Why should he not be allowed into the UK?

[anotheoldgit]

http://tinyurl.com/6xfmdog

So Pastor Terry Jones has been banned fro the UK, his crime 'threatening to burn the Koran'.

We openly witness Muslims, not threatening, but actually burning poppies during our Remembrance Day's 2 minutes silence, with no action taken.

We allow our own country men to leave the UK bound for Pakistan, so as to go and do a little training in the latest terrorists tactics. On completion of their training they are allowed freely back in the UK, using the excuse "they have been on holiday".

It would appear that our world renowned tolerance, only extends to certain people.

[bednobs]

if people are already citizens of this country, you can refuse them entry (as they are already here) so you are not comparing like with like. You can't deprt someone for complaining about certain things (if so, you would probably have already been deported!) but you can stop people entering if you want to
if people were proved to have been to terrorist training camps then they can be dealt with under the law. How would you distinguish between people who had genuiniely been on holiday though - my friend has just come back from travelling (which included some time in Pakistan) do you think she should be refused re-entry?
Actually i don't know why i just spent 3 minutes of my time answering this q (glutton for punishment really)

[bednobs]

In first sentance, can should be "can't"

[Groupie]

I was going to count, and find you WPM rather than answer the Q. But decided against it.

How shallow am i .

[Gromit]

I am not condoning the burning of the poppies, but that was done by British subjects expressing their right to protest (you may call them traitors and much worse, and you wouldn't be far wrong).

But why should we let a foreigner in whose only mission is to cause trouble?

If anyone wants to listen to pastor Jones or watch him burn a Koran, they are welcome to do so on YouTube, and it will not cost us a penny in Policing.

[bibblebub]

"It would appear that our world renowned tolerance, only extends to certain people"

Don't include yourself in any world renown because your tolerance only extends to certain people, that's for sure.

[R1Geezer]

yes bednobs what you say is true about our indiginuous scum, but why not let this bloke in?

[anotheoldgit]

bednobs

You complain you have spent 3 minutes of your time answering my question, "Why should he not be allowed into the UK"

But in fact you did not use that time, in answering it.

Instead you used your 3 minutes (your choice) to state the obvious /// if people are already citizens of this country, you can't refuse them entry (as they are already here) /// ?????????

And also to have the usual dig at me /// You can't deprt someone for complaining about certain things (if so, you would probably have already been
deported!) /// Who in fact was doing the complaining other than your interpretation of me daring to enter a question of concern???????

/// if people were proved to have been to terrorist training camps then they can be dealt with under the law.///

Yet another obvious statement, to which I must add my flippant answer. They are unlikely to have 'Terrorist training camp 4b, Pakistan' stamped on their pass-port are they?

/// How would you distinguish between people who had genuiniely been on holiday though - my friend has just come back from travelling (which included some time in Pakistan) do you think she should be refused re-entry? ///

No, but in the present situation this country finds itself in, she should undergo more rigorous security checks, than someone returning from Spain.

Now I am wondering why I have gone to the trouble of answering non-questions.

[ludwig]

// But why should we let a foreigner in whose only mission is to cause trouble? //

Agree with gromit - we already have more than enough homegrown troublemakers. We don't need to ship any foreign ones in.

[anotheoldgit]

Freedom of speech??????

You can say or hear what you like, just as long as we agree with it.

Just tell them what we want them to know, not what they might wish to know.

[Gromit]

AOG

We know what he wants to say. In this age of the web, he can say it in his own country, and anyone who wants to listen can tune in. Saves us a lot of money policing an event that is not dialogue but a publicity stunt.

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

Don't the idiots realise that banning him from the UK, will give him and his opinions more media interest.

Just like anything that is 'Banned'. they will be flocking around him for his opinions, which obviously he will freely give, without any opposition whatsoever.