Supsicious behaviour

[vinnie83]

Some chavvy, white, hoodie and tracksuit wearing scumbag was walking down my parents very quiet cul-de-sac the other day, eying up cars and even had the audacity - in broad daylight - to walk into some neighbours gardens and look over the garden fences.

Should I expect his chavvy scumbag white friends to be burgling my parents/neighbours house some time soon?

[berlintaxi]

What's his skin colour got to do with it?

[jas xjr]

Vinnie , please mate stop it now , I am Asian too but you are getting embarassing

[N Dentressangle]

vinnie83 said:

Should I expect his chavvy scumbag white friends to be burgling my parents/neighbours house some time soon?

Of course not - he'll have lost his dog, that's all, mate.

Call 101 and let them know? Sounds like you ought to mention that he's IC1, too.

Edited by N Dentressangle on Wednesday 30th October 16:02

[Monkeylegend]

Careful Vinnie, he's probably a biscuit thief who can't afford to buy his own.

[dave7692]

berlintaxi said:

What's his skin colour got to do with it?

You can't be racist to white people. Or so goes the common consensus seemingly.

[DanielJames]

He won't rob you, he's white!?

[vinnie83]

dave7692 said:

berlintaxi said:

What's his skin colour got to do with it?

You can't be racist to white people. Or so goes the common consensus seemingly.

Sorry.

The incident actually happened as above, and yes he was white. But I agree that my mentioning his colour wasn't relevant to the story.

People in the below thread jumped on me for pointing out the same scenario, and all insisted that if someone mentioned a chap was white in a negative context, nobody would be offended.

I just thought I would test that theory.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[vinnie83]

Mods - feel free to delete this thread. I was curious to whether anyone would dislike my terminology, they were.

[Rawwr]

vinnie83 said:

Mods - feel free to delete this thread. I was curious to whether anyone would dislike my terminology, they were.

How would you feel if someone used the word 'spacker'? I only ask because I'm about to.

[vinnie83]

Rawwr said:

How would you feel if someone used the word 'spacker'? I only ask because I'm about to.

Call me what you like, I'm sure I've been called worse

[Rawwr]

Spacker.

[vinnie83]

Rawwr said:

Spacker.

Thank you.

[gary3170]

vinnie83 said:

Mods - feel free to delete this thread. I am not quite sure it turned out the way i wanted it to do and i am a tad shamed

[vinnie83]

gary3170 said:

vinnie83 said:

Mods - feel free to delete this thread. I am not quite sure it turned out the way i wanted it to do and i am a tad shamed

Not really.

I wanted to know whether mentioning white in this context was disliked. It was.

What do I have to be ashamed about?

I was well aware that I would get more of the same on this thread as the other so please continue

[The Wookie]

Just for reference

vinnie83 said:

Some chavvy, white, hoodie and tracksuit wearing scumbag was walking down my parents very quiet cul-de-sac the other day, eying up cars and even had the audacity - in broad daylight - to walk into some neighbours gardens and look over the garden fences.

This bit I didn't even notice the mention of skin colour, I took it as part of a description

vinnie83 said:

Should I expect his chavvy scumbag white friends to be burgling my parents/neighbours house some time soon?

This bit made you sound like a cockbag as it sounds like generalisation by itself and in combination with the first comment gives the impression of racism

[DanielSan]

As already mentioned, the common view is its not racism if the person is white apparently.

[vinnie83]

DanielSan said:

As already mentioned, the common view is its not racism if the person is white apparently.

I personally don't feel this is correct... and if that's the common view, it's a little bit one sided surely?

Some of the most tolerant people I know are white, and some of the most racist people I know are coloured. Racism can occur in any direction.

Anyway, I think I should hold my hands up now, apologise to all involved and say that I have taken this a tad too far, you have my sincerest apologies for going on about the point.

[Aphex]

I just took it as you were describing someone from Manchester?

hohoho

[Riley Blue]

On Monday morning I was sitting replying to some emails at home when a head appeared over the garden wall and a boy of 13-15 tried to climb over. He couldn't get over but I dashed outside, jumped onto a garden bench and looked down on him asking WTF he thought he was doing. I told him that if I caught him trying it again I'd call the police and he legged it.

I phoned it in to 101 giving a full description. Should I have omitted his skin colour?