Survey - should they all be deported?

Question

I'm not being racist - I just what to know how everyone feels...should the UK deport all muslims in the wake of this weekends terrorist attacks? And yes I know that most muslims are decent law abiding citizens, but in WWII we interned all Germans, Japanese and Italians for the safety of the majority. Is now so different?

Answer 1

Good luck with that!

Answer 2

Are you serious ?

Come on Mike, you’re an intelligent person, you know I have a lot of respect for you but please, try to use some common sense.

With the utmost respect, you’re not being racist you’re being ignorant and hysterical. Deport all the muslims? Did you really type that? Where are you going to deport them to? Is that really getting to the root of the problem? Will having no muslims in this country actually change anything? What effect will that have on our economy or our society as a whole?

What we are facing here is random, un-organized terrorism from a tiny minority of uneducated extremists who think they are somehow involved in a global jihad against western profiteering and imperialism. World War 2 was a war between very well defined nations for very well defined reasons. Besides, what makes you think interning foreign nationals during the war was a good idea?

Perhaps we need to stop murdering thousands of people abroad and then maybe their sympathizers won’t try to blow us up? Just a thought, it may be easier than your solution.

I’m sick of all this youth crime, I propose we deport everyone between the ages of 10 and 19.

Answer 3

NO!

For God's sake, this hysteria and panic is getting ridiculous. Why not send all the Irish back to Ireland, in case the IRA return? All Germans should be deported, in case they decide to go for a third attempt etc. etc. I am apalled at the sheer amount of racist claptrap that appears on YA every day, (and I know YOU'RE not being racist), I thought the acceptance of mass prejudice like this had died out in the 1970's.

Edit: And why is it when people say "I'm not being racist", they are invariably BEING RACIST?

Answer 4

I honestly don't know. But, if we deport them all, then shouldn't we also put all doctors behind bars, since all those terrorists were medical doctors?
I don't know about you, but I'm a Native American, and my doctor is from Iran (or Iraq, I forget) and he has literally saved my life. So, I sure wouldn't want HIM deported.

And, to Nascar Crazy, below, sorry, but it's NOT your country, if anything it was MY people's (The Indians) country first, so with your attitude, you would have to be the next racial group to be deported, and I'd be happy to escort you onto the boat!
And, since you brought it up, when it comes to "taking away jobs" from "white Americans" (which is really what you're alluding to), you show me even one white American who is willing to go out and pick carrots or strawberries for 12 hours bent over in the hot sun on a farm in the San Joaquin Valley, or is willing to work as a bathroom maid at a Radisson Hotel for minimum wage, or as a towel-boy in a drive-thru car wash. Show me that kind of work ethic, and then I'll be willing to say that Americans are starting to learn something. Because I live in California, and I can tell you from 50 years of life experience, that all the jobs people like you gripe about being "taken away" are jobs that not a damn one of you lily-White, spoiled-rotten Americans would be willing to take even if they offered you $50 an hour!
I know plenty of immigrants here that bust their humps to pay taxes and keep up services that, without, this country would come to a standstill because most "white" people think of themselves too smart or too educated, or too "good" to perform. And you want to deport them over a damn technicality like whether or not they have citizenship papers?
Just because there are a few bad immigrants doesn't mean they should all be penalized.
Think about that the next time you're able to pick out whatever veggies or fruits you want in the produce section of the store.

Answer 5

i can see where your coming from but they should just limit the amount or immigrants that come into this country

i think the people that are going to do terrorist attacks are probably already in this country and are just planning because the security is quite tight now

no-one can tell who is going to do the attacks

one of the men that attacked our airport lived on Chesterton road....which is just round the corner from me which is quite scary

to have a limit is the best thing right now...

Answer 6

do we stop the irish coming here because of what the extermists did to the uk and their own country(knee capping,killing people,car bombs etc.most muslims want peace it is just the minority that are doing the extreme things.That also goes for the middle eastern countries also as i have been there and know that they just want to live a peaceful life just like all of us but you only need a few to tar everyone with the same brush,no matter what religion they are or nationality.

Answer 7

No. If they are citizens, then they have all the same rights as any other citizen. Let's use the example of WWII internment camps as a lesson ... in other words, let's learn from our mistakes.

Imagine this scenario as well ... what if Muslim countries wanted to deport all non-Muslims? JUST IMAGINE the outrage!

Answer 8

You appear to think that Muslim is a colour or a way of dress or where someone was born, My white Scottish Muslim Friends will wonder where they will get deported to maybe you could advise on this. I also take exception to the fact that you think all muslims are terrorists, Fred West was British does that make all British people mass murderers

Answer 9

Following your logic we should also have interred all those who were Irish during the mainland bombing campaigns that have only relatively recently stopped. And what would we have done with those of Irish descent?

Who do we choose to keep and who do we choose to deport? What about those Muslim people who are very grateful to the UK for allowing them to settle here after their escape from brutal regimes in, for example, Afghanistan?

What about those who are 'lapsed' Muslims, or who have adopted Western ways - are they okay or are they out too? What about those who have been born and bred here- where do we deport them to? And finally what about white, British citizens who have converted to Islam? Do they stay or do they go?

Although I understand the reasons behind your question it is apparent that there are no easy answers. Even hardline responses such as the one you suggest pose more problems and questions.

I wonder what the answer is.

Answer 10

Yes and give them an air ticket and a couple of bags of Walkers Crisps.I will supply the Crisps.

Answer 11

No, there's such a thing as having rights. I'm more than sure UK would lose so much respect from other nations. This is rather racist to me, because you shouldn't deny someone residency in their nation...simply based on thier nationality.