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Post by nodog on Jan 9, 2007 0:57:35 GMT -5
While that MAY be true, neither does it imply anything that the man`s race was mentioned. Don`t try to read something into a situation that wasn`t there.  I've read the original thread several times over and I don't see how you can honestly say the thread didn't mention or imply anything about the man's race. If the fact about the guy being a foreigner was "beside the point" or if Gobbler didn't want it to be a "Race issue" then there were better choices of wording to use. I certainly understand Gobbler's frustration with the littering and the accusations of him being a racist hillbilly, but if you're going to post a thread calling the culprit "ol' Hodgie" and describe his broken english and saying he looked like he just stepped off of the plane, what direction do you expect the thread to take.? Yep all he had to say was some slim ball through his trash on the ground and he made him pick it up. "middle eastern man"  I have friends from the middle east. Very nice American citizens who don't speak the language as well as a native born. |
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Post by shinglemonkey on Jan 9, 2007 8:02:52 GMT -5
Why would the kind of car that he drove have anything to do with it either?
Me thinks that gobblefreak is envious of someone that comes to the US and makes money.
For what its worth, if it was a 700 series BMW then I would of been p!ssed...not a grocery getter Sabb:)
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Post by gobblerfreak on Jan 9, 2007 12:20:27 GMT -5
 Well I guess that if They come here and make money and trash our environment in the process thats all good with You then? I dont have a problem with people coming here and making money if they do it honestly and they dont trash our country in the process. Nothing at all wrong with trying to better yourself and provide for you'r family. You'r reading way too much into the post. I could care less if it was George Bush himself driving a Classic Muscle car painted in the AmericanFlag, if he litters I'd call him out on it!
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Post by indianahick on Jan 9, 2007 13:01:51 GMT -5
Personally I see it as a discription of the man, not at all racist. I feel as though the right thing was done in calling him out and makeing him pick up his trash. I also feel that this mans attitude describes his attitude towards Americans and America. He threw it on the ground in front of the trash can on purpose, was not an accident, He and his attitude need not be defended. After he is done makeing his money he is going to run back to where ever it was that he came from. And he will still trash America and Americans.
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Post by hunter7x on Jan 9, 2007 13:35:41 GMT -5
I guess because he was whatever kind of race besides red white and blue American it just made it seem all the worse. Like it was even more of a slap in the face.
I think he did the right thing.
Good job, and you have nothing to apologize for in the original post IMO.
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Post by Decatur on Jan 10, 2007 7:36:36 GMT -5
You were completely in the right!
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Post by Ahawkeye on Jan 10, 2007 14:42:22 GMT -5
It takes some nads to call some one out that does that. I find my self in the same situation often. I really hate conferntation and maybe I get the short end of the stick for that reason I wish I could speak my mind in situatons like this more often. I'm always affraid that the person will get violent and the situation will get worse and I'll end up with another hole in me that I don't need,just because some dumb ### can't find the trash can. Ususlly I wait till they leave and throw the trash in to the dumpster I know it's not my job to do that and they should have the deciency to put it where it's supposed to go but it just seems easer to do this with out a big ordeal. I'm not saying I'm right and your wrong, like I said I wish I had the same confidence.
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Post by whiteoak on Jan 10, 2007 20:39:35 GMT -5
The man's a pig it don't matter what race he is. He was wrong and gobblerfreak you were right. If you could have got his plate number I would have called the law and reported him. No different than dumping your trash along the road. He was a coward, he wouldn't curse you in English
I live out in the sticks and there is always somebody from town dumping their trash along the road I live on. Their not to smart, they alway leave something that IDs them.
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Post by dbd870 on Jan 11, 2007 4:57:56 GMT -5
I have the same problem, it's discouraging isn't it.
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Post by whiteoak on Jan 11, 2007 17:10:17 GMT -5
Yes it is disgusting. I hate digging through someones trash for a name, but I will do it and report the low life. It works most of the time. In a couple of days the trash is gone.
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Post by oneshot on Jan 12, 2007 12:55:42 GMT -5
Litter is litter...and its wrong. I'd say you are a stand up guy.
I wonder how many Buck Bombs are littering the woods this fall? I know I have found a couple.
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I have friends from the middle east. Very nice American citizens who don't speak the language as well as a native born.
Well I guess that if They come here and make money and trash our environment in the process thats all good with You then?
