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2005-07-08 Britain

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Posted by Fred 2005-07-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday the perpetrators of the deadliest peacetime attacks in Britain's history acted "in the name of Islam". "We know that these people act in the name of Islam but we also know that the vast and overwhelming majority of Muslims here and abroad are decent and law abiding people who abhor terrorism every bit as much as we do," Blair said in a televised address to the nation.

Mr. Blair need not have said this. It's time to stop trying to cover for Muslims and force them to make a choice: disassociate themselves publicly from the extremists, or remain muted/silent and be perceived as sympathizers. Something's got to change, and it needs to change soon.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-07-08 00:13|| 2005-07-08 00:13|| Front Page Top

#2 "...but we also know that the vast and overwhelming majority of Muslims here and abroad are decent and law abiding people who abhor terrorism every bit as much as we do,"

Are you so sure, Mr. Prime Minister?

Posted by BigEd 2005-07-08 00:42|| 2005-07-08 00:42|| Front Page Top

#3 "We know that these people act in the name of Islam but we also know that the vast and overwhelming majority of Muslims here and abroad are decent and law abiding people who abhor terrorism every bit as much as we do,"

If it wasn't so sad, it would've been funny.

Posted by gromgoru 2005-07-08 05:42|| 2005-07-08 05:42|| Front Page Top

#4 That explains the deafening ringing of denouncements without any if-ands-or-buts from the muslim community we've been hearing.....

What?

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-07-08 05:57|| 2005-07-08 05:57|| Front Page Top

#5 "...law abiding people who abhor terrorism..."

Bullshit. Until that "vast and overwhelming majority" of Muslims utterly rejects the twin evils of shariah and jihad, it's naive to consider Muslims as anything other than a menace.

Posted by Dave D. 2005-07-08 06:34|| 2005-07-08 06:34|| Front Page Top

#6 All you need is love. Oh, and more hugs and understanding of Muzzies - Islam is The Religion of Peace, after all.

Anyone who happens to know a Muzzy who isn't threatening, well now, that's all they need to know, isn't it. They may project that warm fuzzy on the whole world, safely and confidently, cuz they know one. Ears, eyes, mind, issue, and discussion closed, you neanderthals - back off!

At least, that is, until the mess gets so big (and it will cuz they ain't gonna stop, ever) that they find themselves personally touched by it. Then, of course, they will become very angry and display great righteous indignation -- that the Govt didn't protect them -- not at the Muzzies who turned out to be something other than warm fuzzy Muzzies.

So c'mon everybody! Sing along with me, now...
"La, la, la, I can't hear you, la, la, la..."*

* "la" is "no" in Arabic, lol! How apropos.

Posted by .com 2005-07-08 06:48|| 2005-07-08 06:48|| Front Page Top

#7 I am having a fit right now listening to the news. What makes people think that the vermin who committed the atrocities in London came from abroad? Why should they? Why can they not be residents of London or any other city in England? They have plenty of support from the general muslim population there and the latter are more than willing to provide them with money and all they need to conduct acts of terror.

Posted by TMH 2005-07-08 07:35|| 2005-07-08 07:35|| Front Page Top

#8 We will act in our own name and in the name of survival and exterminate Islam's ugly ass if they keep this shit up.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-07-08 09:15|| 2005-07-08 09:15|| Front Page Top

#9 Indeed, TMH. Read the ICT report posted here today listing the many extremists not only operate openly in Britain, they are sheltered by Britain from extradition to the countries where they committed crimes earlier.

There are many things I like and admire about the Brits. But the smug sense of moral superiority, which directly caused the UK to harbor, protect and defend violent extremists already convicted of crimes elsewhere is one of their worst qualities. And it has had disastrous results not only for London but around the world.

Apologies to our British regulars. I know you guys have a handle on this. But way too many of your countrymen do not. I still remember being lectured to, condescendingly, by a B&B owner in the Cottwsolds a few years ago who was quite sure Americans lacked the sophistication and justice that characterizes British policy.

Oh yes -- before he retired at a fairly young age to run the B&B, he had been a highly-paid accountant to racist government officials in apartheid Rhodesia.

Pfah.

Posted by too true 2005-07-08 09:32|| 2005-07-08 09:32|| Front Page Top

#10 tony didnt say they came from abroad. They may well have been residents, or even citizens of the UK. I dont see as that contradicts what he said.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-07-08 10:04|| 2005-07-08 10:04|| Front Page Top

#11 as for Freds suggestions, thats something UK needs to look into. Even the French are rather tougher about deportations of radicals.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-07-08 10:05|| 2005-07-08 10:05|| Front Page Top

#12 The muslim on the street interviews in London have shown the usual spread of opinion.

1. the well dressed secular muslims typically denouce terrorism without stating that the attacks were terrorism but put in a 'but its really the kfirs fault' inference

2. the slightly more islamically dressed complain about how they don't get enough welfare and mention how its really Israel's fault

3. the fully islamically dressed and the goofily dressed say that Israel actually committed the bombings

Posted by mhw 2005-07-08 10:20|| 2005-07-08 10:20|| Front Page Top

#13 Do they all struggle, mightily, to keep a straight face while the camera's on? Do they collapse in fits of laughter and shout "Allahu akbar!" when the interview's over?

Small signs that shouldn't be ignored.

Posted by .com 2005-07-08 11:38|| 2005-07-08 11:38|| Front Page Top

#14 The muslim on the street interviews in London have shown the usual spread of opinion.

Yep. That's the spread of opinion I would have expected: 'you asked for it', 'gimme money, it was the Jooooos', and 'it was the Joooooooooooooos'.

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