ScouseCol said:
too right. i agree with everything ya saying chris
as for sirius, you go too far yet again, i understand what you're saying and i agree to a degree but i refuse to believe every muslim is out to take over the world with violence and hatred like these lunatic extremists as you'd have us believe m8. life just isn't like that, people are not all the same from whatever group they belong to or whatever their instilled beliefs are supposed to be. we are all human and there's no way of getting away from that. we have to treat everyone with a basic amount of respect and humanity but i agree we shouldn't be letting anyone who wishes to harm this country and our people take the mick. if they do they should be delt with accordingly.
Ah, but you dont understand what Im saying. Im not saying they are each and every one of them "out to take over the world", every single person plotting and scheming - thats an absurd vision Id hold if thats how it worked.... All Im saying is that they are muslims, and they live a muslim life, see world topics as muslims and in accordance to Islam, seek to show others the way of Allah and Mohammed, they see thier "good" being needed to help society in its failings etc etc. Dont you understand that? The sum of many parts makes the machine. No individual can be blamed, the mindset, society and general outlooks on life etc etc, cultures, traits, beliefs alltogther amount to something, and that something is (to me) quite obnoxious and at the expense of our own.
To try and put it another way, would you blame or attack an American tourist for gas guzzling in his SUV back in the states, blame him for global warming and wars in Iraq? How can he be responsible? He is just one man, minding his own business doing what he can to get by and live a life. He cannot be held accountable, he isnt an oil giant or whatever, just a regular joe. However, he buys from wallmart, fills his huge tank with petrol, he supports his factory to keep his job even though it pollutes, these are things he does to get along. He isnt accountable for America, just like any single muslim isnt accountable for Islam. However, the American is part of the American machine, he is a small part in the big machine, cos thats simply how life is.
People dont automatically deserve respect. They have to earn it. If theres a problem with a religion of any kind, I would respect them changing it, not rallying round the waggons in a circle. They cannot self criticise Islam or hear bad words spoken about it, the prophet or Allah. To do so Insults thier very existance as Islam is a vast part of thier lives and defines most of what they are as people.
We need to stop this ridiculous "individulisation" approach to these types of topic, and understand the bigger picture the sum of the small parts bring. The mistake we make in the west is assuming that everybody wants the same end result as we are geared to do, well heres news for you, they dont. On a day to day level, things bump along - theres no plotting and scheming by people in the house down the road, its simple actions and changing our society bit by bit as it goes as they lead thier "good" Islamic lives and just do wht they do and naturally seek to influence, change, control every aspect of our lives in accordance to Islam and thier sensitivities, for to them, Islam is the solution and the road to "peace" - ie, when the world is ruled by Islam and in accordance to thier beautiful all encompassing systems.
Add to the mix allsorts of double standards, horrible stories of some area's like whats going on in Kieghley, the nasty underbelly and difficult issues, our towns (in my case) increasingly looking and behaving unrecognisable.......I dont accept the end result of this lot, Im sorry. These pictures of plaquards today, and attitudes I hear from "moderate groups", appologists by the left wing who seek to muddle the issues is all unnaceptable to me also.