Bloody hell Galloway

Post by **faceless** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 11:57 pm

'If a dog's born in a cat's basket, it doesn't make it a cat' - was a comment I just heard from Galloway in regard to Tony Blair being Scottish, or English depending on how you see it. this is a very typical type of attack that the BNP use to challenge families of immigrants and was made popular by, of all people, Bernard Manning.

Arse!

nekokate · Post by **nekokate** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:00 am

I heard it too. I am absolutely disgusted and I don't know what to think about it.

My own racist father has bludgeoned me with "if a dog is born in a stable, it doesn't make it a horse" regarding the "pakis" and "niggers".

I just don't know what to do about this.

Post by **faceless** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:16 am

I was born in England to Scottish and Irish parents - what does that make me, considering I've lived in the Scottish culture since I was a child?

The kind of bastard who hates the bollocks it creates, that's who.

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:37 am

mmm.... George has repeatedly said that Westerners' children born and who live in Israel are Israeli.

To be fair, George did also say that Scotland wasn't Tony Blair's constituency. This implies he didn't spend much time in Scotland. I think that's the point George was trying to make : It isn't where you were born, but how long you spent in a place.

I would be interested to know if anyone knows how long Tony Blair was in Scotland.

Colston · Post by **Colston** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:58 am

George is as much a product of his environment, his time and place of being formed, as the rest of us. His idiomatic use of language will reveal this from time to time however much he has tried to educate himself out of such uses. We know his heart... nothing to see hear! ;-)

Post by **faceless** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:24 pm

It was an idiotic thing to say and I think he needs to readdress his Scottish/British point of view in order to make it clearer to himself if no one else.

nekokate · Post by **nekokate** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:14 pm

I was going to write to him about it last night, but I decided to sleep on it, since I have a history of jumping the gun in all aspects of my life!

Anyway, I've emailed him today asking for him to address the incident. Hopefully he will.

Post by **faceless** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:43 pm

that seems to have done the trick Neko, nice one.

It didn't sound like a joke at the time though!

nekokate · Post by **nekokate** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:25 pm

My email to him is pasted in the video description.

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Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 12:55 am

This forum thread & face's posting probably also contributed. I did e-mail yesterday a copy of this thread to GG.

George did mention "friends".

Colston · Post by **Colston** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:54 pm

Well done George...