London attack/beheading

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-28-2013, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by PoorOldPo

Amazing! What's the world comin to! eh?

Reminds me of this picture.

**Janszoon** · 05-28-2013, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Fluffy Kittens

Reminds me of this picture.

That picture is fake though.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-28-2013, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

That picture is fake though.

Had a feeling it was.

**Goofle** · 05-28-2013, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by janszoon

i agree, someone teabagging those edl guys would be great publicity.

The Batlord · 05-29-2013, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Circe

I'd like to think that those protesters that went inside found themselves enlightened by the warm gestures offered to them by their former targets of hate and became non-despicable people. Is that too optimistic? It certainly feels like it is.

Oi! Where's the bloody pig fat? You can't have a cuppa tea without bloody pig fat!

Neapolitan · 05-29-2013, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by mojopinuk

BBC News - York Mosque praised for offering EDL protesters tea

**** racism, have a cup of tea.

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Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu said the mosque's response was "fantastic".

He said: "Tea, biscuits, and football are a great and typically Yorkshire combination when it comes to disarming hostile and extremist views."

How does offering a cup of tea and biscuits to the EDL, disarm the radical veiws of Islamist preacher Omar Bakri and other likeminded people?

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"..., in the eyes of many people in Britain, Muslim and non-Muslim, they don't condone what he did. They condemn it. But in the eyes of Muslims around the world they don't see him the same way. The Muslims in this country, they are so happy, proud of him. They see him as a freedom fighter attacking a military target." http://news.yahoo.com/exiled-cleric-...112658347.html

hip hop bunny hop · 05-30-2013, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Hermione

I took a class on global terrorism about a year ago and the definition is pretty much a variable depending on who's giving the definition, I like the broader definition personally because most people think that Muslim = terrorist, especially here in America. But they forget that white people can be terrorists too, especially the far right, what with bombing abortion clinics and **** like that. Murdering abortion doctors in church, ffs...

I was lucky that the school I was in, an elementary school that was Christian mind you, after the 9/11 attacks actually took time to teach us what Islam really was, looking back I didn't realise how important it truly was to learn about it that early.

People honestly know dick about Islam, I feel that most people don't even know that because of the government in Middle Eastern countries forces the schools to teach the more Fundamental kind of Islam.

Regarding the underlined, White people can also be Muslims. If we're going with the generally accepted definition of "White", that'd include Arabs, Persians, and various Central & South Asian groups (Nuristani, for example).

But, yes, of course any group can harbor terrorists.

Mojo · 05-31-2013, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

How does offering a cup of tea and biscuits to the EDL, disarm the radical veiws of Islamist preacher Omar Bakri and other likeminded people?

What makes you think it was intended to do so, or that they are the extremist views he was talking about?

Neapolitan · 05-31-2013, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by mojopinuk

What makes you think it was intended to do so, or that they are the extremist views he was talking about?

I don't understand your question.

The article did not mentioned the reason behind EDL protest or explain their views and whether they were extremist views or not. Was EDL there to protest the brutal murder of Lee Rigby? Honestly I don't know. But so soon after the incident you think there would be some correlation York mosque protest and Woolwich murder - maybe there is... maybe there isn't. Still it seems strange to me why reason the protest was left out in that article. It seems regardless of their intentions it should be automatically assumed wrong, and it's such a grand thing to offer them tea and biscuits. While on the other hand you some one like Omar Bakri who openly supports violent murder. And who is there to correct his views?

Maybe Shimon Peres should invite Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Isreal for some hamantaschen.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 06-02-2013, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop

Regarding the underlined, White people can also be Muslims. If we're going with the generally accepted definition of "White", that'd include Arabs, Persians, and various Central & South Asian groups (Nuristani, for example).

But, yes, of course any group can harbor terrorists.

That's true about white people being Muslims too but mostly it's the brown people being targeted, since Sikhs get targeted as "terrorists" a lot too because they ~sort of~ look like Muslims.