6-year old boy stabbed, shouldn't have worn pink.

[Connor Lonske]

My post is *sniped*

OK, politics time. You're making the usual American mistake when talking about Europe. We have a single border around the perimeter of the EU, we share some laws and we have numerous agreements to facilitate easy trade. We are not the same country. The difference would be roughly like saying that the US, Canada and Mexico are all one entity.

Until very recently there was a record of pitched warfare in Europe, that's only been stopped for some 65 years now. Many countries in Europe hold scorn and disdain for other countries. We have no singular Government, our countries do not operate as states and it's pure ignorance to state that an occurrence in one country reflects upon the others. Our population is 731 million and we are from countries with cultures and rivalries extending backwards for millennia.

Basically, each country is it's own country and if you try and lump them together you're going to make a lot of people very unhappy. I'm English so I don't much mind but there are a few nationalities that you could cause real offence to by mixing them up with another.

Now while I understand that Europe is not one country, the fact that I am mixed with all the other Americans, when we have so many cultures and ethnicity, is unjustified. Put a generic New Yorker, Southern, Texan, and Californian, which is only naming a few cultural groups, in one room and ask them if they like the same politicians(federal) or the same presidents, or even their favorite sports team, and you will have very different answers for each of them. Do I like being mixed with them, no, but I do think that if we are all the same in your eyes, then why not be just as bigoted as you in that respect.

Now I know you could pull the argument where in a lot European countries, like say the UK in the general British area of the land, or Germany, their are still cultural differences between difference parts of their country. A man from Liverpool could say he is different from a Local of London, but I could say a Italian from Queens(NYC) sounds different from a Irishman from Brooklyn. Small differences between different communities, while they may be cherished and note worthy, but I believe that these differences do not change the fact that you are still a part of that culture. Now all New Yorkers are difference, but we are still all New Yorkers, no mater where we originally come from. And a British man from Liverpool is still a Brit even if a local of London is still a British man.

Oh yeah, and I found that first comment "Usual American mistake" mildly annoy, good counter point. If you wanted to look as bad as a "Usual American" who "Usually" groups Europeans together, then you succeeded.

 

[FallenRainbows]

I wear pink, I'm comfortable with my sexuality, if I wasn't already really pissed, this would have made me.

(Not one for nail polish and ballet mind you...)

 

[Connor Lonske]

And you Europeans say your countries are better than ours. Your have preschoolers that try to kill each other with knives and your schools don't give a fuck. Now while I know not all Europeans turn a blind eye to this sort of thing, I will say to the ones who do "I am a bisexual of Jewish descent who believes in Atheism and has no criminal record who has lived in America all his life saying "you are as bad as the rest of the human race, get over it!"

Oh yeah, I do feel sorry for the kid, hope he can learn the meaning of "in the closet" before he gets killed by preschoolers. Now while I have to say I don't know what he is going through, I will say I know people who know what he is going through, so your not the only one.

I have 1 thing to say to you.
School shootings in America and street violance.
Yes, London is fucking dangerous, but Paris? Naaah.

Unless of course your Arab or a poor Indian. Those French really don't seem to like those guys.

Nothing ageist you though, any Brit who has The Duke as his picture is good in my book.

 

[The Stonker]

And you Europeans say your countries are better than ours. Your have preschoolers that try to kill each other with knives and your schools don't give a fuck. Now while I know not all Europeans turn a blind eye to this sort of thing, I will say to the ones who do "I am a bisexual of Jewish descent who believes in Atheism and has no criminal record who has lived in America all his life saying "you are as bad as the rest of the human race, get over it!"

Oh yeah, I do feel sorry for the kid, hope he can learn the meaning of "in the closet" before he gets killed by preschoolers. Now while I have to say I don't know what he is going through, I will say I know people who know what he is going through, so your not the only one.

I have 1 thing to say to you.
School shootings in America and street violance.
Yes, London is fucking dangerous, but Paris? Naaah.

Unless of course your Arab or a poor Indian. Those French really don't seem to like those guys.

Nothing ageist you though, any Brit who has The Duke as his picture is good in my book.

Heh.
He's apart of my childhood as much as Oscar Wilde was and Shakespeare, oh I loved their books..

 

[awesomeClaw]

Wow.

I am seriously offended by all the people saying "Sweden must have problems with homophobia" without doing any research at all. SWEDEN IS ONE OF THE MOST GAY-FRIENDLY PLACES IN THE WORLD! Link:http://news.pinkpaper.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=3091

This just confirms the swedish stereotype of america - A country that loves to meddle in other countries affairs knowing very little about the countries themselves. (Ofcourse i´m not saying all americans are like this, god no, but the people who claim that sweden is homophobic need to seriously rethink their attitude)

Now that i´ve defended my country, let´s SUPRISE PATROISM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlHaschCX2s

Sorry.

Anyway, this is horrible. The kid that stabbed him needs to be locked up for life. Like, seriously.

 

[Booze Zombie]

You don't stab other people unless there's something wrong with you. I hope the child isn't getting away lightly with that.

 

[Shycte]

And you Europeans say your countries are better than ours. Your have preschoolers that try to kill each other with knives and your schools don't give a fuck. Now while I know not all Europeans turn a blind eye to this sort of thing, I will say to the ones who do "I am a bisexual of Jewish descent who believes in Atheism and has no criminal record who has lived in America all his life saying "you are as bad as the rest of the human race, get over it!"

Oh yeah, I do feel sorry for the kid, hope he can learn the meaning of "in the closet" before he gets killed by preschoolers. Now while I have to say I don't know what he is going through, I will say I know people who know what he is going through, so your not the only one.

I have 1 thing to say to you.
School shootings in America and street violance.
Yes, London is fucking dangerous, but Paris? Naaah.

Unless of course your Arab or a poor Indian. Those French really don't seem to like those guys.

Because everyone in America was completly OK with that "mosque" at Ground Zero.

You know, Europe can be a real shithole sometimes, mostly in the eastern parts. Crazy stuff. But then again, in America religous nutheads are considered serious politicians.

I say, both sides be crazy man.

 

[Connor Lonske]

*snip*

Unless of course your Arab or a poor Indian. Those French really don't seem to like those guys.

Nothing ageist you though, any Brit who has The Duke as his picture is good in my book.

Heh.
He's apart of my childhood as much as Oscar Wilde was and Shakespeare, oh I loved their books..

I was more of a Douglas Adams, Ray Bradury person. Never took my reading too too seriously, nor do I take my responses. Still Read F.451, just got back into it, what say you?

 

[TheHecatomb]

While this is absolutely a disgusting, horrible and wrong story and I am by no means trying to justify bullying, I do think parents have a certain responsibility to make sure their kids aren't "obvious" or "easy" targets.

Bullies have been around forever and they always will be. I am not saying we should roll over and give in to the bullies, but come on. If you really think you can dress your son in pink without him getting bullied you are otherworldly at best and delusional at worst.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

*Twitches* That's a stupid reason for stabbing somebody, and they shouldn't let it happen!

This reminds me of a good friend of mine, who's raising her kids without gender stereotypes, and one of them likes pink. I'd hate to think how he'll be treated in school.

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

Seriously? No immediate action? Schools in my district have ZERO tolerance for behavior like this. That kid would have been suspended, maybe even expelled. Regardless what level of the school. Hell, at my old high school, if you threw one punch it was a trip to the police station. How can a school be so passive to this sort of thing?

 

[Shycte]

Seriously? No immediate action? Schools in my district have ZERO tolerance for behavior like this. That kid would have been suspended, maybe even expelled. Regardless what level of the school. Hell, at my old high school, if you threw one punch it was a trip to the police station. How can a school be so passive to this sort of thing?

It's easier to ignore it and hope it fades away.

 

[Connor Lonske]

Unless of course your Arab or a poor Indian. Those French really don't seem to like those guys.

Because everyone in America was completly OK with that "mosque" at Ground Zero.

You know, Europe can be a real shithole sometimes, mostly in the eastern parts. Crazy stuff. But then again, in America religous nutheads are considered serious politicians.

I say, both sides be crazy man.

Better response then I expect, but I will say that not all Americans are right wing nut jobs, nor all Europeans have the same culture nor are all bigots. What I am saying is that them not even caring or saying that they have problems when we bring it up in argument while not only talking about our problems all the time, And then when we say they are all the same, they get all pissed off and call us "Usual Americans," which is as just as bigoted as a response as ours.

 

[Sjakie]

6 year old and nail polish...

i dont care if it's a boy, that's just too young.

being bullied for wearing pink as a boy i can understand though. right or wrong, that's just how it is.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

Different country different culture. Here in america, I say bullshit the school has a responsibillity to make sure the children stay safe. But maybe that's how they roll over there.

 

[The Stonker]

*snip*

Unless of course your Arab or a poor Indian. Those French really don't seem to like those guys.

Nothing ageist you though, any Brit who has The Duke as his picture is good in my book.

Heh.
He's apart of my childhood as much as Oscar Wilde was and Shakespeare, oh I loved their books..

I was more of a Douglas Adams, Ray Bradury person. Never took my reading too too seriously, nor do I take my responses. Still Read F.451, just got back into it, what say you?

Oh, I still read them.
But I decided to pick up the pen my self and write what my heart says and desires.

 

[dakorok]

All I can say is...

What the fuck, Sweden?