kimangelis wrote:Agreed and more so. I seem to have opened a can of worms here and if I am boring or annoying anyone, then I apologise for that.... only.
My childhood and much of my early teenage were filled with the mix of race, culture and creed only found in the industrialised regions of the north and midlands (of England) and London, and I am richer for that. Having said that I railed quite strongly about the 'Muslim Warriors' of Burnley and Nelson as much as I had fought the NF and BNP in earlier years.
This is not about one creed, religion or view being better than someone else's. It's about standing your ground about what is (to me) an outrageous statement of wanting to return a bunch of 'illegal immigrants' from where they came. Sorry, but I've heard it all before. I cannot tolerate Muslim extremism any more than I can Presbyterian or Catholic (and I am Catholic) ideology or the view that, in a particular country, one must adhere to the 'official' religion or face persecution.
What I would like is for a little more understanding of the plight of people who are really at the end of what they consider their life as they know it. Yes there are clowns who regularly risk life and limb to enter the UK to make a better life. And yes I understand the flooding of UK shores by Eastern European nationals and the effect that flood has had on hard-pressed south coast councils. Afghanistan, like Syria, Libya, Iraq, is a war-torn disaster and the Sikhs needed somewhere to go away from the persecution and the killing. All I am asking is that be recognised for what it is. Sending them back to where they came is not an option. We're better than that aren't we?
Over and out.
Kim, I feel it's more than that. My sense is that it's something about the extents to which it is possible and desireable to see the humanity behind the difference(s) (in a human's race, gender, sexuality, where their ancestors lived, where they happened to be born, what culture(s) they have absorbed, how strongly they hold their views, how well educated they are, how much they had to pay for their education, whether they even had the opportunity to pay for an education, etc.,...).
"One whos head is so far up ones own arse that they are wearing ones arse as a hat"