zebrastripes said:I'm sorry for your husband's situation, Mary, but the truth is that the building trade, unfortunately, is affected regardless of migration- it's recession that's the problem. Construction is always the first to go, but it'll always pick up again two of my friends have been laid off recently too, and my uncle,it sucks.
I think,when dealing with economic migrants ( I'm not going to touch on refugees etc becasue I doubt anyone has a problem with defenceless men women and children escaping their war torn countries)
Anyway, economic migrants- think carefully. How much criticism directed at them is fair? Very little. They do mainly crap jobs no one else will, such as working in chicken farms. When they do do something wrong, they don't do it because they are Polish/Lithuanian etc, they do it because some people are nice, some aren't,regardless of race.
I've been very disappointed to see the extent of narrowness,gullibility, and yes,racism, amongst some people on this forum. You seem to forget that this country was founded on the backs of slaves,colonialisation,genocide and butchery
There's no point trying to argue against it because it is true. The British empire owned 3/4 of the known world at one point, treating the native inhabitants as less than scum. yet we seem to have learned no lessons, as still we begrudge those less fortunate than ourselves the benefits of this country which their ancestors broke their backs to create.
ZS, your responses are fabulously astute; they always make for intelligent and discerning reading. you've kind of summed the thread up for me so i'm gonna quit posting here now.
beanie - moderator & mediator
kay - you DEF need to be in ZS's political party - you rock!!!