In Reply To - Fear And Loathing In Hull (by Nicholas Boldock) continued By Anonymous

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I, like many others have walked around our town without a blindfold on and seen the refugees with their phones, in their cars, smoking the cigarettes they are apparently too impoverished to afford wearing decent clothes. It is known that some of them have managed to secure work also, legal or not, does that not hint at the beginnings of a symbiotic relationship?

I have seen them march to the front of queues in stores at the weekends demanding service ahead of many other people and doing the same in front of children at Hull fair, producing government papers to accentuate what they see as their right. That same fair was brought into frightening disarray when these individuals were refused and proceeded to terrify children and onlookers alike by severely beating up several white men.

The attack on the Iraqi man mentioned in the article was completely disgraceful but is it any more important than the white girl raped by two refugees who only stopped their vile act to beat up a white male who was attempting to stop them? Racism is wrong but the definition here is what is right and wrong in behavioural terms, what is appropriate and what is acceptable. Numerous attacks are known throughout Hull's population but none are reported in the mainstream media for sinister reasons. If this website claims any responsibility to promote peace and harmony in the future of its community then it will print this e-mail and any others that appear like it. It will not view its own streets with neglect or be selective as to what it reports as right and wrong.

There are problems in Hull's community with race relations as I'm sure there are in several towns and cities across England where there have been no attempts at assimilation of refugees into their new community. Hull's native population is not to be blamed as are not the refugees, but a stand must be taken by all on both sides to begin integration, to begin to understand one another and the media must claim responsibility and do its job at any cost if it truly values the people it represents.

If one thing has been made apparent in recent years it is the government's agenda that will be satiated at all costs, the people have the strength, speak, be honest with yourselves and with each other and look for an end to these troubled times through understanding and acceptance.

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