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[DT.]

Here is one typical response of a racist:

Me racist? My best friend is a black man.

It gets better.

When a Palestinian beats up a policeman, he did so because he was a foreigner. When the policeman is beaten up by a local, he deserved to be beaten up, because he probably did something to deserve the beating.

On the other hand, people with a distorted view of the world, think that the US is a police state. These people are either old fashion communinists or extreme right wingers.

Have you condemned the racist behaviour of the the occupation forces when they threw out the priest and worshippers from xmas mass?

Still waiting.

[Free Spirit]

Ive never been in Britain or know much of the culture there, but i can say that here in the usa multiculturism works, once you ostracize a group or race is when the problems begin. I was talking to a brit lady here in the usa and asked her if there was intermarriage between pakistanis and brits and she laughed and said "...oh no"

a statement like that here in the usa would get you jail time and 50-1 whips (just joking).....but the attitudes have to change if multiculturism works.

It's not the whites who don'e accept mixed marriages it's the muslims, if the daughters upset their families by choosing their own spouses they get subjected to an honour killing

[boomerang]

Here is one typical response of a racist:

Me racist? My best friend is a black man.

It gets better.

When a Palestinian beats up a policeman, he did so because he was a foreigner. When the policeman is beaten up by a local, he deserved to be beaten up, because he probably did something to deserve the beating.

On the other hand, people with a distorted view of the world, think that the US is a police state. These people are either old fashion communinists or extreme right wingers.

a bit rich coming from you bananniot...still waiting for you to face your own demons, explainining to everyone the correlation between what the parent association asked for and bigotry...

here it is, a trip down memory lane...

Miltiades, keep well clear from these people (monsters) - you are likely to get dirty simply by thinking about them. However, I would like to make one thing clear for the upteenth time, so that perhaps, these thick bigots can begin to understand.

I am here to critises the shortcomings of my community. This is the best service one can do to it. I have been doing this from well before the events of 1974. Criticism of the shortcomings of the Turkish Cypriot community is done by my good Turkish Cypriot friends who like me are scorned and ridiculed by the fascists of their community. They call them agents of rums of course and even Erdogan used this line only the other day.

And, just to be abslutely clear: I would not change Hasip, Suleiman, Halil, Hasan, Sami and all my TC friends with any of these GC bigots of the forum. I have nothing in common with them. I detest what they are, what they stand for, what they have done to Cyprus and what they will do, if they are given the chance.

telika ebelanes...a foregone conclusion in your case...

here is what you posted on page one on your thread...

The policy of the Ministry of Education to offer free food, magnanimously, to the children of Turkish Cypriots, Kurds, Gypsies and Turks, is being implemented at a time when the same Ministry refuses to offer food to the children of Greek Cypriots and other ethnicities who are confirmed people living below the poverty line.

1...the parent association never said do not give a "sandwich" to the tcs, kurds, gypsies and turks.
2..the parent association quite clearly said, other kids from different ethnicities living below the "confirmed" poverty line should also get a free "sandwich"...

State for all to see where you disagree with the parents association with the above that "confirmed"under priveledge kids DO NOT DESERVE HELP, or, the least you can do is show all of us the shortcomings and bigotry of the parents association by demanding that "confirmed" under priveledged kids do deserve help...

then you spasm into a tirade about '65...wtf?...have the powers of comprehension totally eluded you as of late?...

still waiting for bananiot's take on the above and how he correlated the title of his own thread to bigotry...

bananiot...you disappeared...everything ok?...

http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.php?p=654958#654958

[Free Spirit]

Typical behavior on their part. That's why they largely lack jobs in Israel today. Few bosses trust that they wouldn't get a knife in the back or a suicide bombing in thanks.

My Father-In-Law
went through the North Africa campaign during WWII he didn't trust them 'Smelly Arabs/Wogs'

[Bananiot]

What are you talking about DT? Are you insinuating that I supported the events at Apostolos Andreas during the Xmas church service? Really now, are you serious?

[boomerang]

What are you talking about DT? Are you insinuating that I supported the events at Apostolos Andreas during the Xmas church service? Really now, are you serious?

let's see how serious you are here

http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.php?p=654958#654958

gee someone would think you are an 100m sprint runner...

[Filitsa]

how can you say that there is no culture in the usa, when the nation has history customs and traditions. A culture that invents has intellectual thinkers and is an example for the world. Could it be that cultures like Britain and France have a history of bigotry and racism thats hard to overcome therefore ostrocizes minority groups and makes them radical, much like the radical black american groups of the 60's and early 70's......

Howdy, Cowboy! ( ) As I'm sure you know, culture is more than history, customs, and traditions. Culture also includes language, cuisine, religion, and the visual and performing arts. The best way to identify American culture is to take a look at what we "export" as culture to other countries. That would be fast food, rap, and hollywood. How often does one see an "authentic American Restaurant" while travelling abroad? I'll bet that no other country in the world has the variety of ethnic eating establishments that we do in the U.S.

Indeed the U.S. has history, but what are its customs and traditions other than perhaps fireworks on Fourth of July? Our language originated in England. Just as ethnic cuisine is numerous and varied, we sport a variety of religions and religious denominations. Yes, we have artists and genres unique to America, but the bottom line is that American culture is multiculturalism.

[wyoming cowboy]

how can you say that there is no culture in the usa, when the nation has history customs and traditions. A culture that invents has intellectual thinkers and is an example for the world. Could it be that cultures like Britain and France have a history of bigotry and racism thats hard to overcome therefore ostrocizes minority groups and makes them radical, much like the radical black american groups of the 60's and early 70's......

Howdy, Cowboy! ( ) As I'm sure you know, culture is more than history, customs, and traditions. Culture also includes language, cuisine, religion, and the visual and performing arts. The best way to identify American culture is to take a look at what we "export" as culture to other countries. That would be fast food, rap, and hollywood. How often does one see an "authentic American Restaurant" while travelling abroad? I'll bet that no other country in the world has the variety of ethnic eating establishments that we do in the U.S.

Indeed the U.S. has history, but what are its customs and traditions other than perhaps fireworks on Fourth of July? Our language originated in England. Just as ethnic cuisine is numerous and varied, we sport a variety of religions and religious denominations. Yes, we have artists and genres unique to America, but the bottom line is that American culture is multiculturalism.

The culture of the USA, is unique, in that there is variety, there are no roots, that permeate into the ground for thousands of years. American music pop/rap/jazz is heard in every corner of the world, Hollywood movies are everywhere, the gangster, the cowboy the slang of the english language that i even heard cypriot kids use in cyprus. The point is that a El Salvadorean kid in Brooklyn can be on a corner and rapping, or a white kid playing jazz. The usa is not a multicultured society as you may think, but a melting pot where different cultures melt into one. What custom or traditions do the French have or Italians have that cant be compared to what the Americans call tradition.?

Even High Fashion someone said, originates in New York and then spreads to France and Italy...

[wyoming cowboy]

how can you say that there is no culture in the usa, when the nation has history customs and traditions. A culture that invents has intellectual thinkers and is an example for the world. Could it be that cultures like Britain and France have a history of bigotry and racism thats hard to overcome therefore ostrocizes minority groups and makes them radical, much like the radical black american groups of the 60's and early 70's......

Howdy, Cowboy! ( ) As I'm sure you know, culture is more than history, customs, and traditions. Culture also includes language, cuisine, religion, and the visual and performing arts. The best way to identify American culture is to take a look at what we "export" as culture to other countries. That would be fast food, rap, and hollywood. How often does one see an "authentic American Restaurant" while travelling abroad? I'll bet that no other country in the world has the variety of ethnic eating establishments that we do in the U.S.

Indeed the U.S. has history, but what are its customs and traditions other than perhaps fireworks on Fourth of July? Our language originated in England. Just as ethnic cuisine is numerous and varied, we sport a variety of religions and religious denominations. Yes, we have artists and genres unique to America, but the bottom line is that American culture is multiculturalism.

Culture could also be characterized as a way of thinking, as for a variety of cuisines being in the usa, Cyprus has sushi bars, Mexican restaurants and pizza and hamburger places...and yes cypriots dip their pizza in bad ketchup...

[Filitsa]

how can you say that there is no culture in the usa, when the nation has history customs and traditions. A culture that invents has intellectual thinkers and is an example for the world. Could it be that cultures like Britain and France have a history of bigotry and racism thats hard to overcome therefore ostrocizes minority groups and makes them radical, much like the radical black american groups of the 60's and early 70's......

Howdy, Cowboy! ( ) As I'm sure you know, culture is more than history, customs, and traditions. Culture also includes language, cuisine, religion, and the visual and performing arts. The best way to identify American culture is to take a look at what we "export" as culture to other countries. That would be fast food, rap, and hollywood. How often does one see an "authentic American Restaurant" while travelling abroad? I'll bet that no other country in the world has the variety of ethnic eating establishments that we do in the U.S.

Indeed the U.S. has history, but what are its customs and traditions other than perhaps fireworks on Fourth of July? Our language originated in England. Just as ethnic cuisine is numerous and varied, we sport a variety of religions and religious denominations. Yes, we have artists and genres unique to America, but the bottom line is that American culture is multiculturalism.

The culture of the USA, is unique, in that there is variety, there are no roots, that permeate into the ground for thousands of years. American music pop/rap/jazz is heard in every corner of the world, Hollywood movies are everywhere, the gangster, the cowboy the slang of the english language that i even heard cypriot kids use in cyprus. The point is that a El Salvadorean kid in Brooklyn can be on a corner and rapping, or a white kid playing jazz. The usa is not a multicultured society as you may think, but a melting pot where different cultures melt into one. What custom or traditions do the French have or Italians have that cant be compared to what the Americans call tradition.?

Even High Fashion someone said, originates in New York and then spreads to France and Italy...

Further, an El Salvadorean kid can be heard rapping on a street corner in El Salvadore. I really can't dispute anything you wrote above except that I never bought into the melting pot concept, not when immigrant groups create their own little enclaves within a city. Although, I suppose they melt into the community when, after several generations, they move to the suburbs

I'd like to answer your question about French and Italian versus American traditions, but you'll need to identify/define American tradition for me first. I ask again, what is American tradition? I was born and raised here, and I still don't know.

Finally, Milan has trumped NYC as the fashion capital of the world, thank goodness. Italians have better taste.