kr@cker
Bringin' Sexy Back!
+581|6793|Southeastern USA
well, no one left to blow up seems to be their goal
ATG
Banned
+5,233|6773|Global Command
Convert or die. It's what they say.
CameronPoe
Member
+2,925|6799
All I'll say is that demonisation and generalisations led directly to the deaths of 6 million people in the 30s/40s. A buddy at work, Salim, half French/half Tunisian read the news reports this morning and was quite worried. He himself is an atheist although his father was muslim but he now worries that, because of his appearance, he could be taken aside at airports, interned, threatened, etc. whenever he travels to the UK, which he does regularly (he used to live there). It only hit home to him today that he could actually get tarred with the same brush as those people captured last night.
Anti-muslim feeling in Ireland is practically zilch. We're probably the most pro-arab western country there is (first to recognise the PLO!) so I can't empathise with the sentiments of some of the English people posting here.

Last edited by CameronPoe (2006-08-10 06:39:48)

TheDarkRaven
ATG's First Disciple
+263|6868|Birmingham, UK
It's bad news, but Birmingham airport is practically unaffected! Woo! Birmingham is the best!

A little known piece of trivia - Birmingham Airport is actually in the area of Solihull (not a part of Birmingham)!
BVC
Member
+325|6939
Good work UK!

Put them on the block at Hyde Park after dark on a saturday and hand out free viagra to the local gays as they walk into the park!
BUDFORCE
Moderator Emeritus
+76|7016|London UK

Pubic wrote:

Good work UK!

Put them on the block at Hyde Park after dark on a saturday and hand out free viagra to the local gays as they walk into the park!
Harsh, you made me and my colleague here laugh
jonsimon
Member
+224|6739
Now lets wait for the evidence...
Erkut.hv
Member
+124|6979|California

CameronPoe wrote:

All I'll say is that demonisation and generalisations led directly to the deaths of 6 million people in the 30s/40s. A buddy at work, Salim, half French/half Tunisian read the news reports this morning and was quite worried. He himself is an atheist although his father was muslim but he now worries that, because of his appearance, he could be taken aside at airports, interned, threatened, etc. whenever he travels to the UK, which he does regularly (he used to live there). It only hit home to him today that he could actually get tarred with the same brush as those people captured last night.
Anti-muslim feeling in Ireland is practically zilch. We're probably the most pro-arab western country there is (first to recognise the PLO!) so I can't empathise with the sentiments of some of the English people posting here.
Tell Salim and his buddies to speak the fekk up then, and organize some anti-terror rallies.

Until I see Muslims rioting against terrorism, I am going to assume all are guilty.

Their silence is defeaning. I have seen ZERO marches by muslim groups against terrorism, it's usually guilty white people trying to defend them.
kr@cker
Bringin' Sexy Back!
+581|6793|Southeastern USA

CameronPoe wrote:

All I'll say is that demonisation and generalisations led directly to the deaths of 6 million people in the 30s/40s. A buddy at work, Salim, half French/half Tunisian read the news reports this morning and was quite worried. He himself is an atheist although his father was muslim but he now worries that, because of his appearance, he could be taken aside at airports, interned, threatened, etc. whenever he travels to the UK, which he does regularly (he used to live there). It only hit home to him today that he could actually get tarred with the same brush as those people captured last night.
Anti-muslim feeling in Ireland is practically zilch. We're probably the most pro-arab western country there is (first to recognise the PLO!) so I can't empathise with the sentiments of some of the English people posting here.
unfortunately that is a side effect of the religion, as it used to be an almost exclusively arab/black religion, and of course it doesn't help that most of the homicide bombers leave some video behind full of praises to allah and all only reinforcing the religious ties. As much as it sucks for our arab friends and all (my family's long time physician is lebanese, as well as a few others), profiling is a tool. If you are looking for arab terrorist then it would be an irresponsible waste of resources to spread yourself thin not using some means of narrowing your search pattern. Most serial killers are middle aged white males, yet no one seems to have a problem with the FBI narrowing their searches to middle aged white males. I myself had to deal with it when the sniper shootings occurred as I was traveling the area at the time, at first the scare was "look for a white work truck" because they saw a white work truck at all the locations. Of course white work trucks were everywhere, turned out they were shooting from the modified trunk of a sedan, but I couldn't blame the police for going with the info they had and trying to narrow down the search scope. Of course to their credit they didn't settle on the white work truck and also continued looking for other suspect vehicles as well as searching suspicious trucks.
jonsimon
Member
+224|6739

Erkut.hv wrote:

CameronPoe wrote:

All I'll say is that demonisation and generalisations led directly to the deaths of 6 million people in the 30s/40s. A buddy at work, Salim, half French/half Tunisian read the news reports this morning and was quite worried. He himself is an atheist although his father was muslim but he now worries that, because of his appearance, he could be taken aside at airports, interned, threatened, etc. whenever he travels to the UK, which he does regularly (he used to live there). It only hit home to him today that he could actually get tarred with the same brush as those people captured last night.
Anti-muslim feeling in Ireland is practically zilch. We're probably the most pro-arab western country there is (first to recognise the PLO!) so I can't empathise with the sentiments of some of the English people posting here.
Tell Salim and his buddies to speak the fekk up then, and organize some anti-terror rallies.

Until I see Muslims rioting against terrorism, I am going to assume all are guilty.

Their silence is defeaning. I have seen ZERO marches by muslim groups against terrorism, it's usually guilty white people trying to defend them.
Yes, and every white man is in the Klan.
=OBS= EstebanRey
Member
+256|6794|Oxford, England, UK, EU, Earth

James-m wrote:

yeah id like to see it too, lets see what itll take for them to stop blowing people up.
I've found it here if you use bitorrent.  I'm gonna get it laster

http://www.torrentz.com/search_what-muslims-want
Agent_Dung_Bomb
Member
+302|6980|Salt Lake City

mavrick 3399 wrote:

i am off on my hols next week and i think its reassuring that they are taking this seriously,
British Airways are even getting mothers to taste there children's baby food in front of there staff.
i truly hope we don't have another terrorist incident on our hands.
Ummm, what if she's breast feeding? 
SwampDog
Member
+12|6714|Luton, England
I work at Luton Airport, all non essential stuff have been sent home and no staff bags are being allowed in the terminal. I doubt anything will ever happen at Luton though as half of the staff working there are Muslim.

It was the same in the 80`s and early 90`s with the IRA, London was always the main target, it has more of an impact. Luton was always safe as we`ve got a huge Muslim and Irish population.
=OBS= EstebanRey
Member
+256|6794|Oxford, England, UK, EU, Earth

SwampDog wrote:

I work at Luton Airport, all non essential stuff have been sent home and no staff bags are being allowed in the terminal. I doubt anything will ever happen at Luton though as half of the staff working there are Muslim.

It was the same in the 80`s and early 90`s with the IRA, London was always the main target, it has more of an impact. Luton was always safe as we`ve got a huge Muslim and Irish population.
Oh great, the person I am waiting for has flown into Luton.  She was delayed by two hours though.....
kr@cker
Bringin' Sexy Back!
+581|6793|Southeastern USA

Agent_Dung_Bomb wrote:

mavrick 3399 wrote:

i am off on my hols next week and i think its reassuring that they are taking this seriously,
British Airways are even getting mothers to taste there children's baby food in front of there staff.
i truly hope we don't have another terrorist incident on our hands.
Ummm, what if she's breast feeding? 
hey, rules are rules, it's gotta be tasted
=OBS= EstebanRey
Member
+256|6794|Oxford, England, UK, EU, Earth
From BBC

"According to BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera, the authorities believe the target of the plot included US as well as UK airlines flying to all parts of the US and it seemed to have involved a number of waves of simultaneous attacks.

It is thought there could have been three waves of attacks on different days, targeting three planes each time.

It is believed that the plot may have revolved around liquids of some kind.

Officials say the explosives could have been sophisticated and extremely effective. It is possible they could have been carried in fizzy drink bottles or cans.

The plot was expected to be carried out soon - not on Thursday or in the next couple of days, but not much later."
*TS*tphai
The Forum Alien
+89|7050|The planet Tophet

Kmarion wrote:

Banned Stuff
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,, … 18,00.html


They also raised the terror threat level in the US.
we didnt raise the terror threat  we are still at the same one YELLOW we just raised the Threat Level for Aviation Sector 

http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/index.jsp
mavrick 3399
EA GAMES PATCH EVERYTHING
+102|6785|Doncaster UK

*TS*tphai wrote:

Kmarion wrote:

Banned Stuff
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,, … 18,00.html


They also raised the terror threat level in the US.
we didnt raise the terror threat  we are still at the same one YELLOW we just raised the Threat Level for Aviation Sector 

http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/index.jsp
thats true its been set to red for  all incoming flights from the UK i think thats the first time thats happened for INCOMING flights.
=OBS= EstebanRey
Member
+256|6794|Oxford, England, UK, EU, Earth

mavrick 3399 wrote:

*TS*tphai wrote:

Kmarion wrote:

Banned Stuff
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,, … 18,00.html


They also raised the terror threat level in the US.
we didnt raise the terror threat  we are still at the same one YELLOW we just raised the Threat Level for Aviation Sector 

http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/index.jsp
thats true its been set to red for  all incoming flights from the UK i think thats the first time thats happened for INCOMING flights.
How does that work though?  If they are still letting them fly in, what changes in procedures does "red" require (from the US) considering the aircraft is full of passengers and on it's way over?  Do aircraft controll just say "look its a BA plane, be careful" or what?
Kaosdad
Whisky Tango Foxtrot?
+201|6923|Broadlands, VA
Hey - stand strong Engalnd!  There are many folks on this side of the pond that are thinking of you and praying for your safety!
EVieira
Member
+105|6722|Lutenblaag, Molvania
I just hope the UK police doesn't shoot any more random foreigners...
"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered;  the point is to discover them."
Galileo Galilei  (1564-1642)
--->[Your]Phobia<---
Member
+35|7000|UK - England

EVieira wrote:

I just hope the UK police doesn't shoot any more random foreigners...
You mean innocent members of the public
CameronPoe
Member
+2,925|6799

EVieira wrote:

I just hope the UK police doesn't shoot any more random foreigners...
That was terrible. And the perpetrators didn't even get a slap on the wrist (the deMenezes incident I assume you're referring to).
=OBS= EstebanRey
Member
+256|6794|Oxford, England, UK, EU, Earth

--->[Your]Phobia<--- wrote:

EVieira wrote:

I just hope the UK police doesn't shoot any more random foreigners...
You mean innocent members of the public
Jean Charles Demenenenenenezzzzzzziiiieeewesssssisiss (or whatever his name was) overstayed his visa meaning technically he wasn't a "member of the public" and the guy who got shot in Forest Gate has turned out to be a paedophile so he's hardly "innocent".....

Not saying it justifies the Police actions but I don't think either were "innocent members of the public".
--->[Your]Phobia<---
Member
+35|7000|UK - England

=OBS= EstebanRey wrote:

--->[Your]Phobia<--- wrote:

EVieira wrote:

I just hope the UK police doesn't shoot any more random foreigners...
You mean innocent members of the public
Jean Charles Demenenenenenezzzzzzziiiieeewesssssisiss (or whatever his name was) overstayed his visa meaning technically he wasn't a "member of the public" and the guy who got shot in Forest Gate has turned out to be a paedophile so he's hardly "innocent".....

Not saying it justifies the Police actions but I don't think either were "innocent members of the public".
I suppose you have a point.

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