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originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: Learningman
Unfortunately, this is precisely the sort of thing that I am talking about.
It is astoundingly easy for a political group to get away with making an absolute hash of things, or even worse, deliberately sabotaging a nation for its own financial gain, and to increase its power. All it has to do, is allow certain things to come to pass, which overshadow all else in the minds and lives of the populous. They will always get away with it, as long as their people are so shallow and simple minded, as to fail to follow the obvious clues, and react as predicted by the establishment powers.
Only a refusal to be accurately profiled, a refusal to act in the expected fashion, which in this case is rabble rousing and hyper nationalism, will ever achieve improvement long term in the way populations are treated by those who assume leadership positions in a given nation. Those reacting in foolish ways to obvious bait, are part of the problem, not the solution.
A lot of these groups are being formed and made up of concerned fathers, husbands, brothers who want to protect their families. My question is why do the Press always refer to these groups as far right?
originally posted by: forkedtongue
originally posted by: uncommitted
originally posted by: Learningman
a reply to: forkedtongue
I honestly see where you are coming from, I am not a fan of MASS immigration, but I have grown up in a multicultural society. The U.K. has been a mongrel nation for over a millennia, and I don't wish to have to change our values because of extremists. (both why I do not wish to BAN immigration, nor see an influx of people who aren't prepared to assimilate to our values).
We have many Sikhs of an Indian heritage, been here years, they are 100% British. We have many Muslims (I cant fully speak for the south like London as I'm not from there) who are fully integrated, and identify as 100% British. I don;t want to have to change our values for the sake of extremists.
One thing that seems taboo in our media is vetting them, both the Right and Left media oppose it for different reasons, but from what I can tell, Right leaning and Left leaning people with a brain both agree that it is a good solution.
If you are migrating legally to the UK then you are vetted and if you fail you don't get in - not legally anyway, or are deported. I don't know anyone who disagrees with that. The difference being of course is that borders are open to any EU country for anyone who is a citizen of the EU, that's different, but why should Muslims (as an example) be more subject to vetting than a non Muslim? I know the answer I'm going to get, and it's not a good one.
It is called profiling and it in fact works.
That is why.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: Learningman
All it has to do, is allow certain things to come to pass, which overshadow all else in the minds and lives of the populous. They will always get away with it, as long as their people are so shallow and simple minded, as to fail to follow the obvious clues, and react as predicted by the establishment powers.
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Those reacting in foolish ways to obvious bait, are part of the problem, not the solution.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: ManBehindTheMask
The reason why is that it allows government to more easily divide the people in the country along racial, religious, and ideological lines, to make us easier to control.
Allowing it to happen, forming these absurd associations of thugs and miscreants, many of whom, I suspect, are more worried about outsiders muscling in on their turf, rather than any concern for the innocent citizen, is not a solution to that issue, but increases the likelihood that government will continue to fail to prevent crime.
originally posted by: grainofsand
Here at my little corner of SW England's coast you have to look hard to find a Muslim or even anyone who is non-white.
Vigilante justice? Yep of course, right/left politics don't come into it though, just a community dealing with its particular flavour of criminals where the police are failing to do so.
Criminals are not stupid and understand fear of violence very well.
Now, say that bench was taken over by Muslim males harassing and frightening white girls,
Please don't make out the government (of any colour) is responsible for division when in some situations such as the one this thread is based on it's down to the xenophobic nature of the herd - that doesn't need a government to get it riled, all it needs is to see someone different from themselves. I agree blaming the government means people can avoid looking in the mirror to find the problem, but it doesn't resolve the problem.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: uncommitted
The governments in question are not responsible for the existence of division. They are responsible for exploiting it, and making the problem hundred fold worse by failing to provide adequately for the policing of matters, as well you know.