Glasgow airport

[SteveD]

What next?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6257194.st m

[brionon]

Corbyloon I'm filled with admiration. Tell the rest of us -just How do you know what the Vast Majority of Muslims think ?
Did Tony Blair tell you ?

[THECORBYLOON]

I have Muslim friends, I work wi Muslims and I have no fear that they are about to kill me, plant bombs or brainwash me. I have not had a recent conversation wi Tony Blair but then again, he's been a wee bit busy of late

[brionon]

Corby -Your answer won't do -knowing Some Muslims doesn't mean that you know what the 'Vast Majority ' think.
Is it just another sweeping statement or do you have some
{perhaps Mystical} way of knowing ? Dodge that.

[jno]

agree with johnlambert. Yes, there are enemies out there; yes you should combat them. But hating them - and anyone else you think looks like them - clouds the judgment and simply encourages you to shoot anything that moves, just in case. That's how Brazilian plumbers die.

[beryllium]

no jno :-) that's how illegal immigrants die.

[THECORBYLOON]

Why can I not base ma opinion on the Muslims I know and work wi? How many do you KNOW, not the ones you have read about or seen on tv?

How many of those who commit criminal acts every day say they are Christians? The majority faith in this country is Christianity but it does not follow that all Christians are criminals or are likely to become one.

In the 2001 Census, there were 1,588,890 Muslims in this country. Tell me, how many of them have committed acts of terror in the years since then?

[anotheoldgit]

I don't know if you work in an office with your so called Muslim friends CORBY? But say a few pencils go missing one day, I think you would be right to suspect any member of staff, White,Black, Asian, Christian, Jew or Muslim. But if a bomb was discovered under your desk, don't you think the first suspects would be the Muslims?

[THECORBYLOON]

There is a difference between an actual act of terrorism and supecting that every Muslim is to be considered capable of committing that act. If a bomb were to be found in ma office, everyone would be interviewed would they not?

The police do not suspect every Muslim in this country and they along wi the Security Services are the experts in this matter so why should Joe Public be fearful?

[beryllium]

because, Corby, the media and the news casters make sure we are told.
They themselves cause the paranoia.
Why gosh, we are on a red light warning aren't we? do we have to change the light bulb lol....

[THECORBYLOON]

I'm not tripping over dead bodies every day, I'm not stuck in traffic because of terrorist incidents every day, I'm not searching ma staff every day in case they are carrying explosives.

When I see ma Muslim pals, I don't worry about them blowing themsels up in ma vicinity.

I ask you again, how many Muslims have committed acts of terror in the Uk since 2001?

Doctor Harold Shipman murdered more of his patients than have been killed by Muslims extremists in this country. Do you fear yir doctor?

[anotheoldgit]

Yes they would be obliged to go through the procedure of questioning everyone, but methinks the Muslims would be their prime suspects.

Do you know for absolute certain CORBY that the Police and Security Services do not suspect every adult male Muslim in this country when it comes to terrorists attacks?

I would have thought it would make a good starting point, until further evidence narrows the field down a little. But of course they are not going to admit this are they?

[beryllium]

Hi Corby,
I, of course, cannot answer the census and percentages figures. I doubt our little terrorists were even on the census lol
What I can tell you, is when the London bombings started both my Dad and mr B were stuck in amongst that chaos.

They, the terrorists of present, are here.
Before, as I remember, having been working in Harrods at the time, it was the Irish.

We have a real and present danger. After they've been sorted? and possible peace amongst the communities?

Who will be our next Hitler? what is the next group wanting to cleanse and cause mistrust and distress and death?

I have already stated my dentist is a gem.

[brionon]

The point you keep dodging is that you said 'The Vast Majority of Muslims' I'm saying that You can't KNOW what the Vast Majority think. But you Cannot face this.

[THECORBYLOON]

We are justified in wir hate for terrorists and those that support them, but some folk on here think that because of a few Islamic terrorists that gives them the right to suspect the wee man down the road, the guy next-door, the ones you've never met before, just because of an Asian appearance or the fact they have a beard and wear certain clothes.

[THECORBYLOON]

I have based ma opinions on the Muslims I KNOW and those I work wi on a daily basis. Yours appear to be based upon second-hand information and perceptions.

If the majortity of Muslims were not law-abiding, why are there not prisons hotchin wi them? Why are there not incidents every day of the week?

Why can you not admit the facts?

[anotheoldgit]

This although rather long, makes for interesting reading.

http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/230/muslim-extrem ism-europe.html