Why I hate Britain under Blair...

[Red Peasant]

When ya can't beat them, launch personal attacks, huh?

And I seem to recall that some scandinavian countries have a little immigrant problem too.

What a pathetic attitude. Do you think a mugger, who is already breaking the law, would be stopped by mere laws if he wanted a gun?

In fact, resisting getting mugged with a firearm results in the lowest occurrence of injury, in the USA.

You don't seem to realize that all the money the government spends has to come from its citizens, or, in this case, its subjects.

I also watched a old episode of Flash Gordon recently, about 'Akim the Terrible', a villain who rules a planet of lawlessness, and where men who try to protect and defend old people getting robbed are thrown in prison. Sounds rather like modern Britain, doesn't it?

Crazed Rabbit

Who are you? You obviously see a reflection of yourself in what I said, so if the insult fits, then wear it ;-)

As for this black picture of Britain that is being painted in this thread, well, I live in Liverpool which, according to common received opinion (fostered by bad TV programmes and even worse newspapers), is a baaaad violent place where nobody wants to live, but that is total rubbish. In my 41 years I have never witnessed any serious violence or been the victim of violence. However, surely I must have, I was born and lived for many years in a district with one of the worst 'reputations', a diverse ethnic mix and a constant supply of new immigrants (inc. many 'asylum seekers'). I never feel threatened and I hear of very little violence. I just don't see this near total collapse of British society that all these nutters rave on about. Britain is a great place to live, always has been, and hopefully always will be. (I would like to add that a black teenager was recently murdered in this city because of the colour of his skin but this was, however tragic, a very rare exception, as can be ascertained by the attention it received).

I can add that I have never felt the need to carry or own a gun, nor never will do.