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This map is for the UK, not the US. We don't have ICE here.

by ErroneousBosh 4mo ago

nephihaha 4mo ago
Most of the UK. Northern Ireland's network is not included.
- jjgreen 4mo ago
  Quite right, "UK" is an abbreviation for "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"
  - nephihaha 4mo ago
    I could also mention Manx Railways, which are historic heritage lines, but there are at least three railway lines there that are mostly used by tourists and some commuters. The Isle of Man has a curious relationship with the UK. As a Manxman once said to me, the government there is British when it feels like it and not British when it feels like it.
    - rsynnott 4mo ago
      The Isle of Man is not strictly speaking part of the UK at all.
      - nephihaha 4mo ago
        Like I say, the Manx government is not British when it suits it (offshore banking) but is British when it does suit it (defence). Their relationship is complicated, and often contradictory. Apart from the Commonwealth Games, there is little effort to set up a proper national sporting infrastructure like the Faroe Islands have. Their football team does not get out much and if they have a national rugby side I've never heard of it.
iso1631 4mo ago
It's a reference to the murder of Henry Nowak, a sad example of knife crime which exists in the uk, and of individual police officers who failed to render basic first aid. The family not only lost their son, but then had to see his name used to further the global hatred of the farage types
- crimsoneer 4mo ago
  I suspect it's linked to this which is the latest example being used. https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/uk-man-was-assaulted-by-attackers-cops-arrested-him-instead-as-accused-fled-11725534 https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/uk-man-was-assaulted-by-atta...
  - flanked-evergl 4mo ago
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    - iso1631 4mo ago
      in 24/25 there were 524 murders, of which 70% of the victims were white. 81% of the UK is white 70% of murder victims were male. So reality is that white people are less likely to be murdered than non-white people, and women are less likely to be murdered than men.
- ErroneousBosh 4mo ago
  What's that got to do with "arresting people for the crime of being white"? That's a pretty common racist dogwhistle, propagated by groups like Farage's Russian owner.
  - iso1631 4mo ago
    Henry Nowak was white, he was stabbed by a criminal, but then arrested because they believed the murderer
- flanked-evergl 4mo ago
pjc50 4mo ago
No, that's Deutsche Bahn. (probably an inappropriate place for a joke, but at least it's about trains)
- ErroneousBosh 4mo ago
  DB is how you can tell the Germans weren't in league with Mussolini.
flanked-evergl 4mo ago
Cop body slams a white man and then arrests him after he was assaulted by black people: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/uk-man-was-assaulted-by-attackers-cops-arrested-him-instead-as-accused-fled-11725534 https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/uk-man-was-assaulted-by-atta... Of course the black people were let go. After all, they did nothing wrong, they just assaulted a white guy.

This map is for the UK, not the US. We don't have ICE here.

nephihaha 4mo ago

Most of the UK. Northern Ireland's network is not included.

jjgreen 4mo ago
Quite right, "UK" is an abbreviation for "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"
- nephihaha 4mo ago
  I could also mention Manx Railways, which are historic heritage lines, but there are at least three railway lines there that are mostly used by tourists and some commuters. The Isle of Man has a curious relationship with the UK. As a Manxman once said to me, the government there is British when it feels like it and not British when it feels like it.
  - rsynnott 4mo ago
    The Isle of Man is not strictly speaking part of the UK at all.
    - nephihaha 4mo ago
      Like I say, the Manx government is not British when it suits it (offshore banking) but is British when it does suit it (defence). Their relationship is complicated, and often contradictory. Apart from the Commonwealth Games, there is little effort to set up a proper national sporting infrastructure like the Faroe Islands have. Their football team does not get out much and if they have a national rugby side I've never heard of it.

iso1631 4mo ago

It's a reference to the murder of Henry Nowak, a sad example of knife crime which exists in the uk, and of individual police officers who failed to render basic first aid. The family not only lost their son, but then had to see his name used to further the global hatred of the farage types

crimsoneer 4mo ago
I suspect it's linked to this which is the latest example being used. https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/uk-man-was-assaulted-by-attackers-cops-arrested-him-instead-as-accused-fled-11725534 https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/uk-man-was-assaulted-by-atta...
- flanked-evergl 4mo ago
  [flagged]
  - iso1631 4mo ago
    in 24/25 there were 524 murders, of which 70% of the victims were white. 81% of the UK is white 70% of murder victims were male. So reality is that white people are less likely to be murdered than non-white people, and women are less likely to be murdered than men.
ErroneousBosh 4mo ago
What's that got to do with "arresting people for the crime of being white"? That's a pretty common racist dogwhistle, propagated by groups like Farage's Russian owner.
- iso1631 4mo ago
  Henry Nowak was white, he was stabbed by a criminal, but then arrested because they believed the murderer
flanked-evergl 4mo ago

pjc50 4mo ago

No, that's Deutsche Bahn. (probably an inappropriate place for a joke, but at least it's about trains)

ErroneousBosh 4mo ago
DB is how you can tell the Germans weren't in league with Mussolini.

flanked-evergl 4mo ago

Cop body slams a white man and then arrests him after he was assaulted by black people: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/uk-man-was-assaulted-by-attackers-cops-arrested-him-instead-as-accused-fled-11725534 https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/uk-man-was-assaulted-by-atta... Of course the black people were let go. After all, they did nothing wrong, they just assaulted a white guy.