Living in Londonistan

Submitted by raheel (United Kingdom), Oct 11, 2006 at 15:34

Dear Octavio (what a wonderful name!)

It's not that muslims are treated "far too well" ( you mean they should know their place?), it's that this new generation of muslims has abused and is abusing the tolerance of British society. The British people have bent over backwards to make us feel welcome, and how do we reciprocate? By blowing ourselves up. How sickening.

The UK is the most tolerant nation on Earth. I was born and raised here, but in the last 10 or 15 years or so, muslims have opted out of society and are living parallel lives to their white compatriots. There are several contributing factors to this, which i won't go into right now, but basically young muslims don't want to intergrate. This is alien to me as i am a child of 1st generation immigrants who came to this country for a better life, to work hard, support our families, intergrate and make this our home.

Jack Straw... while i agree with what he had to say, the issue of freedom of expression must be evoked, as it was during the cartoon fiasco. Whether we like it or not,(and i certainly don't) women must have the freedom to dress as they wish.

However, let me tell you this: I believe that women who wear the full burqa believe themselves to be more superior, pure muslims than women who don't. I can offer anecdotal evidence to support this if you wish.

Finally, how ironic! That "crazy PC system" is a disease that came over from...the US.

Regards, Raheel

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