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Re:What happens to your bike after it’s stolen by kalleboo on Tuesday December 30, 2014 @11:26PM (#8818247)
This may be true in the US but definitely not in Europe. I guess here they get hauled off to Poland where there's still some value in them.
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Re:What happens to your bike after it’s stolen by mobiplayer on Wednesday December 31, 2014 @06:43AM (#8818996)
That's just plain stupid and tad racist. You'd be extremely surprised to learn that these are sold for £10 or £20 not far from when they've been stolen.
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Re:What happens to your bike after it’s stolen by collyw on Wednesday December 31, 2014 @12:25PM (#8820148)
Can you explain the racism part to me as I fail to see it. It's racist to say that bike prices are higher in Poland?
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Re:What happens to your bike after it’s stolen by mobiplayer on Wednesday December 31, 2014 @02:40PM (#8820762)
It is racist to imply bikes are stolen by Poles and probably also to say that a shitty bike not worth selling round the corner for £20 is worth hauling all the way to Poland.
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Re:What happens to your bike after it’s stolen by collyw on Thursday January 01, 2015 @01:06PM (#8823645)
There was no implication that Poles were doing the stealing.
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Re:What happens to your bike after it’s stolen by mobiplayer on Friday January 02, 2015 @03:53AM (#8826096)
No, of course. That's why he had to specify a country. :-)

Sometimes we're being racist even though it's not on purpose. Unfortunately we're all racist up to some extent; myself included.

// Unrelated fun fact after checking your profile (I was trying to get some context for the discussion): If I'm not mistaken you're a Brit living and working in Barcelona. I'm from Barcelona, but living and working in Britain :-D

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