Well it was printed in English so I'm also guessing it didn't go in the Bankstown newspaper!
Dot, I truly hope in this particular case that harness.org was the only place this was released.
[VVV] Merely returning serve Dot. I related a story to you of how I had a bad fall from a horse under saddle & that it was my fault & it was the reason I have never ridden since (on top of being unable to find a horse big enough and strong enough in order to humanely cart me around) and all you can muster is that half-arsed give yourself some Bute like you would your horse or get some water & cement into you routine. You opened the door, Counsellor. There's plenty more if you want to keep it rolling...or we can just leave it here. Your choice.
Sorry VVV scrapes and bruises doesn't cut it as a bad fall in my world, just par for the course.
No need to be sorry Dot. In your world, yes, I've no doubt that is indeed the case. I take it that you have no doubt landed upon your head on a number of occasions then?...you know, way back before Pony Clubbers instituted a mandatory wearing of Skull Caps. The reason I ask is not to intrude but rather in an effort to somehow reconcile that bit where you linked women getting the vote, aparthied & so on with a change in the rules which govern steroid use in race horses. To the casual observer it strongly suggests previous episodes of cranial trauma.
I wouldn't have thought so.
Bankstown is one of the most multicultural regions in Australia. Although not the best source, Wikipedia says over 50% of Bankstown locals were born overseas and that 60 different languages are spoken in the suburb. So while English is the main language there is a lot of different languages, even most preferred/native/first languages, flowing throughout Bankstown. I don't think alluding to this is racist. A generalisation based on a minority yes, but racist no.
But I guess racism and discrimination is in the eye of who the comments 'target' and not the person making the comment. To be honest I couldn't care what language people speak, I read the jibberish on this forum don't I! I don't think that being able to speak English makes one superior and another inferior but I guess if somebody seen it like that they might think its racist - but I'm comfortable that my comment wasn't degrading to those who live in Bankstown that don't speak/read English. I mean its only fact - just like I can't speak French or Italian unless I'm blind drunk.