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Old 07-05-2009, 03:17 PM  
_Richard_
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Originally Posted by moeloubani View Post
being an arab myself ill be the first to say that we aren't perfect but no one is

the only racism i see here is racism against arabs, what if the dude was yelling for you to call an ambulance? if the same thing happened and instead of an arab man being in the middle of the road it was a white woman, would this thread title have been the same? not a chance!

in terms of hospitality, arabs are second to none - the friendliest and nicest people in the entire world.

and im shocked to see people from canada saying this kind of dumb shit, i grew up with you people and no one ever said anything like that to my face and as a matter of fact the people i grew up with (mostly white people) never ever even hinted at racism. my friends were white, my family never blinked they never said anything about white people and i was always taught from day 1 that all people are the same.

saying things like you want all arabs dead? wow, you're all cool!! how is that any different than saying you want to see all blacks hanged? how is it different than someone saying they want to see all jews gassed? its not. what a weak crowd of people, dont for a second think your racism is any different than the racism that was so often accepted and welcome with blacks during slavery and jews during the holocaust
i wouldn't worry too much about this.. obviously white people are guilty of the very same thing these two yelling gentlemen were apparently guilty for.

I'm a Canadian from Vancouver, and slightly shocked too, but the first step in understanding and accepting people is understanding and accepting them. canadians that threaten violence on a general group of people is definitely not a majority opinion, or a right one.
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