Police wear solidarity ribbons [solidarity with Muslims in the UK]

The Times (UK) ^ | 8/12/05 | Stewart Tendler

[thoughtomator]

Or solidarity with the Irish?

[Archon of the East]

Thats sweet, I feel better now.

[nwrep]

I am freaking speechless. This is like concentration camp victims in Dachau and Auschwitz wearing ribbons to express solidarity with the Nazis who were being bombed in Dresden.

[AmishDude]

Wait a minute, wait a minute, this guy is the Sheriff of Nottingham?

[Chickensoup]

The chief constable, whose force came under fierce criticism this year over claims that it was failing to control crime,
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Enough said

[AmishDude]

[Tench_Coxe]

Funny how things come full circle, isn't it?

[ncountylee]

ordinary people have asked me how they can show their support for Muslims

Hey Chief...I'm not buying this crap, you puke.

[AmishDude]

“One thing that became apparent very quickly after the London bombings was the very real sense of isolation felt by Muslims and other minority faiths.”

Yeah, right, the Hindus don't want a little Muslim crackdown.

[AmishDude]

This is the from the city's own website, I kid you not:

Earlier this week, and not for the first time, Nottingham was vilified as ‘the gun crime capital of the UK’, ‘the most violent place in Britain’ and ‘Assassination City’. Nottingham is none of these things and Nottingham does not deserve this reputation. Nottingham does have crime problems, just like many other cities in this country and no one is denying that some of these problems are extremely serious and challenging.

It sounds like Detroit without the charm.

[AmishDude]

Ping for some perspective for us Yanks. I looked up the stats, BTW, and the census said that this is not an overwhelmingly Muslim county, about 1-2%, which is not at all what I was expecting from this article.

What's the city like?

[Clock King]

One thing that became apparent very quickly after the London bombings was the very real sense of isolation felt by Muslims and other minority faiths.

Yep, It's all about not hurting people's feelings! This is the island nation that colonized half the planet???? In a few hundred years, no one will believe it.

[Former Dodger]

Quick, Robin....you are needed in Nottingham.

The Sheriff has gone mad and the people are in danger!

[neutrino]

Now where's that red ribbon?

[FlingWingFlyer]

I'm afraid I would have to tell the "chief" what he can do with his goofy "solidarity ribbon."

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I think I'm going to throw up.

[El Gato]

Wouldn't Red White and Blue ribbons to show solidarity with the peaceable British people they are supposed to protect be more appropriate. I guess that would be Jingoist and not PC.

If it must be something green, how about this, applied to a tender part of the Jihadi?

[Rocky]

" this guy is the Sheriff of Nottingham?"

Yes, and we need Robin Hood to stand up for the common people while Richard the Lion-hearted is off in the Holy Land fighting in the Crusades.

[pipecorp]

good thing they don't have to wear sympathy bhurkas