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Old 01-09-2008, 14:33   #112
jambutty
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Originally Posted by Mancie View Post
Seems to me that you are the one putting your own "spin" on a speech that was at the time clearly aimed at the Black population...not Muslims as was the origin of this thread.
The theme of Enoch Powell’s speech was clearly aimed at immigrants in particular, with an example of Negroes because large numbers of them were coming here. Had there been large Muslim communities you can bet your bottom dollar that they would have been mentioned by name.
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