Terror attack in London - British soldier hacked to death

It didn't take long. The English Defence League is on the march. Originally Posted by ExNYer

You are well informed.

Whatever one thinks of two nutters, the EDL really scares me.

It's like UKIP. They talk about all the Europeans taking over our health service and jobs and welfare, but forget about the millions of Brits living in Europe and using THEIR health service etc.

Do we want them all back in the UK? No, never, no.

But I am realistic. I live in a part of South London, there are so many Poles, there are so many of them sitting on park benches drinking beer and throwing their cans in the bushes, it is a problem. Why the hell can't they behave a bit more civilised?

But I am realistic. I live in a part of South London, there are so many Poles, there are so many of them sitting on park benches drinking beer and throwing their cans in the bushes, it is a problem. Why the hell can't they behave a bit more civilised? Originally Posted by essence

Count your blessings.

The pollacks won't decapitate you in the middle of the street.

I think essence may have a point, the center of Polish immigration in the U.S. was Chicago and look what happened.

I think essence may have a point, the center of Polish immigration in the U.S. was Chicago and look what happened. Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn

Yeah, but it started falling apart under Daley and he was Irish.

I've been away for a week in Cornwall screwing my 21 yr old, so have not been spinning in my grave, but a bit busy.

Britain does have a constitution, but it is not codified.

Britain used to have a right/duty to bear arms, but it has been slowly reduced.

I don't think this very bizarre case is a suitable reason to make generalizations on gun control.

I don't recall anything in the UK press using it to justify giving every UK adult a gun.

The people wandering around as if nothing had happened was bizarre. Phlegmatic or what? Stiff upper lip or what?

UK was never liberal before Thatcher.

Been watching a TV series about the Tudors. That was very bloody.

The US constitution etc. was heavily influenced by British and European intellectuals.

English right to bear arms comes from King Alfred's time.

That's it for now, just trying to correct several misconceptions about Britain.

The danger is that this incident, and other similar ones, will generate a backlash and the emergence of nasty racist political parties. Originally Posted by essence

There was a time when English monarchs mandated men own and be proficient with arms.

"Bloody" Mary's legacy has fallen victim to Protestant historians: the "victors". In fact, it was her father, Great Harry, who was the great executioner. Henry VIII executed some 330 political enemies in the years 1532-40 alone.

Yeah, but it started falling apart under Daley and he was Irish. Originally Posted by ExNYer

New York's Tammany Hall was dominated by Irish "bosses" during the latter 19th and early 20th centuries. "Boss" Tweed, who ruled over Tammany during the mid 19th century, was Scotch-Irish.

The saddest part is there are probably some sick individuals who are actually HAPPY that someone was killed with other than a gun.

This was a sick psycopathinc religious wacko who says god is merciful on one hand but shows that he is very ungodlike on the other hand. But he sure could have done a lot more dammage with an AK-47, couldn't he? Originally Posted by Old-T

He could have done a lot more damage with the knife as well but didn't.
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