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		<title>By: Shamik Das</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/daily-mail-cartoon-portrays-immigrants-as-animals/comment-page-1/#comment-6047</link>
		<dc:creator>Shamik Das</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let me just take you back to this comment:

Anon E Mouse says: 
February 15, 2010 at 9:07 am
Shamik – Where did I say the above cartoon wasn’t racist?

Does this mean you think it &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; racist?

Or not?

To help you make up your mind, read Sunny&#039;s post for an explanation of why it&#039;s racist. It&#039;s not a question of whether or not the sheep is an immigrant, it&#039;s the equating of immigrants with animals that is offensive. Look at the caption.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let me just take you back to this comment:</p>
<p>Anon E Mouse says:<br />
February 15, 2010 at 9:07 am<br />
Shamik – Where did I say the above cartoon wasn’t racist?</p>
<p>Does this mean you think it <i>is</i> racist?</p>
<p>Or not?</p>
<p>To help you make up your mind, read Sunny&#8217;s post for an explanation of why it&#8217;s racist. It&#8217;s not a question of whether or not the sheep is an immigrant, it&#8217;s the equating of immigrants with animals that is offensive. Look at the caption.</p>
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		<title>By: Anon E Mouse</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/daily-mail-cartoon-portrays-immigrants-as-animals/comment-page-1/#comment-5938</link>
		<dc:creator>Anon E Mouse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Shamik - And btw since the sheep is an indigenous animal in these islands on what basis do state the sheep is an immigrant? Where does it state it is an immigrant Shamik? Why would anyone assume it was?

What Labour Party supporters do in the blogosphere is their business - it&#039;s a free country - but they should think long and hard about the types of articles they allow to be printed and the types of message they wish to portray.

And I repeat again, these types of postings could be used in the future where time that should be spent forwarding a message may be wasted trying to justify unjustifiable postings.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shamik &#8211; And btw since the sheep is an indigenous animal in these islands on what basis do state the sheep is an immigrant? Where does it state it is an immigrant Shamik? Why would anyone assume it was?</p>
<p>What Labour Party supporters do in the blogosphere is their business &#8211; it&#8217;s a free country &#8211; but they should think long and hard about the types of articles they allow to be printed and the types of message they wish to portray.</p>
<p>And I repeat again, these types of postings could be used in the future where time that should be spent forwarding a message may be wasted trying to justify unjustifiable postings.</p>
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		<title>By: Anon E Mouse</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/daily-mail-cartoon-portrays-immigrants-as-animals/comment-page-1/#comment-5936</link>
		<dc:creator>Anon E Mouse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Shamik - Please. For goodness sake it’s a joke – get a sense of humour and stop being so serious. Lighten up…

Shamik - You have done the typical control freak act of making a claim that you have no way of knowing if it&#039;s true: &quot;Your last post seems to imply yes&quot; and then continued to condemn me by claiming that I find a racist cartoon funny. You practically called me a racist Shamik which I most certainly am not. You are out of order Shamik Das but I am certain now I have clarified my position you&#039;ll immediately apologise to me in this forum for your slur.

And people do find it funny - it&#039;s called a cartoon Shamik. 

It is people with closed minds like yourself and this &quot;Sunny&quot;, (whoever he/she is) that believes that this is racist. Which race is being offended Shamik - the Welsh? Who else could you mean?

It that because it&#039;s a sheep Shamik or do you now want to support a sheep&#039;s rights to be a sheep? This is mad!

I can understand that you are struggling with rigorous debate considering your journalist background Shamik but I am not rude to you so please do not make factually inaccurate claims about me in a public forum.

And Will Straw - if you do have future ambitions in a public arena you really need to get a grip of this blog because your partner is now practically accusing me of racism, which considering my situation is as stupid as people calling Boris Johnson a racist when he is married to an Indian. 

Choose your friends carefully Will...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shamik &#8211; Please. For goodness sake it’s a joke – get a sense of humour and stop being so serious. Lighten up…</p>
<p>Shamik &#8211; You have done the typical control freak act of making a claim that you have no way of knowing if it&#8217;s true: &#8220;Your last post seems to imply yes&#8221; and then continued to condemn me by claiming that I find a racist cartoon funny. You practically called me a racist Shamik which I most certainly am not. You are out of order Shamik Das but I am certain now I have clarified my position you&#8217;ll immediately apologise to me in this forum for your slur.</p>
<p>And people do find it funny &#8211; it&#8217;s called a cartoon Shamik. </p>
<p>It is people with closed minds like yourself and this &#8220;Sunny&#8221;, (whoever he/she is) that believes that this is racist. Which race is being offended Shamik &#8211; the Welsh? Who else could you mean?</p>
<p>It that because it&#8217;s a sheep Shamik or do you now want to support a sheep&#8217;s rights to be a sheep? This is mad!</p>
<p>I can understand that you are struggling with rigorous debate considering your journalist background Shamik but I am not rude to you so please do not make factually inaccurate claims about me in a public forum.</p>
<p>And Will Straw &#8211; if you do have future ambitions in a public arena you really need to get a grip of this blog because your partner is now practically accusing me of racism, which considering my situation is as stupid as people calling Boris Johnson a racist when he is married to an Indian. </p>
<p>Choose your friends carefully Will&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Mail cartoon portrays immigrants as animals &#124; Left Foot Forward &#124; Drakz Free Online Service</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/daily-mail-cartoon-portrays-immigrants-as-animals/comment-page-1/#comment-5924</link>
		<dc:creator>Mail cartoon portrays immigrants as animals &#124; Left Foot Forward &#124; Drakz Free Online Service</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: K. Brown</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/daily-mail-cartoon-portrays-immigrants-as-animals/comment-page-1/#comment-7060</link>
		<dc:creator>K. Brown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_comment&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_twitter_username&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_content&quot;&gt;RT @RobinEmm: http://bit.ly/9gfgPb wow. daily mail apparently compares interracial marriage to bestiality. still fighting that fight I guess /via @ersws&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">RT @RobinEmm: <a href="http://bit.ly/9gfgPb" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/9gfgPb</a> wow. daily mail apparently compares interracial marriage to bestiality. still fighting that fight I guess /via @ersws</span></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Robin Morris</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/daily-mail-cartoon-portrays-immigrants-as-animals/comment-page-1/#comment-7061</link>
		<dc:creator>Robin Morris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_comment&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_twitter_username&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_content&quot;&gt;http://bit.ly/9gfgPb wow. daily mail apparently compares interracial marriage to bestiality. still fighting that fight I guess /via @ersws&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content"><a href="http://bit.ly/9gfgPb" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/9gfgPb</a> wow. daily mail apparently compares interracial marriage to bestiality. still fighting that fight I guess /via @ersws</span></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Shamik Das</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/daily-mail-cartoon-portrays-immigrants-as-animals/comment-page-1/#comment-5844</link>
		<dc:creator>Shamik Das</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anon E Mouse says: 
February 11, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Please. For goodness sake it’s a joke – get a sense of humour and stop being so serious. Lighten up…

Anon E Mouse says: 
February 11, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Providing the cartoon here is not breaking any law, and it’s not &lt;b&gt;and it’s funny&lt;/b&gt;, then I can’t see a problem with it.

Do you find it funny? Yes. Do you believe it&#039;s racist? Your last post seems to imply yes.

So you find a racist cartoon funny.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anon E Mouse says:<br />
February 11, 2010 at 3:24 pm<br />
Please. For goodness sake it’s a joke – get a sense of humour and stop being so serious. Lighten up…</p>
<p>Anon E Mouse says:<br />
February 11, 2010 at 4:47 pm<br />
Providing the cartoon here is not breaking any law, and it’s not <b>and it’s funny</b>, then I can’t see a problem with it.</p>
<p>Do you find it funny? Yes. Do you believe it&#8217;s racist? Your last post seems to imply yes.</p>
<p>So you find a racist cartoon funny.</p>
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		<title>By: Anon E Mouse</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/daily-mail-cartoon-portrays-immigrants-as-animals/comment-page-1/#comment-5843</link>
		<dc:creator>Anon E Mouse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Shamik - Where did I say the above cartoon wasn&#039;t racist?

Why don&#039;t you read what I&#039;ve said and do your &quot;attack dog&quot; thing on that rather than what you think I&#039;ve said.

And I was voting Labour since before you were born...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shamik &#8211; Where did I say the above cartoon wasn&#8217;t racist?</p>
<p>Why don&#8217;t you read what I&#8217;ve said and do your &#8220;attack dog&#8221; thing on that rather than what you think I&#8217;ve said.</p>
<p>And I was voting Labour since before you were born&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Elliott Rodgers</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/daily-mail-cartoon-portrays-immigrants-as-animals/comment-page-1/#comment-7062</link>
		<dc:creator>Elliott Rodgers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_comment&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_twitter_username&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_content&quot;&gt;#dailymail sinks to new all time low... portraying illegal immigrants as animals.... http://bit.ly/9gfgPb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">#dailymail sinks to new all time low&#8230; portraying illegal immigrants as animals&#8230;. <a href="http://bit.ly/9gfgPb" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/9gfgPb</a></span></span></span></p>
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		<title>By: Shamik Das</title>
		<link>http://www.leftfootforward.org/2010/02/daily-mail-cartoon-portrays-immigrants-as-animals/comment-page-1/#comment-5810</link>
		<dc:creator>Shamik Das</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How odd that someone who doesn&#039;t believe the above cartoon to be racist starts throwing about accusations of sexism. Wrong on both counts I&#039;m afraid. If you weren&#039;t so hell bent on defending the Mail, Express and Tories and attacking Labour you might be able to see that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How odd that someone who doesn&#8217;t believe the above cartoon to be racist starts throwing about accusations of sexism. Wrong on both counts I&#8217;m afraid. If you weren&#8217;t so hell bent on defending the Mail, Express and Tories and attacking Labour you might be able to see that.</p>
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