Talk Hearts Daily News Thread

[Edson Arantes 2Nascimento]

When the boy drove into the crowd in Liverpool in May the authorities were falling over themselves to tell us the boy was white.

Yes, to head off racist reprisals because, as soon as there's a violent act, certain people assume they're a Muslim/immigrant/terrorist and violent crimes against Muslims/immigrants increase.

You'd have a good point if it didn't prove exactly the opposite of what you were trying to do.