OzDreams Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 (edited) Look, I don't know how to say this except to just out with it and hope that you don't get offended......and you have to realise that many of our forum members here are Indian, Portuguese, Chinese, British and African............ members too, so this is an attempt at friendly advice.................here goes, you've made the comment about anti-christ (which I now get is a term of speech), you've made a comment about Chinese people smelling and about a Pakistani Dr ( nothing bad, but more that your child would be frightened, which I can understand) and also a reply to another member something along the lines of if they want their child to get into Uni they had better be black.......................you are coming across as a bit of a bigot (sorry).....hence the comment about who we target next...........mikej accused me of being a bigot after simply assuming I was a religious nut - without even asking whether I'm (currently) a Christian. It made my mind boggle, but OK.I'll apologize again for my poor choice of wording when it came to 2 of my Chinese colleagues. Those two were smelly (no denying reality), most likely due to some exotic part of their foreign diet - it's not a smell I've ever experienced before or have again, actually. I never intended to say that all Chinese people smells - the other Chinese colleagues I had didn't smell the same. It was right to attack me based on what I wrote, but did neither my explanation nor my apology change a thing? And as mentioned English is not my first language, doesn't that cut me any slack? My point was that unfamiliar smells in a situation where you're taking your child to see an unfamiliar doctor....... just forget it.And am I a bigot for saying my white kids are very unlikely to get bursaries to an SA Uni, if they're even lucky enough to get a place there?!!!!!!!! Well, I'll say again that if you want your child in a South African university, it would be MUCH easier if said child is black. It would however make more sense to me if you called me a bigot for formulating a policy that might end up keeping MY CHILDREN out of University:http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71619?oid=86906&sn=Detail , http://mg.co.za/article/2006-09-08-uct-defends-extreme-admissions-policy , http://answerit.news24.com/Question/Question.aspx?QuestionID=11830Thanks, but the dust that needs settling is around my own spinning head. I deeply regret spending any of my time on this thread and will go back to my life now.P.S. Sorry Jordy, waaaay out of hand, I know. Loved your youtube clip though. Edited September 7, 2013 by OzDreams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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