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Why do so many people dislike Israel? I just don't get it. They have never ever started a war, yet have never lost one either. It's not their fault that all of their surrounding neighbours (and a lot of the rest of the world) see them as inferior just because of their religion. I wouldn't say Israel is aggressive or intentionally does anything to harm or offend others (except in the obvious case of war). So please enlighten me on this hatred of Israel.

It's easy to understand why the Middle-East hates America, you all seem to look down your noses at them as if they're inferior to you. Infact you seem to look down upon all non-americans, I mean c'mon, I'm a patriot and everything and believe my country is the best thing to grace this planet since sliced bread but I don't pretend were better than anyone else or look at others as if they're less of a man than I am. Get real.

Don't know where you live but it would have made UK news regardless of the reasoning behind the riot, and we couldn't care less about what happens to US troops.

I think you mis-understood the video.

Why can't everyone just be an athiest, would make loads of things so much easier... sigh.

I live in the UK and if you even look at a foreigner the wrong way, you're a racist. A black man racially attacked one of my friends (physically) purely because he was white, my friends only retaliation was a racial slur. He was convicted of racism whilst the attacker walked free. Is this fair? Freedom of speech? I don't know what this means anymore.

Very good point, something like this could be the cause of more of them taking up arms and thus put our troops at even greater risk. Think about the consequences before you commit action.

Conservatives are idiots, they make the rich, richer and the poor, poorer.

I thought the US was supposed to be civilised, they're just as bad as the fucking nutjobs from the middle-east. Apparently more than 50% of Americans think it's a good idea to invade Israel... I'm sorry, what? Israel are pro-western and dislike terrorist scum just as much as we do.

Muslims Are Taking Over The World At An Alarming Rate Watch it all... if it's true then this is down right scary and I'd hate to think what the future holds for us. May have been posted before, sorry if it has been.

Anyone hear this? A pastor from Florida reportedly burned the Koran (Islamic holy book) last month and it's just appeared on the news just now that Afghan protestors have raided a UN building and killed at least 14 people. Honestly, American Christians can be just as crazy as Muslims when it comes to religion. Why the fuck would you burn someones holy book? If you can't see it would have horrific repercussions then you're an idiot.

http://www.glasgowgangland.com/apps/blog/ Great site, this link takes you to the 'newsflash' section. It lists most of the crimes that make it into the local newspapers. Read through this and tell me that gun crime isn't a problem in Glasgow. Last weekend, four people shot in just one area. I should also point out how small Glasgow actually is (pop. 600,000), the different areas (schemes, districts, projects, whatever you call them) consisting of sometimes only a few streets. London's population - 5million +, Gangs - 170 +. Glasgow's population - 600,000 +, Gangs - 170+. Scotland's population - 5million +.

No where in the entire world has complete freedom of speech.

Big topic but it's worth the read if your interested in this sort of thing. Ever since Glasgow was named the most violent city in the developed world I have seen many topics attempting to highlight the points where it all went downhill for Glasgow, yet I have rarely seen anyone get it right. I was part of the west of Scotland gang culture for four years of my life, the only reason I left the gang was because it was disbanded, yet I didn't totally exclude myself from the violent culture. It was only after I was faced with a hefty jail sentence that my views began to change. Even after the case I still did not change my perception on gang culture, it was only when I was kicked out of my home, lost my girlfriend and essentially lost everything I began to turn my life around. All this being said I do not believe Glasgows problem to be youths looking for pride or status. It starts of with a young group of friends who can see the gang culture all around them and decide to represent their area in the form of violence simply because they have nothing better to do. I did not come from my gangs area (the scheme) but went to school with most of them and thought it would be fun to sign up. I did not join for status but simply because I thought it seemed like a good thing to do at the weekends. The general perception of most people here is that it's alright to commit crime and it is acceptable to plant a knife inside someone for disrespecting you or from being from another area. It is also considered a 'good idea' to carry a weapon around with you. Although many people will put this down to wanting to feel they have some sort of protection on them, that is not why I carried one. I carried a knife so that I could inflict maximum damage to my victim. A lot of people might call this insane but I'm not. I was your average day to day gang member. Many people blame it all on the gangs (or neds as their called here) but this is a common mis-perception. It's described as a violent culture for a reason. Like I said before it is generally acceptable to commit crime in this city and the crime is not exclusive to poor areas. Although most of the violent crime does happen in the poorer areas, it still happens in the more affluent districts of the city, due to the acceptance of crime. From a very young age nearly all Scottish parents will teach their kids how to properly defend themselves (most likely because they know the problem we have) and will tell you it's alright to hit someone for doing any wrong to you. Gun crime. This is one of the biggest areas where people get it wrong. Nearly every post I've read (if not all) say that guns are not a problem in Glasgow, only knives are. Glasgow has the most gun crime in the UK and one of the highest in Europe, although most glaswegians would have no idea where to get a gun from. The reason the gun crime is so bad is due to the high amounts of organised crime that also plagues the city. I'm not even sure if you could call it organised crime, as their seems to be a never ending war between the gangsters of Glasgow. This being said, recently I have noticed more and more younger people getting their hands on a gun and I'm not particularly sure how but there is a common saying here, 'everyone from Glasgow is related (or at least knows) to a gangster'. The dark side. Most people that visit Glasgow will return to wherever they came from to tell you what a good time they had and how nice it was. It's very rare that anyone who doesn't stay here will experience any sort of violence. Nearly all crime is exclusive to the people that stay here and thus I feel most people have the opinion of, let them fight among themselves as long as it doesn't affect me. Sadly this is not fair and more should be done to help the city. Added point, all you ever seen on the UK news is the growing problems in areas like London and Manchester, yet Glasgow has more than triple the crime of any other British city. I feel Glasgow is generally pushed to the side like an unfixable problem. Crime statistics will paint a very different picture of Glasgow. Although the statistics do say that the city has a major problem and has triple the crime of London, it's thought only a fifth of Glasgows population will report a crime and that more than 70% of crimes go unreported. This being said a Glasgow hospital recently released figures of the amount of people treated for stabbings. It was more than ten times than what the police records stated. Being from the violent culture myself I can tell you the amount of crime the gang and myself commited in one weekend was unreal, and you would only be caught on a rare occasion. Currently the city seems to have a stable level of violence, it's not getting any worse nor is it getting any better, but if the current British government keeps making 'cuts' due to the change in the economic climate then I'm certain the problem will get worse. Just to add, the current/new British government believes that the rich should rich and the poor should be poor, and considering a massive percentage of Glasgow lives in poverty this will not be good for the cities future. I've been out of the violent culture for a long time now yet I still cannot travel into many areas of Glasgow due to my gang related past. I had to move from the area I stayed because most of the shops/facilities were in other gang turfs. I now live in a nicer part of the suburban area and lead a better life but this is not down to some government project, it was simply down to me wanting to live a better life. It may also be useful to point out that I was 13 - 18 years old when I was part of the cities violent history, and this is the general age of the most violent offenders. I've probably missed out a lot but this is the just of it.