Originally posted by Chimney
Stuff like http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-...kshire-28939089 don't exactly paint a good image. I'm not prone on debating factors of a different country, it was something which was read a while ago and given my personal experience with them, seemed to hit the spot.
Firstly: this has nothing to do with crime, and secondly: who cares? London is the capital of a post-colonial empire. You don't go around the world conquering and enslaving people for 200 years and then complain when a few of them want to move to your country and give you delicious food and wicked music. Especially when your own white native population keeps getting older and older and less interested in having children.
I guess I misunderstood your initial post. I see your point, but comparing the numbers of those who serve in the nation's military with those of who have joined IS is a bit...er, can you help me out here?
Oct-10-2014 18:23
OrangestO
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Those comments in the article you posted, lol. Talk about a bigoted bunch.
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I just read on Fox News that an estimated 500 UK Muslims went to Syria to join ISIS. Approx. 250 of them came back to the UK. Riddle me this...why the hell did the UK let them back? How many ISIS recruits are unknown in the US?
Fox News, eh
Oct-10-2014 18:57
Halcyon+On+On
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Yeah, it's largely just xenophobia. I didn't mean to say that humongous swaths of Muslims are going off to join ISIL, but several hundred still seems problematic, and while a statistical minority, it's disingenuous for apologists to downplay it.
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Oct-10-2014 19:12
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Let's say that anyone who believes in a man-made religion which centers on Human beings is completely deluded. Anyone who believes in a sentient all-knowing and powerful human-like God needs psychiatric therapy. Which disqualifies must Europeans and Americans.
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