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Originally Posted by Mr Angry

Can someone explain to me how you tell someone born in Britain to go back to somewhere they may never have been? Is it as simple as determining by the colour of their skin, or the religion that they practice that they don't quite fit in to "our way of life"? Is it as simple as asserting, simply because they elect to advocate and practice a freedom of speech which espouses something contrary to our collective moral beliefs, that they should be "sent home"?

Strip them of their citizenship, for a set period of time, which would deny them access to public funds.
Hundreds of thousands of people in the UK are in that situation already.
Many of the "extremist" groups deliberately avoid paying tax as a way of attacking Britain, and live off as many benifits as they can.
Without those benifits, they would have to work for a living and pay tax.
A rather tasty irony too.

Originally Posted by Mr Angry

Comments such as "Send em all back" and "if they dont like it they are free to go back to the middle east" are as racist, shameful and bigotted as the "No blacks, no dogs, no Irish" signs which adorned the windows of many thousands of B&B's throughout Britain in the 70's - 80's and anyone who would suggest otherwise is deluding themselves.

I dissagree.
I grew up in a country with sharia law.
I knew one man with only one hand, and saw a few others around the city.
I knew that for any christians, the only place to find a chruch was in one of the embassies, as the building of churches is prohibited.
There were areas I could not go to because I am not muslim.
I was in a foreign nation, and therefore abided by their rules.
For someone to be able to come over here, be given asylum and then call for our goverment not to be voted out, but beheadded is not acceptable.
Just as if on a stormy night you let me into your home, and I started calling for you to be killed because of the way you ran your home, is unacceptable.
If I came in and did that, kicked over your coffee table, spilt red wine on your sofa and carpet, would you throw me out, or hand me a bag of dog poo to wipe on your walls?

Originally Posted by Mr Angry

The bottom line, as far as the protesters are concerned, is you either respect their right to freedom of speech or you don't. You either respect them as individuals or you consider them all to be terrorists and you either acknowledge their right to be British or you deny it. A denial of their legitimate right to freedom of speech or their British nationality (where applicable) and the fundamental human right to the freedom of religious expression and practice - irresepective of their place of birth, colour of skin or religious denomination - is a racist action.

It most certainly is not, unless you're saying that to be a muslim you must wave plackards around, insulting the country you live in, calling for it's goverment to be murdered, avoid work as not to pay taxes and live on benifits in an attempt to drag the country down?