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Originally Posted by Mr Angry
"I have always held the view that trouble would brew in years to come as governments have bowed down and been to lenient to other cultures living here whilst not giving the same treatment to the long term citizens, I think however the actions of these protestors and the like will bring trouble much sooner."
This illustrates a point I made in my earlier post. For the purposes of my analogy let's assume that you are white, were born in and still live in London and consider yourself to be a "long term citizen".
What distinction is there between you and a muslim of coloured skin exactly the same age as you born, say for example, in Birmingham that makes you a "long term citizen" and him not?
Before any MODs kneejerk and delete this I'd like to state that this is not an attack on the poster who made the original comment, nor am I trying to "start trouble" or "offend" anyone. I just want to know what the definition of a "long term citizen" is and I feel that this is a crucial element of this discussion.
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I take no offence at you commenting on my post.
I suppose I am really trying to say a long term citizen as one who follows the traditions and laws of this country. I feel that the small minority of muslims who are causing these problems are second and third generation muslims who were born in this country. I would certainly hope they are not people who have chosen to come here on their own free will, that may sound like a "send them back" attitude, but I honestly believe that you must live and abide by the rules of the country if you are visiting or living there. There are countries I would never visit because I disagree with their rules, if however I visited and caused a protest I would probably be locked up for not following the rules. This country is a fairly easy going one, and we allow almost anyone to come here and we seem to bend the rules to suit them.
All I expect in this country is equal treatment for all, protestors should be treated the same if they are black, white, christian, muslim, etc etc.
We must stop pussy footing around and apply the same rules to all.
These protestors can not surely be that annoyed about some cartoons in this day and age, this is just an excuse by a minority to cause trouble.