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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I have zero reading comprehension but you are not scrutinizing the public statement? Right. Have you even read it? Here it is:
....It is our view that current British government policy risks putting civilians at increased risk both in the UK and abroad.
To combat terror the government has focused extensively on domestic legislation. While some of this will have an impact, the government must not ignore the role of its foreign policy.
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When the speaker says the British government "must not ignore the role foreign policy plays...", does this really have any substantial meaning to you, Ty? Do you really think he means terror attacks will stop as long as the Brits stand up and say "hey, we acknowledge the fact that the terrorists are pissed b/c we're in Iraq and that's why maybe the terrorists are slaughtering innocents." I think the statement says loud and clear that, to stop the terror attacks, the British government needs to conduct its foreign policy in a way Muslims want -- get out of Iraq. So let's not pussyfoot around here.
And it's really shocking that you take the 24% statistic so lightly. Add to that the percentage (17%) of people who answered "I don't know" when asked if terrorism is sometimes justified -- 17% of Muslims can't fucking admit that blowing up a plane of civilians is never justified? That's 41% of British Muslims who aren't condemning terror. Pretty scary statistic. So your public speaker has much to say about how the Brits should "combat terror" but it's getting pretty close to half of the speaker's community that won't even say terrorism is wrong.
Last year, the surveys showed 1/3 of British Muslims believe Western society is "decadent" and immoral and that Muslims should seek to end it. I sure haven't seen any peaceful efforts by Muslims to encourage changes to our "immoral" behaviour. I think we all know what "seek to end it" means.
