I don't see DA as typical left wing, in fact I see commonality between DA and PtP...there has been a massive influx of refugees in Europe and especially Germany, mainly from Muslim majority countries. Mass immigration only works if you also have mass assimilation and we have to be honest that some proportion of these immigrants will end up becoming Jihadists. This is the evidence of that.
We can argue about what that proportion is, but its not zero.
I am certainly not 'left wing' - that is a term used by Phil as a kind of insult - 'loony left', a bit like calling someone in the USA a 'Liberal'. That's fine - I don't mind.
But, there is
very little commonality betwixt Phil and me on this issue.
This is how I see it - every single person on this planet is an individual. They might have nationalities and labels of all sorts, but each one is an individual. That is how I see it, but not how Phil sees it. He sees 'us' and 'them'.
So, how do we get 'us' and 'them' to get along? We need to win hearts and minds. We need to demonstrate our humanity, act on it, and not be cowed by a
very small number of individuals who have caused these atrocities in the West. Count them up to see how
incredibly few they are - 9/11, 7/7, the attacks in France and Belgium and now Germany.
They do NOT reflect the thoughts and feelings and intentions of the OVERWHELMING majority of the people who have come in to our countries.
Look on our own doorstep for a truly horrifying example of terrorism with greater numbers of participants - Northern Ireland. Is that somehow different 'cos both sides are a bit like 'us'?!
So, how do we react to this recent atrocity - yes, it
is MURDER and it
is TERRORISM?
Well, we could do a Phil and Farage - pull up the drawbridges and condemn hundreds of thousands of truly decent fellow human beings to their fate.
What will that achieve? Well, it'll make Farage gloat and also give Phil what he clearly wants - fewer of 'them' in
his Blighty.
And then what? It'll also deliver a
massive propaganda coup to the Islamists both inside and outside our country - they will now have PROOF that the Brits HATE Islam, and you know where that will lead, don't you? If you think (even if it were possible) that expelling all Muslims from our country would lead to safer shores, you are nuts.
And, we'd set back civilisation by multiple decades.
So what's the alternative? Continue much as we are - but make those we allow in
more welcome (can you imagine what it must feel like to come in to our 'tolerant' country after having faced the most hellish circumstances, only to read the disgusting front pages of the Mail, Sun and Express every day? Can you
imagine?!)
Yes, absolutely, we cannot just 'open the doors' and allow uncontrolled immigration. But if you look at the stats, Blighty actually ain't all that generous as it stands... And, yes, we need to vet each and every one as best we can. And, yes, we need to allow these people freedom just as we have, but at the same time we need to reinforce what British Values are.
Everyone on here knows my thoughts on religions, and the ridiculous concessions they are given - protection from insult, charitable status, etc etc. That needs to stop. (But what is our Theresa doing? Allowing religious schools to control their intake so as to exclude MORE from their faith... Jesus Christ)
Yes, of course there will be atrocities - this will happen
regardless of what we do. You cannot stop it, it will not stop, until
reason has prevailed. Until hearts and minds have been won.
This is a journey the human race is on - no-one here is suddenly entitled to what they want as individuals if that means denying others. I've said this before - there is nothing special about Phil and Kools and Longs and me. We are all here through sheer bludy good luck - both in this country and at this time. Against
infinitesimally small odds, we are here at this
glorious time of human development. You - and I - don't deserve it. It was chance.
What is our role now? To do everything we can to make the
world move forward towards true stability and peace. We are but hiccups on this journey, and to hear the likes of Farage bleat about what HE wants for HIS little world fills me with disgust.
What's more, his desired-for world will very much
more likely lead towards true Armageddon - a repeat of history.
We need to break the loop. We need to LEARN from history. We cannot sort this in our lifetime, but we
can take the correct steps in the correct direction.
The next time you pass a 'grant in the street in your locality, give them a warm smile - one human individual to another human individual.
And I hope they don't beat you up as being
well gay...
) like to imagine it's "Ha! Bludy FOOLS! Now to gorge myself on the state handouts and set up my islamic caliphate..."
