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deantwerpen · 20-08-2006, 00:37

To comment on the original topic of the thread:

1) I object to people who originate from the Indian sub continent being referred to as ,"Asians". It's as though they should be differentiated as a special group of people, when in fact they are they are in fact British citizens and we should refer to them as Muslims, Hindus or Sikhs, etc.

2) As one of my friends in Belfast would comment about the IRA, "They want the King's shilling but don't want the King's shilling". In other words they wanted the benefits of living in the UK, but were not fully prepared to integrate themselves and play their part in a democratic society. I can see a parallel here.

3) Living now in Blackburn, I have seen whole areas of the town turned into ethnic ghettos. This I think will lead to an eventual backlash by the currently silent indigenous population.

4) Finally I would like to repeat a reader's letter I read in the Daily Mail of Thursday last.

"Picture the scene; with my family and friends I emigrate to a Muslim country. Upon arrival we prefer not to integrate ourselves into the local community, learn the language, or be educated in the cultural ways of our new country.

Instead, after time, we demand our own church, that our children are educated in English by English speaking teachers and that Christmas and Easter replace the festivals celebrated in our new country.

Of course we’d also require a say in the country’s foreign policy where we perceive there to be persecution of non-Muslims anywhere in the world.”

All I can say is that having spent a part of my life in both India and West/East Pakistan I have little doubt that this would not be allowed. When what was formerly East Pakistan was seeking to go it alone and be called Bangladesh, there was great play of the high number of citizens, estimated to be 3,000,000 murdered by the Muslim army from West Pakistan. However what is not widely reported is that 80% of these were either Hindu, Christian or other non Muslim religions and this is why they were killed.

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deantwerpen Junior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 14 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: One Step Too Far To comment on the original topic of the thread: 1) I object to people who originate from the Indian sub continent being referred to as ,"Asians". It's as though they should be differentiated as a special group of people, when in fact they are they are in fact British citizens and we should refer to them as Muslims, Hindus or Sikhs, etc. 2) As one of my friends in Belfast would comment about the IRA, "They want the King's shilling but don't want the King's shilling". In other words they wanted the benefits of living in the UK, but were not fully prepared to integrate themselves and play their part in a democratic society. I can see a parallel here. 3) Living now in Blackburn, I have seen whole areas of the town turned into ethnic ghettos. This I think will lead to an eventual backlash by the currently silent indigenous population. 4) Finally I would like to repeat a reader's letter I read in the Daily Mail of Thursday last. "Picture the scene; with my family and friends I emigrate to a Muslim country. Upon arrival we prefer not to integrate ourselves into the local community, learn the language, or be educated in the cultural ways of our new country. Instead, after time, we demand our own church, that our children are educated in English by English speaking teachers and that Christmas and Easter replace the festivals celebrated in our new country. Of course we’d also require a say in the country’s foreign policy where we perceive there to be persecution of non-Muslims anywhere in the world.” All I can say is that having spent a part of my life in both India and West/East Pakistan I have little doubt that this would not be allowed. When what was formerly East Pakistan was seeking to go it alone and be called Bangladesh, there was great play of the high number of citizens, estimated to be 3,000,000 murdered by the Muslim army from West Pakistan. However what is not widely reported is that 80% of these were either Hindu, Christian or other non Muslim religions and this is why they were killed.