I guess drug gangs are much the same everywhere. The really violent ones over here- the ones most likely to shoot first and ask questions afterwards (or not ask questions at all)- are, I think, Jamaican.
Racism in America has slavery behind it and racism in Britain has empire behind it. This means that British racists are able to prettify their bigotry as a resentment of "immigrants" who are "here to steal our jobs". Otherwise it boils down to much the same thing, I think.
Kids have always wanted to get smashed. I remember knocking back the cider at 15- a) to find out what it felt like and b) because it was transgressive. Maybe it's too easy for kids to get hold of booze today, maybe the prices are too low- but I don't remember there being any serious obstacles in the way of us buying our cider 40 years ago. Where there's a will, there's always a way.
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Date: 2008-06-03 04:45 pm (UTC)Racism in America has slavery behind it and racism in Britain has empire behind it. This means that British racists are able to prettify their bigotry as a resentment of "immigrants" who are "here to steal our jobs". Otherwise it boils down to much the same thing, I think.
Kids have always wanted to get smashed. I remember knocking back the cider at 15- a) to find out what it felt like and b) because it was transgressive. Maybe it's too easy for kids to get hold of booze today, maybe the prices are too low- but I don't remember there being any serious obstacles in the way of us buying our cider 40 years ago. Where there's a will, there's always a way.