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| Whatâs Wrong With Throwing Out People Who Incite Violence? |
| 2005-08-11 |
| Dr. Mohammed T. Al-Rasheed, comments@d-corner.com So Tony Blair is a Nazi. Or worse, he is a petty dictator who wants to scrap all the liberties and laws the Brits have accrued over the centuries. Why is the man who just won a national election being called such names? Well, he simply said, âenough is enough.â It is high time he said it and acted on it. If I were Blair I would stop apologizing and get on with it and promise more of the same. The United Kingdom is under attack. It is not Iraq, nor is it Serbia that brought this on the Old Country. Rather, it is some stupid laws that went unchecked and unchallenged for years that allowed the demented of this earth to carry the British passport. He wants to throw out people who incite others to be violent against their fellow-citizens. Others would have chopped off their heads. He wants to stop a convicted felon from becoming a citizen after serving term in British jails. Others would have shown the man the door after they released him from prison. What exactly is a British citizenship? Is it a piece of paper with the lion and the unicorn on it? Is it simply the boundary of officialdom with the right signature, or is it a collective sum of culture, history, and indeed a way of life? How am I, as an outsider, to believe that the infamous cleric with a hook for an arm is British? He doesnât look it, dress it, smell it, nor does he even care to speak Her Majestyâs English. Political refugees are an essential part of human life and history. But refugees of that sort remain exactly that: Refugees until they are able to go home. One look at the Palestinians should make the point. I am not against mixing the races. Indeed, mixing gold and silver makes a better piece of jewelry. But you cannot, should not, and must not overtake the diamond that is the centerpiece of the whole. That goes for every nation. I would not want Arabia to become India and I am sure the Indians do not want their country to become Arabia either. Even America, a nation built by refugees and still takes on most of the worldâs roaming humanity, should look twice at its makeup. If people want to come to America, they should embrace the American way and not the other way around. America should not change its ways and culture to suit every newcomer. The onus is on the newcomer to embrace the standing order. If I become Australian, for example, the first thing I would do is eating kangaroo meat and be proud of it. And I will certainly cheer the Australian soccer team and not the Saudi one. It is a matter of honor and decency if not outright duty and moral imperative. All those in Britain talking about the social and economic factors that may have helped produce those dangerous odd thumbs in society should stop this reductive nonsense. Those people who came to Britain in the first place suffered more than social and economic hardships in their homelands. What did they do? Blow themselves up in public places? No, they packed and paid their savings to be able to come to places like Britain. If they still feel the situation has not changed, why not pack and do the same again? Had these people been true Brits, they would have been aware of the line that Tennyson declared as his nationâs motto: âTis not too late to seek a newer world.â Indeed, it never was! The catch, however, is that this newer world is here on earth. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 Not a damn thing is wrong with it. If people want to come to America, they should embrace the American way and not the other way around. Here here. |
| Posted by: Jan 2005-08-11 23:09 |
| #12 rabble some-times is the answer |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-11 22:32 |
| #11 There is plenty of room at Gitmo for them. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-08-11 22:32 |
| #10 Personally, I have no problem with it if they ARE native born. Sounds good to me! |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-11 21:33 |
| #9 At this mornings breakfast table the resident leftist as he describes him self (his world view was fomed in the '60s and he sees no need to change after all the world hasn't) was ranting on and on about how unjust it is that the UK would consider doing this. When informed that they were deporting clerics who were expousing suicide bombings he admitted that he really didn't know that's why they were being deported. Then he got into something about the new pretend enemies, the Arabs. When he had it thrown in his face that people named John Smith aren't strapping on vests full of plastique but that guys named Achmed are he went off on how the John Smiths are more dangerous than the Achmeds. Truefully the whole foaming at the mouth diatribe used to be funny. Now it is just becoming pathetic. He substitutes opinion for facts and when caught in an outright fabrication he responds that he was only being retorical. Sometimes people on the left need to be reminded of Oliver Wendell Holmes comment about free speech not giving you the right to shout fire in a crowed theater Ps the main reason I go to this eatery is the coffe and the conversation with others even the liberals is usually fairly reasoned. With this guy it is not. |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2005-08-11 12:36 |
| #8 .com, I'm going to have to steal that line sometime! |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2005-08-11 10:01 |
| #7 Hear, hear, RC! LOL, .com, I'ma gonna have to remember that one! |
| Posted by: BA 2005-08-11 08:08 |
| #6 If they are native born then they are traitors and should be treated like them. |
| Posted by: JFM 2005-08-11 08:00 |
| #5 If the inciters are not native-born individuals, nothing. Personally, I have no problem with it if they ARE native born. Exile should be an option for those who are unwilling to get along with their neighbors. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-11 07:45 |
| #4 Heh. One would think that fear of PC is greater than fear of death... A variation: Better |
| Posted by: .com 2005-08-11 04:31 |
| #3 And this admirable piece of common sense comes in Arab news written by a Saudi. And we are here wondering if this would have passed the censorship instaured by the lefto-fascists in TV and in the academy. |
| Posted by: JFM 2005-08-11 04:14 |
| #2 Whatâs Wrong With Throwing Out People Who Incite Violence? If the inciters are not native-born individuals, nothing. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-11 01:23 |
| #1 "it is some stupid laws that went unchecked and unchallenged for years that allowed the demented of this earth to carry the British passport" Hoo-rah! Preach it, brother! Oh, and watch your back. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-08-11 00:45 |