tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post2542797540183130669..comments2023-09-25T20:29:01.544+07:00Comments on LT Nixon Rants: Jihad Chic in LondonNixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419569519734310093noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-3229587975218387922009-04-01T05:13:00.000+07:002009-04-01T05:13:00.000+07:00Well is this protest pictured above about Anti-Ame...Well is this protest pictured above about Anti-Americanism? I thought it was about anti-british military, but maybe you know something I don't.Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419569519734310093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-77520977950611935552009-04-01T04:40:00.000+07:002009-04-01T04:40:00.000+07:00People in Britian would be more likely to hold up ...People in Britian would be more likely to hold up signs like that in than people in the US regardless of religion.<BR/><BR/>The fact that anti-Americanism is more prominent in Europe than America even if you forget about the muslim population is probably part of the reason why radicalism is so easily baited there. <BR/><BR/>-DennisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-21569461876776396522009-03-24T06:00:00.000+07:002009-03-24T06:00:00.000+07:00that should be *none* of whom.LT: I think the comm...that should be *none* of whom.<BR/><BR/>LT: I think the comment about difference in background/education level is true. It is also true that many Turkish and Maroccan immigrants came to the country as *guestlabourers* in the seventies and eighties. Everybody (incl. them) assumed that they'd work here for a number of years and then move back home. As unskilled labour the immigrants had a low socio-economic status and since their stay was seen as temporary a lot of them never integrated well. Those original, first generation immigrants, usually don't have a problem, but their kids do.dutchmarbelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05048826063539856005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-16132634030670824352009-03-24T05:53:00.000+07:002009-03-24T05:53:00.000+07:00how in the Netherlands I think it was, the governm...<I> how in the Netherlands I think it was, the government says that if the majority of the people want Shira law</I><BR/><BR/>A minister remarked that a consequence of being a democracy is that if you have a moslim party that is in favour of Sharia they can introduce it if they have the majority of votes. Of course within the limits set by our constitution.<BR/><BR/>Since we currently have >5% muslims and most religions moslims vote for the Christian Democrats (who have moslim representatives in our House, not of whom wants to introduce Sharia law) they have less change than the SGP, an orthodox Protestant party, but the remark has been repeatedly quoted out of context by right-wingers to create some more FUD about foreigners.dutchmarbelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05048826063539856005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-23795923349115097032009-03-23T23:27:00.000+07:002009-03-23T23:27:00.000+07:00It's just their version of urban hipsters.It's just their version of urban hipsters.olgreydog7https://www.blogger.com/profile/02014200609560174083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-3816944990980573842009-03-23T19:21:00.000+07:002009-03-23T19:21:00.000+07:00Maybe our "melting pot" view is more tolerant. May...Maybe our "melting pot" view is more tolerant. Maybe lessons from WWII and how we treated Japanese and German Americans is still a bit raw. <BR/><BR/>Were you old enough in 01 to buy liquor?Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-1006276855246028272009-03-23T06:05:00.000+07:002009-03-23T06:05:00.000+07:00I was out at Western a few weekends ago to drink s...I was out at Western a few weekends ago to drink some beers with some cadets I used to be in ROTC with who are commissioning and moving on in April. We went to a presentation by a former Taliban fighter who has been in Afghanistan since the 80s, first with the Mujahadeen against the Russians and then with the Taliban against NATO forces. He threw in his hat and moved here and his presentation was about how Shira law is spreading across Europe, specifically in Britain and western Europe and how in the Netherlands I think it was, the government says that if the majority of the people want Shira law, they will step down. Pretty radical shit. I say fuck that noise but I'm a little jaded. Also, Britain can't pull out of Iraq. We enjoyed seeing their huge MRAP-like behemoths pull up and watch their chicks get out with their skin tight combat shirts on too much.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03761965489811920355noreply@blogger.com