Think before you tweet ...

[BrandNewGuy]

I'm not nitpicking. Spouting that stuff on social media might well be a sackable offence. Being an ignorant racist isn't. You might find the difference trivial, but I'd rather avoid the prospect of witch-hunting. Do you think teachers who support the BNP should be sacked?

[LadyDeliah]

BrandNewGuy Wrote:

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> Do you think teachers

> who support the BNP should be sacked?

If it's reflected in the things they are teaching the kids, then yes.

[El Pibe]

Facebook has its uses. I think this sort of thing trends to happen less often because, perversely, broadcasting to the world involves less forethought than knowing your mum/son/girl at the office you fancy, is going to read it.

Plus I quite like the weird, slightly voyeuristic intimacy of all these kids with food on their faces, it gives you the illusion of being in touch with people you genuinely miss.

Obviously I'd rather see them for real, but it rarely works out that way.

Plus the annoying ones you block.

[BrandNewGuy]

LadyDeliah Wrote:

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> BrandNewGuy Wrote:

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> > Do you think teachers

> > who support the BNP should be sacked?

>

>

> If it's reflected in the things they are teaching

> the kids, then yes.

Agreed, but what if it isn't?

[LadyDeliah]

If it doesn't affect their job, then I don't think anyone should be policing people's views.

I think the issue is probably more worrying when someone's job involves power over others, especially if your views are racist and you have power over those groups who are the object of your racism.

[Loz]

LadyDeliah Wrote:

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> BrandNewGuy Wrote:

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> > Do you think teachers who support the BNP should be sacked?

>

> If it's reflected in the things they are teaching the kids, then yes.

But that was never the question, was it? It was, "should we sack teachers who support the BNP". And that is a dangerous line to tread. Should we sack all teachers who support communist or socialist parties? Should we sack all teachers are sexist/radical feminist? Should we sack all teachers who strike?

Should we sack all teachers who disagree with my or your world views?

[LadyDeliah]

Er, I'm pretty sure I said no to that already Loz. If someone's personal political/religious/prejucial views don't impact on the way they do their job, then it's nobody's business.

For people in a position of power, I'd say it is just more important to check their impact more thoroughly.

[Loz]

Loz Wrote:

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> The usefulness of Facebook has an inverse correlation to the number of your friends with

> babies less than four years old. No, your baby sleeping is not news, even on Facebook's low

> scale.

A new one today - a posting of a child's pic with the caption '22 months old today'.

Which begs the question... when do parents cease 'celebrating' monthly birthdays? I would have hoped somewhere in the 6 to 12 month old period, but it seems not.

[Tr?]

I'm not on FB or Twitter, but can I ask why you look at (or have a feed from) someone who you clearly have no respect for?

Loz Wrote:

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> Loz Wrote:

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> > The usefulness of Facebook has an inverse

> correlation to the number of your friends with

> > babies less than four years old. No, your baby

> sleeping is not news, even on Facebook's low

> > scale.

>

> A new one today - a posting of a child's pic with

> the caption '22 months old today'.

>

> Which begs the question... when do parents cease

> 'celebrating' monthly birthdays? I would have

> hoped somewhere in the 6 to 12 month old period,

> but it seems not.

[Loz]

Tr? Wrote:

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> I'm not on FB or Twitter, but can I ask why you

> look at (or have a feed from) someone who you

> clearly have no respect for?

There is a pretty major difference between being a bit tired of a stream of baby pictures and 'clearly having no respect for' someone. Well, at least it is in my world.

I'm guessing you are a reasonably recent parent, so you probably have absolutely no idea that people aren't as enamoured with your kids as you want them to be. But, trust me, they're not.

[StraferJack]

Once again loz, those pics aren't for you, they are for friends and family spread around country and globe

Chill

[Otta]

Or just turn off their posts.

[uncleglen]

Anyone who has followed the HIV/AIDS epidemic since the '80s would have an awareness of the issues surrounding sub-Saharan Africa. At the end of 2011 0.8% of adults(15-49 years) were living with HIV/AIDS but in sub-Saharan Africa 4.9% of adults are affected. And it has been said before that the methods of sexual activity in Africa leads to the HIV being transmitted more readily.

[El Pibe]

Off to scotland, hope I don't get AIDS, don't worry I'm English.

[StraferJack]

Well, ish

[El Pibe]

In essence identical.

uncleglen seems to think it was an an intelligent assessment of Africa. I was trying to rephrase it in a way he might see why it's offensive.

So no doubt he'll quote the prevalence of HIV among Scottish drug users due to unsafe practices.

[Otta]

uncleglen Wrote:

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> And it has been said before that the methods of sexual activity in Africa

> leads to the HIV being transmitted more readily.

What methods of suxual activity? I'm intrigued by what these African people are doing differently in the sack.

[uncleglen]

ever heard of GOOGLE

[????]

Nothing differen in the sack....

More partners, men more likely to be unfaithfull in marriage, less willingness to use condoms (in marrage it's a sign of 'guilt'/out of marrage prostitues paid a premium for unsafe sex), heavy use of prostititues in transient communities such as truck drivers and miners (without using condoms).

Added to that idiots such as catholic priests saying that condoms don't prevent AIDS and the last SA PM denying aids was a problem

*source; recent article in the Observer before anyone jumps down my throat- believe it or don't

[Jeremy]

Along with polygamy, and teenage brides who are too naive/uneducated to protect themselves.

[Otta]

uncleglen Wrote:

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> ever heard of GOOGLE

Yes I have funnily enough, but as you'd posted, I just thought I'd ask you to expland. It was just the term "methods of sexual activity" that got me wondering. I know all the stuff Quids has pointed out, but that term just sounded far more interesting.

[LadyDeliah]

The stats on HIV in Africa have no bearing on the offensive tweet unless she was broadcasting her plans to have unprotected sex with high risk individuals when she got there.

[El Pibe]

Exactly, taken at face value it basically says that black Africans are destined for it (rather than it being a product of poverty, ignorance and evil propaganda), and that white people are immune.

In fact, all it really does is expose her ignorance and stupidity so bravo.

[Loz]

uncleglen Wrote:

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> ever heard of GOOGLE

I hadn't. So I googled 'google' and now I know.

[red devil]

Fogeybook... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/10539274/Young-users-see-Facebook-as-dead-and-buried.html