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That assumes enough knowledge to know the difference - it was much harder to produce and disseminate false information on a global scale prior to the internet. It also assumes that the ‘truth’ can even be recognised amongst all the noise and is not buried under a digital mountain of blah blah...

No not at all. Genuine conversions come with great risk even within family groups. While there are no doubt some dubious ‘conversions’ (there are in the homelessness charity sector and the penal system too as I mentioned above), it certainly isn’t a loophole that can be easily exploited...

Some of the comments on this thread puts a whole new spin on the validity of ‘Darwenism’ 🤔

Yes it is but that shouldn’t be mutually exclusive to your first point I quoted - we don’t know anything about the 6 people seeking asylum (they don’t get refugee status until they are ’processed’ btw.) - no one can assume at this stage whether they are in fear of their lives in their country of...

Apologies for the long post but given the response to my first post, I feel the need to elaborate my position somewhat. I agree with your post wholeheartedly - it isn’t ’unreasonable’ and this is the starting point for me - recognising that we can not ignore those concerns or dismiss them...

Some people, they are blind or ignorant as to the law, including our current Government - any refugees that arrive in the UK seeking asylum are ‘illegal’ apparently - it seems to suit the narrative that asylum seekers are unwelcome and it is ‘right’ and ‘justified’ to enforce harsh detention...

Not at all. And the personal attack is uncalled for. I just think there are ways of ‘taking sides’ on the issue of immigration without resorting to emotional hyperbole and characterisations that invariably are not based on fact but on bias. This is true of any divisive subject. Dialogue is...

Maybe not but your post was in response to people getting angry about the racist attitude expressed by that post - I don’t know why you would try and interpret the reaction to the ‘send them back’ Comment as anything different. I haven’t seen anyone emotional’ because of the topic’ on this...

His Islamophobic sentiments have been very obvious on the Israel/Gaza/Hamas thread too - like posting fake news, calling pro-Palestinian marches, ‘Hamas’ and suggesting several times Palestinians should all be moved to Jordan. I agree that most contentious issues are not dichotomous...