Thank you Daily Express. Thank you for such a newsworthy story and for splashing it over the front pages. Thank you for being so socially concious that you thought it applicable to basically put out a call for increased intolerance, misunderstanding and fear amongst the British population.
It's always been very interesting how the Americans tend to 'forget' that their incredible wealth is due to a hundred years of free labour thanks to the slave trade. I worry that the same thing is happening here - we invited thousands of darker-skinned foreigners over to our shores post-war to help us rebuild our nation, and then turn our backs on them. Now we are a few generations down the line, now these peoples childrens children are beginning to feel at home, now they have a legitimate right to try to live by their own customs, now they have a voice - we start to demonise them.
The Guardian headline yesterday was about universities being asked to spy on Muslim students to see if they had any extremist leanings. Problem is, alot of Muslims look like 'normal people' these days - if only these extremists could wear something that would set them apart from 'normal' people and make them easier for us to see.
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