This forums preoccupation with Muslims.

trojan698 · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:13

Combat squirrel said:
EDIT: Who's the woman in your sig one more solo, shes purdy,lol EDIT2: Dammit the sig changed ! RUDE ! lol

Yeah! The woman changes! refresh again, its well cool.

PsiFox · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:14

Just to even it up a bit.

Someone here is blaming the Irish
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17661792

Fireskull · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:14

One More Solo said:
That is the most ridiculous argument I've ever heard. Any Muslim would tell you those people are not Muslims, in the same way any Protestant would tell you the UVF aren't Christian.

Im not arguing, those suicide bombers considered themselves muslims

One More Solo · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:15

scorza said:
Do you think your sig is appropriate to a family forum (or one that people browse at work)?

Yes. Next question.

scorza said:
Most of the muslim threads are started as a result of a news article - maybe if there were less articles about muslims (i.e. they keep themselves out of the news) there'd be less racism on here?

Ah, so now it's their fault for putting themselves in the news? Pull the other one, who writes the articles?

Fireskull said:
Im not arguing, those suicide bombers considered themselves muslims

I consider myself a Christmas tree, does that make me one?

Yas786 · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:16

Combat squirrel said:
to quote.........well me.....from another thread......lol

Thats the general perception of the UK native public unfortunately, the question is, does this REALLY happen ? and if so, WHY, again the decision (of course if it really happens) is out of the people who will end up paying for it, if things where done more fairly (in the eyes of the UK public) perhaps there would be less of a perception of general racism

EDIT: Who's the woman in your sig one more solo, shes purdy,lol EDIT2: Dammit the sig changed ! RUDE ! lol

Is that what you really think?? :rolleyes:

Sorry im not one to use the rolleyes but you sir deserve it more than anyone else in here at the mo. I really do feel for you and your small minded outlook...makes me sad that there are people like you out there, that actually believe that rubbish you just posted.

Spacky i havent the pleasure of your welsh luvvvin...

...when do i get my chance darling??

Yas786 · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:18

scorza said:
Do you think your sig is appropriate to a family forum (or one that people browse at work)?

Most of the muslim threads are started as a result of a news article - maybe if there were less articles about muslims (i.e. they keep themselves out of the news) there'd be less racism on here?

Muslim isnt a race

..if anything you could call it xenophobia..which seems to be pretty rife in this forum....:/

Yas786 · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:19

One More Solo said:
Ah, so now it's their fault for putting themselves in the news? Pull the other one, who writes the articles?

The white infidels??, anyways if it sells them more papers/gets them more tv ratings then so be it...frankly im just fed up of all the xenophobia in here and in the papers.

badgermonkey · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:20

Spawn said:
Spacky i havent the pleasure of your welsh luvvvin......when do i get my chance darling??

As a fellow welshman i have dibs on him first

Fireskull · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:20

One More Solo said:
I consider myself a Christmas tree, does that make me one?

Lol! of cource not but what i mean is they considered themselves muslims, did what muslims did with one little exception they killed innocent ppl, what worries people is how do we seperate the fake extemeist muslims from the actual muslims who nobody has a problem with, the answer is we cant untill its 2 late, hence why so many people have hatred towards muslims

trojan698 · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:21

I'd just like to add that there's racism in every country. That doesn't in any way make it acceptable though. Unfortunately Islamic fundamentalism has given the entire muslim community a bad name and made it more acceptable to be racist toward them in the process.

Yas786 · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:23

trojan698 said:
I'd just like to add that there's racism in every country. That doesn't in any way make it acceptable though. Unfortunately Islamic fundamentalism has given the entire muslim community a bad name and made it more acceptable to be racist toward them in the process.

Ok one last time, its not racist as muslims arent a race...as i said its xenophobia

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Wyvern971 · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:26

One More Solo said:
I'm not usually one to comment on the controversial and I'm more or less allergic to Speaker's Corner, but I've felt for some time now that in a family forum where swearing, pornography and violent imagery is banned that casual racism (and it IS racism) is allowed to be so prevalent.

I'd agree for the most part of your post, however the media at present seems to be stirring it up, guess what, it's to sell and it's working otherwise it'd die down.

Well I'd like you to show how it is racism, a religion is a belief not a race it can be changed (unlike your skin colour / accent / place of birth / parental origin).

If religion was set at birth and unable to be changed then I'd agree it is racism, or are you suggesting that anyone who converts to islam who is "British" isn't actually a Muslim?

trojan698 · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:27

Spawn said:
Ok one last time, its not racist as muslims arent a race...as i said its xenophobia .

Ok pedant! "xenophobic"

One More Solo · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:29

Wyvern971 said:
I'd agree for the most part of your post, however the media at present seems to be stirring it up, guess what, it's to sell and it's working otherwise it'd die down.

Well I'd like you to show how it is racism, a religion is a belief not a race it can be changed (unlike your skin colour / accent / place of birth / parental origin).

If religion was set at birth and unable to be changed then I'd agree it is racism, or are you suggesting that anyone who converts to islam who is "British" isn't actually a Muslim?

I made the mistake of using racism as a blanket term, as has been said it's mainly xenophobia.

Flibster · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:30

I'd also like to add *having seen this quite a bit recently*

Anyone who starts a sentence with...

"I'm not racist but...."

You are racist. Sorry to pop your self righteous bubble, but you are. At least admit you're racist!

Simon/~Flibster

Fireskull · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:31

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophobia

badgermonkey · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:31

Seriously, with the amount of Xenophobia some muslim countries exhibit, you really think we're so terrible here? This county has become so xenophobic because when people actually tried to accept the foreign devils into our country they started abusing the system ala Ban christmas decorations etc.

So I'm not Xenophobic or Racist, but I personally think our country COULD be slightly better with all the ***** who take it to extremes (to them, anything we do is racist :mad:

)

scorza · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:32

One More Solo said:
Yes. Next question.

Well I don't - so I've adblocked it.

One More Solo said:
Ah, so now it's their fault for putting themselves in the news? Pull the other one, who writes the articles?

The mutli-cultural loving BBC for the most part, so you can't blame the "right wing press" on this.

Fireskull · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:32

Are you still a racist/Xenophobia is you dont wish them harm just wish them back to their own country?

badgermonkey · 6 Dec 2006 at 12:33

Flibster said:
Anyone who starts a sentence with...

"I'm not racist but...."

You are racist. Sorry to pop your self righteous bubble, but you are. At least admit you're racist!

Simon/~Flibster

Um no? If I was racist/xxenophobic, then the many friends I have of different racial persuasions and religions wouldn't be my friends. No really, I have many, as individuals I have never ever judged someone just because of race/religion. Yet many of my recent posts on here may seem racist. But I know for a fact more than one of them agree with me on several issues I have with what you might class as xenophobia.