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thanks carac.

I totally agree. Being an arsehole is not dependent on creed or colour.

I've met some great white, asian, black people etc.

I've also met some arseholes from the same creed, colours and nationalities.

I do agree though with immigration and particularly the asylum problem that we have had in the last few years.

Do people genuinely expect someone who is a political refugee/migrant who has lived most if not all of their life in a (semi) lawless country to suddenly come into a (supposed) civilised and country and become a law abiding citizen?

Crime is the only thing most have known and it is the only way that some have survived. It is a little naive to think that they are just going to change overnight.

The problem is that as soon as I mention this in a pub the politically correct brigade brand me as a racist and a racist I am not.

This will give you a potted idea of what it's about:



That site is aimed at students, but a search engine would be able to supply more detail. Over 700 years it's been happening in the city, though nowadays it's more about amusements and rides than selling goods and livestock, which would have been how it started.

it goes right back to the late 1200s.

I suppose in many ways Nottingham served the same purpose in England that Stirling did up here; control that city, and you controlled the country.

robin hood was from there wasnt he?

That's a whole different argument; but a lot of the legends have him in Sherwood Forest and being a huge pain in the butt for the Sheriff of Nottingham.

One thing's for sure, having seen a programme about the castle, there's no way a group of outlaws would be able to wander in and out whenever they wanted.

that makes sense the castle yes,its probaly been eggsderated thru the years and that maid marian too.

Robin Hood is my childhood hero.
Most of the stories that we know of, arose from ballads that spanned 100 years or so.
In this case, people say, "Well you can't believe it really, it's just folk lore."

Odd then that the same people believe the bible considering it was written over a much longer period.

i find the bible VERY hard to believe noah 600,methusala 900 come on.