Comments on: Asylum seekers now free to go to Kylie concerts and drink multi-coloured cocktails, yay! http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/asylum-seekers-now-free-to-go-to-kylie-concerts-and-drink-multi-coloured-cocktails-yay/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:47:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jack http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/asylum-seekers-now-free-to-go-to-kylie-concerts-and-drink-multi-coloured-cocktails-yay/comment-page-1/#comment-2954 Jack Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:36:54 +0000 http://ssy.org.uk/?p=3196#comment-2954 This is one of my favourite pieces of writing on the blog, really says it all. I particularly liked where you deconstructed this idea that asylum seekers would be able to even afford the ridiculous judges' stereotypes about gay people. Other lefty blogs, if this and the live report from Greece don't make your recommends of the week lists I think it would be a travesty! :) This is one of my favourite pieces of writing on the blog, really says it all. I particularly liked where you deconstructed this idea that asylum seekers would be able to even afford the ridiculous judges’ stereotypes about gay people.

Other lefty blogs, if this and the live report from Greece don’t make your recommends of the week lists I think it would be a travesty! :)

]]> By: TheWorstWitch http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/asylum-seekers-now-free-to-go-to-kylie-concerts-and-drink-multi-coloured-cocktails-yay/comment-page-1/#comment-2943 TheWorstWitch Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:26:02 +0000 http://ssy.org.uk/?p=3196#comment-2943 Sorry Liam! If you've get any points or anything you feel I missed out, I am happy to add stuff! And, yeah, the Daily Mail had the same line: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1292947/DAILY-MAIL-COMMENT-Infantile-judgment.html (though they did recognise the kylie/cocktails comment as offensive bullshit, to their credit). Sorry Liam! If you’ve get any points or anything you feel I missed out, I am happy to add stuff!

And, yeah, the Daily Mail had the same line: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1292947/DAILY-MAIL-COMMENT-Infantile-judgment.html
(though they did recognise the kylie/cocktails comment as offensive bullshit, to their credit).

]]> By: Liam T http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/asylum-seekers-now-free-to-go-to-kylie-concerts-and-drink-multi-coloured-cocktails-yay/comment-page-1/#comment-2942 Liam T Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:25:36 +0000 http://ssy.org.uk/?p=3196#comment-2942 the judge did actually say that though, although the full quote was: 'In short, what is protected is the applicant’s right to live freely and openly as a gay man. That involves a wide spectrum of conduct, going well beyond conduct designed to attract sexual partners and maintain relationships with them. To illustrate the point with trivial stereotypical examples from British society: just as male heterosexuals are free to enjoy themselves playing rugby, drinking beer and talking about girls with their mates, so male homosexuals are to be free to enjoy themselves going to Kylie concerts, drinking exotically coloured cocktails andtalking about boys with their straight female mates. Mutatis mutandis – and in many cases the adaptations would obviously be great – the same must apply to other societies. In other words, gay men are to be as free as their straight equivalents in the society concerned to live their lives in the way that is natural to them as gay men, without the fear of persecution.'' so clearly it was taken right out of context, although bringing these trite stereotypes into an important ruling was fucking stupid to begin with. anyway, send 'em all back to gayistan i say. the judge did actually say that though, although the full quote was:
‘In short, what is protected is the applicant’s right to live freely and openly as a gay man. That involves a wide spectrum of conduct, going well beyond conduct designed to attract sexual partners and maintain relationships with them. To illustrate the point with trivial stereotypical examples from British society: just as male heterosexuals are free to enjoy themselves playing rugby, drinking beer and talking about girls with their mates, so male homosexuals are to be free to enjoy themselves going to Kylie concerts, drinking exotically coloured cocktails andtalking about boys with their straight female mates. Mutatis mutandis – and in many cases the adaptations would obviously be great – the same must apply to other societies. In other words, gay men are to be as free as their straight equivalents in the society concerned to live their lives in the way that is natural to them as gay men, without the fear of persecution.”
so clearly it was taken right out of context, although bringing these trite stereotypes into an important ruling was fucking stupid to begin with.
anyway, send ‘em all back to gayistan i say.

]]> By: liam http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/asylum-seekers-now-free-to-go-to-kylie-concerts-and-drink-multi-coloured-cocktails-yay/comment-page-1/#comment-2941 liam Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:20:04 +0000 http://ssy.org.uk/?p=3196#comment-2941 you beat me to it blogging about this! btw, check the Daily Star editorial: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/starsays/view/143442/No-room-for-gays/ you beat me to it blogging about this!
btw, check the Daily Star editorial: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/starsays/view/143442/No-room-for-gays/

]]> By: TheWorstWitch http://ssy.org.uk/2010/07/asylum-seekers-now-free-to-go-to-kylie-concerts-and-drink-multi-coloured-cocktails-yay/comment-page-1/#comment-2940 TheWorstWitch Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:15:59 +0000 http://ssy.org.uk/?p=3196#comment-2940 Of direct relevance to us in Scotland - Florence Mhango and her 10 year old daughter (who has lived in Britain since she was 3) face imminent deportation to Malawi, where the little girl will be taken away from her mother and given to her abusive father and his family. You can read about their story, as well as what you can do to help, here: http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/editor-s-picks/two-days-to-save-city-girl-precious-1.1039986 Of direct relevance to us in Scotland – Florence Mhango and her 10 year old daughter (who has lived in Britain since she was 3) face imminent deportation to Malawi, where the little girl will be taken away from her mother and given to her abusive father and his family.

You can read about their story, as well as what you can do to help, here: http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/editor-s-picks/two-days-to-save-city-girl-precious-1.1039986

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