Maybe you could read the thread properly and not jump into a point before you know what is being discussed?

Maybe you could stop being so defensive and rude?

I thought I [ihad[/i understood the point. If I haven't, then it's up to the person making the point to rephrase it so that I [ican[/i understand it.

Either that or the racist scumbags in the EDL (or its equivalent) could separate the IRA from all Catholics in a way they are unable to separate Al Qaeda from all Muslims.

I don't think the EDL existed back in the day of IRA activity but I'm sure there were similar although I don't ever remember hearing mention of them (mind you there wasn't a 24 hour news service back then either or social networking sites so I'm sure we were a lot less informed generally).

The actions or remit of the EDL cannot be justified. Sadly, alas, it is the way of some forms of humanity to misdirect their anger.

How many Muslims were there in the UK in 1707? How many when I was a kid even?

What percentage odf the UK population were practicising Muslims in 1700? 1800? 1900? 1960?

Don't you read the news or even listen to muslim spokesmen on TV? Where do these youngsters get indoctrinated with this hate for the society they live in?

It isn't. The point I was making was that just perhaps it is an manifestation of a change in public attitudes that our politicians need to reflect.

I get my news from sources other than the Daily Mail.

So not the left-wing BBC either then I see.

Er, no. It's up to you to re-read it and try to understand it.

I have no idea on the first one, but that page suggests there were 50000 in 1961 and 226000 in 1971. Anything else you want me to read for you?

I don't recall the BBC trying to demonise all Muslims because of the actions of a very small minority of Muslims, no.

Interesting muslim viewpointshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22634095rl

Thank you Jerry. I am indeed aware of how the law works, but that was not the question.

I'll ask you once again, if a couple of Yorkshire's Jihadists stormed in to disrupt your Sunday lunch, and proceeded to behead your youngest daughter, would you be quite so sanguine? Would their "rights" to exercise their own brand of political terrorism trump your daughter's right to life?

Or would this fine Liberal conscience which we see in your latest manifestation as "JerryChicken" simply dismiss it as a price worth paying in the greater scheme of things?

I much preferred the wit and humour of Mclaren Field.