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Originally posted by stumason
Originally posted by phoenix103
Hearsay, no facts, no evidence. For all we know your friend started it. What do you want people who are rational to think based on one sentence? Of one persons "friends" side of a story?
The criminal justice system wouldn't accept that and nor should we.
Oh, when someone else says something you don't like, it's "hearsay" with no evidence, but it's not "hearsay" when you brand anyone who votes BNP as illterate, mindless thugs, despite 1 million people voting for them?
Kind of got yourself twisted in knots there....
Originally posted by stumason
Originally posted by phoenix103
Most people in the UK find her views pretty reprehensible.
Hmmm..I didn't realise I had elected you as my representative. I personally have never heard of her and neither has any of the 20 or so people I am currently sat in a room with.
More "hearsay", I think...
Originally posted by VinceP1974
Originally posted by stumason
Originally posted by phoenix103
Most people in the UK find her views pretty reprehensible.
Hmmm..I didn't realise I had elected you as my representative. I personally have never heard of her and neither has any of the 20 or so people I am currently sat in a room with.
More "hearsay", I think...
She's everything phonenix would hate.. A UK Zionist Jew.
www.spectator.co.uk...
Originally posted by stumason
reply to post by phoenix103
Oh, I see.
If someone else on here speaks to people they know and puts their views across, then it's hearsay. But when you say you've spoken to people you know and put their views across, it's fact.
Glad we cleared that up. You can be so pompous at times, you know that?
Originally posted by stumason
reply to post by phoenix103
No, not really. You chastised someone on this thread for using "hearsay" then do the exact same thing yourself a few posts later. You're not right, you're a hypocrite.
I would otherwise agree that posting "everyone I know wants X, Y and Z" is hearsay, but my problem is you criticising others for doing something you do yourself.
Also, you come into this thread in an all pompous manner claiming "I work in demographics so I know what I'm talking about". Well, sorry chum, that doesn't cut the mustard. Back yourself up.
Not once in this thread have you actually posted any kind of valid counter-argument aside from "I'm right - you're wrong. Live with it".
[edit on 25/8/09 by stumason]
The Bush family,... the Saudi royals....—and other rich and influential Saudi families [Khashoggi ] were naturally drawn to one another as they share similar ideologies and goals: the “new world order” which is to be governed and controlled by a small ruling class elite, That is, the “Brotherhood”. In the 1960s, and certainly by the 1970s, they were all doing business together.
However, in the case of the Saudis, that new world order will be a world-wide Islamic state, governed according to Sunni Wahhabi interpretations of Islam (15). Although that goal is not shared by the Bush-Wall Street-corporate elite, the Bush team and the Saudis are nevertheless willing to work closely together, to increase their wealth and their power, and to combat and eliminate common enemies and competitors for world domination .
Indeed, due in part to Saudi efforts, since the 1980s, Islam has become the fastest growing religion among Latinos in the Americas .... Bush business partner and friend, Adnan Khashoggi, a Saudi billionaire oil and arms trader, admitted in a television-interview, that he funneled $5 million dollars to help finance arms shipments to the Contras who were terrorizing Nicaragua. In addition, the Sultan of Brunei — the richest man in the world — pitched in another $10 million. Let us recall that Saudi billionaire, Adnan Khashoggi, was providing millions of dollars to support the Contras, as was the Sultan of Brunei, and the royal family of Saudi King Fahd . www.naderlibrary.com...
he Contras, with Saudi, CIA and US backing, raped, murdered, kidnapped, and massacred tens of thousands of peasants and government officials. The targeting of those who provide health and educational services had been a tactic first refined by Adolf Hitler and the SS. Opponents who are ignorant, sickly, and unhealthy, are easier to suppress and control ..... It was the ‘ol Hegelian dialectic. Controlled conflict. The synthesis was that whereas in 1988 Iran and Iraq had both lost, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the oil companies and the Wall Street elite were now a few steps closer to someday achieving their long range goals: the creation of a “new world order.” brainmind.com...
Bechtel, the Rockefellers, and the Saudi royal family have long had an intimate connection. After the Saudis granted the Rockefeller dominated Aramco oil consortium the monopoly of oil in Saudi Arabia, the Rockefellers brought their pals at Bechtel in on the construction contracts. The Bechtel Corporation, of course, has also contributed George Shultz and Cap Weinberger to high office in Republican administrations. To complete the circle, KA director Simon's former boss Suliman Olayan was, in 1988, the largest shareholder in the Chase Manhattan Bank after David Rockefeller himself. www.lewrockwell.com...
Police in Birmingham have been given new powers by the Home Office to clamp down on any violence that could break out at an upcoming demonstration.
West Midlands Police said they were putting extra officers in the city centre on Saturday ahead of of planned protest against Muslim extremism.
There was trouble last month when English Defence League protesters met members of United Against Fascism.
The new powers mean anyone protesting at The Bullring can be arrested.
Police cannot legally ban protests and detectives said they did not know of any planned counter-protests this weekend.
A total of 38 people were arrested following the clashes in the New Street area.
Three were charged but most have now been released on police bail.
A 32-year-old man was charged with using threatening, abusive and insulting words or behaviour, a 21-year-old man was charged with failing to comply with a football banning order and a 22-year-old was charged with being drunk and disorderly.
A 16-year-old boy was also given a final warning for using words or behaviour to cause harassment or distress.
VIOLENT rioting brought Birmingham city centre to a standstill as rival groups of protesters clashed today.
Around 100 members of the right-wing English Defence League fought running battles with socialist demonstrators for more than three hours on Saturday afternoon.
Terrified shoppers locked themselves inside stores and cafes as they tried to avoid the fighting.
More than 30 people were arrested as police struggled to prevent the protests spilling over.
Members of the English Defence League, who had travelled from Luton and Bristol, held up signs reading: “Islamic Extremists Out” and “Make Britain Safe”.
They met in the Figure of Eight pub in Broad Street at 12.30pm where they began drinking pints of beer.
They sang the national anthem and Rule Britannia, as well as shouting insults against Allah and Islam.
Originally posted by Freeborn
reply to post by phoenix103
So you just automatically lay all the blame at the feet of 'racist thugs' and ignore the actions of socialist protesters.
Your blinkered, one sided take on things does you no favours whatsoever.
Originally posted by Freeborn
reply to post by phoenix103
So you just automatically lay all the blame at the feet of 'racist thugs' and ignore the actions of socialist protesters.
Your blinkered, one sided take on things does you no favours whatsoever.
Originally posted by Flighty
I find it suspicious that they are protesting Muslim "extremism". Why now, why not a few years ago during the riots in Europe, when they had a better chance of at least being successfully heard and their concerns taken seriously? .
After an hour of angry skirmishes, police finally trapped around 60 EDL members in Bennetts pub in the city centre at 3.30pm, where they were held for more than an hour.
Meanwhile, a group of 60 Asian men gathered and tried to storm the premises, only being stopped by police using shields and protective headgear.
Moments later the gang re-appeared on a nearby street, throwing missiles and bricks they had picked up from a builder’s skip.
Eye-witness Sarah Edwards, who was locked in a cafe with dozens of other shoppers, said: “We suddenly saw about 200 Asian men running down the street throwing bricks.
“They came from nowhere, and were sprinting towards the pub where the EDL were.
“They wore bandanas over their faces and were shouting and screaming.