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Not often you get me quoting rap but seems appropriate ( I thought Cher did it well )

"But, if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate
And to discriminate only generates hate
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah

Badness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates
Man you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all, y'all

People killin', people dyin'
Children hurt and hear them cryin'?
Can you practice what you preach?
And would you turn the other cheek

Father, Father, Father help us
Send us some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questionin'
Where is the love?"

I fear I cannot 'love' the EDL and this hateful...hate full....man.

( For new readers , my fingers and brain are in melt down...please ignore all typo's, mis-spellings and 'general ignorance' )

Sorry Rose you've lost me.

It doesn't help that the pedant in me is screaming it's preacher lol

OMG I left out the 'a' !!! Sorry Cat!

Just been on the news that the EDF have invited the Florida pastor Terry Jones ( the one who wanted to burn the Koran) to speak over here next year.

PMSL wasn't sure if it was your mistake or theirs if you see what I mean.

Is EDF the Equality and Diversity Forum because my gas/elec suppliers are EDF ;-)

Isn't it the EDL, Rose?

Bunch of charmers, aren't they?

Gwynne

Christian fundamentalist and nationalist fruitcakes : (
And not to be confused with the English Democrats.

Right just googled and found out it's the English Defence League (EDL), I'll take it you're having a bad day Rose lol

Tbh I'm not too sure if I want him visiting either but I also believe in freedom of speech, within reason. On balance so long as he isn't inciting hatred I suppose he can't really be stopped, most of the people who will listen to him probably already think the way he does anyway. Of the rest, hopefully most will have the intelligence to make their own minds up or at least be too apathetic to do anything other than to moan to their neighbours or write 'disgusted of Tunbridge Wells' type letters to their local papers.

I Am having a bad day lolol ,,,just ignore me till my fingers and brain are co-ordinated...and my thoughts are coherent...

pull up a chair, bring a flask and a hot water bottle...I may be gone some time..... !

It's my age you know......

I think they're quite welcome to each other and says enough about both.

Cat, I've only just seen you've become chaotic (or officially anyway) - I was wondering who the bloody member was disagreeing with me:)))))

Rose, apparently it's all down hill from 35. I'm dreading it personally.

lol Uggers

I changed to a christmas name then decided I wasn't in a christmas mood. When I tried to change back they wouldn't let me so came up with ChAoTic which is basically my life atm lol It also has my original name in it.

Rose, you might want to take a look at

http://action.hopenothate.org.uk/page/s/Preacher-of-Hate

Thanks Janet will go and have a look :)

I thought we weren't allowing an 'open house' to racists.
No doubt these morons (the EDL) think all people of the Islamic faith are arabs - well surprise surprise, many Eastern Europeans are Moslem - and white!!! Wasn't that waht the Bosnian war was over?
Oh - and EDL's website isn't up yet.
All they have on there is a video about Halaal meat ) sorry , acording to EDL Moslem meat, in Asda.
Although I'm against Halaal meat - ( a prayer means sod all to a dying animal) I don't blame the religion - I blame the industry.
I wonder how often in the past we were all eating Kosher meat (ironically a similar death).
Swings and roundabouts etc! LOL

Freedom of speech means that everybody can call racists and bigots the scum that they are!

It doesn't mean that any country is obliged to grant admission to any foreign national who wants in.

There's a fine line there, as to what justification there would be for denying someone entry based on their speech, but drawing lines is what life is about.

Someone who has actively incited hatred, in such a way that their actions could actually have resulted in threats to their own country's security, might fall outside that line.

(That was an objection voiced in the US -- that this cretin's antics could in fact incite anti-US actions throughout the world. And that was likely a real foreseeable consequence, since his actions would have provided fine fodder for anyone who wanted to incide anti-US sentiment.)

Tbh, Janey, other than the koran burning incident I know nothing about this man. For me that is enough that I don't want him, or others of his ilk, whatever their agenda, here. As you say it's a fine line and one I'm glad I don't have to draw.