Chris_D said:Spikey said:Chris_D said:Sorry, but i can't accept the concept of the 'liberal/moderate muslim' anymore. Theyre all potential extremists and theres no getting around that., :|
Chris the reality is that 98% are moderate kind people - I have lots of friends who are
The sad fact is as human beings there are always idiots and extremists who want to create mayhem for their own ends - if we refresh our memories of the IRA and UDA bombings in all of our recent history these guys weren't Muslim but they created carnage on the British people
Problem is complex - solution will be complex too
Agree with the sentiments of foreign policy though - our actions overseas are directly responsible for some reactions
Feel so sad for the ordinary people caught up in these events
I used to have that philosophy too. But it changed markedly on Sep 11 2001 when I experienced the population of Nelson, a seemingly moderate Muslim community celebrating the terrorist attacks in the US it was like a bloody street festival! Letting off fireworks, driving around in the cars and beeping and waving the pakistan flag! I was outraged and felt totally betrayed.
That's when I decided to sell my house over the other side of the M65 in Barrowford. I saw Nelson change from a seemingly half and half mixed asian and white town turn into an almost exclusively asian community.
I'd like to think we could all get on I really do. The world doesnt need hate, terror or assertive religions and i genuinely feel sad and a bit ashamed when i look at an asian guy who might have a beard and a backpack and not start to look at him suspiciously but thats the emerging world we're living in sadly.
goldbcfc said:Chris_D said:Spikey said:Chris the reality is that 98% are moderate kind people - I have lots of friends who are
The sad fact is as human beings there are always idiots and extremists who want to create mayhem for their own ends - if we refresh our memories of the IRA and UDA bombings in all of our recent history these guys weren't Muslim but they created carnage on the British people
Problem is complex - solution will be complex too
Agree with the sentiments of foreign policy though - our actions overseas are directly responsible for some reactions
Feel so sad for the ordinary people caught up in these events
I used to have that philosophy too. But it changed markedly on Sep 11 2001 when I experienced the population of Nelson, a seemingly moderate Muslim community celebrating the terrorist attacks in the US it was like a bloody street festival! Letting off fireworks, driving around in the cars and beeping and waving the pakistan flag! I was outraged and felt totally betrayed.
That's when I decided to sell my house over the other side of the M65 in Barrowford. I saw Nelson change from a seemingly half and half mixed asian and white town turn into an almost exclusively asian community.
I'd like to think we could all get on I really do. The world doesnt need hate, terror or assertive religions and i genuinely feel sad and a bit ashamed when i look at an asian guy who might have a beard and a backpack and not start to look at him suspiciously but thats the emerging world we're living in sadly.
So you said "you think we could all get on" but the sentence before say you moved because your area now has more asians. I'm half white/black it wasn't so long ago being a kid I remember the anti black racists, then it was eastern european now its muslim's. Seriously this is why there's so much social divide in certain parts of UK people with these thoughts to begin with. Lots of muslims everywhere I walk I don't feel scared of a man with a back pack and a beard get a life man will ya.
These people doing this are a minority of murdering terrorist living in our community.
pvr said:take away the women,
ESP said:pvr said:take away the women,
Why ?
pvr said:ESP said:pvr said:take away the women,
Why ?
Initially they are not as high a risk if we want to approach this problem top down. Agreed that they can't be dismissed, but from a resource point of view perhaps easier to concentrate on the majority of the issue.
Can't believe that one of the London attackers was on Channel 4 last year spouting ISIS rubbish, and he was allowed to live another year to cause this event. The time has come that these people just "disappear" without publicity, just to never be found.
Ewazix said:Q: Where you are going to deport a British born radicalised convert to?
Q: Bearing in mind most planned attacks thwarted by the security agencies were as a result of information from the Muslim community, what's the benefit or expected outcome of attacking and stigmatising the decent majority?
PerryGunn said:Playing Devil's Advocate here... (and keeping my own opinions out of this)
When there's an incident the majority voice always seems to be that the Intelligence Agencies should know more about what 'these people' are up to...
However, there's uproar from the 'Human Rights' brigade every time there's talk of watering down Civil Liberties, and other voices complain loudly about 'Big Brother' when addressing the subject of adding back-doors to encryption protocols to allow the Intelligence Agencies to keep a closer watch on communications...
Any changes to the rules have to apply to everyone as you don't necessarily know who the potential terrorists are until after you've started the monitoring process and full monitoring will likely lead to more 'threats' being detected at an early stage.
The more controls and oversight you put in place, the less privacy and 'freedom' we, the general population, have... are we ready to live in a more controlled society if that's the price of feeling/being more secure... or do we regard this as a step towards a police state...?