

As for my post.

ER...

I am addressing remarks made about the Polish here.

...and if your talking about all immigrants then why the thread title?

Pooh!