Looks like the backlash has started: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6258544.stm.
Who knows? I can't see its face.Posty said:Aren't they from Pakistan
Yes there were permitted to come here. That is why people who let this happen cannot say they defend our way of life because they are lying.so they were allowed here?
afraser2k said:Looks like the backlash has started: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6258544.stm.
Mohammad Sarwar said members of the Muslim community felt angry
dirtydog said:I thought you were firmly in the pro-immigrant and multiculturalism camp.
And that's the trouble. As part of me agrees with you. Communities should all integrate.dirtydog said:Therein lies the problem. They see themselves as part of their own special community, not as part of the mainstream society. And of course we see them the same. Both sides recognise that the other is totally different and incompatible.
Dolph said:Snip
I've said before what needs to be done. Stop immigration of alien races and cultures straight away and leave the EU so we can control our borders. Until we do that, anything else is a waste of time.Efour2 said:I am but you asked about realism, and i put it in terms that I thought might appeal to the agitators.
I agree 100%. Yet while we are in the EU, controlling our own borders is not possible.starscream said:I only way I can see any progress made is if we start using the armed forces for what they are designed for - Protecting our borders, rather than waging aggressive wars in parts of the world we have no mandate dictate to.
dirtydog said:Therein lies the problem. They see themselves as part of their own special community, not as part of the mainstream society. And of course we see them the same. Both sides recognise that the other is totally different and incompatible.
Mr.Clark said:Really? Is that true, or are you guessing/making it up?
These aliens cannot integrate while retaining their own culture - it is an oxymoron.Mr.Clark said:And that's the trouble. As part of me agrees with you. Communities should all integrate.
But the other part of me says that Britain stands for personal freedom. You can do whatever you want while here, provided you obey the laws. If you want to form an isolated community, you're entitled to do so.
Obviously, I'm not defending the criminals, nor the people that shelter them.
But why shouldn't a law-abiding muslim wear what they want, do what they want and live where they want?
They shouldn't be attacked. They might or might not be due some criticism however, depending on exactly what their views are.Spawn said:So you feel its quite right that innocent law abiding muslims who have absolutely nothing to do with this attack should be villified or attacked right??.
Because I believe they should carry some of the blame for incurring the wrath of the natives when they have made insufficient efforts to integrate into our society.Why shouldnt muslims feel angry for being tarred with the same brush as the terrorists??...is it because they are muslims??.
dirtydog said:Therein lies the problem. They see themselves as part of their own special community, not as part of the mainstream society. And of course we see them the same. Both sides recognise that the other is totally different and incompatible.
I think the police should protect all equally, regardless of colour or creed. No special treatment for them.starscream said:Perhaps they need special treatment in this case. If innocent people of a certain race/religion are being specifically targetted by thugs it is appropriate that they are given extra protection by the police.
Dolph said:I think it's because for all the intelligent debate and evidence, there is no answer or resolve. Most people like their bad guys identifiable, understandable and so on. We need to know who they are, what they want and what they are willing to do so we can form a coherant strategy to deal with it. That's why people blame lax immigration (even though the earlier london attacks were committed by second generation immigrants, so current immigration policy is irrelevant), they blame religion, even though millions of people follow religions without doing anything like this. The problem with this approach is that it doesn't really help.
What people always want is a solution, and we all have different opinions of what that should be. There is no easy solution, but many people want to simplify it until there is, and that tends to favour hatred/dislike of a larger community in which the minority of troublemakers reside. I don't subscribe to the idea that the muslim community has to come out and condemn or distance theirselves from everything each time, but I can also certainly see how various parts of the muslim community haven't helped their case, or distanced themselves from it at all (we've all seen the surveys where a reasonablely large minority appear to agree or sympathise with the terrorists, for example).
I can be honest and say I don't know how to solve the situation, certainly not without throwing our countries traditions and freedoms out of the window. Ironically we only way we could definitely get a result would be to become more like a muslim or similar culture, where diversity is rejected, punished, where people are treated differently based on their beliefs and so on, but I certainly don't want that, and nor should anyone else who respects what Britian has traditionally been about.
dirtydog said:I think the police should protect all equally, regardless of colour or creed. No special treatment for them.
"We are sick of being defined as a community by terrorism and having to answer for it,"
dirtydog said:They shouldn't be attacked. They might or might not be due some criticism however, depending on exactly what their views are.
Because I believe they should carry some of the blame for incurring the wrath of the natives when they have made insufficient efforts to integrate into our society.
See, it's language like that that exacerbates things.dirtydog said:These aliens cannot integrate while retaining their own culture - it is an oxymoron.
Our mass immigration and multiculturalism policies are GENOCIDE of the British people, make no mistake about that. We are being outbred by them, and whites are leaving in record numbers. We are the only country in history whose people have willingly submitted to this genocide without a fight. In fact our traitorous leaders are fully complicit in this treason.