Less cerebral, Yes, I think that sums it up. No doubt that the agenda is to stir up as much hatred as possible. They then hope that the average Muslim will soon have had enough of being spat on in the street by braindeads, and will then join their cause. In their perverted eyes, job done! Division created, let's have a war!
Where did I claim this? You make a lot of assumptions UIR (Assumptions are mother of all ****UPS), is that your general personality! I know your general hatred towards religion it seems and claim you don't know much about the religions and yet make a lot of claims without proofs! I am still waiting for you provide me the source for watered down version of the Quran you claimed and where I can get one! Yes I am a Muslim, I think you or someone else asked, but that's not to say I hate the west or make sweeping generalisation about others based on biased views!
This is the thing, do all the westerners come out in droves and when the West/western backed governments kill innocents all over the world and protest not in my name? I love to hear if people like UIR go out there marching not in my name, when that happens! Why two different rules one for Muslims and one for non-Muslims... I found it quite funny and extreme, when one of my colleagues made a remark " We should just nuke them all in the ME and start over" I was gob smacked! Why is that not extremism? ok to wipe them even if there are millions of innocents! Can you imagine if a Muslim in the west made the remark....
Because of the media. The people in the UK read UK papers and watch UK news so only get to see one side of the story. There are plenty of people in the UK who see the wider picture and there are plenty of people who see through the nonsense pushed our way through the media. Unfortunately there are also those who take in what they see and come out with statements like your work colleague, I'd like to think they are a minority. What gives me a little hope is that even though this site is a small cross section of UK and other countires residents the overwhelming majority understand that what happened in Paris is not down to all Muslims or down to Islam but down to an extremist group of people. The silly arguments that are happening on here between a few are not sitting well with myself and I will not get involved, I suggest you do the same and look at the majority and ignore the minority that you disagree with.
I condemn Israel for the murder of countless women and children, and also those who murder for Israel (which includes most of the Western World). Equally, I condemn muslim fundamentalists for their murder of Jewish and Western innocents. I don't have any solutions for this centuries-old hatred between (principally) Arab and Jew; but I do have a fervent and abiding belief that we should not get involved in it, or take sides. I'm not a pacifist. If someone punches me, I will punch them back. But I am not a bully, and I won't throw the first punch. The problem the West has is that it has interfered in the Jewish/Arab conflict, taking the side of Israel, and it has enabled Arab fundamentalists the excuse, not only to attack us, but also to radicalize people against us. I wonder, for example, how many people converted to Islam for the simple reason that they wanted to fight the West? A child with its brains blown out is a tragedy, no matter what colour its skin, no matter where it was born, and no matter what system of beliefs are held by its parents.
The debate of whether we should be getting involved in Syria etc and fighting over there has been going on long before the 2 Paris incidents because of similar atrocities elsewhere so I don't buy in to the 'west only give a **** when it's on our doorstep' argument. This latest attack will get more coverage in the UK because A) It's an hour away from London and B) we haven't seen an attack that was planned out in this manor before.
Corbyn made a good point yesterday in that................ “Can I press the Prime Minister to ensure that our allies in the region, indeed all countries in the region, are doing all they can to clamp down on individuals and institutions in their countries who are providing Isil with vital infrastructure? “Will he, through the European Union and other forums if necessary consider sanctions against those banks and companies and if necessary countries which turn a blind eye to those who do dealings with Isil who assist them in their work?” As much as I'm not sure this is the only solution it is one that would mean less bombing and therefore reduce the chance of innocent people being killed.
A) You don't have to be an hour away to get the coverage, if it had happened in US or Australia same level of coverage would have happened. The difference becomes what is chosen as headline and what isn't and depending what outcome we are looking for. Don't forget media is controlled by a few people. B) I don't buy that 7/7 was pretty horrific for the people affected here in London, I work in the city and trust me it was no fun finding out that ****s kicking off every where around me. That was pretty well planned as well. C) These are the situations that are used to create a them and us rhetoric and further alienate different race/religion against one another. D) Whether we should or not get involved has been going on before but we couldn't find a reason to justify that and now there is a perfect excuse to get involved fully (even though we helped create this whole mess). E) If we really want rid of them, why just bomb them and the normal infrastructure and not the oil infrastructure they control soon see them run out of money as well.
Great post. The conflict between arabs and jews isnt centuries old though. More like decades. Before that they tended to live side by side within mixed communities.
Good post.... Problem is we cant say we shouldn't be involved, we have been from the start to now, the only problem is we don't really want a peaceful resolution otherwise we would not continually back Israel no matter what it does! Israel brutally annihilates the Palestinians when ever it likes and we silently plaudit them! That's like you said is a breeding ground for hatred in the first place, injustice and people take up arms, especially when they see a bleak future anyway. This is happening in Iraq, Libya, ISIS controlled region, Syria Yemen and so on.....We back the tyrants, rebels who in turn become terrorists who hate us because of double crossings etc. We use the term terrorist very loosely these days as well it seems, every government that wants rid of a group just labels them terrorists all over the world, we should label terrorists as that and not label everyone group uprising as terrorism. Tragedy is a tragedy regardless who it is like you said, but we seem to care only for our own, its a very selfish world we live in it seems " I'm alright Jack so screw you" I would like to think vast majority in the world are moral and ethical, although it don't seem like it most of the time. One of the things I personally believe is that you have to fix yourself before you preach "Man in the Mirror"
Give it a rest man. Unless you are unaware there's also Christians and other minorities being slaughtered in the Middle East and Africa. That doesn't get much attention over here either. Paris is close to home, therefore it grabs more attention. That's all. Over 100 people needlessly killed in Paris, these are the real victims. Not you
I'm out of this thread, too much bleating by some and then anger from others. People need to look at themselves and realise how much they've turned this whole thread into their own little whinging ground. Get a grip and make changes in your own world before taking the high ground. Very sad.
Are you trying to shut people up with a different view? What's your problem Muppet? When did I say I was a victim or is that because I have a opinion and am a Muslim so I should shut up because you said so? I didn't realise Paris was close to Australia and USA as well as the rest of the world! If you have no interesting to say to me apart from shut up then don't bother quoting me! If you actually kept up with my posts in your superior mind you would have seen I don't differentiate between those either.
im certainly not defending the media mate, I think they're a ****ing disgrace and absolutely are part of the problem when it comes to dividing people and what can only be described as **** stirring! I work in London as well and I never tried to I insinuate one was worse than the other, just the way they simultaneously started to attack in 6 different areas was different. It just gets to me a bit that it keeps getting brought up like people should be ashamed to sympathise - but there are many who do realise what's going on in other parts of the world but we're not journalists reporting news are we? Sadly many people only keep up with what they're fed from their favourite outlet
