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Post by ιady ταвz on Nov 30, 2006 18:28:49 GMT -5
aww,too bad jayejaye...i hate when stuff like that happens
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Post by jayejaye on Dec 1, 2006 8:33:36 GMT -5
We understood why they were being so careful and cooperated fully but we were treated like criminals. The immigration officers were so rude and one even asked how long we had been members of the IRA !!(James is from the very south of Ireland..well away from the areas the IRA operated). When they had confirmed our identities and worked out we weren't terrorists they didn't even apologise. I lost a lot of respect for British law enforcement that day.
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Post by EloquentPhoenix on Dec 1, 2006 11:25:43 GMT -5
Hmm I cansee why you would. That about the IRA was below the belt.
Still, I blame the terrorists.
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Post by ιady ταвz on Dec 1, 2006 18:04:22 GMT -5
yea..and its worse for me and my family cos since we're Indian were suspected even more
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Post by jayejaye on Dec 2, 2006 2:04:24 GMT -5
That must be really hard..
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Post by ιady ταвz on Dec 4, 2006 21:08:09 GMT -5
yupz...but we deal with it
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Post by StormAngel on Dec 4, 2006 21:20:58 GMT -5
I know that feeling... But still, it's the terroists fault.. ~~
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Post by ιady ταвz on Dec 4, 2006 22:32:03 GMT -5
well, what else can we do but obey the law?
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Post by StormAngel on Dec 5, 2006 2:05:32 GMT -5
true... Obeying the law, in my opinion, is the safest thing to do... ~~
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Post by osusprinks on Dec 5, 2006 2:13:04 GMT -5
It's got to be hard though when you are suspected even whe you are obeying the law. I have taken a lot of African and African American Studies courses for my major and that has been brought up in each class. Just because people look, act, or talk a certain way, you automatically get a picture of who that person is. If my boyfriend were close I would ask him to explain it better, but it's not a conscious thing. Your brain does it because you can't possibly make judgements about every single thing, person, situation you come into contact with, so it does that by grouping. The important thing for people of our generation(s) especially, is to not let your first judgement hold true for things. Give peace a chance.  It's hard to overcome, but if you bring a peaceful attitude to a situation, you'll get much more out of it. Although, I don't know what to do about customs...they scare the living daylights out of me! |
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Post by StormAngel on Dec 5, 2006 2:29:06 GMT -5
They too, scare the living daylights out of me... I've seen some people though, who always judge others by how they look or their race. Its totally disgusting. My god-sis had this incident witih her boss, who shuns her and he almost called the police, just because she was an African-American and there had been someone stealing his money and he thinks that all African-Americans are theifs. In the end, the police found out that it was his partner in his buisness who stole the money. How darn ridiculous is that?... ~~
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Post by EloquentPhoenix on Dec 5, 2006 2:45:19 GMT -5
Hmm the thing with customs is that I'm just not bothered how discriminative they are, I've decided. And yeah it's easy for me to say as a white british female, but it's not. I don't want it to be like this. But I'd rather there was more discrimination towards certain people or groups of people, even if it is unfair, if it means we can all get on a plane without getting blown up.
Fucking Terrorists.
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Post by StormAngel on Dec 5, 2006 2:58:31 GMT -5
darn the terroists... I didn't dare to get on a plane for a whole year after the 9/11 attacks...
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Post by ιady ταвz on Dec 5, 2006 20:18:35 GMT -5
shit! i didnt care as long as i got to go visit my gran...
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Post by StormAngel on Dec 5, 2006 20:43:54 GMT -5
... I hate terrorists!!~~
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It's hard to overcome, but if you bring a peaceful attitude to a situation, you'll get much more out of it. 