Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

freedom must never be stopped or the planet is dead .
I do not take to heart any poster calling me anything its freedom that is important

I know plenty of Muslims and they are no different from anyone else. I know Turkish, Algerian, Pakistani and other Muslims. They lead normal lives like you and others. Some are very religious and some only follow a few rules the same way that other people who believe in other religions. They are not extremists, they don't agree with terrorism. They don't get excited if people mock Islam or Mohammed. To all intents and purposes they are the same as my Jewish acquaintances. They also range from liberal to devout. The same applies to Catholics that I know, Hindus even a Jain (similar to Hindu).

hays . so why do they protect the terrorists why do they not speak out why do they
not act . their silence says one thing they are happy to turn a blind eye in my world if my brother was a terrorist I would want him dead

RF

..I dream ahead of terrible events that occur later....(I'm not joking)....sometimes the events are clear sometimes not.....sometimes my thoughts become reality....(I'm not joking)....

But you didn't see Afren shares falling

I would think that most Muslims don't know anything to report. People involved in terrorist acts are generally very secretive. The number of terrorist acts is very tiny. The numbers who might know is probably even smaller. You are talking about a handful of people.

muslims close nit families yet hundreds have gone to fight for terrorist and their close families no nothing. you could not make it up .

hays you are to afraid to speak the truth

Certainly from news stories, their families did not know.

One piece of good news is that the silly Green party has been denied debate time by Ofcom.

hays not my figures but the gov over 1000 muslims have gone to Syria
do you think that is tiny, they must never be allowed back

they have gone for the free sex of captive women scum

Why should it take so long to deport or lock up those Muslim clerics who incite violence, the one with the hook and one eye is an example.

hays you must support terrorists with your comments fact

TANKER

The Labour party don't support your views , so why are you voting for them in the GE

Trying to get a ballance:


"Volunteers for Spanish Civil war"

Between 1936 and 1939 over 35,000 men and women, from over 50 countries, left their homes to volunteer for the Republican forces. More than 2,300 of these came from Britain, Ireland and the commonwealth, of whom over 500 were killed


How many returned to UK or how many were more villainous before or after the exploits in Spain I don't know.

But I have a "feeling" that the rhetoric from the the government and media has stimulated more "adolescents" to react by "signing" up for the excitement of taking part in a "unfair" war. (Which side is fair, I haven't a clue, neither do some juvenile "revolutionaries".)

Not thinking that the 30s and 2010s equate, or that the dangers are of a similar order, but there are similarities.

I think sometimes a few less uninformed sounds bites would be beneficial and would encourage fewer to obtain fame and fortune.

(But with media set up, ratcheting up emotions for their own profit, it will be "grin" and bear it.)

I wonder if there is anybody producing plastic mementos for yesterday yet?

There are around 2.7m Muslims in the UK. If 1,000 have gone to Syria, that is about 3 hundredths of one percent. As I said a tiny number. That leaves around 99.9% plus who would know nothing about it

Labour lead at 1

Latest YouGov / The Sun results 7th January - Con 32%, Lab 33%, LD 7%, UKIP 15%, GRN 7%;

I see that UKIP is not gaining any support. More likely they will lose it as the GE approaches.

Greens not a major party, rules Ofcom


Regulator says party has not 'secured sufficient support in previous elections and current opinion polls'


Nigel Morris
Deputy Political Editor


Thursday 08 January 2015



The Greens reacted angrily today after Ofcom ruled they did not have enough support to be treated by broadcasters as a “major party” at this year’s general election.



Qualifying for "major party" status would increase the number of political broadcasts the Greens could make during the campaign, as well as guaranteeing coverage on television and radio bulletins.

The broadcast regulator’s decision will also undermine the party’s demands to be included in any televised leaders’ debates in the run-up to 7 May.

Ofcom said it believed Ukip, which topped the poll in last year’s Euro-elections and won two parliamentary by-elections, should be added to the major party list.



More: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/greens-not-a-major-party-rules-ofcom-9965215.html

The difficulty the "protective services" have in UK and Europe, is that many of the said "terrorists" or virgin "terrorists" have ethnic communities similar to themselves to blend into.

BUT, the same was for the IRA , Unionist or Loyalists in Northern Ireland and the problems to a large degree settled. (Old scores occasionally rising to the surface, needing to be resolved.)

The settlement was partially due to "war fatigue", resolution of economic abuse of the catholic work force in certain areas and more equality of expectation of rights and expectancy.

The "war festered on for over a century, until rights were recognised.
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I can understand what the wishes and desires of the masses taking part in ISIS and Al qaeda are, but not really sure what are the "real" drives of those orchestrating those instigating the action.

That is more difficult to address.

Just thoughts!