I don't have a problem

with Islam. That would be silly. Almost as bad as saying that I have a problem with Catholicism, or Judaism or Agnosticism. Which I, most certainly, do not. Each to their own, right? It would be silly and utterly wrong for me to say that what I believe/do not believe is the be-all and end-all, and that each and every one of you who deigns to disagree with me and what I believe in is wrong.

And yet, as much as it pains me to say it, these fuckers who are trying to kill hundreds of people and disrupt our lives just need to FUCK OFF. That's right, you heard me. Pick up your mats and your jimmy cans and your extremist ways and piss off if you dislike it so much! I'll be the one chasing you with a very big, pointy stick. And as for you, Ms. Armstrong, how about you get off your high horse and start to stick up for us? You know, the people who pay taxes for you to jet off around the world telling everybody just how utterly darling Muslim people are, and how in The West all we are, are big, mean and nasty bolsheviks. You can bugger off too. (The poor love caught a nasty cough and cold on the plane to Malaysia on her way to a newspaper interview, where she said that she wouldn't have to jet around the globe fighting their battles for them, if only "Muslims did more to explain their faith"). What on earth makes this blasted woman an expert on Islam? I very much doubt she speaks even a single word of Arabic.

According to Armstrong, it is religious 'fundamentalism' that we need to take seriously. No! Really? You don't say! Ay, Dios moios - give me strength! Apparently this fundamentalism is,

"...a response to the gap between the promises of modernity and their reality."

And, ladies and gentlemen, the woman is entirely serious. To make matters worse, this woman has probably single-handedly caused what is now a massive rift between Islam and The West. You think I'm exaggerating? Read here. Apparently, "hatred of Islam... is so deeply rooted in Western culture that it brings together people who are usually at daggers drawn." What?? Westerners hate Islam? No. My dear, you are well and truly, like, totally and in the most awesome way I could possibly imagine, WRONG. Who the hell do you think you are? Girls and boys, this is exactly what she said in a Muslim newspaper. What, does she thinks that being malicious is going to make things better? That telling Muslim people, via their Muslim newspaper, that everyone in The West hates them so, so much that the hate is ubiquitous? Bollocks, bollocks, BOLLOCKS!! How the hell has this awful bloody woman gotten away with spreading such nonsense?

Let me get one thing straight: The West does NOT hate Islam. Not even a little bit. It is not Islam that causes the problem (although, I am sure that many would argue that ALL religion is the cause of trouble that would otherwise not exist). It is extremism. That is the issue here. It is the members of certain groups who feel that they are right, and, even worse that they are justified in killing civilians because they do not share the same religious beliefs. It is this extreme view that will and does cause problems.

The recent attempted bomb attacks in both London and Glasgow infuriate me. Why on earth are these people so hell-bent on causing the loss of life, disrupting our way of life? More to the point, why are they even here if they hate us so much. In the case of the 'home-grown' terrorists, this is not so easy to answer. It seems that a new wave has completely washed over a certain generation of young Muslims, in this country anyway. Unfortunately, without Australia to send our criminals, the only thing for it is to lock them up. But, what about these men who caused so much disruption in Britain last week? From the little snippets of information we are being fed, my understanding is that these latest attackers are aliens. So, why are they here? If The West is so repulsive to them, then they should bloody well stay away. I've had enough of all this pussy-footing around, being über-pc. Birmingham re-named Christmas, 'Winterval', and the ceremony of switching on the Christmas lights became 'Luminos'. All so that minorities were not offended.


What? I can almost hear the incredulity in your voice. Yes, kids, you heard right. This band of demented eejits spreads across the UK in sympathy. One generous millionaire was banned from putting up his annual charity Christmas lights, another council removed the word 'Christmas' from all their Christmas cards, while a hospital in Scotland refused to distribute a Christmas CD because it mentioned Jesus' name. Has everyone forgotten that this country (as we know it) was built on Christianity? That the head of our state is the head of our Church? That, it doesn't really matter if you go to church or not, that if you are British, you are proud of your heritage and how the country has gotten to where it is?


Britain certainly didn't conquer the world by giving up its beliefs so as not to 'offend' people.


If you don't like it, bugger off.