What causes racial hatred: racists or racial friction?

au, I thought you were describing Jesse Jackson. Have been seeing less and less of that rabble rouser. I wonder why? c.i.

I'm still waiting for you to show me ANY country multicultural or not that "does not have racial friction".

According to your theory, you should be able to find a mono-cultural nation with 0 racial hatred.

Thing is, I never once said that there are nations without racial hatred. That would be you making such claims.

Again, find me an example and we'll talk. I do not believe a nation without racial friction exists nor do I believe that it ever will.

If you do, find your own examples.

Craven, Isn't that what JosephMorgan has been doing all along? He's been giving his 'own' examples, over, and over, and over.......

Yeah, if he started with a good set it wouldn't be half as bad.

Heck, I tire of this...goodnight to this thread....

Mr. Apisa, you have obviously msiunderstood the main message of my posting that you have quoted. I meant that Israel has serious deterrent facilities to prevent Syrian aggression in the area. There is nothing wrong with this. The missiles launchers (conventional) mentioned stay idle since the very moment of their installation: they are intended to prevent war and not to initiate it, just like the U.S. and Soviet nukes during the Cold War.

If racial hatred is learned then I would think that you could look back in history or look around today and point out a multi-cultural country that had no racial friction because it had been untaught or becauese it had never been taught. Otherwise, the idea that you can un-teach what appears to be human nature is just a politically correct theory.


And Iceland is an example of where there are no racially-motivated rapes, murders, robberies, and assaults. There are no neighborhoods in Iceland that any group fears going into because racial hatred keeps them out. There is no racially-based job or housing discrimination.

If you introduced large numbers of Arabs and Africans into Iceland you would introduce racial friction. I think Iceland is imbalanced and could benefit from multi-culturism. The question is how much racial hatred do they want to endure?

I think I shud visit iceland !

You'd only cause friction!


Might warm it up a tad, of course....

Okay, I did a quick and dirty search on the internet. According to the latest information available.....

Crime/100,000 Population
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US : 4160.51
UK : 9927.80
Iceland : 14,726.85

Racial tension or no racial tension - Iceland really doesnt seem to be a very attractive place !!!

I know dlowan, brown, black hair, Indian, and gay on top of that !! Heck, I alone might be able to start race riots in such a "pure" society !!!

What the heck else is there to do in Iceland? It's not like La Cage aux Folles is making the rounds....

Must be the freezing cold and long nights!

Or just boredom of routine - including the kind of people u see !!

Goodness - I wonder if the same definition of crime has been used in all the stats? That is an odd figure.

You know, I wrote a little prose "ode" to friction, but deleted it, because I believe it has many benefits, in many spheres of life.

dlowan, these stats are from the interpol website - using the same criteria for all countries !

The people of Iceland just love their booze. What else is there to do on those long, cold, nights? c.i.

True ci, it is not like they can pop in to their friendly neighbourhood curry joint....

No Indians u see

Read through that initial post again -- and then tell me that you think your characterization of what you were saying and doing is more accurate than my characterization.