[Flyboy]

Originally Posted by Sparkle

Interestingly put and I do agree, though I do tend to feel that foreigners entering this country should make every effort to abide by our rules and customs, and I would extend this to include the way in which we conduct our faiths. Under our system, the same system that our forefathers fought and gave their lives to preserve - we do allow others to express their opinion(s) without getting our knickers in the knot, provided its done within reason. At least, we are supposed to - though this hasn't always been exactly followed to the letter. One only has to look at the situation in N. Ireland to see where I'm going with this !
If we don't like whats being said, we can make counter arguments or we can simply walk away.
However, as has been said, lacking the specifics of the case in question - we don't really know if the comments were innocently made in passing - or whether they were made to cause deliberate offense.

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Thanks Russ, I'm a cableforum noob - not quite so much a noob when it comes to these types of discussions tho.

First of all there is no evidence that the person involved was not born in this country. Being a Muslim does not mean that they were foreign.

Secondly, what are those traditions and values, or "rules and customs"? Are they the ones that promote and welcome diversity and tolerance of others? Or the ones that that say, "if you want to live in this country, abide by our rules, or else?" There is no evidence reported that the Vogelenzangs were anything other than malignant, or that they were anything but benign, but whatever they were, was clearly enough for the police to investigate and the CPS to recommend a prosecution.