[Doug]

I understand your direction of thought Margaret, but I would have to agree with Mrs Knight in respect of all people displaying the same feelings on the matter. I don’t really seen how Wrist Bands serve any purpose now. The original Idea was an extremely good on but it has become over stated. We have them for all shorts now and the original statement that they demonstrated have merged into a fashion accessory and for some a vehicle for profit…..I would like to see the Muslim community engage with the predominantly Christian community in which they live. An attempt to engage, understand and respect other cultures is the only way forward. Some Muslims refuse or decline the opportunity to learn the language of the country they say they have adopted as their own, yet the Christian and predominantly white community is not given the option in some schools but to learn predominantly eastern languages. There are few Ethnic Minority Groups in Blackpool, yet I am currently engaged in producing company documents into Ethnic Minority languages, this excludes white Europeans. There is an imbalance in our country that is exploited by these people. Now we are shown that if we do no accept the terms of these extremist our cities will be bombed. We have all a long way to go, but it is time that the Muslin Community opened itself up to its hosts and learned to integrate into one British Community speaking one language under one Law. We have always been a multi cultural country and until the eighties it worked well, then we handed control to those whose ideals may have been well intentioned but perhaps a little over simplistic, if not misguided.