Attacks in Paris

[Damocles]

I'm loving the irony of an anti-Muslim sentiment on the same page everybody is super concerned that Billy is ok.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Certainly hope City make it more of a priority to check bags on the way in. I've gone to a game straight from the gym before and just walked in with my gym bag. Need to get serious about security at football matches in England. It's not outlandish to think the Premier League will be targeted in the coming years.

 

[Deleted member 58678]

Certainly hope City make it more of a priority to check bags on the way in. I've gone to a game straight from the gym before and just walked in with my gym bag. Need to get serious about security at football matches in England. It's not outlandish to think the Premier League will be targeted in the coming years.

I worked just in Ardwick when I was a student in a box packing warehouse and rushed to City to get to a night match once and had my Stanley knife on me (I'd forgotten I had it in my bag) and I was never checked upon entrance.

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

I'm loving the irony of an anti-Muslim sentiment on the same page everybody is super concerned that Billy is ok.

I think it's because we're relieved Billy wasn't killed by some crazy Muslim terrorists.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

At least we've got a nuclear deterrent! Good job we're not going to spend billions renewing it whilst depleting the armed forces, the intelligence services and the police............

 

[softlad]

I think it's because we're relieved Billy wasn't killed by some crazy terrorists.

Edited for accuracy

 

[Metal Biker]

I'm getting tired of this shit....some Muslims have killed people again- don't blame all muslims - we're not just the ones that kill people- thats islamaphobic- no it's not - you're racist. and on and on we go.

It's because neither side of the debate are willing or seemingly capable to separate the identity of 'Islamist' from Muslim. If the left leaning become less sensitive to the demonisation of Islamists out of fear that innocent muslims might be targeted by the right leaning who identify Islamists as Muslim, maybe then we can start tackling the issue and the perpetrators.

Rhetoric surrounding the demonising of the IS Islamists should no longer be interpreteted as 'Islamophobia' in the same sense that Muslims and Islam should no longer be uttered in the same breath as 'Islamists'. Identify it as a cancerous ideology that has no links to anything other than what it is. You see someone using this to justify Islam as a religion of hate, correct them on it. You see someone attempt to shutdown debate by bringing in 'Islamophobia', correct them on it. If we want to make any headway in tackling this issue, both sides of the debate need to unite and agree that Islamism and Islam are as different as chalk and cheese and have no correlation.

 

[acquiesce]

I worked just in Ardwick when I was a student in a box packing warehouse and rushed to City to get to a night match once and had my Stanley knife on me (I'd forgotten I had it in my bag) and I was never checked upon entrance.

That's always been a thing I can't get my head around with going to City matches and concerts over in England, the complete lack of security for stadiums/concert venues. Everywhere you go in the States, you're subject to a pat down/have your bags checked. Many of the larger venues have metal detectors now. Since 9/11 it's just been that way. Even prior to 9/11, but I think that was mostly for trying to smuggle cameras/video recorders into concerts more so.

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

Edited for accuracy

Why did you feel it necessary to edit it? Which part isn't accurate?

 

[squirtyflower]

I'm loving the irony of an anti-Muslim sentiment on the same page everybody is super concerned that Billy is ok.

it hadn't been lost on me