Posted by . on May 16, 2008, 12:37 pm
> Let's say I go to a Bank of America on a particular street every Monday
> morning to get my pension and every third time I get mugged and robbed by
> two red haired me.
If you called the cops and gave them the description, they would
investigate the matter and they would tell the officers to watch for
suspects of that description hanging around the bank.
But the description probably wouldn't include the *race* of the
suspects.
It's so bad nowadays, that the cops won't describe a suspect as
"African American".
If O.J. had been seen cutting Nicole's throat, the cops wouldn't have
described him as "African American", they would have said that he had
brown hair and brown eyes.
Maybe they can't even say that he was "dark-complected" anymore.
Then, when it comes to describing Mexican suspects, you don't want to
tell a Mexican cop that the suspect was "a Mexican".
The cops will say something like, "How do you know he was a Mexican?
Did you ask him?"
Or you will hear something like, "Mexican? That's no description. Half
the people in this town are
Mexicans."
John "Amnesty Juan" McCain recently hired an immigration adviser who
is a Mexican. You've probably seen him on TV. He's the guy that calls
everybody "my friend" and says that there is "no such thing as an
illegal immigrant" and that people cannot be illegal.
And, the Mexican consulate has hired a public relations firm to
rehabilitate the image of Mexico and Mexicans in the eyes of the
American public.
They are the ones that are saying that "Mexicans are hard-working
family people, and that they just want the same things that you want."
The problem is, the things that the Mexicans want are *my things* and
they are willing to commit illegal acts and even crimes to get my
possessions.
Posted by Ben Kaufman on May 16, 2008, 3:22 pm
>> totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote:
>>>
>>>> There is NOTHING inherently "racist" about warning other motorcyclists
>>>> about the Mexican propensity to steal property.
>>>
>>>The mind absolutely boggles at this statement.
>>
>> One would think you're inured to it by now.
>>
>I see another votrex of weirdness.
>Let's say I go to a Bank of America on a particular street every Monday
>morning to get my pension and every third time I get mugged and robbed by
>two red haired me.
>I suppose by current standards it would be "racist", or at least prejuduced,
>to warn other pensioners to avoid that bank branch on Monday mornings - let
>alone dare to warn them of a red haired thief. After all, not all red
>haired people are thieves, right?
So you would warn them about that
a) that specific location
b) American citizens
c) red heads
>But I grew up, and still live in a world where 'birds of a feather flock
>together' and one is known by the company one keeps. I lived in beautiful
>down town Compton Ca in my teens and early 20s. I knew several kids who's
>cars got stolen in Mexico; so many that most left theirs on the US side and
>walked to Tiajuana - so many that there were parking lots for that purpose.
>Common sense or racism? Hmmm ....
Common sense would say that judging all of Mexico based upon Tijuana might be a
tad presumptuous.
Ben
Posted by =?UTF-8?B?Q2xhdWRlIEhvcHBlciDi? on May 15, 2008, 2:59 pm
. wrote:
>
>> This is your brain... on racism.
>
> There is NOTHING inherently "racist" about warning other motorcyclists
> about the Mexican propensity to steal property.
>
> There are two Mexicans for every American in the county I live in.
>
> It has twice the national crime rate, and there are at least five law
> enforcement agencies in the tiny town I live in. If you wait in the
> main business district of town, you'll see some kind of cop car go by
> every two minutes.
>
> The county is rated #5 in the US for auto theft.
>
> In the next 20 years, after the McCain amnesty bill becomes into law,
> 50 million Mexicans are going to migrate over here.
>
> Most Americans are going to have steel bars on their windows and
> doors, just like in Mexico.
>
> Americans are going to have to learn to watch their houses and
> personal property constantly and keep their car doors locked.
>> A public service announcement of Reeky.- Hide quoted text -
>
> You're welcome.
>
All the big manufacturing and farming are moving their operations to
Mexico, If the help can't come here, the jobs will go there. In 20 years
Americans will be jumping the fence into Mexico for jobs and saving on
heating bills.
--
Claude Hopper :)
☮ ☻ ¥
Posted by c on May 15, 2008, 12:40 pm
> I have a $300 helmet and $100 gloves. I live in a small town.
> Quite routinely now, I just set the helmet and gloves on the seat or on the
> passenger backrest and go about my business (banking, shopping, etc.).
> What is the probability my stuff (helmet, gloves) will eventually get
> stolen?
> Never happens? Does happen?
> Just curious ... does helmet theft ever occur?
all theft occurs, and regularly
i think of the helmet as more an extension of myself than the bike -
it's a personal thing, whereas the bike is its own entity...i always
carry my helmet with me (but i'm going to be using my 1/2 soon and
then i'll lock it inside my hardbags)
most gloves fit in pockets of coats ... you ride AGATT, yes? even
winter gauntlets should be easily stuffed at least mostly into some
pocket on any riding jacket
gloves are more likely to get stolen, IMHO
Posted by M. MacDonald on May 15, 2008, 1:35 pm
> "c" wrote:
>> What is the probability my stuff (helmet, gloves) will eventually get
>> stolen?
> gloves are more likely to get stolen, IMHO.
I've had my gloves stolen off the bike by a some Goldwinger. I was parked
at a Sierra restaurant. My bike was shortly surrounded by a bunch of
Goldwingers and my $135 Held gloves ended up missing when I went to leave.
But, "You meet the nicest people on a Honda." NOT!
Luckily, they didn't piss in the helmet or mess with that.
Mack
> morning to get my pension and every third time I get mugged and robbed by
> two red haired me.