tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post1914525001752539978..comments2024-03-13T15:35:30.839+00:00Comments on Tabloid Watch: Muslims aren't taking overMacGuffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16894506410560858668noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-66264418139488212642009-10-08T21:57:26.707+01:002009-10-08T21:57:26.707+01:00The brain can only easily take in one fact at a ti...The brain can only easily take in one fact at a time. That's why they construct sentences along the lines of '1 in 4 people is overweight or obese'; readers come away thinking 1 in 4 people is obese rather than merely overweight and I now hear this altered 'fact' repeated all the time.<br /><br />It's the same here: readers will combine the two pieces of data and come away remembering that 1 in 4 people in Britain is muslim.Tom Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903923157306717004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-86237075001274010952009-10-08T15:53:46.050+01:002009-10-08T15:53:46.050+01:00Luckily I have an ("indigenous white British&...Luckily I have an ("indigenous white British") aunt who's lived in Spain for 20 years and doesn't speak a word of Spanish. I mention her every time someone complains about "foreigners coming over here" etc. <br /><br />It's good to have a treasure chest of responses!Bad Fairground Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311411855580929466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-90562470558445220022009-10-08T13:32:04.863+01:002009-10-08T13:32:04.863+01:00hmm, i wonder if spain has had any headlines about...hmm, i wonder if spain has had any headlines about the numbers of brit expats living on their shores? i wonder what dave from spain feels about that style of immigration??!!sianandcrookedribhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00959715300131969670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-5233713720113481582009-10-08T12:24:55.982+01:002009-10-08T12:24:55.982+01:00That's all very well, but these immigrants are...That's all very well, but these immigrants are cleaning up on housing benefit. Biased BBC says so, so it must be true. <a href="http://opinionbeyondeducation.blogspot.com/2009/10/bias-it-needs-axed.html" rel="nofollow">Even if it isn't.</a>Opinionated More Than Educated...https://www.blogger.com/profile/03511100520723116286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092552783161885712.post-57062948528727194432009-10-08T11:54:29.445+01:002009-10-08T11:54:29.445+01:00"Muslims form 2.7% of the UK population and t..."Muslims form 2.7% of the UK population and the other 97.3% have to bend over backwards to pander to them. - William J., Plymouth UK"<br /><br />I'd be interested to know what William J has 'had to' do by way of 'bending over backwards to pander to Muslims' in the past month. <br /><br />(Besides having to find something else to do on Tuesday nights ever since the 'PC Brigade' told him he couldn't spend it pushing dog-turds through their letterboxes any more, of course)Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10081868626602880889noreply@blogger.com