Shooting in Munich, Germany

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 npjnpj wrote:

Then I suppose we can agree on the assumption that religion in general seems to lie at the root of the problem.
So now what?

I do not agree with that.

Neither do I. It is a simplistic, albeit understandable, reaction to a problem the Western world is facing across the board. The liberal view of a pluralistic, content, diverse, integrated society fed by mass immigration is falling apart at the seams. What we have, instead, are poverty stricken ghettos, cultures who do not seem to want to integrate, with a indigenous population scared witless with wages and living standards driven down by mass corporate efforts to drive down wages and living standards fuelled by aforesaid mass immigration.

The perfect cocktail for nut cases of all shapes and sizes to prosper, be they religiously motivated, or politically motivated, and certainly manipulated like marionettes on strings by powerful forces seeking to hate and divide.

Western democracies have singularly failed to deal with these issues successfully. Intervention in parts of the world where we had no business interfering have merely fanned the flames.

We are living, I believe, on the cusp of extremely serious times which pose an existential threat to our societies. How we deal with this will define this era in future times.

A lot more love, tolerance, and understanding on all sides would go a long way. We are simply not ready, or mature enough, as a race for this, I am afraid.

Going back to an earlier post, I spend a lot of time in London, Birmingham, and Manchester with work. Every time I use public transport, or walk through built up areas, I feel a great sense of anxiety at what might happen. We cannot carry on like this, but, like most, I do not even begin to know what the answer is.