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Originally Posted by Undertoad
You said "Why does the Middle East produce terrorists? Because the terrorists are terrified, bottom line. They fear encroachment by the West on their countries and their culture."
You seem to be the expert so why does Britain produce terrorists?
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ME? An expert? PFFFFFT! I'm like everyone else around here. I barely know what I'm talking about! However, it is my understanding that we share in common with the UK the English language, the Christian tradition, the same ideals of democracy (remember the Magna Carta?), etc.
Yep, I can hear the Brits now: "OMG, we're going to have to learn the English language, convert to Christianity, and switch over to a representative government!"
Brit1: "I say, Old Boy, I fear the cousins across the pond may impose their upstart culture upon us!"
Brit2: "Shocking, I must say! A real stain on the old school tie! What say we go fly an airplane into the World Trade Center?"
Brit1: "Smashing idea! Shall we arrange for the Queen to issue a Jihad?"
Brit2: "BRilliant! Prince Andrew has always wanted to pay the cousins back for what they did to his great-great-great grandfather in 1776! Cheerio! Pip, Pip, carry on then!"
Or are you talking about the London as "Mecca for Muslim terrorists/boys of Muslim families sent off to summer terror camp" thing? You want me to explain why Britain is responsible for THAT? Try LOCATION! It's much easier to get to London from Pakistan than it is to go the extra frequent flier miles to NYC. Also try history. Remember the British Empire? The East India Company? How about the sepoy rebellion? The Brits have a long history with the area of East India which includes a significant muslim population as in Pakistan, among others. The Brits are used to seeing them walking around. Heck, they're probably Gunga Din's third cousin or something and the Muslim fanatic doesn't have the heart to tell Mrs. Polifax that Rudyard Kipling has died quite sometime back.
Er... earth to UT?
