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[rosiedoes]

Just for the record, stating that a man allegedly felt you up because he was Welsh and implying that all Welshmen are perverts is racism.

Just the same as saying a man is obviously going to mug you because he's black would be.

Another nationality or race sharing your skin colour does not make it okay to make negative generalisations about them, especially when you're using them to influence people's opinion of a country.

English people - of which I am clearly one - have a reputation of arrogance as a nation, if you go to another country and propagate that stereotype of course the locals will dislike you. It's your responsibility to show them that it's untrue.

I have never met a Welsh person - in or outside of their home country - who was not lovely; including Simon, who is from Port Talbot near Swansea, and who has been a dear friend of mine since I was 16. To assume that all Welsh people are bullies and perverts - to call them such in other people's journals, especially when that person is expressing an interest in moving to the country - is fucking appalling. To genuinely believe what you are saying, is very, very sad and ignorant.

If anyone else around shares this kind of prejudice, let me know so I can fuck your shit up defriend you. Thanks.

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[anjak-j.livejournal.com]

OMG what a cunt! Let's be honest, fighting at chucking out time on a street full of pubs leads to brawling in any city - that's not just a specifically Welsh problem. I'm not saying that Welsh people giving people a good kicking for being English doesn't happen, but it certainly isn't an every day occurrence nor is it a general attitude of Welsh people to cause English people problems. M is English and he's never been in a fight in the years he's been down here since he came home from Germany.

Oh, srsly, no-one is trying to say that guy's behaviour was acceptable, and I'd be the first in there to slap someone down if they were; however attributing it to someone's ethnicity is just poor form and uber-ignorant. You get wanker-males who think that shit is acceptable every-fucking-where. They come in all nationalities and in all colours.

[rosiedoes.livejournal.com]

I know, man. It makes me so angry.

Hey - why don't we just call all Germans fascists, all black Caribbeans lazy pot-smoking criminals, all Scots tight-fisted and all Americans bigotted, over-weight God-botherers?

Because that would be just as true, wouldn't it?

*smashes head on desk*

[anjak-j.livejournal.com]

Well my peoples are all supposedly backward and stupid. Maybe I shouldn't be trying to form an opinion, you know? XD

You'll break your brain if you keep doing that...

[rosiedoes.livejournal.com]

I think that genius already broke it.