Recessions seem to do this to people. The UK and Australia appear to have similar problems: though perhaps not quite so extensive. How are things in the US? You guys seem slightly better than most of the rest of the 'civilised' world at the moment as far as news of this sort of thing goes.
Even the more racist-inclined of the teabaggers don't actually appear to be lynching anyone, just protesting. I don't read about folk tarring and feathering Mexicans, for example; or putting IED's on immigrants doorsteps.
It could be that the US is becoming the most tolerant of the developed nations, despite the biting recession.
Though I still feel London is the most civilised city on Earth, maybe we're being overtaken at last, and perhaps that will spur us on to be yet more civilised.
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Date: 2010-01-11 06:24 pm (UTC)Even the more racist-inclined of the teabaggers don't actually appear to be lynching anyone, just protesting. I don't read about folk tarring and feathering Mexicans, for example; or putting IED's on immigrants doorsteps.
It could be that the US is becoming the most tolerant of the developed nations, despite the biting recession.
Though I still feel London is the most civilised city on Earth, maybe we're being overtaken at last, and perhaps that will spur us on to be yet more civilised.