Fair enough. There was nothing in the link provided (to the BBC report) by the original post which is why I questioned it and asked if I'd missed something (I'll take anything reported by the Daily Mail with a pinch of salt though - I reserve that right as a lefty liberal Guardian reader). I...
Hang on - where does he say anything about being seen as 'animals'? Not in the BBC interview as far as I can see? Have I missed something?
Also, people seem to missing a couple of points: first that his comments are actually responding to (and agreeing with) comments originally made by Samir...