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THATCHER THE FEMALE KILLER OF THE MINERS "Yas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Xathos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Who's tatcher? > > That is a real preson so you don't have to worry about it. > So how are the pixies? > > > > > "Heinrich Müller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > "William S. Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > They have found insanity and death... > > > > > > that was already the case when margaret (the bitch)tatcher was in power > ! > > > > > > > > > > > > "Heinrich Müller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > The idea is not as impossible, as bizarre or distant as you might > > think. > > > > An > > > > > astonishing Channel 4 programme last week - The Last White Kids -- > > > showed > > > > > two English children who live in an entirely Muslim district > becoming > > > > > enthusiastic attenders at the local mosque, wrapping themselves in > > > Islamic > > > > > draperies and learning the Koran. > > > > > > > > > > Amie Gallagher, nine, and her sister Ashlene, 12, are > all-too-typical > > > > > children of modern Britain in some ways, daughters of a > single-parent > > > > > household where the father is absent. > > > > > > > > > > In Islam they seem to have found something that would otherwise be > > > missing > > > > > from their lives. At the mosque there is authority, certainty, even > > > > > disciplined education in the Arabic language and the Koran. > > > > > > > > > > This has happened because the Gallaghers are the only white family > in > > a > > > > > suburb otherwise completely dominated by Asian Muslims. > > > > > > > > > > If they move away, as they may well do, then perhaps the two girls' > > > > > attachment to the mosque will fail. Their brother, Jake, has not > > > followed > > > > > them down the Muslim path and has instead become even more defiantly > > > > English > > > > > than he might otherwise have done. > > > > > > > > > > But this strange little story contains a warning for Britain as a > > whole, > > > > as > > > > > it careers ever more rapidly down the path of permissiveness which > > began > > > > so > > > > > gently in the Sixties and now slopes ever more steeply downwards > > towards > > > > > sexual chaos, drunkenness, family breakdown and the epidemic use of > > > > > stupefying drugs. > > > > > > > > > > Sooner or later, as in every other era of human history, there will > be > > a > > > > > revulsion against this licence, a desire to stop the waste, cruelty > > and > > > > > misery which these things bring, especially to children. > > > > > > > > > > Where will that revulsion come from? In the 18th and 19th Centuries > it > > > > came > > > > > from Christianity and the mighty but forgotten Temperance movements > > > which > > > > > reacted against the squalor and misery of Hogarth's Gin Lane, and > > whose > > > > > effects we still just feel. > > > > > > > > > > But Christianity shows little sign of doing the job a second time. > Its > > > > > leaders are more concerned about foreign conflict than about > domestic > > > > > misery, and more interested in the sexual tastes of bishops than in > > > trying > > > > > to regulate the confused sex lives of Britain's young. > > > > > > > > > > The Christian churches have all but disappeared from the lives of > the > > > > > British people. The chapels of Wales are gaunt ruins, the great > Roman > > > > > Catholic churches of the industrial North West are often empty and > > > > derelict, > > > > > the Anglicans scuttle about in their hallowed, lovely buildings like > > > mice > > > > > amid ancient ruins, rarely even beginning to fill spaces designed > for > > > > > multitudes. > > > > > > > > > > The choirs and the bells gradually fall silent, the hymns are no > > longer > > > > sung > > > > > and one by one the doors are locked and places which in some cases > > have > > > > seen > > > > > worship for centuries become bare museums of a dead faith. > > > > > > > > > > Few listen to what these churches say. They have become exclusive > > clubs, > > > > > whose members celebrate bizarre rituals which are baffling to > > outsiders. > > > > > > > > > > The Christian message is a difficult and complicated one, which if > not > > > > > learned in childhood is hard for adults to understand. The Christian > > > > > ceremonies, viewed coldly by an outsider unschooled in 2,000 years > of > > > > > tradition, are positively peculiar. Why would anyone eat God? > > > > > > > > > > When Christianity was part of our culture and its beliefs were > handed > > > down > > > > > in homes and schools, its familiarity kept it strong. Everyone knew > > > Bible > > > > > stories, hymns and prayers. Now it is at least as alien to many > young > > > > people > > > > > as Islam, if not more so because it does not seem to be interested > in > > > > them. > > > > > > > > > > But Islam is interested in them. And Islam is growing. More and more > > > > British > > > > > cities have seen the domes and minarets of smart, prominently > > positioned > > > > new > > > > > mosques rising in their neighbourhoods. > > > > > > > > > > A large and imposing Islamic centre is now nearing completion in > > Oxford, > > > > one > > > > > of Christian England's holiest places. Imagine what would happen if > > > > > Anglicans sought to build a Christian centre in Qom, Isfahan, Najaf > or > > > > > anywhere on the soil of Saudi Arabia, and wonder what Muslim leaders > > > think > > > > > of Christian feebleness on such matters. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks to the immigration of recent decades, Britain has a young, > > > > energetic > > > > > and swelling Muslim population which is increasingly assertive about > > its > > > > > faith. > > > > > > > > > > Official Islam may disapprove of such things but there have even > been > > > > signs > > > > > of the Muslim intolerance towards Christianity that is a nasty > feature > > > of > > > > so > > > > > many Islamic societies. > > > > > > > > > > In the Bradford suburb of Girlington, not far from where the > > Gallaghers > > > > live > > > > > in Manningham, Asian youths tried to set fire to an Anglican church. > > > Soon > > > > > afterwards, a Brownie pack leader was attacked in a nearby street by > > > young > > > > > men who snarled 'Christian bitch' at her. > > > > > > > > > > An isolated and meaningless incident? You might hope so, but it > would > > be > > > > > unwise to be sure. > > > > > > > > > > If you travel to these areas, you get the sense that Islam, one of > the > > > > great > > > > > forces of history, long ago defeated by the armies and navies of a > > > mighty > > > > > Christian Europe, is once again feeling its strength and finding > that > > it > > > > has > > > > > been able to penetrate what were once the most impregnable > fortresses > > of > > > > its > > > > > great rival. > > > > > > > > > > Islam's appeal, wherever it has triumphed, has been in its > simplicity. > > > It > > > > > requires submission to some basic, straightforward rules which are > > > easily > > > > > kept, and in return it offers that most wonderful and rare > commodity, > > > > peace > > > > > of mind. To modern Westerners, its attitude towards women seems > > > incredibly > > > > > backward and even hateful. > > > > > > > > > > But as the reactions of Ashlene and Amie Gallagher show, its > > discipline, > > > > > safety and certainties have an appeal for girls lost in the churning > > > seas > > > > of > > > > > permissiveness, whose own families have been weakened by the > crumbling > > > of > > > > > the two-parent family, the absence of fathers and the impermanence > of > > > > > husbands, if there are husbands in the first place rather than > > > boyfriends > > > > > and ' babyfathers'. > > > > > > > > > > And in most societies it is the women who sustain religions in the > > home > > > > and > > > > > among children. In a country in the grip of unbelief, those with > > strong, > > > > > clear convictions and an uncluttered message have a great advantage > > over > > > > > those who offer nothing but choices to the perplexed and cannot seem > > to > > > > make > > > > > up their minds about anything. > > > > > > > > > > So if eventually Britain begins to sicken of strong lager, pools of > > > vomit, > > > > > Bacardi Breezers, bouncers looming on every High Street, the > > > battlefields > > > > in > > > > > the streets of many towns on Friday and Saturday nights, ecstasy > > > tablets, > > > > > cocaine, football-worship, pregnant 12-year-olds, morning-after > pills > > > and > > > > > all that goes with them, is it possible that puritan Islam will be > the > > > > cause > > > > > that benefits? > > > > > > > > > > If bureaucratic police and feeble justice continue to fail to > suppress > > > > crime > > > > > and disorder, will the savage but simple remedies of Sharia law > begin > > to > > > > > appeal to the British poor, who are already weary of seeing > dishonesty > > > > > triumph everywhere and lawless violence go unchecked? > > > > > > > > > > Might Islam become respectable among the politically correct middle > > > > classes, > > > > > in a way that Christianity never really can, because Christianity is > > > > always > > > > > associated in this country with the conservative, imperial past? > > > > > > > > > > You will already find plenty of bright young Muslims in our > > > universities, > > > > > many of whom are impressive and diligent students, and their > influence > > > is > > > > > bound to increase as they move into the professions. > > > > > > > > > > The idea of an Islamic Britain may seem highly unlikely now, amid > what > > > > still > > > > > seems to be more or less a Western, Christian society. We are used > to > > > > > thinking of Islam as a religion of backward regions, and of backward > > > > people. > > > > > > > > > > But we should remember that Muslim armies came within inches of > taking > > > > > Vienna in 1683 and were only driven from Spain in 1492. In those > days > > it > > > > was > > > > > the Islamic world that was making the great scientific advances > which > > we > > > > now > > > > > assume are ours by right. > > > > > > > > > > And is it any more unlikely than the things which have happened here > > in > > > > the > > > > > past 40 years, during which a country of peaceful, self-restrained, > > > lawful > > > > > and rather prudish men and women has been transformed into the land > of > > > sex > > > > > and swearing on TV, ladettes, semi-legal cannabis and armed police? > > > > > > > > > > If we don't respect our own customs and religion, we may end up, as > > > > Ashlene > > > > > and Amie Gallagher have done, respecting someone else's. Don't be > > > > surprised. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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