The Bombers From Central Casting
You shouldn’t laugh at bombers, as what they aim to do could be serious. But this team from Birmingham, who have just been found guilty could be part of the plot of Four Lions.
They have given comedians enough ammunition to last for quite a few gigs.
I particularly liked the part, where they raised money from street collections and then lost it by speculating on the Internet in various financial products.
The Anonymous Widower 
No, you should not laugh at bombers, as you say. It is fortunate for us – and no thanks to the Muslim community in Birmingham, who provided no leads and no help – that the police were ever vigilant and were able to nip the plot in the bud and prevent the terrorists from killing as many of our fellow citizens as possible.
On the subject of the money raised from street collections, did nobody think to ask questions or see any official ID before contributing?
I am very tired of the victim mentality of many Muslims and the way they react with a lack of rationalilty and with hyper-sensitivity to any criticism of their religion. As a Christian, well-versed in the Bible and able to read the New Testament in the orlginal Greek, I am secure in my faith and do not worry about criticism of any kind. Everyone is entitled to his/her faith/non-faith or opinion, as long as they don’t bother others and with the proviso that they obey the law of the land.
The problem with so much of the Muslim community in the UK is that they seem to be a community within a community, expecting (and getting) special treatment – although they are the only minority group to demand this – and constantly complaining that they are hard-done-by. If other Muslims, looking at the plotters, think they had legitimate grievances, perhaps they would be happier and more comfortable moving to a Muslim country to live. Nobody is keeping them here by force.
By the way, I did not find the film “Four Lions” funny.
Comment by Janice Mermikli | February 22, 2013 |
I haven’t seen the film. I had dinner last night with a solicitor, who has defended terrorists. He felt the film was funny and so did some he’d met in the Muslim community.
I think a lot of the problem, is that these men, are the sort that no woman would ever look at twice and their only way to get any form of respect, is to go extreme. It was a bit like that in the 1960s, with football Hooligans, in the UK. You could claim, they’re no different to some of the loners, who’ve gone beserk with guns in Dunblane, Farringdon and other places.
Comment by AnonW | February 22, 2013 |
There is a very real difference. The football hooligans and loners with guns are/were unlikely to be acting on a religious ideology with a holy book and the second largest organised religion in the world as the background and justification It is a fundamental and very important distinction. Were they trying to get respect or street cred, then, or were they following their interpretation of Islam? I would say it was the latter.
As for your specious argument that no woman would ever look twice at them, they would surely experience no problem with having arranged marriages from within their family circles or from extended family in Pakistan etc.
Comment by Janice Mermikli | February 22, 2013