I agree, that each of us come to the internet with our own 'lived in' agendas and points of view, but the BNP are just scary Alan. I met a few of their voters while living and working in London. They didn't take much exception to me, unless something shite had happened here in Ireland, but listening to their hatred for ethnics was a terrifying experience. Knowing that people thought of violence against another for simply being different, made me feel like I was still in Ireland... I'd always viewed London to be a cultural melting pot, but it wasn't...the_leander wrote:Everyone has an agenda of some sort, some of these agendas are the product of the want to help, others to hurt or push through their own beliefs.
Anyone who says that they don't have an agenda is lying.
That's why the internet is interesting. No-one really knows who anyone else is... I mean, I could be an Irish Republican with an agenda (I'm not btw lol), but cramming it down other people's throats would only lead to my demise politically... I once had the great misfortune to belong to an online community that was partially managed by what I can only describe as a complete gobshite of an individual. Racist, sexist and just plain stupid. His mentality and viewpoints spread among the more impressionable members and all hell broke loose frequently between people like me, opposed to racism and prejudice, and his mob. They invariably lost...