Comments by "" (@titteryenot4524) on "Why are Hindus and Muslims fighting on the streets of Leicester?" video.

“You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt.” (Robert M Pirsig)
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Good Lord’s! This surely isn’t about cricket. A bit stumped and bowled over by it all. Howzat possible? Feels like a declaration of hostilities. Strike rate could be high. Scratching my Headingley. Certainly, it’s a kick in the bails for multiculturalism but we shouldn’t duck the issue. I wanted some umpirical evidence so I maiden attempt to research it, and googlyed it and what caught the eye was seamingly average young lads, possibly a few wide byes, at sixes and sevens, out in the pitch dark arguing the full toss. Could use a few bouncers, extra reinforcements to sort them out. It’s swings and roundabouts. They’re on a sticky wicket, though, and I’m not batting an eye, even if they end up as ashes. Time for lunch and some Ovaltine. 🏏
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@Ashleii Really? Last time I checked one ‘gang’ was exclusively Hindu, while the other ‘gang’ was exclusively Muslim. Looks like there could be just a smidgen of religious motivation at work here.
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@Ashleii If the majority of these lads on either side ‘don’t know theology’ why are they self-identifying as ‘Hindus’ and ‘Muslims’ then? I was brought up in the Christian tradition but I never use the label ‘Christian’ to self-identify, as I’m agnostic. It’s naive in the extreme to conclude that there isn’t a quite considerable religious background stoking this whole fire.
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@Ashleii Are you blind, mate? You just stated they ‘attacked a Muslim’. You didn’t state, they attacked an agnostic, or an atheist or a pantheist. Moreover, who were ‘they’? They weren’t Scientologists, or Jews, or Buddhists, they were Hindus. This is quite clearly rooted in a Muslim/Hindu religio-cultural milieu and to deny this is to be blatantly playing fast and loose with the evidence.
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@arthurzengeler8296 Translation: “Empty vessels make the loudest sound.”
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@darkflighter100 I think Pirsig was simply strafing the fundamentalist religious mindset. He’s telling us to mistrust the loudest. Incidentally, it’s far from a platitude, mate, and it’s even less of one when you read the whole book from which it’s taken to establish context.😉
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@fuckbankers ☕️ 🫖
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@fuckbankers 😂🤓👏
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@martinvanburen4578 And if the Brits had stayed where they were they might not have this geopolitical karma.😉
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@maqboolusman2914 😂👍
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@darkflighter100 Platitude (noun) a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful. I don’t consider Pirsig’s statement in any way ‘overused’; underused more like. If more folk heeded the sentiment therein, and what he’s hinting at, this world really would be a better place. N.B. The last 8 words above were a platitude.😉
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@Ashleii I agree they are not debating the finer points of scripture. But they are arguing the toss coming from 2 specific religious traditions, which appear totally incompatible, and this is carried forward and manifested in each ‘side’ seeing each other as the ‘enemy’, something which wouldn’t happen if they didn’t self-identify as ‘Hindu’ and ‘Muslim’. Proof? I’ve read several comments in various threads from ex-Muslims commenting on how ashamed and embarrassed they are for their former faith, and what these idiots are doing in its name. In other words, if this isn’t a fundamentally Hindu/Muslim clash (it is, of course), then I’m not sure what it is. Yes, frustrated young men. But we’re not getting gangs of frustrated agnostics, or Jews, or Buddhists, or practising Christians causing ‘gang’ trouble, as you call it, under these rubrics. No, it’s ‘Hindus’ and ‘Muslims’ specifically we are dealing with here, men who self-identify as Hindu and Muslim and this nonsense is, in a very real way, underpinned by organised religion.
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@UCIM11fNcUvvGLnxcBy3Dy8w Didn’t realise you were Muslim. Cool. Lol@atheist gangs😂Pretty sure these gangs who are atheist are not fighting in the name of atheism! A little ridiculous to suggest this methinks. Look, I, an agnostic, have no issue with the concept and practice of freedom of worship, and am pro-controlled immigration, but I do think Britain has a serious issue with ghettoisation, as certain communities don’t mix with other communities, and this non-mixing is done on an ideological/cultural/religious basis. I don’t not mix with anyone based on colour, creed, sexuality, gender or anything really. I will judge you, as Luther King said, on the content of your character; my issue is these self-identified cultures we have imported who are not able to do the same it seems. No, they see a label and act accordingly. They don’t see the person. And so, we see this playing out in Leicester. I fear this will only get worse if we don’t address it. Interesting you’re a Muslim. Didn’t realise. In my experience of non-indigenous cultures Britain has imported, the vast, vast majority seem integrated and getting on with their lives. Like you. Like millions of others. However, I need to say that I have detected over the years a minority of your religion unable and/or unwilling to make the requisite effort to integrate as fully as 99% of others (as you say) do.
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@arthurzengeler8296 Lol. 🎻😂
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