tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17460203.post1542815979802084090..comments2024-02-21T09:18:08.330-08:00Comments on Technoracle (soon to be Canadian Cybertech): What does my race/ethnicity have to do with Olympics?Duane Nickullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08767498160563891543noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17460203.post-91233023704832030342010-03-09T23:53:37.645-08:002010-03-09T23:53:37.645-08:00I got stopped by police at an underground railway ...I got stopped by police at an underground railway station in London, a sniffer dog could smell something on me, searched and questioned. I admitted that I had smoked some pot earlier in the evening with friends but had none myself. <br />At the point the police officer started filling in a form which states that I had been searched and he had to ask me what ethnicity I am in order to complete the form. I stated he should be able to determine this himself by looking at me, but he said that would technically be illegal. Stopping and searching is not, using your eyes are. I do find the english weird at times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17460203.post-20946394439785401462010-03-09T04:32:48.399-08:002010-03-09T04:32:48.399-08:00It has nothing to do with it.
The form on the web...It has nothing to do with it.<br /><br />The form on the website in question states "Providing the information below will help us build a better picture of our website users." - which is garble for "we would like to know, for what reason we won't disclose"<br /><br />Though, I note that you aren't required to fill that part out. The only required fields in the entire form are:<br />email<br />title<br />first name<br />last name<br />post codeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00643693984573839858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17460203.post-69898920567609588002010-03-09T03:54:24.088-08:002010-03-09T03:54:24.088-08:00I guess this will be some sort of equality based d...I guess this will be some sort of equality based distribution of the tickets based on ethnicity?Tinkhttp://www.tink.ws/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17460203.post-66101949090984797572010-03-08T19:06:47.381-08:002010-03-08T19:06:47.381-08:00I decided to call them on this. I contacted them t...I decided to call them on this. I contacted them to ask why this matters. Will post the results here.<br /><br />FWIW - I think the basic idea of ethnic differentiation on an involuntary basis is wrong and a flawed aspect of humanity.<br /><br />/dDuane Nickullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08767498160563891543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17460203.post-4199047982347983512010-03-08T17:28:35.959-08:002010-03-08T17:28:35.959-08:00They call it "ethnic monitoring". I live...They call it "ethnic monitoring". I lived in the UK for 4 years and this is very common there. They ask that when you fill out a form at the dr office, apply for a loan and all other sorts of things. Especially if government is involved...Kaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486096881559911129noreply@blogger.com