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not all Muslims are terrorists........... but all/most terrorists are muslim

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erm.....really?

Pretty sure that until recently outside of Hollywood all the terrorists around these parts were of irish extraction?

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SO.......... if you bump into a nice smelling muslim:smt073?????????

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I can just see it now: Friday night down Infernos - a young asian lad all dressed up, stinking of CK1, singing along to whatever-it-is-that-passes-for-music-nowadays, when suddenly SO19 kick the doors in & shoot him after a tip-off from nieo79!

;o)

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Yep, next time anyones up north pop into bridge st in Warrington and have a look at the plaque on the wall opposite McDonalds remembering the two dead children and the 65 other seriuosly injured people who were just out shopping when the IRA came to call on a sat in mar 93

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I think it better to state that perhaps the "Islamic" terrorist is generally more in the media these days. However Northern Ireland provided many very nasty individuals,(from both denominations) and here in Spain the ETA threat is unfortunately far from over.

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The thing with suicide bombers though is - what makes them tick?

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Not that funny mate I'm afraid.

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First paragraph...is that what your puny little mind calls comedy?

Second.... every terrorist so far eh? So you've checked your facts and EVERY terrorist in the histroy of conflict has been a muslim have they?
The fact the word "terrorist" was coined by the British army about the behaviour of the Israelis leaving grenades under the body's of dead soildiers clearly shows all terrosists till now have been muslims :roll:

And these same "terrosrists" if i may educate you for a minute were called "The best freedom fighters in the world" when the americans were paying them to fight the russians ot of afghanistan.

So tell me...the person who pays a terrorist to do their bidding is a what then?

You really should think before you post this kind of inane crap.
I grew up in Criklewood/Kilburn in NW london and anyone who knows it will know it was local known as "County Criklewood" or "County Kilburn" due to the huge numbers of Irish, both nothern and southern who lived there.
And you know what, during the troubles in the 80s evey one of them who got stopped would always say "Its because I'm Irish isnt it? Nothing else but that" so just cos they didnt use the word which is popular now doesnt mean they didnt feel discriminated against or object to it.

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There's no need to be childish about this. Is there a particular reason that this annoys you? If it's some personal tragedy that's afflicted you then I'm sorry, but you would realise it was not intended to offend. If however you're writing in anger without thought then I recommend you sit back and think about what I may be asking, and how you might want to answer without launching in to attacks.
This forum has no purpose, no influence and no one to answer to with regard to political views. I do enjoy it as it brings a wide range of people together from various walks of life, it provides a chance to ask questions to people you may not encounter otherwise. By asking an initial question (beyond my views) designed to provoke I can gauge a (albeit somewhat narrow) view of how people do react to provocation on important issues.

If I start talking about the Muslim terror threat and state that all terrorists so far have been Muslims it's clear I'm talking about the current Islamic spate of bombings we have had. Arguing that point is neither intelligent or relevant. Likewise the origin of the word terrorist actually comes from the 'Reign of Terror' in the French Revolution - now that hasn't got me any further has it?

An American? I'm not a supporter of the war, and think it only encourages these people to have anti-Western views. Their terrorism in my eyes barely differs from the destruction and social-ruin we have caused over the past few years in the Middle East. I'm not talking about British Soldiers I believe they suffer massive mental trauma fighting a pseudo-war; but Anglo-American politics.

The troubles in Ireland by no means dwarf the war in Iraq, and the Irish accepted willingly that they would be targeted more frequently as terror suspects as long as the trouble continued. This is no longer the case as the threat level has dropped significantly and there is no remaining 'racist victimisation' by searching them more often than the rest of the population. The Irish accepted this because they too supported peace, overlooking what small effort it took them on their behalf and that may hold some achievement in reducing the troubles.

In terms of causing offence; I only opened the discussion.