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DaveinGermany · 19-05-2010, 20:34

Eric I applaud your moral stance, it is to be commended. But being a Canadian citizen the threat levels your Country experience are far lower than ours in the UK. From 1969 we've had dealings with terrorists (Northern Ireland) which have only really died down in the last few years but there is an underlying simmering resentment.

And from our first excursion into Iraq then later Afghanistan (1990 - ????) we've also had to contend with Muslim extremists & Al Queda threatening our Land, you see we have a long history of being threatened so our moral sites may be a little more jaded than those Countries who haven't had quite so many dealings with the pain & misery terrorists & terrorism causes. That I think you'll find is why most of the views of the folk on here are as they are.

For us in the UK it is a "very real & prominent threat" to coin a phrase. It is good to be able to have high moral standards but put yourself in our very British shoes & you'll see why we feel as we do.

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DaveinGermany a multieloquent Mule Xeno Tactic Champion! Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Back in Bramsche, Germany Posts: 9,023 Blog Entries: 76 Liked: 4664 times Rep Power: 905668	Re: This Co-ilition seems to be working. Eric I applaud your moral stance, it is to be commended. But being a Canadian citizen the threat levels your Country experience are far lower than ours in the UK. From 1969 we've had dealings with terrorists (Northern Ireland) which have only really died down in the last few years but there is an underlying simmering resentment. And from our first excursion into Iraq then later Afghanistan (1990 - ????) we've also had to contend with Muslim extremists & Al Queda threatening our Land, you see we have a long history of being threatened so our moral sites may be a little more jaded than those Countries who haven't had quite so many dealings with the pain & misery terrorists & terrorism causes. That I think you'll find is why most of the views of the folk on here are as they are. For us in the UK it is a "very real & prominent threat" to coin a phrase. It is good to be able to have high moral standards but put yourself in our very British shoes & you'll see why we feel as we do.