Minister warns of ‘inbred’ Muslims

[GMantis]

“If you have a child with your cousin the likelihood is there’ll be a genetic problem.”

False.

(Now, if you do it again... and again... and again... for generations, you have a point. But normally, having your cousin's baby is no more risky than having a baby at over 30 years of age.)

That's exactly what's happening.

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a seat with a long embedded BNP vote, and the less Islamic seat in Oldham...

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LOL! What a dumbster bigot... "AARGH! She's wearing a headscarf! HELP! HELP! MOMMY!" That kind of "fear"?

I'm guessing the Muslim woman not wearing a headscarf might get a little nervous if she starts seeing more and more of them around her neighborhood.

That just shows you know nothing.

You're the one who knows nothing if you discount group pressure so easily. If wearing of headscarves is acceptable, then those who don't wear them will be under pressure from their family and peers to wear them. This certainly isn't helpful for integration. Woolas may have used to extreme language, but he's mostly right.

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a seat with a long embedded BNP vote, and the less Islamic seat in Oldham...

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LOL! What a dumbster bigot... "AARGH! She's wearing a headscarf! HELP! HELP! MOMMY!" That kind of "fear"?

I'm guessing the Muslim woman not wearing a headscarf might get a little nervous if she starts seeing more and more of them around her neighborhood.

That just shows you know nothing.

You're the one who knows nothing if you discount group pressure so easily. If wearing of headscarves is acceptable, then those who don't wear them will be under pressure from their family and peers to wear them. This certainly isn't helpful for integration. Woolas may have used to extreme language, but he's mostly right.

Uh... you know how many Muslim women wear headscarves, and how many don't? Lots of both, so where's the problem.
Now, the disappearance of headscarves from old German women's heads in the course of the 80s. That probably had something to do with group pressure and opposition to integration.

We are talking about the muslim immigrants to EU, which are a introverted group where group pressure is very strong. This applies to all other issues, so why shouldn't it apply here?