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> People demand that "something must be done" while being vague about what that involves and who might suffer. Yeah, excellent point. The British need for some
by cdent 11y ago
> People demand that "something must be done" while being vague about what that involves and who might suffer.
Yeah, excellent point. The British need for someone, anyone, to blame and be punished for everything ever is worthy of several dissertations.
- richmarr 11y agoThat's just the Daily Mail; and it's not "someone, anyone", it's immigrants.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoIt's not "just the Daily Mail", and it's not just immigrants. Much as it would be nice to know that such attitudes are an extreme fringe viewpoint, the reality is a lot of people in Britain hold them.
- richmarr 11y agoSure, I was being flippant. That said, I think it's closer to the mark to put this on a minority than to paint it as being some characteristic element of the British psyche, as if there's even such a thing as the British psyche.