
Originally Posted by
WTF11
Did I say that there wasn't a crisis in terms of how the world addresses immigration? Errr, no I did not.
Not quite sure what you're on about when you switch from anti-muslim, to anti anything but the straight community. You might want to examine the contributions to world history made by those who (presumably) have a different ***ual orientation to yours (Alan Turing, helped break the German military codes during WWII and was instrumental in developing the first crude but revolutionary computers), committed suicide when is ***ual orientation was made public, Oscar Wilde, one of literatures giants, jailed for being homo***ual, there are many, many more.
I haven't the faintest idea what happened in Melbourne, and I have even less interest. It's on the other side of the world and as I have indicated, I don't offer opinions about the lives and environments I have absolutely no familiarity with, you should try that approach sometime.
Back to anti-muslim rhetoric......you do appreciate that islam is a religion, and those of the muslim faith come from all walks of life, all colours, all ethnicities? Because its a RELIGION, not a nationality, there may be a white family who are followers of islam, living next door to a black family who are baptist christians, and they both "stay in their own homes" because thats where they live? Does that offend your sense of right and wrong?
And why should those who seek to escape persecution, for whatever reason, be expected to renounce their religion (I take it that's what you refer when you mention their belief in "their BS") when they go to another country (here, mainland Europe, anywhere but where they fear persecution)? Would you?
And finally, how would I react when (not if) I see a Union Jack burned? I'm incensed, and were I to be close enough to the event, I might well intervene, but (fortunately for all concerned) that hasn't happened to me yet, but it has happened, and it wasn't a muslim who did it, but a card carrying, supposedly christian member of the Labour party, the party currently in government here in the UK.
I'm very well aware that the UK isn't perfect, for many reasons and in many ways, but by and large we rub along pretty well,. It may be otherwise where you are, I don't know, and being brutally honest I don't care that much. Yours is a democracy, like ours and many others, all have their failings, and it's up to those who believe in democracy to put things right, or accept the consequences of sitting on your hands..