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You know very well its called Germistan!

Oh come on.

I'll think you'll find it's all one country now.

I stopped following him when I read that he was involved in some kind of cult. I find him much to slick and full of himself to give me any confidence in what he says.

Quite long but worth the while.

Survey of British Muslim attitudes

Sadly true.

Yes! let's not back project modern values to 100 years ago tho. Everyone was at it in those days.

"The objection of the British to Kurdish self-rule sprang from the fear that success of an independent Kurdish area would tempt the two Arab areas of Baghdad and Basra to follow suit, hence endangering the direct British control over all Mesopotamia." Ah! fully justified then

Yes - I recall that when we created Iraq in 1918/9 there was an idea to also create a Kurdistan but it was resisted for some reason. Big mistake.

Agreed - except that in terms of borders - we created them as well

Inform them about liberty - yet they might say they prefer the 'security' of the will of Allah.

Yes good point - and also when they rampage in the West they do not stop to ask their victims if they are Muslim. I think the literal interpretation of old scripture is inevitably at least Medieval in outlook. We had kings in the Middle Ages - they have had dictators now - maybe there's not much difference. The idea that you can bomb people into democracy is clearly wrong.

A thing of beauty But surely you can't mean me! You're so very kind.

Being peaceful will not stop those with intent to kill you. Sorry but just examine history. If you want peace you have to be in a position of strength. We have to be realistic.

I completely accept karma - what I don't accept is the false attribution of a particular putative cause to a specific effect. Actually the word karma means 'action' so when people speak of it they usually mean 'the result(s) of action'. So in effect karma in this sense simply points to cause and effect. In a moral and ethical sense the Buddha included 'intent' as karma - in other words you should moderate your own personal actions and intents in the knowledge that it is inevitable that they have effects. Just to repeat, in the cases of most of the terrorists of both Manchester and London were treated very well by British people and British society and the violence they exhibited was a result of their own ignorance and anger. If we reflect on this that somehow 'the West' is to blame and should therefore indulge in self-hate and guilt this is not only inappropriate but also ineffective in addressing the problem of having several thousand people in this mental state in our midst. Most of the people but not all those who indulge in this phoney analysis are just parroting empty virtue signalling platitudes. Pointing to the Iraq war, Afghanistan or drone strikes does not point to the root cause since those events in themselves arose in dependence on other causes and conditions going back in history. So you might as well say its all the fault of the plague that weakened Byzantium and led to the Ottoman Empire - or even Alexandre the Great should not have invaded North India. Do you have sufficient knowledge to correctly identify the chain of causality which led to murderous stabbings? No you don't. Sorry but its meaningless.

Just watched May on TV announcing her intention to form a government with the Ulster Unionists - she made it sound as if she won a big victory. The Conservatives are ruthless with failure - they even ditched Thatcher in her late prime - she will go soon I think.

Just give me your vote. Or perhaps give me Mayhem, A catastrophe.

yes - in fact somehow May calling the election in the way she did allow Corbyn to brush all his dodgy past under the carpet - and despite the Labour Party elation I think they missed the very important point that they lost and it will still be a Conservative Govt. propped up by the DUP who are the most backward looking far right set of ultra conservatives you may care to meet. I think what this disguises is that while the Labour party used to be the alternative party of government it is no longer - it is now a party of campaigns, opposition and protest. Also May will have to rethink her rather unthinking approach to Brexit - i.e. Brexit means Brexit = the hardest Brexit possible based on a one off referendum - while actual Statesmanship would indicate that it is imperative to get a managable deal which does not screw the economy on the basis of that decision.

Ha ha see what I mean?

Theresa May has presided over a 20,000 cut in police numbers and wants, as part of her response to terrorism to regulate the internet and make file encryption illegal - which as far as I can see has no relevance to the actual attacks. She presents herself as 'strong and stable' but actually regularly makes u turns on major policy areas, she is disengaged with people generally and stands fort he vested interest of corporate capitalism. She also voted against some of the terror legislation which Corbyn opposed. I think she would make the worst possible person to negotiate Brexit and would do so from a basis of a complete lack of trust. Her 'no deal is better than a bad deal' would be a disaster - whatever else happens we need to preserve some trading possibilities with Europe.

Heck slow down with that WWIII thing!

It's the will of Allah then you die.

Don't forget it is just karma LOL.

Nature article