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(Some Guy) Obvious Man shot in street for wearing Obama t-shirt -- in England. There's no hate like Limey hate   (southlondon-today.co.uk) divider line 48
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silo123j 2008-10-10 07:49:44 AM  
Limey hate?

that's racist!!

 
steevmit 2008-10-10 07:56:09 AM  
"Detectives have described the attacker as white, in his mid-30s, around 6ft tall with short ginger hair, wearing a grey camouflage jacket and combat trousers."

Why not just say ginger ninja.

 
big_pth [TotalFark] 2008-10-10 08:03:33 AM  
FTFA: Detectives have described the attacker as white, in his mid-30s, around 6ft tall with short ginger hair

GINGERS!!!!!11!!!!1!!!!

 
benlonghair [TotalFark] 2008-10-10 08:57:54 AM  
Dudes, you think that's bad, you shoulda seen what they did to the guy with the George Washington shirt back in the day.

 
hillbillypharmacist [TotalFark] 2008-10-10 09:03:27 AM  
How many English are white men with short ginger hair? C'mon, this guy can't be that hard to find.

 
jonasborg [TotalFark] 2008-10-10 09:07:30 AM  
I thought guns were illegal in England?

 
schiefaw 2008-10-10 09:12:22 AM  
Isn't this a repeat?

 
ThatGuyGreg [TotalFark] 2008-10-10 09:13:18 AM  
Detectives have described the attacker as white, in his mid-30s, around 6ft tall with short ginger hair, wearing a grey camouflage jacket and combat trousers.

www.angelfire.com

Wanted for questioning.

 
I_C_Weener [TotalFark] 2008-10-10 09:16:06 AM  
jonasborg: I thought guns were illegal in England?

When guns are outlawed, only Republican Limey's will have guns.

 
Sybarite [TotalFark] 2008-10-10 09:17:36 AM  
When people from other countries wonder why we Americans think we're the center of the world, just remember there's nobody in this country with a Gordon Brown t-shirt in their closet.

 
The Stealth Hippopotamus [TotalFark] 2008-10-10 09:24:40 AM  
jonasborg: I thought guns were illegal in England?

Glad to see that was covered.

 
steevmit 2008-10-10 09:25:00 AM  
Sybarite: When people from other countries wonder why we Americans think we're the center of the world, just remember there's nobody in this country with a Gordon Brown t-shirt in their closet.

I doubt anyone in Britain has a McCain tee shirt. Maybe a Palin or two though.

 
TheYeti [TotalFark] 2008-10-10 09:30:04 AM  
Combat trousers?

 
Walker [TotalFark] 2008-10-10 09:34:06 AM  
jonasborg: I thought guns were illegal in England?

It was a BB gun....which Brits seem to consider the same as real guns. Not sure if water guns also fall under that category.

 
Diogenes [TotalFark] 2008-10-10 09:39:38 AM  
TheYeti: Combat trousers?

I'm getting the picture of a skinhead in my mind. I wonder if he had the suspenders?

 
Snarfangel [TotalFark] 2008-10-10 09:41:42 AM  
steevmit: "Detectives have described the attacker as white, in his mid-30s, around 6ft tall with short ginger hair, wearing a grey camouflage jacket and combat trousers."

Why not just say ginger ninja.


Ginjas are deadly. And they flip out all the time.

 
steevmit 2008-10-10 09:50:51 AM  
Walker: It was a BB gun....which Brits seem to consider the same as real guns. Not sure if water guns also fall under that category.

It's jolly well not polite to wander round the shops with a 12-gauge.

 
filth [TotalFark] 2008-10-10 11:27:10 AM  
big_pth: FTFA: Detectives have described the attacker as white, in his mid-30s, around 6ft tall with short ginger hair

GINGERS!!!!!11!!!!1!!!!


They're rising against us as the prophecy foretold.

I'll be in my bunker with my ammo and bottled water.

 
tallguywithglasseson [TotalFark] 2008-10-10 11:33:32 AM  
jonasborg: I thought guns were illegal in England?
A MAN was shot in the face with an air pistol in a racist attack

 
I_C_Weener [TotalFark] 2008-10-10 11:43:50 AM  
tallguywithglasseson: jonasborg: I thought guns were illegal in England?A MAN was shot in the face with an air pistol in a racist attack

Is that like listening to air guitar?

 
NittLion78 2008-10-10 12:22:41 PM  
This apparent lack of armament in the UK gives me hope that if they ever try to take back New England, we'll probably be okay.

 
Shaggy_C 2008-10-10 12:23:29 PM  
I'm surprised I didn't get shot on my Obama bar crawl last month. 'Shots for hope and change' we cried at first. O-Bomb after O-bomb (which became 'Hope-Bombs' by the third bar) led us to begin trying a new approach with our Obama shirts. Instead of being positive, we decided to get nasty...in an absurd way. So, we end up storming down the street yelling about Closet Muslims, Burkas, Jews doing WTC, and hating America. It was all fun and good until people started actually listening to us. I'm actually kind of shocked things didn't turn out worse. Hmm...I might have to toast a "Hope" bomb to Biraq Hussein Osama again tonight, actually.

 
SpacePunk 2008-10-10 12:24:33 PM  
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Sybarite 2008-10-10 09:17:36 AM
When people from other countries wonder why we Americans think we're the center of the world, just remember there's nobody in this country with a Gordon Brown t-shirt in their closet.
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Who the hell is Gordon Brown?


/I keed

 
The_Sponge [TotalFark] 2008-10-10 12:27:12 PM  
Walker: jonasborg: I thought guns were illegal in England?

It was a BB gun....which Brits seem to consider the same as real guns. Not sure if water guns also fall under that category.



I'm not sure how they regulate BB guns in England, but IIRC, in Ireland, you have to register them with the police.

 
Xerxes99 2008-10-10 12:28:17 PM  
www.msghelp.net

 
DoWhatNowToWhat 2008-10-10 12:29:14 PM  
Oh NOS an AIR Pistol. You own me a new doe.

 
Doc Daneeka 2008-10-10 12:29:16 PM  
A Democratic supporter was shot in the face?

I didn't even know that Cheney was vacationing in England.

upload.wikimedia.org

 
IXI Jim IXI [TotalFark] 2008-10-10 12:32:48 PM  
hillbillypharmacist: How many English are white men with short ginger hair? C'mon, this guy can't be that hard to find.

Weaseleys wanted for questioning.

 
IXI Jim IXI [TotalFark] 2008-10-10 12:33:46 PM  
SpacePunk: Who the hell is Gordon Brown?

Isn't he a chef?

 
TheSuperFunk 2008-10-10 12:35:51 PM  
The Stealth Hippopotamus: jonasborg: I thought guns were illegal in England?

Glad to see that was covered.


Are air-guns considered real guns in England.

The man was shot in the face and was treated for minor injuries.

 
mekki 2008-10-10 12:37:30 PM  
I don't get it. Did the person attack him because he was wearing a shirt that had someone of color on it or was he attacked because he was wearing a shirt that had an American on it? Or is the answer c)both?

The ethnic slurs could go either way.

 
amindtat 2008-10-10 12:37:30 PM  
jonasborg: I thought guns were illegal in England?

Good thing kitchen knives are illegal in England, poor bastard could have been julienned!

 
IXI Jim IXI [TotalFark] 2008-10-10 12:43:25 PM  
TheSuperFunk: The man was shot in the face and was treated for minor injuries.

Gay on Gay violence?

 
mpirooz 2008-10-10 12:50:10 PM  
lol air pistol.

 
anelson41 2008-10-10 12:51:25 PM  
i thought oblama was the international candidate?

 
Funk Brothers 2008-10-10 12:52:50 PM  
Wait, guns are legal in Great Britian?

 
Saiga410 2008-10-10 12:54:28 PM  
Sybarite: When people from other countries wonder why we Americans think we're the center of the world, just remember there's nobody in this country with a Gordon Brown t-shirt in their closet.

Speak for yourself. Gordon Brown is just dreamy. Great, now I want to run home and put on that shirt.

 
delysid25 2008-10-10 12:58:48 PM  
Where is your knife crime now, UK????

 
Dansker 2008-10-10 01:04:15 PM  
mpirooz: lol air pistol.

At the risk of being accused of sandy vaginaism: A gas propelled airgun, loaded with metal ball bearings and fired straight into your face at close range, can do a lot of damage. Not to mention the terror the poor guy must have felt, since they can be appear almost indistinguishable from real firearms.

 
Crude 2008-10-10 01:13:46 PM  
Before he even got to vote for Obama over there.

How sad.

 
FarKnight 2008-10-10 01:15:58 PM  
images.politico.com

This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll all be lucky to live through it.

 
baltimoreron 2008-10-10 01:24:06 PM  
FarKnight: This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll all be lucky to live through it.

Did you read the guys sign? It says 'No Socialism'. That's a politics thing, not a race thing. I'm not voting for the guy and it ain't because he's a black man.

 
eraser8 2008-10-10 01:35:12 PM  
I don't understand why race is important to people.

I think Obama is totally unsuitable for the presidency...but I seriously considered voting for him just to spite the racists that hate him so much. Then I thought better of it and decided that I have to make the decision on the candidates themselves and not on the dumbass fringe of their support.

 
TheHappTroll 2008-10-10 01:42:46 PM  
I'm not sure we can decide that the attack was caused by the t-shirt, not from the article. We are told the attacker was a ginger (gingervitus precludes a soul). We are told the attacker used racial slurs. We are not told the race of the victim.

 
HighOnCraic 2008-10-10 01:54:15 PM  
TheHappTroll: I'm not sure we can decide that the attack was caused by the t-shirt, not from the article. We are told the attacker was a ginger (gingervitus precludes a soul). We are told the attacker used racial slurs. We are not told the race of the victim.

The victim is a Nigerian.

"Dube Egwuatu was buying a mobile telephone top-up card in an off-licence when the gunman confronted him and glared at the top, which carries an image of the Democrat US presidential candidate underneath the legend 'Believe'.
The man then launched into a tirade of racist slurs, shouting 'I f***ing hate n*****s' and urging 36-year-old Mr Egwuatu to leave the shop with him."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1070975/Man-shot-times-street-racist-gu n man--wearing-Barack-Obama-T-shirt.html

 
TheHappTroll 2008-10-10 01:59:43 PM  
HighOnCraic: TheHappTroll: I'm not sure we can decide that the attack was caused by the t-shirt, not from the article. We are told the attacker was a ginger (gingervitus precludes a soul). We are told the attacker used racial slurs. We are not told the race of the victim.

The victim is a Nigerian.

"Dube Egwuatu was buying a mobile telephone top-up card in an off-licence when the gunman confronted him and glared at the top, which carries an image of the Democrat US presidential candidate underneath the legend 'Believe'.
The man then launched into a tirade of racist slurs, shouting 'I f***ing hate n*****s' and urging 36-year-old Mr Egwuatu to leave the shop with him."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1070975/Man-shot-times-street-racist-gu n man--wearing-Barack-Obama-T-shirt.html


So this raceist attack may in fact have been caused by the mans skin tone and not his choice of clothing. It is possible that the idiot attacker didn't notice or recognize the image on the shirt.

 
Dansker 2008-10-10 02:18:24 PM  
TheHappTroll: So this raceist attack may in fact have been caused by the mans skin tone and not his choice of clothing. It is possible that the idiot attacker didn't notice or recognize the image on the shirt.


The victim seems utterly convinced that the t-shirt set him off. I'm guessing the "tirade of racist slurs" contained some words to that effect.
Either way, there are plenty of black guys on the streets of London on which that asshole could have taken out his insecurities. Something made him pick this guy out of thousands.

Also, hello again:)

 
whcrow 2008-10-10 02:57:25 PM  
Someone needs to tell that guy it takes a larger caliber to take down a buck when hunting.

 
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