Council crack down on 'English speaking' taxi stickers (From This is Hampshire)

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  clausentum wrote:
  

  Common wrote:
  Some Soton taxi drivers might be a bit racist?! Well blow me down and call me Ethel.

  Dear Ethel,
  
  This is copy of a posting from the day's earlier thread on this article:
  
  King Mush wrote:
  
  “Just look across the Big Pond to see the most amazing New World built on mass immigration over the last 500 years.
  
  They fly their flags all over the place with pride, despite the downsides of inherently racist attitudes. The Stars and Stripes are paraded by all races, creeds and colours and are flown outside many of their homes.
  
  How come this little island has so many 'problems' when it comes to displaying our own symbol that has been around since 1707. Nothing wrong with others displaying their own flags where relevant and we should be able to share in a multicultural society, despite the problems caused by certain sections of our community”

  
  Clausentum wrote, in reply:
  
  “A few months ago I found myself driving on a USA freeway behind a bright red Dodge Ram 3500 pickup truck. The entire back of the pickup truck was covered by a giant Stars & Stripes Flag decal. Below that, on the shiny chrome bumper, was the following bumper sticker in bold black lettering:
  
  Don't like my Country?
  Dial 1-800-Go-Home
  
  Hilarious.
  
  The pickup truck driver was expressing his freedom of speech.”

  And there you have it in a nutshell. Alternatives are:
  Don't like my Flag and Country ?
  Dial 1-800-Eat-Sh*t.
  Too much PC and Human Rights t**ts in the country, that woman Blair comes to mind. How is it that certain "clerics" can spew hatred and incite violence and no one says a dickie bird, but something as NON-racial (except to the cab drivers that can't speak English) as this is a major issue. No wonder the country is so screwed up. Take a leaf from the Metropolitan Police test for London cab drivers, as some people have commented on, or are they "racist" too.
  There are also those that have pointed out the origins of the language, jeepers, how pedantic can you get. It's about SPOKEN English, not the glottogony of it, some people need to get with the program."
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