ext_26509 ([identity profile] beingjdc.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] lnr 2006-02-15 01:37 pm (UTC)

If I may:

Like many other things in life, I believe that people should have a choice. I think that *some* pubs becoming mixed-race is a good idea, to allow people to go and have a drink in the atmosphere they like. However, I disagree with total integration. I think people should have a *choice*, and that should mean that people have to option to be in a whites-only environment if they wish when having a drink. People say that they don't like not having the choice to go to all pubs regardless of their race. Well, how about other people's choice to drink in a whites-only pub? What about *racists'* rights? Racists have stopped discriminating at work, on public transport and so on. I think one institution that allows segregation is not too much to ask. I think one of the most concerning aspects of the ban is the imposition of the government on non-government premises and the public. They are telling people what they must do, they are telling *private* businesses what they HAVE TO DO. I think the government has intruded on the populace's life quite enough.
I like to think of myself as a responsible racist. I don't believe in segregation in restaurants, even in transport cafes, because people are hungey. I sit away from black customers. I don't discriminate at work, on public transport and so on. But I do think racists deserve to have the opportunity to go into an environment where they can be with their own kind. Just as others should have the chance to go to a mixed-race environment..

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