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towny44 wrote: 07 Aug 2024, 16:26
I don't want to be rascist, I would love to live alongside any ethnic minority group in peaceful coexistance. But the cultural differences of the largest ethnic group are just too far away from ours, to make this either likely or pleasurable.
As others have said, until the government (Liberal Southern Elite) recognise that this is the view of large numbers of the indigenous population, and start to address this, then I worry that the rabble rousing far right will find ample fuel to continue with these "protests".
I couldn’t have put it better John…well-reasoned Post :thumbup:

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I see that Shamima Begum has been denied yet again an appeal against the removal of her UK citizenship :thumbup:

This got me thinking - perhaps all these hooligans should have their citizenship removed and go and live in a refugee camp controlled by armed guards in northern Syria :wave:

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Gets my vote

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Oh dear - not good news for Starmer with Ricky Jones being arrested "on suspicion of encouraging murder after comments at a London counter-protest"

Good news two more hooligans having free bed and board for the next two years :thumbup:

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david63 wrote: 08 Aug 2024, 19:02
Oh dear - not good news for Starmer with Ricky Jones being arrested "on suspicion of encouraging murder after comments at a London counter-protest"

Good news two more hooligans having free bed and board for the next two years :thumbup:
One would associate that kind of comment coming from an Islamic terrorist sympathiser :think:

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The brass neck of some people. The thieving scum bags.

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Amazing how they did it in broad daylight. They didn't make any attempt to hide their crime.
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I bet the owner of the satellite dish was in for shock when he couldn’t tune into his Scandinavian channel ;)

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You wonder what they're going to do with it. You can't really display it and you can't sell it because everybody knows it's been stolen. In any case who would want a satellite dish hanging on the wall next to your flying ducks? :roll:
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oldbluefox wrote: 10 Aug 2024, 06:40
You wonder what they're going to do with it. You can't really display it and you can't sell it because everybody knows it's been stolen. In any case who would want a satellite dish hanging on the wall next to your flying ducks? :roll:
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You pikey’s would. It will go nice with your horseshoe brasses and stuffed chickens.

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Absolutely awaful. What a terrible world we live in.

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It's just carnage on people who are trapped and have nowhere to go which could be called safe.
A ceasefire is long overdue.
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Has Keir said when he intends starting the smashing?

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They've obviously seen the Refugees are Welcome placards.
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oldbluefox wrote: 12 Aug 2024, 13:05
They've obviously seen the Refugees are Welcome placards.
Give it a year or two and this lot will be waving the placards for their relatives…this country is becoming a complete and utter joke where control of our boarders is concerned…. embarrassing in the extreme.

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“Starmer and France's President Emmanuel Macron have pledged to strengthen "cooperation" in handling the surge in undocumented migrant numbers”.

That’s reassuring, NOT! :crazy:

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They come here illegally and claim asylum. They are then sent to the poorer parts of the country where accommodation is cheaper into communities which are already struggling. Over time they set up their own community with their own shops, their own dress code, their own language, their own culture and an allegiance more sympathetic to the Middle East than the West. As one imam said "We like to live our own way ". And we not only sanction it, we encourage it.
As more and more illegal immigrants enter the country I can see the situation only getting worse. But why worry? Starmer and Macron are cosying up over a cuppa in an air of cooperation. I feel truly reassured.
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Sounds about right Foxy.

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Islam is not only a threat to the UK it is a threat to Western world…you only have to read a few passages from the Quran to understand how intolerant this religion is of Western values religions and cultures.

I shall stop there for fear of a knock at my door.

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“Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. ... We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.”

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Onelife wrote: 13 Aug 2024, 09:42

I shall stop there for fear of a knock at my door.
Unfortunately there is a fear of voicing an opinion for fear of being accused of racism which is totally false. There are those of colour who have mingled in peacefully into our society whether it be shopkeepers or surgeons for whom there is no problem. Racism is not the issue (apart from the headbangers of the far right).
The issues for me revolve around uncontrolled illegal immigration by those taking advantage of our weaknesses and integration of other cultures into a British society. Unfortunately our politicians have yet to understand this or do anything about it.
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And those head in the sand politicians are entirely responsible for the rise of the far right and racism.

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Like you Foxy, I don’t see myself as a racist in any way shape or form, and yet, the mere fact that when posting I feel I have to clarify this position does demonstrate how lightly one has to tip toe around my belief that Islam is perpetrating division in what is otherwise a tolerant multicultural society.

Like you, I also don’t think multiculturalism has worked out how one would have hoped it would, that is not to say integration has been a failure but the concept that cultures integrating into the indigenous ways and values of this country is far from convincing.

That being said, we must all work towards creating a country where different communities and its cultures move in the direction of wanting to be part of a country that accepts different cultures and not live in fear of where some may wish to take us.

I have said many times on this forum that in my opinion all schools, no matter their religious ethos should be taught with secularism as its basis for its learning. Hopefully a more objective, scientific, informative approach would enlighten children to question all this religious crap being crammed down their throats…Oh! And while they’re at it, they could enlighten them as to why the Monarchy is such an outdated waste of space also :angel:

Opp’s, there I go again :lol:

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Onelife wrote: 13 Aug 2024, 12:37
Islam is perpetrating division
Islam, as such, is not perpetrating division - in fact Islam is the exact opposite and all for peace and harmony. The problem is that there are some Islamist zealots who try to interpret the Koran to suit their own agenda.

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