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[Pettifogger]

Did the "Ok" symbol have the same normal "OK" meaning in the UK like it did here or was it not really used at all?

 

[coollino]

What is going on.

Crazy people in here. We need your ban hammer.

 

[carlos21]

Crazy people in here. We need your ban hammer.

Okay then mate here it is kid.

 

[tsubaki]

Did the "Ok" symbol have the same normal "OK" meaning in the UK like it did here or was it not really used at all?

Christ

 

[Pettifogger]

Christ

No need to be a jerk, it's a legitimate question. I assume it was universal but I haven't gone around the world using it or anything.

 

[carlos21]

Everyone just take a chill pill please.

 

[coollino]

Okay then mate here it is kid.

Good luck bud

 

[mill]

I went there mainly for the surf. It's actually one of the best countries I've been too.

So you weren’t there because your ancestors were stolen and forced into slavery. In a land that the people who sthad already stolen from the indigenous people of the land.

And hundreds of years later, you werent asked to conform to the standards set by the ancestors of the people who stole your ancestors.

 

[carlos21]

Good luck bud

hahaha mate.

 

[neil999]

Why?

It's the reality of what's going on over there.

Completely alien to all I've known in my life in England.

I'm no taking sides on it, just relaying it. Something members on here may not have seen.

So what is it you can't believe?

How do you know that is the reality, it’s a completely random post with no footage or anything to back it up

 

[Prevenger17]

I went there mainly for the surf. It's actually one of the best countries I've been too.

Any reason you won't answer my question mate? Seems odd

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Why?

It's the reality of what's going on over there.

Completely alien to all I've known in my life in England.

I'm no taking sides on it, just relaying it. Something members on here may not have seen.

So what is it you can't believe?

Mate, it’s a Facebook right wing pro gun post that is likely to contain as much factual information as the transfer thread.

 

[tsubaki]

No need to be a jerk, it's a legitimate question. I assume it was universal but I haven't gone around the world using it or anything.

It’s not a legitimate question - for it to be one, you’d have to not know what it means now, in this context.

 

[carlos21]

It is horrible what is happening in America but can we just sort this mess out.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Additionally all the crime statistics are skewed.

Black men and black neighborhoods are policed more - just look at NYC stop and frisk as one example. It disproportionately targeted black men. That increases the black crime rate because petty things will be found. Same with being pulled over, walking in a neighborhood, etc.

There is also a lot of data that black men are more likely to be arrested, charged, found guilt, and given more harsh sentences when compared to white men in similar circumstances.

BME statistics are disproportionate across pretty much every nation, across every level of judicial system.

Why are BME more likely to receive a longer prison sentence? Not just in the UK/USA, but in Africa, Brazil, China, Japan...

The smaller sample is easily inflated (and is often not considered).