The Killing Fields
Only a few weeks after the atrocious shootings in south London, the terror that is increasingly part of the fabric of everyday society finds itself almost on my doorstep. Yesterday morning a 20-year old student was shot in the head at Brackenhill Park, Horton Bank in Bradford. He is criticially ill in hospital. As I drove past the scene today, the park was awash with police officers and accompanying journalists.
If anything this incident has brought it home to me that the terror of gun crime in our country is not solely a phenomenon of inner city ghettos. Brackenhill Park lies off Hollingwood Lane in the west of the city; a pleasant suburban part of Bradford with many new housing developments and a good standard of living. It is not the Bradford of the Muslim riots back in 2001. Nor is it anything like the streets of south London where Cox et al met their deaths. If an attempted brutal shooting can occur in Brackenhill Park, then no part of Bradford (or any city of reasonable size) is safe.
Police have given a description of two men who fled the scene of the shooting. They are described as 'Asian males' and, judging by the name of the victim, their intended target was also 'Asian'. When are the police and the politicians going to have the guts to say what the rest of us already know: that violent methods of crime in the UK have increased exponentially since the advent of mass immigration and sizeable ethnic communities. This isn't to say that every single ethnic minority is a criminal. Far from it! What such an admission would do is to encourage the law-abiding elements of those communities to start a bit of introspective analysis instead of hiding behind a flag of politically correct convenience and racial sensitivities..
Andrew McCann
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We have various Turkish ethnicities controlling heroin, Albanians and east European criminals involved in trafficking and exploitation of women in the sex industry.
All of the above involve extreme violence.
There has been a huge increase in attacks against whites, rapes against whites, hate against whites. Increased violence between ethnic groups who continue the ethnic conflicts from the societies they came from
Increased violence against homosexuals and Jews because of extreme religious beliefs..
The police are overwhelmed, and when they act the bleeding heart liberals and the perpetrators shout racism etc.
I do not blame all recent immigrants, however if you look at the racial profile of convicted criminals and those in prison, they are disproportionally represented.
We have little control of our borders and when arrested for even serious crimes, more concern is expressed for the criminal than the victim and the rest of the law abiding society.
I am not being racist here. The UK has become a hub for criminals from all parts of the world because of the neglect of this and previous administrations. We have many immigrants from all races who have and are making positive contributions to society, unfortunately we also have many ethnic criminals to swell the ranks of our own indigenous variety.
Black and Asians are not the vast majority in Britain, being only about 5% of the population, but their effect on law and order is vast.
An appeasement mentality in the general media and a 'hand-wringing' police 'service' means criminals get bolder by the day.
I agree with most of what you say, but disagree with:
"I am not being racist here. The UK has become a hub for criminals from all parts of the world because of the neglect of this and previous administrations."
British governments haven't been neglecful of anything. We have planned societal decline. Think of why you felt the need to state that you aren't being racist. Why should you see your country's social order dismantled before your eyes whilst being cowed into remaining quiet?
Parliament had dismantled border controls long before handing over control of our borders to the EU. Successive British governments, especially Tory ones, swallowed the cultural Marxist line that mass immigration and multiculturalism was good for Britain.
We knew it wasn't but the Left had their way. The multiculturalists never hid their intentions to destroy anything traditional, decent and conservative in Britain. For forty years they have been virtually unchallenged. With the evidence of social collapse all around, mass murder committed by supposedly British men in London and violence a way of life in the squalid underclass, the least that the Left can do is apologise.
We are of course not alone in being ravaged by recent legal and illegal immigrants. Spain has problems with Latin Americans, Moroccans and Africans, not to mention eastern europeans and the Russian mafia.
France has problems with its muslims who almost burnt Paris and other cities last year.
To be frank most of Europe has problems with legal and illegal muslim immigrants who refuse to integrate and behave in a civilised manner. They are the greatest threat to civilization in Europe.
Great question, Pete. I wish people, in the US as well, weren't always so sheepish about defending traditonal society.
Should I be inhibited in criticising what I consider to be reactionary and backward modes of thought and behaviour of some minorities, just because they are minorities. I think not.
I am in a minority sometimes regarding some of the values of this society. Fortunately I live in a country where I can freely express my ideas and engage in debate without fear of being violently suppressed by the majority. If they do so I expect the full force of the law to descend on them.
I am always impressed by reformists in any country when they stand up to the intolerance of those who seek to suppress contrarian viewpoints. Many do so with extreme bravery. Without such people societies either regress to barbarianism or don’t emerge from barbarianism.
There are barbarians here and they should be challenged at every opportunity, and if need be where possible deported without leave of appeal.
Lithcol. What do you mean by that sentence. ?
Well said.
I thought I was being transparent. Minorities do indeed come from majority countries. Some are recent, some have been here for some time and some were born here of immigrant parents.
A fairly large number adhere to a religious belief that is inimical to equality, individualism, freedom of thought and respect for democratic institutions. Many appear to want to emulate the laws and customs of their country of birth and segregate themselves from mainstream society.
Others come from countries riven by years of ethnic conflict. They see life as cheap. They are not particularly interested in making a valued contribution to this country and would rather exploit the opportunities available from committing crimes, given that our police are so ineffective.
In short the cohesiveness of our society is being undermined because of a lack of shared values and a historical connectiveness.
I know who I am, where I came from and where I am going. As do my children, and it is not mutual respect for all culture, or even for everything in UK culture.
This country was perhaps the greatest contributor to the modern world. A world that is being embraced with avidity by many enlightened peoples in the world, and opposed by the barbarians.
In short Colm there are very few countries I would elect to live in. None in Africa, no muslim majority country, and not many in South America. Still that leaves an awful lot of land space.
Have just seen the Newsnight report on the theocratic republic of Iran.
My, aren’t those young people admirable. Indeed they reflect the aspirations of many oppressed young people around the world, freedom to express themselves, from clothing to thought. Not forgetting the more mature who also desire freedom.
Iran ( Persia ) is of course a diverse country with a majestic history. It was conquered by the muslim arab warriors and its glories suppressed. Hopefully, they will regain their freedoms. Hopefully they will not be attacked because of the behaviour of the present freedom hating intolerant government. And no, the religious police and hordes of supporting barbarians will not suppress the will of those desiring freedom. It is just a matter of time and we must support all those who desire
I missed that report but I read an excellent article in last Saturdays's mail by Correli Barnet in which he argued that the best way for the US to defeat the theocratic extremists in Iran would be the very reverse of the 'bomb Iran now' demands. He argues that the US should actually open itself up much more to invest in and trade and assist and co-operate with the Iranian people as the population at large is much less hostile to the West than the public face of Irab shows and that Iran has a much more mature and diverse political discourse within it's borders than Iraq ever had. A policy worth trying don't you think.
I have just noticed your statement;
"The greatest threat to civilisation anywhere is when whole populations are demonised due to a single shared trait, i.e their race, religion or nationality. That is what causes barbarism ethnic cleansing and genocide."
I am not demonizing whole populations. I don't think the USA is evil and should be destroyed. I don’t think that China because of its human rights abuses should be destroyed. I don’t think Iran should be destroyed. I don’t think Israel should be destroyed. I don’t think any race, religion or nationality should be destroyed.
I argue against intolerance, bigotry and any regime that seeks to diminish the rights of individuals to determine how they live, free from the intolerance and bigotry of others. As long of course their freedom does not limit the freedom of others.
There is unfortunately a great deal of intolerance and bigotry in the world. Much of it directed to the freedom of females, about half of the worlds population. I may have mentioned Islam, however I stand by my contention that Islam more so than any other religious belief is inimical to the freedom of the individual and particularly so for the freedom of females.
I do not want to wipe out believers in Islam from the face of the earth, we will all go to hell in our own particular ways anyway! I would like Islam to reform, modernise, keep out of politics.
But let us not forget that a great many people in the world do not believe in the Abrahamic religions ( a peculiarly Mediterranean phenomenon, why did the big guy in the sky choose this area, was he racist ) , and a great many do not believe in a single god or any god per se.
Colm, I am a civilised individual. I believe in rational debate. If I question your ideas and beliefs I am certainly not attacking you as an individual. You can reciprocate. We can agree to differ. As a society that is the way we work. We don’t now go around killing each other because we disagree. We compromise, reach agreement and carry on. In the future things will change, new ideas etc. Hopefully, incrementally we will improve and our societies will get better.
What we do not do is follow rigidly doctrines from the past, whether they be religious or tomes written by philosophers. Societies that survive and produce the best environments for their citizens are dynamic. Always questioning, debating.
I was at Leeds university in the 70's. Had quite a few Iranian leftist student friends ( OK no one is perfect) doing engineering etc.
Come the Islamacist revolution in 1979, two of my friends became asylum seeker ( still here, making valued contributions to this country – but would like to go back to their homeland). Their parents were murdered by the incoming Islamacist regime.
About 70% of Irans population is under the age of 35. They know about the outside world. They are a country made up of diverse ethnicities. They have a long history of philosophical thought ( they may have developed the first monotheistic religion), poetry, mathematics and science.
And yes, I agree with you. Unfortunately the theocratic regime have a ruthless ideological and religious police, who are brutal in their suppression of any deviation from the ruling theocracy.
Students expressing dissent are routinely rounded up, brutalised and imprisoned. As indeed are lectures, trade unionists and any who are against the theocratic state.
What are student representative bodies, trade unionists and others doing in this country to support them. Very little I am afraid.
Second may I point out that living in a certain section of town will not protect you from violent crime.
It's true that we cannot now own pistols in this country, due to the stupid actions of stupid governments.
However, we can still be armed, a principle enshrined in the Bill of Rights and one which Parliament has no power to remove. We can still own shotguns and rifles and, I'm glad to say, plenty of do in my part of world.
The Bill of Rights has no legal supremacy over any other act in UK law. Anything in it can be overruled by an Act of Parliament. We have no statutory constitution in the UK.