National Hero Godfrey Bongo gongo land Bloom?

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

Mr Bloom was neither colonial nor racist. But he's well-known for obtaining easy, free publicity!

[LeMaquis 10]

You obviously care not that 9 pensioners a day died in the winter because they couldn't or weren't capable of looking after themselves.

 

UKIP don't seem to care either. I googled UKIP welfare policy and got http://www.ukip.org/media/pdf/UKIPwelfare.pdf. This appears not to exist as what it tells me about UKIP's welfare policy is;

 

"You may not be able to visit this page because of:

 

1.an out-of-date bookmark/favourite

2.a search engine that has an out-of-date listing for this site

3.a mistyped address

4.you have no access to this page

5.The requested resource was not found.

6.An error has occurred while processing your request."

[Halibut 12]

Holding racists views doesn't invalidate someones opinion though does it? Is it not possible that he could be racist and still be right that we are wasting our money sending aid to some countries?

 

I think it is a bit too easy to simply dismiss someones concerns with a label instead of an argument.

 

Not necessarily - it makes me highly suspicious of their motives though.

 

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Mr Bloom was neither colonial nor racist. But he's well-known for obtaining easy, free publicity!

 

The fact he's referring to Bongo Bongo Land doesn't raise even the slightest suspicions that he's operating from a racist point of view? Really?

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

Yes, really. He adroitly drew attention to a festering fraud conveniently overlooked by many of a politically liberal mindset.

Fraud is a type of theft, here accentuated because- as other members have mentioned- tax is not a voluntary imposition.

[Halibut 12]

Yes, really.

 

How very strange.

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

How very strange.

Why? Do you endorse fraud?

[angos 10]

The fact he's referring to Bongo Bongo Land doesn't raise even the slightest suspicions that he's operating from a racist point of view? Really?

 

Why would it?

[Chris_Sleeps 10]

He adroitly drew attention to a festering fraud

Like a bull in a china shop can adroitly rearrange the furniture.

 

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

Like a bull in a china shop can adroitly rearrange the furniture.

A poor analogy.

Do you:

a. support fraud; or

b. oppose fraud?

[LeMaquis 10]

A poor analogy.

Do you:

a. support fraud; or

b. oppose fraud?

 

Does UKIP support or oppose fraud? Taking on board ex-Tory MEP Den Dover who had to pay back £500,000 of expenses from public funds would suggest you lot are quite happy with some fraud.

[JanetJ123 10]

Isn't in bongo an antelope? dosnt it meen where antelopes live ie africa?

[Chris_Sleeps 10]

A poor analogy.

Sorry. I'll try again.

 

Like a bear can adroitly perform bowel surgery.

 

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Isn't in bongo an antelope? dosnt it meen where antelopes live ie africa?

Yeah. Bongo bongo land is a perfectly innocent term, based on the local antelope population. Dunno what all the fuss is about.