The popular bandwagon
In Britain there is a current trend to hate:
The "immigration problem".
And George Bush.
If you look back over History no one or no establishment has ever been universally popular but this isn't what annoys me. It is the narrow minded % of the population who are so bigoted and xenophobic towards immigration that it clouds their judgement. Sure there is a immigration problem in the country but it is no where as bad as it is made out to be. People tend to forget that Newspapers don't act in the interest of the "people" but rather print a story that'll sell. A good example would be the out break of Bird Flu with the Daily Mail predicting we'd all be dead come the New Year. It's now 2008 and about 60 people died in total (correct me if i'm wrong) and I'm still here.
Back to the 'real' problems. At the moment it seems popular to conform to the trend of criticising immigration, complaining that "Johnny Foreigner" has come over here and taken our jobs as they work for less. What people fail to realise is that "Johnny Foreigner" does the shitty jobs you won't do like cleaning the floors of a supermarket and won't sue for "back ache" because you have to bend down to pick up rubbish. These are the same people who believe that we should all go back to the "good old days" where we could fly Union Flags on our buildings and be as proud as we wanted to be. The "good old days" aren't as rosy as some make out not that I am claiming I have experianced it first hand but generations of my family have. Both halves of my family were "working class", one worked predominately in the Coal mines whilst the others were teachers (they'd be considered middle class nowadays) and can believe it was the same then as it is now, society still has problems, but they can be dealt with. Its increasingly annoying when you hear the same old "Everything is so politically correct nowadays!" and people rant on about it. Sure there have been isolated cases of people being ordered to take down flags or discouraged on St Georges day, St George btw is supposed to have been from modern day Turkey so yeah he really is 100% English isn't he. The political correctness creeps into conversation and goes hand in hand with "Johnny Foreigner taking my job" and how they can't express their opinions else they will be branded a racist. Its not racist but xenophobic. If anything it's deeply prejudice towards a minority who more than likely came to Britain to escape poverty. Of course a discussion isn't complete without the "Oh and that idiot George Bush..god he's a f****** ****". It makes you wonder if Bush has personally shat on them from a great height and gave them the finger. In reality it is considered the "trendy" thing to say rather like what "The Young Ones" did in regards to Maggy Thatcher or Spitting Image. It's neither funny or clever. How can you be expected to be taken seriously if the basis for an argument or discussion is "the man is a monkey in a swing tyre" but he got re-elected? Surely he must have been doing something right? Its like the media picking up on his public speaking, whilst not the most gifted in charisma he doesn't deserve to be called the village idiot. Maybe it's his Texan drawl which has led to him being dubbed "Dubya" that irks people. All in all...I'm not a happy bunny 
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By EdIsBack at 8 Apr 2008 - 10:42pm
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You make some interesting and well thought points. It is not the majority of foreigners who are creating the problems, its the local populus who are scared of anything that is different. It could just be the town where I live in, surrounded by morons.
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I don't think that this is a british problem, because in Austria we have got the same. Here we have one party which doesn't like foreigners. I mean, you could just ignore them and say "they are stupid, nobody will elect them anyway". Yet the sad truth is that this party gets more and more votes though the years, although they are still one of the least elected parties in Austria. In their campains they use phrases like "Daham statt Islam" which is Austrian dialect and means "Home instead of Islam". And it really bothers me that too many people elect this party again and again. It's like the "George Bush phenomenon".
I think I am a lucky person, because I grew up in a family which taught me that humans are humans and that's it and that I shouldn't judge people just because of their origins. I am really sick of all the conflicts about the Islamic Organisations and Followers going on in my country and I can't stand it if people are judged by their religion even if the Islamic community is oficially accepted.
In Austria we hear the same things like "Johnny Foreigner takes away our job(s)" and here it is the same strange thing: Nobody of those who say such stupid things would do this kind of jobs.
I could go on and on writing now, but I think it is very difficult to explain my thoughts on this topic in a - for me - foreign language.
(I hope my English is not too bad, so you can understand what I wrote. Yet if there should be any questions, just feel free to ask) 
Well... There surely is a problem with this but I wouldn't say it's a Britain trend. Maybe it's an illness of our times? Many people in different countries in the world are sick with hate. Or maybe it belongs to human nature? People have a tendency towards blaming others, at least this is what I observed myself and what I learned from history. When everything is going well, nobody has nothing against others but when something - even a small element - breaks, most of them become angry and seek fault everywhere around, but not in themselves. It's pretty much more comfortable to jaw 'everything would be so good if THEY were gone from here' than to think 'WE have to try and work harder'. Of course, I partially understand that it might be a little bit irritating when 80% people around you are foreigners who act stupid and uncivil but as far as I know, not everyone are like this, right?
I think that people just lack tolerance and that many of them watch others instead of taking care of their own life.
Anyhow, it's good there are people like you who see the problem
It really gives hope that the world can be a better place.
Kind regards!
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