Great to see the council has acted fast!
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Originally Posted by lancsdave
So the travellers keep taking people to court for predjudice ?
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To clear up what I meant and answer the other comments about my comment:
I was only trying to say that such words as '******' and 'human vermin' are derogatory to travellers and so prejudiced. If you used similar words against Asians they would rightly be deemed racist. Racism and unfair prejudice against ethnic groups etc can never be justified.
No doubt travellers have suffered much unfair or unjustified prejudice over the years so when I mentioned the law or courts, I just meant that the law will not allow anything akin to racism, so if there is a hint of it then, even if the travellers did all kinds of things wrong, travellers could argue they were being unfairly discriminated against. Just how strong a case they had in each individual case, I have no idea. I have not studied law but I know from various interactions with authorities, which i do not want to discuss, that you have to keep everything totally above board at all times or you will get nowhere.
It looks like in these 2 cases, all has been done in the right and proper fashion resulting in success, so long may this continue. Regarding derelict land it may not be so easy. Travellers parked on some derelict land at the corner of Church traffic lights last year. (I think it is 'derelict') It took several weeks to move them on. However, and in answer to Jaysay, they took all their rubbish with them and the place was left clean and tidy. So not all travellers are the same and so much prejudice is unjustified because it is generalised. If there is genuine justification for disliking travellers, as seems to be the case most of the time, I am simply saying that we should not descend to prejudiced or racist language or behaviour, but behave in a respectful adult to adult manner at all times. Certainly not easy when you are on the receiving end of their disrespect, but two wrongs don't make a right.
Official channels are often a waste of time and effort and even more frustrating than the problem being complained about. But G Jones makes a good point that if we complain in numbers then there is more likely to be action taken.