My remarks aren't racist because they are basd on personal experience & during my conversations with these girls they concede that a lot of their fellow nationals feel the same way. I am not ignorant & wouldn't post unless I felt my comment was based on some evidence.
The fact that they have had hard lives / or not (the wall came down 19 yrs ago !) does not excuse this. Most of the generation who visit our shores were very young at worst when that happened. Were the Irish not hard & tough only 30yrs ago ? We were the last 3rd world country in Western Europe not so long ago & unfortunately I'm old enough to remember. I wouldn't have excused racism then from Irish people & don't now.
It'll take a generation or 2 for our E. European friends to evolve from that harsh look & humourless gate they display. Is that racism or realism ?
TheNads.