What's gone wrong in the World of Wristbands ?

Hilarious scenes indeed.

It's not like the've been branded!!!

I heard this on the radio.

The wearers - as in the red doors incident in Middlesbrough - were getting abused by numpties once they were recognised as asylum seekers.

Two things:

I'd like to think if I'd be grateful to any country that was putting ne up in a hotel and feeding me and my family, rather than criticising an imperfect system, but the exaggerated sense of entitlement of seemingly many of these individuals, beggars belief.

Secondly, haven't boneheads got better things to do with their time than abuse immigrants? Clearly not.

Leftist propaganda

Precisely.

I mean, I bought a pink wristband - and that cured breast cancer.

I'm just amazed this approach to healthcare isn't more widely used.

For Decades The British Public has had to listen to Politicians saying how well we Integrate with Foreigners and Welcome them,
Well we Brits Don't,
And while the Rich will live behind their Shuttered Windows, Big Fences and paid for Security,
It is all going to end Badly

Eeternaloptimist    25 Jan 16 18:20 
Anybody who compares it to the Jewish treatment in Nazi Germany isn't very bright.

It's stigmatisation. Not sure how you can't see that.

Incidentally, a Jewish member of this forum made a comparison to Nazi Germany a couple of weeks ago and you took him to task for it. Weird how he sees the similarities but you don't.

Can I just say that if anyone on here wants to buy me a new Bentley, I'll gladly suffer the "Nazi" stigma of having to wear a wristband to identify myself. Even if it's a pink one (wristband or Bentley).

First come first served.

It's a disgraceful imposition on them which sets them apart from the rest of society in this country.

They should be encouraged to dress and look like Brits so that they can integrate fully into the British society and not feel like outcasts from an alien culture.

They men folk should be encouraged to grow unfeasibly long beards and walk around the streets in nightshirts and pyjama bottoms and the women should wear hijabs, niqabs and burkas.

Then no-one would be able to tell the difference between them and your average Joe from Chippenham.

It's stigmatisation. Not sure how you can't see that.

I don't draw the comparison because I think it through logically and seek to look at why something is done rather than jump to conclusions because it is a government I don't like. Lots of people have to prove they are entitled to access various services in this country. Are they being stigmatisation?

It may be a clumsy way of checking someones entitlement. There may be better ways of doing it but as I said comparing it to the precursor to the holocaust strikes me as akin to some form of histrionic disorder. One identified their victims to make it easier to wipe them off the face of the earth. Another has allowed these people to come to this country because they claim to be in danger (that's one for another debate). They get housed, fed, clothed etc and then often get to bring their families over. There is evidence that plenty then live a life on benefits smoking big fat metaphorical cigars benefiting from a plethora of services they haven't contributed a penny to.

So your rationale for comparing this to Nazi Germany and the virtual wiping clear of Europe of all Jews is what exactly?

That seemed an example of the histrionic disorder I was referring to. To equate two such greatly different examples just seems bizarre to me.

Do you have an objection to people being required to provide evidence they are entitled to access services?

I don't really see the similarity. As I say one is easily covered to be revealed when accessing a service and the other had to be worn so that was visible on pain of death so that they could be dehumanised.

I already said I don't equate them, but they shouldn't have to cover themselves. Why not just brand them?

Why not just brand them?

Obviously we see the world differently mikael but from my perspective it is the attitude you're displaying on here which is causing so many of our structural problems as a country. The authorities are scared of their own shadow in many cases constantly running from one lobby group or another. Yet strangely there are a lot of people out there who fall through the cracks of society and there is so little uproar that it is allowing the government carte blanche to truly stigmatise those people.

I find someone being outraged by something like this troubling. We are incredibly kind to refugees.

If I was really outraged, I'd have called at least three people a c*nt by now. That's what we lefties do!

How on earth are the Wimbers Championships going to cope now that it's been claimed that these easily identifiable wristbands are supposedly demeaning to the wearer?

I've been going there for years and wristbands get issued to the people at the front of the Daily Queue to identify them as eligible for a place on the Show Courts. I'm such a sad case I've still got my garish bright pink wristband as a souvenir from the one time I got there early enough to qualify for Court 2.

If memory serves me right they also issued me with a short term 'pass-out'/'re-entry' wristband one year when I needed to go back to the car for something.

Should I have felt demeaned and phoned up The Guardian with some phoney sob story? Is it too late to seek compo for Pretendy Hurt Feelings or bring the perpetrators in front of the European Courts?

Let's just f*cking 'brand' them like a steer, centre forehead should be discreet enough.

Just give them a British passport, NHS number, National insurance number, Pension, House and benefits.

That should make them shut the f*ck up.