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Powderkeg Britain will ignite if Kashmir explodes

Odin | 09.06.2002 21:03

The continuing standoff between nuclear powers India and Pakistan over the issue of Kashmir could spell trouble on the streets of multi-racial Britain if the crisis deepens.

There are people from all countries and communities within the Indian sub-continent presently living in the UK, in places such as London, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Leeds, Bradford, Leicester and Glasgow. These communities continue to adhere to their century old religions, beliefs and traditions. Such adherence to faith while being thoroughly admirable in itself could lead to an explosive situation in British towns where these diverse communities live close to one another.

In towns where members of the Muslim Pakistani and (predominantly Hindu) Indian communities co-exist, some people are already expressing concern. It is very much hoped that whispered words stay that way rather than becoming loud, offensive or worse still physically provocative. Against this background we should recall that in Oldham last year the Muslim youths who carried out rioting for several weekends deliberately attacked Hindu owned businesses in echoes of tension from the sub-continent.

It is clearly inevitable in a multi-faith and multi-racial society that there will be occasional differences of opinion between different communities and while it is again hoped that peaceful methods are used to resolve any issue, it must be seen that Blair's Britain of 2002 is a potential powder keg with millions of people from almost every country, every religion and every culture now living within our shores.

The British National Party calls on all ethnic minorities to recognise that the vast majority of White Britons wish to go about their own business unhindered by the disputes that may exist between two countries several thousands of miles away.

Asylum issues, immigration and the "race debate" are making headlines almost every day, thus it serves no purpose to escalate any concern that is already present in the White community, many of whom believe "enough is enough" and that the multi-racial situation in an overcrowded Britain being forced upon them is now unacceptable.

It will take courage and a demonstration of self-discipline by members of all communities in Britain to ensure the situation of non-confrontation continues and we can all do our bit to talk about issues such as race, faith and culture in an open and frank manner without fear of accusations of racism and intolerance.

The BNP have been talking with its friends in the Hindu and Sikh communities on this and other issues and we are adamant that we will work together to end the madness of the multi-racial experiment, forced upon us by the demands of international business concerns.

Odin

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Dear Odour, your comments stink

09.06.2002 22:31

BNP propaganda here? Editors, try and stop this happening again.

Tony


Incitement

10.06.2002 00:07

Odin - YOU HOPE!

media


yes, why is IMC tolerating this stuff ?

10.06.2002 17:09

we must make clear that fascist viewpoints are beyond the limits of indymedia. if not, i will cease to follow what has been a very excitinf venture up to now. at least '"Socialist Worker" doesnt take comments from fascists! what on earth is going with you people ? its noted that modern fascists are streamlining their rhetoric somewhat and trying to sound plausible, alternative, even intellectual. i suggest they are therefore a greater threat than the old blatant thugs of old, and who are still there in the wings.

Anne Dromeda (Socialist)


I'll defend their right to say it

10.06.2002 17:37

Every viewpoint has to be given a fair chance to express itself so things can be argued out logically. If you're so sure of the correctness of your ideas why are you so concerned? After all if you're right then people will see that. And the old chesnut about "fascists using their freedom of speech to incite hatred" is utter rubbish, what you really want to do is crush all descent, so you're the one who's actually lying. That post doesen't incite hatred in the least. So live and let live, if you're really sure of your ideology you should feel comfortable enough to debate with both sides.

Steve


Dear Steve, your argument is dangerous

10.06.2002 17:50

In the days when fascism was marginalised and discredited, it might have been possible to treat fascism as an academic theme alone. however, in case you havent noticed, they're on the march again, bit by bit, and there's a whole new generation emerging which is frankly not at all persuaded by the old taboos that deterred people before.
Actually, i dont see much point in banning the literature per se; just exclude it from here, where its out of place. studying it is one thing, but propagating another. having studied politics and propaganda, i have on my own shelf quite a few books by and about, facsists. (ever heard of Drieu la Rochelle ?) on an academic level its one thing, but politics is not academia. i say to you quite honestly that even 'free speech' has limits; that politics is a form of struggle above all, and a stand must be taken. If IMC UK continues to carry neo-, post-, or quasi-fascist articles, ill give up on it.

Anne Dromeda


fascist stuff will be hidden

11.06.2002 14:34

we DO hide stuff like this from the wire. it would be hidden already if we didn't have database problems at the moment... sorry. admin page is at  http://uk.indymedia.org:8081/display.php3?group=webcast&led=y&sort=&rate=none&filter=none&first=0&edit_comments=y

the rules for hiding are on  http://uk.indymedia.org/censor.php3

quick quote applying to this post: "Discrimination: posts intending to oppress - using language, imagery, or other forms of communication which promote racism, fascism, xenophobia, sexism, or any other form of discrimination."

get involved in the day-to-day running of this site by subscribing to the features list (no i don't mean you, odin). check it out at  http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/public/imc-uk-features/

cheers, andi

andi


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