Comments on: When is a racist, not a racist? http://lastexiled.com/index.php/2009/10/08/when-is-a-racist-not-a-racist/ residence-in-exile of The Last Amazon Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:03:34 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Dr.Dawg http://lastexiled.com/index.php/2009/10/08/when-is-a-racist-not-a-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-3295 Dr.Dawg Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:47:17 +0000 http://lastexiled.com/?p=3702#comment-3295 You won't get this till Sunday, I guess, but I've posted on this with attribution to you. I see it was this Pap fellow who was speaking about the Roma specifically--his part of the story was picked up by the Vancouver Province. You won’t get this till Sunday, I guess, but I’ve posted on this with attribution to you. I see it was this Pap fellow who was speaking about the Roma specifically–his part of the story was picked up by the Vancouver Province.

]]> By: Kateland http://lastexiled.com/index.php/2009/10/08/when-is-a-racist-not-a-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-3294 Kateland Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:36:37 +0000 http://lastexiled.com/?p=3702#comment-3294 Dawg, my original response was far too snarky and came off as if it was directed at you and that was not my intention. Actually, I pleased at least one other non-Roma person recognizes the Euro sickness when it comes to the Roma. Dawg, my original response was far too snarky and came off as if it was directed at you and that was not my intention. Actually, I pleased at least one other non-Roma person recognizes the Euro sickness when it comes to the Roma.

]]> By: Dr.Dawg http://lastexiled.com/index.php/2009/10/08/when-is-a-racist-not-a-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-3293 Dr.Dawg Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:55:33 +0000 http://lastexiled.com/?p=3702#comment-3293 Good grief, well smote there, Kateland! I shall have to pay more attention to the alternative press. There appears to be a contradiction in Alykhan Velshi's comment as reported in <i>Dose</i>. How can the Roma not qualify as political refugees if Budapest is failing "to meet its domestic and international legal obligations to protect the Roma from discrimination and far-right violence"? The failure of a state to protect human rights is as much of a violation of the UN convention as actively discriminating against them, I would have thought. Good grief, well smote there, Kateland! I shall have to pay more attention to the alternative press.

There appears to be a contradiction in Alykhan Velshi’s comment as reported in Dose. How can the Roma not qualify as political refugees if Budapest is failing “to meet its domestic and international legal obligations to protect the Roma from discrimination and far-right violence”? The failure of a state to protect human rights is as much of a violation of the UN convention as actively discriminating against them, I would have thought.

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