# Tony Blair's comments on crime and black culture **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 13, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-blairs-comments-on-crime-and-black-culture/399917 "2007-04-13T06:02:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-blairs-comments-on-crime-and-black-culture/399917/41 "2007-04-14T14:07:07Z")
[QUOTE=alive] He was asked if a woman who wore the veil could make a **full** contribution to British society. [/QUOTE] Your link doesn’t quote the question either, but that would change his answer somewhat. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-blairs-comments-on-crime-and-black-culture/399917/42 "2007-04-15T06:00:56Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] And what would your solution be? [/QUOTE] I rather liked the one in the movie Bulworth (about the only memorable scene.) \*Bullworth: All we need is a voluntary, free-spirited, open-ended program of procreative racial deconstruction. Everybody just gotta keep fuckin’ everybody 'til they’re all the same color. \* ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-blairs-comments-on-crime-and-black-culture/399917/43 "2007-04-15T19:54:20Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] And? I do understand that. I think Blair is an idiot for suggesting a Muslim woman may have nothing to contribute to society just because she’s wearing a veil. Do you think that helps matters? I am trying to refrain from judging Blair’s character because I don’t know him well enough, but I am getting the sense that he is appealing to an audience of bigots. There are some people who love to hear their leaders “tell it like it is” by criticizing minorities because they lack the guts to do it themselves. [/QUOTE] So are you saying that all ethnic ,religous ,sexual or social minorities are actually more or less clones of the majority culture apart from a little outward" cosmetic only "appearance ? This appeared on another thread but I think its relevant ,would you say for example that "honour killings "ie . a female member of your family marrying or even just dating a man that you didnt approve of, almost always because of his race and or religion gives you the moral RIGHT to kill her because you are an adult male ,sometimes torturing her before hand ! Would you say that that is as common amongst say the white caucasian community or maybe the Afro Caribbean community or say the south east asian community in Britain as maybe the Muslim community ? Or do honour killings happen more in the non Muslim communities ? Or dont they ever happen at all?EVER ! A metropolitan Police chief Constable made a stupid statement a little while ago ! He said that if you were the victim of violent street crime in London it would almost certainly be at the hands of a YOUNG,MALE ,BLACK perpetrator . Agest sexist and Racist ! I take offence to that speaking as a male ,Iknow for a fact that at least 50%of muggers are women .I mean its only logical isnt it ? That was a pretty stupid ,not to say reckless thing for him to say! Seeing as he ll look really stupid when anyone can disprove it in a matter of minutes ,oh but they cant can they ? Oh of course they can ,its all down to the police being institutionally racist ,if only the old bill would stop letting off all those chinese ,Pakistani and arab ethnic origin muggers then we d get a TRUE picture of how muggers are spread evenly across all ethnic groups. Because recorded facts are deliberately distorted by bigots. Arranged marriages lets face it the Welsh are notorious for it ! It makes me sick ,when the I.R.A. were bombing England the Police targeted their investigations on those of Irish origin instead of logically investigating ALL communities . And Im in no doubt at all that the Irish were mortally offended at being treated as the most likely culprits. But the Police STILL havent learned! theyre still targeting Muslims as being the people most likely to be members of Al Quida,Turks as controlling the Heroin trade in Britain,Sri lankans running the majority of credit card cloning ,Yardies being W.Indians and Nigerians pulling off alot of confidence tricks and wealthfare fraud . The poor fools . And I bet that they dont realise that a veiled woman who isnt allowed out of the house unaccompanied except maybe on domestic chores doesnt make as much a contribution as everyone else in our 21st c society ? Yep your right its all BS by gutless bigots ! What ever posessed me to think otherwise ? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-blairs-comments-on-crime-and-black-culture/399917/44 "2007-04-15T20:02:42Z")
[QUOTE=Lust4Life] So are you saying that all ethnic ,religous ,sexual or social minorities are actually more or less clones of the majority culture apart from a little outward" cosmetic only "appearance ? [/QUOTE] Yes, that’s exactly what I said. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-blairs-comments-on-crime-and-black-culture/399917.md?page=2)