frank_spencer Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I'm not sure if she's racist, but she's certainly thick. Aren't blokes who wear turbans Sikh? yup, cabs in cov are all driven by men with Mahoosive beards and turbans and drive like it's wacky races! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kempo Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I'm not sure if she's racist, but she's certainly thick. Aren't blokes who wear turbans Sikh? Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't Sikhs still asians? Thought the religion originated fron asia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't Sikhs still asians? Thought the religion originated fron asia. Sorry, I meant they're not the usual targets for racism in the country. I don't know anyone who has a problem with them. I just find it a little odd she has issues with turbans. She just sounds like an odd kid to me with a mother pandering to her oddness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 (edited) Sorry, I meant they're not the usual targets for racism in the country. I don't know anyone who has a problem with them. I just find it a little odd she has issues with turbans. She just sounds like an odd kid to me with a mother pandering to her oddness. The memorial to Sikh soldiers fighting for britain had been attacked plenty of times bythe same king of idiot who attack peadiatricians undefined Edited November 14, 2008 by frank_spencer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I think the woman has got turbans(usually worn by Indian sikhs) mixed up with that white cloth headgear some muslims wear.I certainly haven't seen many Sikh taxi drivers round here India is part of Asia - along with over 50 other countries and more than 4 Billion people, maybe the lady would have been better trying to narrow it down a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzo gambaro Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I used to drive on the odd occasion for me owd chaps firm (Bestway). You wouldn't believe how many people do not want a'sian drivers. Personally, no problem with em in general although certain ones try to take liberties (as do some white ones). All this 'racist' nonsense gives me the sh1ts. Whatever happened to freedom of choice? If some fooker is insecure enough to request an 'indigenous' driver, WTF is wrong with that (especially in circumstances where you are booking a cab for your young daughter)? Are the social engineers and dictators of all things acceptable or otherwise going to be telling us where we can and can't poke our c0cks next. Oops, nearly forgot - they already have. They have a 'scare' word to cover that one too - 'homophobia'. If we continiue to let these coonts interfere with freedom of thought we'll be fooked. Fancy a Stasi, anyone? Homophobia isn't a byword for heterosexuality, you know. As for "freedom of choice", it seems to me that has been exercised by all parties here. The taxi company chose to tell her to f?ck off and the BBC did the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E2Jarstar Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Mason: "I know this sounds really racist, but I'm not being - please, don't send anyone like, you know what I mean. An English person would be great, a female would be better." Operator: "We would class that as being racist. We can't penalise the Asian drivers and just send an English one." Mason: "You've managed it before." Operator: "Right, OK. I don't agree with it personally." Mason: "It's not your 14-year-old girl who's, you know, is it?" Operator: "Yes, but that's racist to say you don't want an Asian driver." Mason: "If it were me I wouldn't care if it had two heads, but it's my little girl we are talking about." After asking the woman on the phone to pass the call on to a supervisor, she finally adds: "I work at the BBC. I'm far from racist and that uneducated woman has no right to call me one. "I don't want her to turn up with a guy with a turban on, it's going to freak her out. She's not used to Asians. "She's not racist - her godparents are black." Is she still living in the days of the British Raj? Cringworthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widnes Two Hats Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Lets look at it another way If Mason was an asian and she had asked not to be sent a white driver Do you think the same chain of events would have followed i.e. sacked by the BBC, etc PS in Widnes we don't have any asian drivers whatsoever so if she's so concerned about her daughter she can come and live in my attic with the rest of em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kempo Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Sorry, I meant they're not the usual targets for racism in the country. I don't know anyone who has a problem with them. I just find it a little odd she has issues with turbans. She just sounds like an odd kid to me with a mother pandering to her oddness. could be a phobia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 could be a phobia. could be a f?cked up kid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzo gambaro Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 could be a f?cked up kid! I think you were right when you suggested a numb-as-piss mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawley White Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 The memorial to Sikh soldiers fighting for britain had been attacked plenty of times bythe same king of idiot who attack peadiatricians undefined There is a Sikh memorial for those who died fighting for Britain in WW2 that overlooks Brighton on the Downs. It has the saddest inscription that you've ever read simply saying, 'They died so far from home.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widnes Two Hats Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 There is a Sikh memorial for those who died fighting for Britain in WW2 that overlooks Brighton on the Downs. It has the saddest inscription that you've ever read simply saying, 'They died so far from home.' Birmingham's not that far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted November 14, 2008 Members Share Posted November 14, 2008 Homophobia isn't a byword for heterosexuality, you know.As for "freedom of choice", it seems to me that has been exercised by all parties here. The taxi company chose to tell her to f?ck off and the BBC did the same. I just get totally f?cked off with folk who want to try to condition us to think a certain way. Just f?ck off, I can come to my own conclusions thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ani Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Mason: "I know this sounds really racist, but I'm not being - please, don't send anyone like, you know what I mean. An English person would be great, a female would be better." Operator: "We would class that as being racist. We can't penalise the Asian drivers and just send an English one." Mason: "You've managed it before." Operator: "Right, OK. I don't agree with it personally." Mason: "It's not your 14-year-old girl who's, you know, is it?" Operator: "Yes, but that's racist to say you don't want an Asian driver." Mason: "If it were me I wouldn't care if it had two heads, but it's my little girl we are talking about." After asking the woman on the phone to pass the call on to a supervisor, she finally adds: "I work at the BBC. I'm far from racist and that uneducated woman has no right to call me one. "I don't want her to turn up with a guy with a turban on, it's going to freak her out. She's not used to Asians. "She's not racist - her godparents are black." Is she still living in the days of the British Raj? Cringworthy If she is so worried about who may be picking her little treasure up then I would suggest she takes her herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mixu Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Female passengers will often request a female taxi driver. Indeed, there is even a company in Warrington that only employ women and only carry women. Is this sexist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Female passengers will often request a female taxi driver. Indeed, there is even a company in Warrington that only employ women and only carry women. Is this sexist? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffs Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 YEAH!! I want a woman taxi driver to take me home pissed up, so I can say 'I've no money but I can give you oral instead'. Whats good for one is good for the other. smiffs enforcing equal opportunities in the workplace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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