Re: [Goanet]britain and immigrants
--- Eugene Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Saw a book titled Bloody Foreigners, published in Britain in 2004 but reissued this year in paperback. I haven't read, but hope it buy it. Did anyone on the goanet read it? This is the type of hysteria that white Britain creates and then the consequences is what we see now happening in that country. No doubt the immigrant Muslim community, and many others, were disturbed with Tony Blair's support to USA in its War Against Terror, the underlying problem seems immigrant distrust and frustration. The social ills of racial discrimination and prejudice takes its own toll. Sad but true. Mario replies: Eugene, First of all, a book may be just the opinion of it's author, not of all Brits, though I am well aware from having lived there that white Brits often indiscriminately resent the Bloody Foreigners, and believe they have good reason to. However, as an immigrant myself, aren't you putting the cart before the horse? How did white Britain create negative consequences for itself by providing large numbers of often hostile immigrants sanctuary in Britain? It seems to me they did the foreigners a huge favor, don't you think? To now be repaid by what? Suicidal bomb attacks, not against the British government or its agencies, but against innocent British civilians (which include foreigners) and some innocent foreign visitors to Britain. Besides, why were the Muslims, and many others, disturbed by the UK's joining the US in liberating two Muslim populations in Afghanistan and Iraq, that were both being brutally oppressed by Muslim tyrants and denied any semblance of freedom and democracy, while enjoying the freedom and democracy for themselves in Britain? I'm sure you are aware that almost all the Muslims in Britain came from Muslim countries that were oppressive dictatorships. One would think they would rejoice in the liberation of their 50 million Muslim brothers in Afghanistan and Iraq, and thank the Brits and Americans for risking their lives on behalf of Muslims in distant lands.
Re: [Goanet]britain and immigrants
Eugene, Re Bloody Foreigners, I have bought a copy and read about half of the book so far. I think the title is unfortunate but the book is centrally about the contribution that foreigners have made to the UK. It is really highly supportive of the 'foreigner' and questions the received wisdom of the indigenous Briton who tends to think in terms of bloody foreigners taking jobs etc. The truth is that foreigners over the past centuries have helped keep Britain afloat and contributed significantly to its sustained development and this theme lies at the heart of this book. I would strongly recommend the book as its historical research is pretty thorough. It is a bit of a heavyweight of a book and in hard cover when I bought it when it first came out. Nevertheless, it is a good read. I hope to finish reading it by the end of this summer and perhaps I may have more to say about it then. In the meantime, I hope you will get a copy so that we may be able to exchange notes. Regarding my view of Blair's illegal and unjustified war against Iraq, and as a poodle of the USA, I have said much on Goanet and will not repeat this. 80% of Britons were opposed to the start of the war. However, now we have one hell of a problem to sort out with many crazy religious extremists who are entirely indiscriminate over bombings and I doubt the various groups have a clear rationale for their actions except perhaps for one central theme i.e. their perception of the double standards of the West on many issues affecting/hurting them and especially, over Palestine/Israel. Sadly the damage has been done, and ironically, Blair comes out as a bit of a statesman in this crisis in the absence of an alternative available leader at this juncture. It may take a long time to bring back life to normality and the price is likely to be high unfortunately. Cornel DaCosta, London, UK. - Original Message - From: Eugene Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:32 AM Subject: [Goanet]britain and immigrants Saw a book titled Bloody Foreigners, published in Britain in 2004 but reissued this year in paperback. I haven't read, but hope it buy it. Did anyone on the goanet read it? This is the type of hysteria that white Britain creates and then the consequences is what we see now happening in that country. No doubt the immigrant Muslim community, and many others, were disturbed with Tony Blair's support to USA in its War Against Terror, the underlying problem seems immigrant distrust and frustration. The social ills of racial discrimination and prejudice takes its own toll. Sad but true. Eugene Correia Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
[Goanet]britain and immigrants
Saw a book titled Bloody Foreigners, published in Britain in 2004 but reissued this year in paperback. I haven't read, but hope it buy it. Did anyone on the goanet read it? This is the type of hysteria that white Britain creates and then the consequences is what we see now happening in that country. No doubt the immigrant Muslim community, and many others, were disturbed with Tony Blair's support to USA in its War Against Terror, the underlying problem seems immigrant distrust and frustration. The social ills of racial discrimination and prejudice takes its own toll. Sad but true. Eugene Correia Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
