If you could phase something out?

BleedingClaret · Post by **BleedingClaret** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:10 pm

Rowls wrote:The UK government's mass racial profiling information programme.

"Which ethnicity suits you best?" White? Brown? Indian? Bangla-pakistani-British? British-Pakistani-Bangla? Lancastrian? etc. etc.

If I were a multi-millionaire I would genuinely fund a nationwide advertising campaign encouraging people to tick the "prefer not to say" box.

I hardly think that that is designed to categorise people that wish to be as one, I think it's much more a political attempt not to upset certain ones.

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:17 pm

BleedingClaret wrote:I hardly think that that is designed to categorise people that wish to be as one, I think it's much more a political attempt not to upset certain ones.

It's an utter waste of money at best.

Otherwise it's plain, simple racial profiling.

If you're going to do racial profiling you ought to have a bluddy good reason for it. I've not heard a single good reason why we do this. It encourages people to think of themselves other than British. It's not quite as bad as it used to be because it used to ask you to pick between answers like "British", "Indian" or "Pakistani". These days it's more likely to state "White British" "Indian British" or "Pakistani British" but these arbitrary categories based on the old British Empire (and not at all on ethnicity) show how stupid the idea is. It conflates skin colour, nationality and ethnicity and undermines social cohesion.

Only two other countries in the entire history of the world have collected racial profiling information on the level we currently do. For information, the other two (now defunct) states who also mass-collected this kind of data were-

Nazi Germany
Apartheid South Africa

Makes you think, no?

Something else to make you think - this would be unconstitutional in France.

Edit - but that's my final say on the matter because I want this thread to stay on topic without veering off.

BertiesBeehole · Post by **BertiesBeehole** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:21 pm

The Sun
The Mirror
The Express
The Mail

BleedingClaret · Post by **BleedingClaret** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:52 pm

Rowls wrote:It's an utter waste of money at best.

Otherwise it's plain, simple racial profiling.

If you're going to do racial profiling you ought to have a bluddy good reason for it. I've not heard a single good reason why we do this. It encourages people to think of themselves other than British. It's not quite as bad as it used to be because it used to ask you to pick between answers like "British", "Indian" or "Pakistani". These days it's more likely to state "White British" "Indian British" or "Pakistani British" but these arbitrary categories based on the old British Empire (and not at all on ethnicity) show how stupid the idea is. It conflates skin colour, nationality and ethnicity and undermines social cohesion.

Only two other countries in the entire history of the world have collected racial profiling information on the level we currently do. For information, the other two (now defunct) states who also mass-collected this kind of data were-

Nazi Germany
Apartheid South Africa

Makes you think, no?

Something else to make you think - this would be unconstitutional in France.

Edit - but that's my final say on the matter because I want this thread to stay on topic without veering off.

Ok I'm phasing you out then

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 7:03 pm

ExistentialWanderer wrote:Not necessarily phase out, although I guess if someone could invent a remote to turn down women nagging, that'd be quite nice. I'd quite like to see her lips moving but the volume dropping to muted.

Ear plugs.

turfytopper · Post by **turfytopper** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 7:15 pm

All seater stadiums
Religion
Monarchies

boiledclaret · Post by **boiledclaret** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:48 pm

Polarization buzzspeak due to ridiculous levels of Political Correctness which are now out of control.

Interesting short documentary about PC's origins and how it destroys language and thought.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjaBpVzOohs&t=320s" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Cheerful · Post by **Cheerful** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 10:03 pm

The Daily Mail.

BennyD · Post by **BennyD** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 10:19 pm

UpTheBeehole wrote:We already could.

That's right, of course we could.

RingoMcCartney · Post by **RingoMcCartney** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:23 pm

The BBC

The Guardian

The Independent

Shami Chakrabarti (And Liberty)

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 12:02 am

Mobile phones. Internet .national media.tony Blair .philip green.

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 12:34 am

golf
rugby
darts
piers morgan
top gear people
runners
ITV
ant dec
sky
sun/express/mail
cooking /baking half wits
monarchy
rats
radio 1
all radio presentes that cater for youth music
adverts with stupid voice overs
mobile phones
box sets
local radio
middle aged gossipy women shows
female commentators
wildlife programmes
supermarkets
litterers
car enthusiasts
fast food
sales reps
gyms
any **** that starts a sentence with "SO"
mucic festivals
teen accents
nostalgia
soaps
**** me, I have only just got started, wrong thread for me....

If it be your will · Post by **If it be your will** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 1:13 am

Squarepusher · Post by **Squarepusher** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 1:31 am

Are you basically just looking forward to the end of the world as we know it, Wile E Coyote?

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 1:35 am

MMMmmm, scratches chin, ......didn't thinkI was, but as you mention it squarepusher.

Chobulous · Post by **Chobulous** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 7:13 am

Wile E Coyote are you trying to steal my identity? Someone was standing behind me at the cash machine at Tesco yesterday. I hope it wasn't you because you're not getting all my money as well as my thoughts.

LS7 · Post by **LS7** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 7:36 am

Adeola Friday

Claret-On-A-T-Rex · Post by **Claret-On-A-T-Rex** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 8:02 am

The Conservative Party.

boiledclaret · Post by **boiledclaret** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 8:15 am

Rowls wrote: Only two other countries in the entire history of the world have collected racial profiling information on the level we currently do. For information, the other two (now defunct) states who also mass-collected this kind of data were-

Nazi Germany
Apartheid South Africa

Makes you think, no?

You do have the habit of bugging the hell out of me from time to time Rowls but a billion 'well dones' for pointing that out.

The UK's spoonfed would greatly benefit from reading Mein Kempf for RESEARCH purposes only and 1984. That's if they can ditch their "can't happen here' attitude and turn the silly cartoons off.

Westyorkclaret · Post by **Westyorkclaret** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:06 am

Nicola Sturgeon. ....

Or come to think of it, anything to do with Scotland or Scots. Except single malt whisky

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 11:32 am

Departure announcements? I can't think of anything better: (sexy woman in a snooty voice) "Flight 45354 to Geneva, boarding now." Yippee!

Wexford_Claret · Post by **Wexford_Claret** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 3:56 pm

TIM ******* SHERWOOD.

Vino blanco · Post by **Vino blanco** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:05 pm

The curvature of the space-time continuum.

Heaton's Gloves · Post by **Heaton's Gloves** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:10 pm

Upthebeehole

kentonclaret · Post by **kentonclaret** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:31 pm

Gaming machines in betting shops.
Cladding.
Donald Trump.
24 hour news coverage.
Food waste.

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:39 pm

God and any other imaginary deities

welsbyswife · Post by **welsbyswife** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:40 pm

Coat-hangers. There must be a better way of hanging my shirts up. Sick of getting the f***ing things stuck half way down the arm. Can't cope with them at all. Far more important than brexit for me.

Holmeclaret · Post by **Holmeclaret** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:40 pm

Rowls wrote:The UK government's mass racial profiling information programme.

"Which ethnicity suits you best?" White? Brown? Indian? Bangla-pakistani-British? British-Pakistani-Bangla? Lancastrian? etc. etc.

If I were a multi-millionaire I would genuinely fund a nationwide advertising campaign encouraging people to tick the "prefer not to say" box.

Agree with every word of this. I'm always asked where I'm from and when I say Burnley the usual response is.." no I meant.." to which I always reply Burnley.

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 11:04 pm

Most of what is wrong with the modern world could be sorted by the phasing out of the human race.
Phasers on destroy, Mr Sulu

Paul Waine · Post by **Paul Waine** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 11:33 pm

Mala591 wrote:If you had the power to phase something out of existence over the next 10 years then what would it be? Some things that might be on my list:

Religion
The Royal Family
The House of Lords
Parking on pavements
Football agents
The City of London
Leylandi trees
Arms exports to muslim countries
Non football blogs on a football blog forum

The choice is yours...

I'll pick House of Lords - I'd like it gone by 2022 (if that is date of next election. Replace with "apolitical" Assembly of Knowledgeable Persons. Max 300 KPs. No more than 100 can be ex-MPs (or other political persons). Serve for maximum of two terms, no "lifers" - how can anyone be a KP when they are "on their last legs..."

Second pick, football agents - but only if I must have a second pick from your list.

I've not read the rest of this thread, yet. My second pick that isn't on your list will be "social media trolls." How can I put this....? The internet is a great thing, why spoil it?

Mala591 · Post by **Mala591** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 12:43 am

Lot's of different suggestions/requests but I think religion is the biggest threat to human survival/world peace (even more than the thoughtless over consumption of material goods).

The more enlightened atheists/humanists MUST mobilise to 'counteract' the religious threat.

This needs to start with restriction (banning) of any new religious schools/places of worship.

It might sound a bit over dramatic but human evolution is being threatened by irrational and primitive forces that must be 'controlled' and peacefully phased out.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 1:16 am

kentonclaret wrote:Gaming machines in betting shops.
Cladding.
Donald Trump.
24 hour news coverage.
Food waste.

Cladding?

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 1:17 am

Holmeclaret wrote:Agree with every word of this. I'm always asked where I'm from and when I say Burnley the usual response is.." no I meant.." to which I always reply Burnley.

We all know it's wrong but the problem is we're being egged into giving a response. To truly stop the government racially profiling us we need to stop giving answer at all.

Black, white, brown, coffee-coloured, yellow, pink, albino, etc etc - we all need to tick one box:

"Prefer not to say"

If they can't tell what colour our skin is by looking at us they should eff off.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 1:23 am

Rowls wrote:If they can't tell what colour our skin is by looking at us they should eff off.

You're discriminating against the visually impaired.

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 1:37 am

Rileybobs wrote:You're discriminating against the visually impaired.

Oh if only you could could *see* the signs I'm making now.

timshorts · Post by **timshorts** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 6:43 am

UpTheBeehole wrote:Brexit. And I'd deport all Brexiteers to a country outside the EU, which would surely please them.

Blackburnia. A small enclave in northern England where they would not have a problem with people wanting to immigrate as it was such a sh1thole and they'd need a visa to get into England.

Longsider · Post by **Longsider** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 7:47 am

Religion.

ClaretMoffitt · Post by **ClaretMoffitt** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 7:53 am

Longsider wrote:Religion.

Let's be real here it has to be this.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 8:36 am

Religion.
War.
Racial discrimination.
Famine/starvation.

Woodleyclaret · Post by **Woodleyclaret** » Sat Jun 24, 2017 8:36 am

People standing infront of me at away games when it's a seated area.