Oh god there's *thousands* of comments,
and I can't be arsed to read 'em all. If someone could post up the most outrageous, that would be great.
My favourite so far: I don't want to deny anyone the right to sleep with anyone, but to receive persecution implies that the man or woman has been identified as being gay or lesbian. I have to ask how? I would suggest that they had been indiscreet in public.
'Outrageous' you gasp.
Is it?
In some countries, I can get flogged for kissing my wife in public, having a glass of beer or for wearing shoes in certain buildings
(
Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 14:28,
Reply)
I had to stop reading
as it was making me too FLIPPING ANGRY.
(
Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver I have very beautiful lips, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 14:30,
Reply)
Yeah, it's pretty much
what you'd expect when you cross 'asylum seeker' and 'gay'. All the usual unedifying bigotry, untruths, lies, confusion. eg Gays flaunt their sexuality, they are just claiming asylum so they can live off benefits, why is it our problem etc etc
I am yet to hear a coherent argument against asylum seeking which isn't either based on false premises, racism or isolationism. I think there might be such an argument, but damned if I can formulate it.
(
Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 15:04,
Reply)
Hey hey, careful now.
Logic has *never* had a place in the argument on immigration.
(
Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 15:51,
Reply)
You'll be wanting this blog:
ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/
Dedicated to the stupidest of comments from across the Interweb
(, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 15:04, Reply)
my faves so far:
"I hope I don't offend anyone with this, but as its impossible to give asylum to everyone who needs it on the grounds of sexuality, due to the sheer numbers involved, perhaps the UN could set up a 'Gay Israel' somewhere"
and
"If I was trying to get into the UK I would do anything to help my case. If I thought saying I was gay would improve my chances I would. I would even have a homosexual relationship if that helped."
(, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 15:04, Reply)
This is what I don't get.
Surely, the right would want that kind of go getter, self starter, think outside the box, entrepreneur type that would do anything to get into the country.
(
Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 15:16,
Reply)
Maybe that's it - get asylum seekers to do some horrible trial like "i'd do anything to be on TV" from The Word. Such as snog an old lady, lick a fat bloke's armpits, pubes on toast... you get the idea. See how much they really want it.
(, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 15:22, Reply)
"Gay Israel" is just Israel, in my experience.
Love the last comment, can imagine some rightwing nutjob standing up at a local BNP/UKIP meeting to say that, followed by "In fact, in *my* school..." à la Portillo.
(
Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 15:46,
Reply)
really late reply, but only 3 comments inis this absolute gem
"As Politicians say,
I cannot comment on individual cases...
And in the absence of common sense...
Why dont we just send out planes daily to every country in the world, let anyone on with a problem and bring them back here to this vast Island that we live on?
People never seem to go the the nearest "safe country" do they?
I really feel like hopping on a plane to, say, Tasmania and saying that I fear for my childrens safety walking the streets of the UK and that I am being persecuted by my government. I may kill myself if they put me back on the plane home.
Whats my chances?"
almost inverse genius
(
Avast is still alive!!!!, Wed 7 Jul 2010, 22:50,
Reply)