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arista 18-01-2015 02:39 PM

Extra Police protecting Jews in the UK - Have the AK47 Muslim Terrorists won
 
One Jewish person said
she did not like all these special police
as its making the show up more


The Home Sec., May
has said she will increase the Jewish protection
and that she never thought she
would hear people saying they will leave
the UK?

http://news.sky.com/story/1410202/ma...-anti-semitism

DemolitionRed 18-01-2015 03:25 PM

There is no doubt that anti-Semitism is on the up from Muslim communities in Europe but I don't believe this hostage crisis in Paris was a deliberate target on Jews. I believe it was just an easy target in a desperate attempt to get those other terrorists out of that printing works.

Just as the Muslim religious leaders in Europe must voice their condemnation on IS, so must the leaders of European Jewish organisations condemn oppressive Israeli actions such as last summer's military actions. Why is it that Muslims can not be seen to support the extremists in Syria whilst the Jews can openly support what is going on in Israel.

It feels as if we are on the verge of an anti-Muslim backlash.

Livia 18-01-2015 04:26 PM

In 2012 a teacher and three children were shot dead in Toulouse, southern France. This hasn't just started with the Paris killings, it's been going on for a long time. The Jewish community are a massive target, although it saddens me to see that the community is having to be protected by armed police.

DemolitionRed mentions Jews "openly supporting Israel". Well, I don't know many Jews who do actively and openly support the Israeli state in everything they do. As for last year's military action, it started when three young Jewish hitchhikers were murdered by Hamas.

It seems sad to me that while ordinary Jewish people - not Israelis, let's make that clear - have to be protected by armed police that people are worrying about an anti-Muslim backlash.

kirklancaster 18-01-2015 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livia (Post 7500639)
In 2012 a teacher and three children were shot dead in Toulouse, southern France. This hasn't just started with the Paris killings, it's been going on for a long time. The Jewish community are a massive target, although it saddens me to see that the community is having to be protected by armed police.

DemolitionRed mentions Jews "openly supporting Israel". Well, I don't know many Jews who do actively and openly support the Israeli state in everything they do. As for last year's military action, it started when three young Jewish hitchhikers were murdered by Hamas.

It seems sad to me that while ordinary Jewish people - not Israelis, let's make that clear - have to be protected by armed police that people are worrying about an anti-Muslim backlash.



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It does more than make me 'sad' - it makes me angry and bewilders me. :shrug:

user104658 18-01-2015 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livia (Post 7500639)

It seems sad to me that while ordinary Jewish people - not Israelis, let's make that clear - have to be protected by armed police that people are worrying about an anti-Muslim backlash.

If we're talking about innocent Jews and innocent Muslims in each case, surely it would be "sad" if people weren't concerned about a potential backlash against Muslims? Innocent people getting caught up in other people's bull**** politics is always sad, no matter what their religious leanings... Right? I worry about this kicking off and ANY ordinary person - Jew, Muslim, Christian, WWE wrestling fanatic - being caught in the crossfire. It genuinely should not matter even a tiny little bit which holy book they happen to have in the bedside drawer.

Livia 18-01-2015 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 7500761)
If we're talking about innocent Jews and innocent Muslims in each case, surely it would be "sad" if people weren't concerned about a potential backlash against Muslims? Innocent people getting caught up in other people's bull**** politics is always sad, no matter what their religious leanings... Right? I worry about this kicking off and ANY ordinary person - Jew, Muslim, Christian, WWE wrestling fanatic - being caught in the crossfire. It genuinely should not matter even a tiny little bit which holy book they happen to have in the bedside drawer.

Yeah, I agree with all that. Except I don't see the Muslim community being protected by armed guards. So while I hope that no innocent Muslim is caught in the crossfire or attacked by some misguided fanatic with a skewed sense of right and wrong, right now I'm giving more concern to a community that intelligence has shown to be at such a high risk of violence that they're having to be guarded by armed personnel.

user104658 18-01-2015 05:10 PM

Maybe it is to do with the level of actual physical threat, it's impossible to be sure as either way they obviously can't release too many details of their gathered intelligence without revealing how it was gathered and endangering sources, but I do have to say that I strongly suspect there are other motivations for the response. In part, at least.

That is, if the innocent Jewish community in European countries starts being openly attacked, the political situation will completely explode. Forget **** hitting the fan - we're talking about a massive tornado hitting a sewage treatment plant.

Muslims being threatened and attacked? Not such a problem, politically speaking. I'm sure there would be a response to any attack against any innocent group... But I'm skeptical that they would take the same sort of security precautions in response to intelligence about a potential threat.

Livia 18-01-2015 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 7500935)
Maybe it is to do with the level of actual physical threat, it's impossible to be sure as either way they obviously can't release too many details of their gathered intelligence without revealing how it was gathered and endangering sources, but I do have to say that I strongly suspect there are other motivations for the response. In part, at least.

That is, if the innocent Jewish community in European countries starts being openly attacked, the political situation will completely explode. Forget **** hitting the fan - we're talking about a massive tornado hitting a sewage treatment plant.

Muslims being threatened and attacked? Not such a problem, politically speaking. I'm sure there would be a response to any attack against any innocent group... But I'm skeptical that they would take the same sort of security precautions in response to intelligence about a potential threat.

I know about intelligence gathering and I'm aware of the processes involved. If intelligence shows that a particular group is at risk of attack then that group will be protected - as much as it is possible to protect them. To suggest that if another group is threatened they wouldn't be so concerned about level of protection because it isn't such a political hot potato is really a sweeping and erroneous indictment of our security services.

DemolitionRed 18-01-2015 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livia (Post 7500639)

It seems sad to me that while ordinary Jewish people - not Israelis, let's make that clear - have to be protected by armed police that people are worrying about an anti-Muslim backlash.

I'm not Jewish and I'm not Muslim, in fact I have no faith. I am pro Jews and pro Muslims...just wanted to be clear I'm not taking sides here.

There have been random attacks on Jews because they were Jews and there have been random attacks on Muslims because they were Muslim. Those attacks are aimed with precision against people with a certain faith; however, I don't believe the attacks at the deli in France was targeted at Jews, but a random act against the west. Perhaps I'm wrong but I haven't read otherwise.

I go on two political forums and I'm sick to the back teeth of reading the more recent anti Muslim hatred openly spilled out. I'm sick of walking past newspaper stands with screaming headlines about Islam and how none of us are safe. There is a lot of propaganda to incite our fear.

If you read the history pre-war nazi Germany, you will read about the civil unrest the government and popular media did towards the Jewish communities. They demonized the Jews for years and turned a nation into Jew haters. Something uncomfortably similar is happening now towards the Muslims, not only in the middle east but right here in the UK and across Europe.

user104658 18-01-2015 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livia (Post 7501033)
I know about intelligence gathering and I'm aware of the processes involved. If intelligence shows that a particular group is at risk of attack then that group will be protected - as much as it is possible to protect them. To suggest that if another group is threatened they wouldn't be so concerned about level of protection because it isn't such a political hot potato is really a sweeping and erroneous indictment of our security services.

I'm not saying that they would be lax in their response / fail to protect Muslims. I'm suggesting that the level of response in this case might be disproportionate to the intelligence that has actually been received. We do of course know that there are different alert levels - I'm just saying it's possible that they might be artificially stepping up that level because of the potential fallout.

Again, I'm not saying I know this to be the case, because obviously us civvies are not given information detailed enough to make that call. I'm just saying it's feasible. And that Jews being threatened isn't any "sadder" than Muslim being threatened, if those being threatened are innocent. And let's not pretend that innocent Muslim people havent been attacked and threatened across Europe in the last week.

Livia 18-01-2015 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed (Post 7501114)
I'm not Jewish and I'm not Muslim, in fact I have no faith. I am pro Jews and pro Muslims...just wanted to be clear I'm not taking sides here.

There have been random attacks on Jews because they were Jews and there have been random attacks on Muslims because they were Muslim. Those attacks are aimed with precision against people with a certain faith; however, I don't believe the attacks at the deli in France was targeted at Jews, but a random act against the west. Perhaps I'm wrong but I haven't read otherwise.

I go on two political forums and I'm sick to the back teeth of reading the more recent anti Muslim hatred openly spilled out. I'm sick of walking past newspaper stands with screaming headlines about Islam and how none of us are safe. There is a lot of propaganda to incite our fear.

If you read the history pre-war nazi Germany, you will read about the civil unrest the government and popular media did towards the Jewish communities. They demonized the Jews for years and turned a nation into Jew haters. Something uncomfortably similar is happening now towards the Muslims, not only in the middle east but right here in the UK and across Europe.

The deli that was attacked in Paris was a kosher deli. I suggest that wasn't a coincidence. I don't need to read the history of pre-war Nazi Germany, I am Jewish and my family on my maternal side come from Germany. If you read the history of the world you'll see that Jews have, from time to time, been demonised in almost every country. However, in the experience of my family, the UK has always been one of the safest and most tolerant places as far as Jews are concerned.

As for being sick of hearing that say none of us are safe, well... none of us are safe. There is a scourge on the world right now, they have no boundaries, they have no mercy, you can't negotiate with them because we don't have anything they want. They consider anyone who's not with them to be against them, and that includes Muslims who aren't down with their particular brand of inhumanity. They don't represent all Muslims, they've killed, raped, tortured, burned etc. other Muslims in their thousands and everyone with half a brain knows that they do not represent Islam as a faith. But you can't get away from the fact that Al Qaida and ISIL are fundamental Islamic groups. It's not propaganda inflaming people's fear, it's the acts of terror and violence being carried out by a terrorists and it's really happening, it's not just a news story.

Livia 18-01-2015 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 7501335)
I'm not saying that they would be lax in their response / fail to protect Muslims. I'm suggesting that the level of response in this case might be disproportionate to the intelligence that has actually been received. We do of course know that there are different alert levels - I'm just saying it's possible that they might be artificially stepping up that level because of the potential fallout.

Again, I'm not saying I know this to be the case, because obviously us civvies are not given information detailed enough to make that call. I'm just saying it's feasible. And that Jews being threatened isn't any "sadder" than Muslim being threatened, if those being threatened are innocent. And let's not pretend that innocent Muslim people havent been attacked and threatened across Europe in the last week.

And they might not be artificially stepping up the level, and it's real threat.

The day Muslims in this country are so threatened that their community is given an armed guard, them my thoughts will be with them. The Jews are being threatened with bombs and guns. The Muslim community in this country are potentially being targeted by some brain-dead knuckle-draggers who don't understand the difference between being a Muslim and being a terrorist.

Crimson Dynamo 18-01-2015 06:32 PM

theresa may is one fake bitch

god almighty

Livia 18-01-2015 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 7501475)
theresa may is one fake bitch

god almighty

Says the man with an avi of Katie Price...

Yeah, though, she's a bloody disaster. Although she hasn't made this call, she is the mouthpiece of people who are actually in charge of the facts.

Nedusa 18-01-2015 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 7500935)
Maybe it is to do with the level of actual physical threat, it's impossible to be sure as either way they obviously can't release too many details of their gathered intelligence without revealing how it was gathered and endangering sources, but I do have to say that I strongly suspect there are other motivations for the response. In part, at least.

That is, if the innocent Jewish community in European countries starts being openly attacked, the political situation will completely explode. Forget **** hitting the fan - we're talking about a massive tornado hitting a sewage treatment plant.

Muslims being threatened and attacked? Not such a problem, politically speaking. I'm sure there would be a response to any attack against any innocent group... But I'm skeptical that they would take the same sort of security precautions in response to intelligence about a potential threat.

The only people Muslims have to worry about attacking them is other extremist Muslims, especially if the first group of Muslims had the balls to stand and publicly state they had had enough of the cold blooded mass murder perpetrated allegedly in their name.



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kirklancaster 18-01-2015 08:55 PM

Can we take this back a little so someone can perhaps explain to me just why there is this 'wave' of antisemitism in Europe and the UK? :shrug:

What have any Jews done to deserve this?

Are any extreme Jewish terrorist groups currently attempting to conquer every country in the world by any barbaric, murderous means it may take, in order to usurp the indigenous peoples of those countries and install Halakhah?

Have any extreme Jewish terrorist groups declared war on the West and abducted and beheaded innocent and helpless victims in cold blood?

Have any Rabbis preached hatred for the West and incited murder and terrorism against non-Jews in UK synagogues?

Have any extreme Jewish groups openly attacked innocent Muslims in the UK or Europe?

Have any UK -based Jewish individuals murdered any off-duty British soldiers on the streets of London or anywhere else in the UK?

If they have, then please enlighten me because I know of no instances where the above has occurred and I am totally baffled why antisemitism is rearing its evil head again here or in Europe.

I am not saying that the majority of ordinary Muslims are Islamic Fundamentalists - though in recent polls a larger percentage than envisaged supported certain terrorist/Jihadist actions - but surely, there should logically be a greater need of extra protection for ordinary Muslims than Jews, in light of the daily preponderance of terrorist atrocities being perpetrated in the name of Allah, and the inescapable fact that Islamic Fundamentalists are indeed Muslims -- extremist Muslims though they undoubtedly are.

kirklancaster 18-01-2015 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nedusa (Post 7502375)
The only people Muslims have to worry about attacking them is other extremist Muslims, especially if the first group of Muslims had the balls to stand and publicly state they had had enough of the cold blooded mass murder perpetrated allegedly in their name.
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Nedusa 18-01-2015 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kirklancaster (Post 7502392)
Can we take this back a little so someone can perhaps explain to me just why there is this 'wave' of antisemitism in Europe and the UK? :shrug:

What have any Jews done to deserve this?

Are any extreme Jewish terrorist groups currently attempting to conquer every country in the world by any barbaric, murderous means it may take, in order to usurp the indigenous peoples of those countries and install Halakhah?

Have any extreme Jewish terrorist groups declared war on the West and abducted and beheaded innocent and helpless victims in cold blood?

Have any Rabbis preached hatred for the West and incited murder and terrorism against non-Jews in UK synagogues?

Have any extreme Jewish groups openly attacked innocent Muslims in the UK or Europe?

Have any UK -based Jewish individuals murdered any off-duty British soldiers on the streets of London or anywhere else in the UK?

If they have, then please enlighten me because I know of no instances where the above has occurred and I am totally baffled why antisemitism is rearing its evil head again here or in Europe.

I am not saying that the majority of ordinary Muslims are Islamic Fundamentalists - though in recent polls a larger percentage than envisaged supported certain terrorist/Jihadist actions - but surely, there should logically be a greater need of extra protection for ordinary Muslims than Jews, in light of the daily preponderance of terrorist atrocities being perpetrated in the name of Allah, and the inescapable fact that Islamic Fundamentalists are indeed Muslims -- extremist Muslims though they undoubtedly are.

I think innocent Jewish people are sometimes targeted as retaliation for the perceived crimes of their hardline Israeli cousins.



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user104658 18-01-2015 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nedusa (Post 7502375)
The only people Muslims have to worry about attacking them is other extremist Muslims, especially if the first group of Muslims had the balls to stand and publicly state they had had enough of the cold blooded mass murder perpetrated allegedly in their name.



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The way things are going, I'm pretty sure that's not entirely true is it.

Nedusa 18-01-2015 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 7502435)
The way things are going, I'm pretty sure that's not entirely true is it.

No not entirely , especially if the extremist elements wreak havoc in the UK and hundreds of Innocent British christians die . Then yes I agree the right wing fascist EDL types will be shaving their heads and cleaning their doc martins in preparation for the coming religious war.






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joeysteele 18-01-2015 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livia (Post 7501421)
The deli that was attacked in Paris was a kosher deli. I suggest that wasn't a coincidence. I don't need to read the history of pre-war Nazi Germany, I am Jewish and my family on my maternal side come from Germany. If you read the history of the world you'll see that Jews have, from time to time, been demonised in almost every country. However, in the experience of my family, the UK has always been one of the safest and most tolerant places as far as Jews are concerned.

As for being sick of hearing that say none of us are safe, well... none of us are safe. There is a scourge on the world right now, they have no boundaries, they have no mercy, you can't negotiate with them because we don't have anything they want. They consider anyone who's not with them to be against them, and that includes Muslims who aren't down with their particular brand of inhumanity. They don't represent all Muslims, they've killed, raped, tortured, burned etc. other Muslims in their thousands and everyone with half a brain knows that they do not represent Islam as a faith. But you can't get away from the fact that Al Qaida and ISIL are fundamental Islamic groups. It's not propaganda inflaming people's fear, it's the acts of terror and violence being carried out by a terrorists and it's really happening, it's not just a news story.

An amazing post Livia as are all your others on this thread.
A very worrying and sad issue as the topic but your posts are a wonderful and informed read.

arista 19-01-2015 01:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livia (Post 7501421)
The deli that was attacked in Paris was a kosher deli. I suggest that wasn't a coincidence. I don't need to read the history of pre-war Nazi Germany, I am Jewish and my family on my maternal side come from Germany. If you read the history of the world you'll see that Jews have, from time to time, been demonised in almost every country. However, in the experience of my family, the UK has always been one of the safest and most tolerant places as far as Jews are concerned.

As for being sick of hearing that say none of us are safe, well... none of us are safe. There is a scourge on the world right now, they have no boundaries, they have no mercy, you can't negotiate with them because we don't have anything they want. They consider anyone who's not with them to be against them, and that includes Muslims who aren't down with their particular brand of inhumanity. They don't represent all Muslims, they've killed, raped, tortured, burned etc. other Muslims in their thousands and everyone with half a brain knows that they do not represent Islam as a faith. But you can't get away from the fact that Al Qaida and ISIL are fundamental Islamic groups. It's not propaganda inflaming people's fear, it's the acts of terror and violence being carried out by a terrorists and it's really happening, it's not just a news story.


Yes they Pre Planned to hit that "Kosher" supermarket
they are saying the Leader of these attacks was in
Greece?

Nedusa 19-01-2015 01:36 PM

I see today that the Muslim Council of the UK have criticised The Govt for sending out a letter to over 1,000 Mosques asking that Islamic religious leaders look at ways to combat extremism and radicalisation of young Muslims.

After the carnage of Paris and a whole host of Islamic terrorist atrocities worldwide, the main threat to peace in our time is the radicalisation of young Muslims to take up arms and kill innocent civilians in the name of Islam. We have waited to see what the majority of peaceful Muslims would do, how they would respond .... We waited and waited and to date very little has been said by this large group of people.

So after the latest atrocity the Govt's patience is starting to wear thin and they think it is only fitting given these circumstances to put out a message to Islamic leaders to stand up for their peaceful faith and say NO murder in my name.

But what is the response.... Sneering criticism of the Govt for sending out a letter, yes believe it or not they are upset at receiving this letter, a letter David Cameron today stood up and said was fair,just,moderate and long overdue.

So where does that leave us....?? Why will moderate Muslims not stand up and be counted ?

My personal view is slightly controversial but I believe the majority of Muslims agree with the terrorists aims just NOT their methods.

I believe they agree with wanting an Islamic state and sharia law and all the trappings, I have never heard in 20 years any moderate Muslim stand up and say no they like the UK being a Christian liberal democracy and would vote if given a choice to keep it that way.

So I applaud The Govt for finally starting to ask the question of our Muslim brothers, if you want to defeat this horrible terrorist scourge then you have to stand up and state you are a peaceful Muslim living in a western liberal Christian democracy and you have no desire for that to change.
You respect the majority Christian view and are happy to peacefully co- exist in an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust.

Why oh why can we never hear this message......just a very loud public silence.





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arista 19-01-2015 04:01 PM

"Muslim Council of the UK have criticised The Govt for sending out a letter to over 1,000 Mosques"

Yes Labour moan about it
but do not give example of their letter


Fecking Labour

user104658 19-01-2015 06:43 PM

Does it have to be a "Christian" or "Muslim" anything? Can we not AT LEAST keep this **** in all of it's forms away from being an official government stance of any kind?

kirklancaster 20-01-2015 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 7507475)
Does it have to be a "Christian" or "Muslim" anything? Can we not AT LEAST keep this **** in all of it's forms away from being an official government stance of any kind?

It cannot avoid being a Muslim 'something' purely because of the fact that the subject matter is 'Muslim terrorists'.

arista 20-01-2015 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 7507475)
Does it have to be a "Christian" or "Muslim" anything? Can we not AT LEAST keep this **** in all of it's forms away from being an official government stance of any kind?


Yes I am not the (Lame Duck) USA President


They are AK47 Muslim Terrorist
I invented that term
and I am sticking with it.

JoshBB 20-01-2015 04:44 PM

Obviously civilian protection is the most important of all things - however were the attacks even anti-semitic? I just didn't see any evidence, it wasn't even an anti-zionist extremist attack.. they weren't even palestinian?

kirklancaster 20-01-2015 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by arista (Post 7511156)
Yes I am not the (Lame Duck) USA President


They are AK47 Muslim Terrorist
I invented that term
and I am sticking with it.

:joker: Get it copyrighted Arista and make huge money. Already other people are using that term.

Livia 20-01-2015 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoshBB (Post 7511166)
Obviously civilian protection is the most important of all things - however were the attacks even anti-semitic? I just didn't see any evidence, it wasn't even an anti-zionist extremist attack.. they weren't even palestinian?

They targeted a kosher deli. Like a couple of years ago they targeted a Jewish school in France. Do you think Palestinians are the only people who have a problem with the Jews? And if our security services thought there was no threat, there would be no protection. If you don't understand why this happened, and how it's the latest in a long line of attacks on Jews, then you really need to look into it Josh.

user104658 20-01-2015 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by kirklancaster (Post 7510865)
It cannot avoid being a Muslim 'something' purely because of the fact that the subject matter is 'Muslim terrorists'.

I mean the government / the country. Why does it have to be a "Christian" liberal democracy? Why can't it just be a liberal democracy, without aligning to any religion at all? Obviously there are many issues with religion in the world and there always have been, but ideally I would like ALL religious affiliation OUT of domestic politics and out of government rhetoric.

JoshBB 20-01-2015 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Livia (Post 7511203)
They targeted a kosher deli. Like a couple of years ago they targeted a Jewish school in France. Do you think Palestinians are the only people who have a problem with the Jews? And if our security services thought there was no threat, there would be no protection. If you don't understand why this happened, and how it's the latest in a long line of attacks on Jews, then you really need to look into it Josh.

Okay that's fine. I haven't seen any evidence but I'll take your word that this is more of a long-term thing. I've only been paying attention to the news properly since a few months ago which is probably why I haven't noticed some of these things.

kirklancaster 20-01-2015 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 7511224)
I mean the government / the country. Why does it have to be a "Christian" liberal democracy? Why can't it just be a liberal democracy, without aligning to any religion at all? Obviously there are many issues with religion in the world and there always have been, but ideally I would like ALL religious affiliation OUT of domestic politics and out of government rhetoric.

I think to Christians, the descriptor 'Christian' is as equally important as the words 'Liberal' or 'Democracy', and why should we avoid stating the UK as a 'Christian Liberal Democracy' when that is exactly what it is?

'Christian' is not a dirty word and no one should even attempt to force its omission from domestic politics or Government rhetoric because there is no valid reason to, other than an irrational fear of upsetting non-Christians by its usage - a la the crucifix around Christian nurse's necks, school Nativity plays at Christmas, and a host of other benign traditions which are under threat for the same appeasing reasons.

I don't think any Muslim's are going to turn into 'fainting fannies' anytime soon and start omitting the words 'Islamic' or 'Muslim' when describing Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania or other such countries, for fear of upsetting non-Muslims, and I feel the same way about Christianity.

CHRISTIAN. BRITISH. DEMOCRACY. There, I said all three. Now I'll sit quietly and wait for some P.C. P.C. to come and arrest me - unless of course they're all fecking busy attending another Islamic Terrorist perpetrated bombing or beheading or other murder in London or some other UK city.

Crimson Dynamo 20-01-2015 05:57 PM

dont forget to watch The Eichmann Show tonight at 9

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/pe...w-9983829.html

user104658 20-01-2015 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kirklancaster (Post 7511356)
I think to Christians, the descriptor 'Christian' is as equally important as the words 'Liberal' or 'Democracy', and why should we avoid stating the UK as a 'Christian Liberal Democracy' when that is exactly what it is?

'Christian' is not a dirty word and no one should even attempt to force its omission from domestic politics or Government rhetoric because there is no valid reason to, other than an irrational fear of upsetting non-Christians by its usage - a la the crucifix around Christian nurse's necks, school Nativity plays at Christmas, and a host of other benign traditions which are under threat for the same appeasing reasons.

I don't think any Muslim's are going to turn into 'fainting fannies' anytime soon and start omitting the words 'Islamic' or 'Muslim' when describing Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Albania or other such countries, for fear of upsetting non-Muslims, and I feel the same way about Christianity.

CHRISTIAN. BRITISH. DEMOCRACY. There, I said all three. Now I'll sit quietly and wait for some P.C. P.C. to come and arrest me - unless of course they're all fecking busy attending another Islamic Terrorist perpetrated bombing or beheading or other murder in London or some other UK city.

I know it technically still is a "Christian" country, I just wish it didn't have to be described as such. The percentage of Christians currently hovers around 55% to 60% so there are a huge number of people in this democracy who do NOT identify as Christians. And no, that is not because we are being taken over by Islam - the second highest percentage on the census states "no religion". The number of people stating "Christian" dropped 12% between 2001 and 2011, and the number for "no religion" rose by 11%. Following that curve, by 2021, less than 50% of people in the UK will be identifying themselves as Christians. THEN can we finally do away with this needless imposed religious identity?

Ninastar 20-01-2015 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Livia (Post 7511203)
They targeted a kosher deli. Like a couple of years ago they targeted a Jewish school in France. Do you think Palestinians are the only people who have a problem with the Jews? And if our security services thought there was no threat, there would be no protection. If you don't understand why this happened, and how it's the latest in a long line of attacks on Jews, then you really need to look into it Josh.

Wasn't there something to do with olympic athletes too?

Kizzy 20-01-2015 09:25 PM

Hmmmm, the cynic in me thinks this message is not to terrorists but to super rich nationals of other countries to say 'come to London...we will look after you' PS don't forget to bring all your lovely money.

Livia 20-01-2015 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 7512608)
Hmmmm, the cynic in me thinks this message is not to terrorists but to super rich nationals of other countries to say 'come to London...we will look after you' PS don't forget to bring all your lovely money.

They're protecting British Jewish families. How is that going to give a message to the super-rich?

Kizzy 20-01-2015 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livia (Post 7513050)
They're protecting British Jewish families. How is that going to give a message to the super-rich?

It's just a theory livia, not gospel.

Livia 20-01-2015 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 7513115)
It's just a theory livia, not gospel.

A dubious one.


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