Huh, I thought the US was the only place...

cincybearcat
cincybearcat Posts: 16,880
edited January 2010 in A Moving Train
with a Race problem...or an immigrant issue...or a gun problem...

Guess not.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01 ... index.html
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    Yeah blame the air gun.
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,880
    JB811 wrote:
    Yeah blame the air gun.


    Huh?
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  • ajedigecko
    ajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,431
    it is not "cool" to dislike italy
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    :roll:
    Has anyone, in the history of the world, EVER said the US is the only country with those problems?
    I feel for you guys – everyone’s always pickin on ya, and for absolutely no reason…

    Ever heard the term ‘negative sales’? If you want to convince someone that something is worth buying…you’d do better to focus on what's good about it, not what's bad about the competition.
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,880
    Drowned Out wrote:
    :roll:
    Has anyone, in the history of the world, EVER said the US is the only country with those problems?
    I feel for you guys – everyone’s always pickin on ya, and for absolutely no reason…

    Ever heard the term ‘negative sales’? If you want to convince someone that something is worth buying…you’d do better to focus on what's good about it, not what's bad about the competition.


    I don't give a shit about "selling".

    If this had happened in the US, there'd be 8 threads on it already.

    It's a sickening story.
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    I guess we are more ready to accept there are issues and try to redress them. The US seem less enclined to do so.

    Also, these issues are nowhere near the ampleur of the ones in the US. Unfortunately, this thing in Italy (and other similar 'riots' in other European countries, is a sad reflection on how we treat refugees/migrants.
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Drowned Out wrote:
    :roll:
    Has anyone, in the history of the world, EVER said the US is the only country with those problems?
    I feel for you guys – everyone’s always pickin on ya, and for absolutely no reason…

    Ever heard the term ‘negative sales’? If you want to convince someone that something is worth buying…you’d do better to focus on what's good about it, not what's bad about the competition.


    I don't give a shit about "selling".

    If this had happened in the US, there'd be 8 threads on it already.

    It's a sickening story.
    Yes, it is. Which is why I don’t think it’s appropriate to use it as a soapbox to complain about how maligned the US is around the world…your first post reads more smug and self-centred than outraged…this story has nothing to do with the US, yet it sounds like you’re sticking your tongue out and saying ‘see, we’re not so bad’, instead of addressing the story – in effect, trying to ‘sell’ the US.
    There’d probably be 8 threads about this if the majority of the posters here resided in Italy.
  • KDH12
    KDH12 Posts: 2,096
    ummmm you didn't really think that did you?
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  • OffHeGoes29
    OffHeGoes29 Posts: 1,240
    People are people...their shit stinks just like us
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    stupidity knows no borders.
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    cincybearcat wrote:
    with a Race problem...or an immigrant issue...or a gun problem...

    Guess not.

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01 ... index.html

    One man was shot with an air gun and wounded. A demonstration followed. Some goons drove the demonstrators out of town. There's widespread suspicion that the mafia provoked this unrest.

    Therefore, Italy has a race problem, an immigrant problem, and a gun problem?

    Righteo. :roll:
  • schuhljam
    schuhljam Posts: 28
    Sadly it is everywhere. But of the type you are referring to, very much in Europe. :(
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Drowned Out wrote:
    :roll:
    Has anyone, in the history of the world, EVER said the US is the only country with those problems?
    I feel for you guys – everyone’s always pickin on ya, and for absolutely no reason…

    Ever heard the term ‘negative sales’? If you want to convince someone that something is worth buying…you’d do better to focus on what's good about it, not what's bad about the competition.


    I don't give a shit about "selling".

    If this had happened in the US, there'd be 8 threads on it already.

    It's a sickening story.
    It IS sickening... However, if this was an Italian board, I bet there would be more people talking about this. I would venture to guess the majority of the fans on this board are North American.
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,880
    Byrnzie wrote:
    cincybearcat wrote:
    with a Race problem...or an immigrant issue...or a gun problem...

    Guess not.

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01 ... index.html

    One man was shot with an air gun and wounded. A demonstration followed. Some goons drove the demonstrators out of town. There's widespread suspicion that the mafia provoked this unrest.

    Therefore, Italy has a race problem, an immigrant problem, and a gun problem?

    Righteo. :roll:


    Oh, yep, that's all it is. You're right, you're always right. Shrug off anything that doesn't happen in the US or is caused by the US. Hypocrite.
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Byrnzie wrote:
    cincybearcat wrote:
    with a Race problem...or an immigrant issue...or a gun problem...

    Guess not.

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01 ... index.html

    One man was shot with an air gun and wounded. A demonstration followed. Some goons drove the demonstrators out of town. There's widespread suspicion that the mafia provoked this unrest.

    Therefore, Italy has a race problem, an immigrant problem, and a gun problem?

    Righteo. :roll:


    Oh, yep, that's all it is. You're right, you're always right. Shrug off anything that doesn't happen in the US or is caused by the US. Hypocrite.

    Nothing hypocritical here at all. One man shot with an air gun doesn't excuse - or equate with - all the thousands of gun homicides that occur every year in the U.S. Sorry to pop your bubble.
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,880
    Byrnzie wrote:
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Byrnzie wrote:

    One man was shot with an air gun and wounded. A demonstration followed. Some goons drove the demonstrators out of town. There's widespread suspicion that the mafia provoked this unrest.

    Therefore, Italy has a race problem, an immigrant problem, and a gun problem?

    Righteo. :roll:


    Oh, yep, that's all it is. You're right, you're always right. Shrug off anything that doesn't happen in the US or is caused by the US. Hypocrite.

    Nothing hypocritical here at all. One man shot with an air gun doesn't excuse - or equate with - all the thousands of gun homicides that occur every year in the U.S. Sorry to pop your bubble.

    Agreed. It certainly doesn't. Surprise, surprise we probably agree on gun control. Probably should have left that out as it diminished from the true issues at hand.

    I guess my point of this thread is that despite what others seem to believe, shit stinks all across the globe. Everyone is dealing with some form of racism to different degrees, some better than others.
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  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    Racism is rampant in Russia and other Eastern European countries, and its a lot more overt than it is in North America. Likewise in China. To share a personal example, my father previously worked in there, as a staff hiring consultant (for lack of a better descriptor) with a post-secondary institution who was hiring foreigners to teach various subjects, including basic English. He found a good candidate from the UK, who happened to be of Nigerian extraction. My father's employers flat-out told him not to bother with this guy, explaining that a black instructor "was not what we are looking for". And apparently this was not an isolated incident. If some Americans adopt an air of superiority when it comes to social problems like racism, at least from time to time, maybe they can be excused. Much of the rest of the world still needs to concede that racism is even a problem.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    rebornFixer wrote:
    Racism is rampant in Russia and other Eastern European countries, and its a lot more overt than it is in North America. Likewise in China. To share a personal example, my father previously worked in there, as a staff hiring consultant (for lack of a better descriptor) with a post-secondary institution who was hiring foreigners to teach various subjects, including basic English. He found a good candidate from the UK, who happened to be of Nigerian extraction. My father's employers flat-out told him not to bother with this guy, explaining that a black instructor "was not what we are looking for". And apparently this was not an isolated incident. If some Americans adopt an air of superiority when it comes to social problems like racism, at least from time to time, maybe they can be excused. Much of the rest of the world still needs to concede that racism is even a problem.

    True. I'd say Japan and Australia also have a high level of racism.
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Pretty sure there is racism in every country in the world... although i dont think Italy had to wait until the fucking 1960s to allow black people to sit where they want on their buses. :thumbup:

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