How many Pakis does it take to screw in a light bulb?

[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by DanaC

hey, I'm British, which means I am also a European...we have had the odd, teensy little problem with racism over here

Well...I can certainly appreciate that the combination of open borders and a socalist government doesn't always work out that well when there's deep poverty in nearby counties...and in the 21st century "nearby" is a lot further way than it used to be.

I do think just dismissing the resentment that causes amongst your constituents as "racism" is an incomplete response. I doubt your local Nazis would gain as much traction as they do if the constituents heard a more...dare I say "nuanced"? :-) view of the situation.

And the same thing very much applies here in the US, too...where we like to think we're less socialist, but are too often kidding ourselves.