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Written by a British housewife,

I HAVE SENT THIS EMAIL TO EVERYBODY ON MY LIST AND I HOPE IT MAY SOME DAY REACH THE PARASITES WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT US. I WON`T BE HOLDING MY BREATH THOUGH FOR THEY APPEASE THESE PEOPLE WHO MAY VOTE FOR THEM AND KEEP THEM IN THEIR PROTECTED LIFE.

Thought you might like to read this letter to the editor of a British national newspaper. Ever notice how some people just seem to know how to write a letter?.

Here is a woman who should run for Prime Minister!

Written by a housewife, to her daily newspaper. This is one ticked off lady.

'Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores in July 2002, and in New York Sept 112001 and have continually threatened to do so since?

Were people from all over the world, not brutally murdered that day in London, and in downtown Manhattan , and in a field in Pennsylvania ?

Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they?

And I'm supposed to care that a few Taliban were claiming to be tortured by a justice system of the nation they come from and are fighting against in a brutal insurgency.

I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11 and 7/7.

I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere belief of which is a crime punishable by beheading in Afghanistan

I'll care when these thugs tell the world they are sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling slashed throat.

I'll care when the cowardly so-called 'insurgents' in Afghanistan come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques and behind women and children.

I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of Nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.

I'll care when the British media stops pretending that their freedom of speech on stories is more important than the lives of the soldiers on the ground or their families waiting at home to hear about them when something happens.

In the meantime, when I hear a story about a British soldier roughing up an Insurgent terrorist to obtain information, know this:

I don't care.

When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take this to the bank:

I don't care.

When I hear that a prisoner - who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and 'fed special food' that is paid for by my taxes - is complaining that his holy book is being 'mishandled,' you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts:

I don't care.

And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled 'Koran' and other times 'Quran.' Well, believe me!! you guessed it ......

I don't care!!

If you agree with this viewpoint, pass this on to all your E-mail friends. Sooner or later, it'll get to the people responsible for this ridiculous behaviour!

If you don't agree, then by all means hit the delete button. Should you choose the latter, then please don't complain when more atrocities committed by radical Muslims happen here in our great country! And may I add:

'Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. Our soldiers don't have that problem.'

I have another quote that I would like to add, AND.......I hope you forward all this.

Only five defining forces have ever offered to die for you:

1. Jesus Christ

2. The British Soldier.

3. The Canadian Soldier.

4. The US Soldier, and

5. The Australian Soldier

6. New Zealand

One died for your soul, the other 5 for your freedom.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO PASS THIS ON, AS MANY SEEM TO FORGET ABOUT ALL OF THEM.

AMEN!

GIVE THIS LADY A STANDING OVATION. SHE HAS INDEED TICKED ALL THE BOXES

Isn't it interesting that so many people in the Western World feel this way, but not one of our politicians, who are supposed to represent us, ever have the guts to state the situation like it is ???

There's lots of similar letters arriving in my inbox every week.

Seems to be a cottage industry in England - generating such mail slots in praise of the troops fighting Islamic terrorism. I put it all down to the BNP and delete them.

But I do agree with a lot of the sentiments expressed, on a low level. Would not influence my vote, but may do so with others.

very very well written !!

I cannot say I agree with it ....Nor can I say I disagree with it.

I can say from reading it that I assume she does not care

She has taken in the information presented to her from her sources & made a conscious decision.

It also appears she follows a certain religion based on her list of 5.

Yet it also appears she follows that religion with a situational set of rules.

It is her decision to conclude as she said many times...I Dont Care

If it is as presented a message from an individual that has weighed the info given to her then by all means it is hers to have.

If instead it is a wolf in sheep's clothing presenting a message hoping to fertilize a mass thought through chain email then mai dee loi

I agree with the bear.

It's the kind of thing that the BNP would write. A matter which is very much in the news, taken advantage of by a racist organisation to further their own cause.

This is the kind of thing that people sit around reading, nodding their heads sagely saying: "Well, she's got a point you know". Designed to garner support for their (not so hidden) racist agenda. Ignorant, gullible people will fall for this kind of campaign without reading in between the lines.

It has to be said though, it doesn't help that policy makers do stupid things like insist on halal only food such as the example in OTB.

I cannot say I agree with it ....Nor can I say I disagree with it.

I can say from reading it that I assume she does not care

She has taken in the information presented to her from her sources & made a conscious decision.

It also appears she follows a certain religion based on her list of 5.

Yet it also appears she follows that religion with a situational set of rules.

It is her decision to conclude as she said many times...I Dont Care

If it is as presented a message from an individual that has weighed the info given to her then by all means it is hers to have.

If instead it is a wolf in sheep's clothing presenting a message hoping to fertilize a mass thought through chain email then mai dee loi

Hear hear. Well written.

Sorry Pete, in my view it's a load of BS propaganda or ignorant fluff...and, as Flying has pointed out, she is coming from the POV of a staunch Christian, so there is idealogical conflict and bias anyway, not actual thought out, well informed bias.

I agree with the bear.

It's the kind of thing that the BNP would write. A matter which is very much in the news, taken advantage of by a racist organisation to further their own cause.

This is the kind of thing that people sit around reading, nodding their heads sagely saying: "Well, she's got a point you know". Designed to garner support for their (not so hidden) racist agenda. Ignorant, gullible people will fall for this kind of campaign without reading in between the lines.

It has to be said though, it doesn't help that policy makers do stupid things like insist on halal only food such as the example in OTB.

May I ask you to read my response in OTB, consider it, and then perhaps reconsider if the policy makers were stupid or simply ensuring that all the children can enjoy a meal with NO effect on any of the children?

I agree with the bear.

It's the kind of thing that the BNP would write. A matter which is very much in the news, taken advantage of by a racist organisation to further their own cause.

This is the kind of thing that people sit around reading, nodding their heads sagely saying: "Well, she's got a point you know". Designed to garner support for their (not so hidden) racist agenda. Ignorant, gullible people will fall for this kind of campaign without reading in between the lines.

It has to be said though, it doesn't help that policy makers do stupid things like insist on halal only food such as the example in OTB.

May I ask you to read my response in OTB, consider it, and then perhaps reconsider if the policy makers were stupid or simply ensuring that all the children can enjoy a meal with NO effect on any of the children?

Why reconsider, I stand by what I said.

For everybody else to have to adjust for the sake of the minority is simple wrong. Muslim's have Muslim schools so that there needs are catered for, now they have have their needs catered for outside of Muslim schools as well. They get to have their cake AND eat it whilst the rest have no say in the matter.

Such things are inflammatory and as I said, give ammunition to the likes of the BNP etc. It's like the mosque on ground zero, at the end of the day it's only a mosque but what an irresponsible thing to do (albeit on a greater scale)

I agree with the bear.

It's the kind of thing that the BNP would write. A matter which is very much in the news, taken advantage of by a racist organisation to further their own cause.

This is the kind of thing that people sit around reading, nodding their heads sagely saying: "Well, she's got a point you know". Designed to garner support for their (not so hidden) racist agenda. Ignorant, gullible people will fall for this kind of campaign without reading in between the lines.

It has to be said though, it doesn't help that policy makers do stupid things like insist on halal only food such as the example in OTB.

May I ask you to read my response in OTB, consider it, and then perhaps reconsider if the policy makers were stupid or simply ensuring that all the children can enjoy a meal with NO effect on any of the children?

Why reconsider, I stand by what I said.

For everybody else to have to adjust for the sake of the minority is simple wrong. Muslim's have Muslim schools so that there needs are catered for, now they have have their needs catered for outside of Muslim schools as well. They get to have their cake AND eat it whilst the rest have no say in the matter.

Such things are inflammatory and as I said, give ammunition to the likes of the BNP etc. It's like the mosque on ground zero, at the end of the day it's only a mosque but what an irresponsible thing to do (albeit on a greater scale)

My point is that there is no need for adjustment! Halal meat is no different from ordinary meat, except to Muslims....just as kosher meat is no different from ordinary meat except to Jews (and animal rights activists ).

There is no need for anyone to become inflamed...if they only stopped listening to the propaganda and actually thought about the issue.

As for the "mosque at ground zero"..... you're much too smart to ignore the facts, so I'm suprised at your attitude on that matter.

No need for adjustment ?

Well pork and pork products have already been eliminated. Why no option, why not offer both halal AND non-halal food? What if the Hindus wanted to kick up a fuss and demand demand beef removed?

My point is that there is no need for adjustment! Halal meat is no different from ordinary meat,

Sorry, I disagree.

To be halal there is not only the dhakat (the actual slaughter), but also the meat should be eaten within 24 hours. And it is drained of blood. (Admittedly not all blood can be drained out)

Western palates are used to meat that has been hung for several days and has blood retained in the meat, which makes the meat far more tender. Halal beef is as tough as shoe leather unless stewed. But then most Halal dishes ARE stews. Or spit roast to dryness (goat is awful done this way, but greatly favoured in Arab feasts).

Give me a good leg of lamb, or 400g steak (rare) any day, with plenty of steamed veg and roast potatoes. Spent too many years eating halal food and rice.

My point is that there is no need for adjustment! Halal meat is no different from ordinary meat,

Sorry, I disagree.

To be halal there is not only the dhakat (the actual slaughter), but also the meat should be eaten within 24 hours. And it is drained of blood. (Admittedly not all blood can be drained out)

Western palates are used to meat that has been hung for several days and has blood retained in the meat, which makes the meat far more tender. Halal beef is as tough as shoe leather unless stewed. But then most Halal dishes ARE stews. Or spit roast to dryness (goat is awful done this way, but greatly favoured in Arab feasts).

Give me a good leg of lamb, or 400g steak (rare) any day, with plenty of steamed veg and roast potatoes. Spent too many years eating halal food and rice.

As a previous meat inspector, I know for a fact that all lamb killed in NZ for export is halal. The NZ lamb leg Londoners relish is halal....at least "halal" to the satisfaction of the imams. NZ kills it's lambs to halal standard because of the middle east market.

I suspect, from what you state, that the "24 hour rule" may be relaxed.

Saudi Arabia is perhaps the biggest customer of NZ lamb.

No need for adjustment ?

Well pork and pork products have already been eliminated. Why no option, why not offer both halal AND non-halal food? What if the Hindus wanted to kick up a fuss and demand demand beef removed?

Have pork products been eliminated from the menu? Or is it, as I read it, simply a matter of making sure that beef and lamb products offered are halal?

No need for adjustment ?

Well pork and pork products have already been eliminated. Why no option, why not offer both halal AND non-halal food? What if the Hindus wanted to kick up a fuss and demand demand beef removed?

Have pork products been eliminated from the menu? Or is it, as I read it, simply a matter of making sure that beef and lamb products offered are halal?

Whilst the daily mail is known for it's sensationalist, misleading reporting. I think that this is quite clear in it's meaning.

Only meat from animals killed in line with Islamic teaching will be offered at 52 primary schools in Harrow

My point is that there is no need for adjustment! Halal meat is no different from ordinary meat,

Sorry, I disagree.

To be halal there is not only the dhakat (the actual slaughter), but also the meat should be eaten within 24 hours. And it is drained of blood. (Admittedly not all blood can be drained out)

Western palates are used to meat that has been hung for several days and has blood retained in the meat, which makes the meat far more tender. Halal beef is as tough as shoe leather unless stewed. But then most Halal dishes ARE stews. Or spit roast to dryness (goat is awful done this way, but greatly favoured in Arab feasts).

Give me a good leg of lamb, or 400g steak (rare) any day, with plenty of steamed veg and roast potatoes. Spent too many years eating halal food and rice.

As a previous meat inspector, I know for a fact that all lamb killed in NZ for export is halal. The NZ lamb leg Londoners relish is halal....at least "halal" to the satisfaction of the imams. NZ kills it's lambs to halal standard because of the middle east market.

I suspect, from what you state, that the "24 hour rule" may be relaxed.

Saudi Arabia is perhaps the biggest customer of NZ lamb.

I have worked in Al Khobar and Dammam - and when the (Australian) live sheep ships come in, the whole world knows. The stink can be identified ten miles away.

The sheep are then led off and slaughtered in Dammam. Then distributed. Don't know about NZ lamb - the only meat I bought in Saudi (Jeddah; Tabuk; Rabigh; Al Khobar; Dammam; Ras Tanura; Abqaiq) was fresh - not frozen - usually from market stalls. There are supermarkets that sell frozen meat, but even there the main product is fresh. Are your NZ-slaughtered meats sent over fresh or frozen?

Where's Mr BJ - he's on the spot and should be able to give an answer. (Or Mrs BJ).

The thing is, the article itself isn't even anti-muslim.

The article has quotes from Muslims in the community stating that the option should be given. It is a case of practicality because to store both is difficult.

Somebody has has the decision to make and decided that non-halal has to go. This person, or people, who have made the decision decided against the majority. To decide against the majority was simply wrong and was always like to create discontent, especially as in this instance it involves the muslims whom already have negative feelings going against them. Whomever decided this was probably leftie, a selfish muslim or afraid to make a decision which might have been deemed anti-muslim.......... or just plain stupid.

I disagree with it.

Being brought up a catholic in Northern Ireland quite a lot of arguments or fights, when I was growing up, were down to the association of Catholics with the IRA. Then, when living in England, a few arguments were because I have a Northern Irish accent whenever the IRA did something.

From my experience you cannot simply associate one religious group with a terror group who claim to represent them.

No need for adjustment ?

Well pork and pork products have already been eliminated. Why no option, why not offer both halal AND non-halal food? What if the Hindus wanted to kick up a fuss and demand demand beef removed?

Have pork products been eliminated from the menu? Or is it, as I read it, simply a matter of making sure that beef and lamb products offered are halal?

Whilst the daily mail is known for it's sensationalist, misleading reporting. I think that this is quite clear in it's meaning.

Only meat from animals killed in line with Islamic teaching will be offered at 52 primary schools in Harrow

ok, I agree with you then. It is certainly not fair to pull out all pork products.

My point is that there is no need for adjustment! Halal meat is no different from ordinary meat,

Sorry, I disagree.

To be halal there is not only the dhakat (the actual slaughter), but also the meat should be eaten within 24 hours. And it is drained of blood. (Admittedly not all blood can be drained out)

Western palates are used to meat that has been hung for several days and has blood retained in the meat, which makes the meat far more tender. Halal beef is as tough as shoe leather unless stewed. But then most Halal dishes ARE stews. Or spit roast to dryness (goat is awful done this way, but greatly favoured in Arab feasts).

Give me a good leg of lamb, or 400g steak (rare) any day, with plenty of steamed veg and roast potatoes. Spent too many years eating halal food and rice.

As a previous meat inspector, I know for a fact that all lamb killed in NZ for export is halal. The NZ lamb leg Londoners relish is halal....at least "halal" to the satisfaction of the imams. NZ kills it's lambs to halal standard because of the middle east market.

I suspect, from what you state, that the "24 hour rule" may be relaxed.

Saudi Arabia is perhaps the biggest customer of NZ lamb.

I have worked in Al Khobar and Dammam - and when the (Australian) live sheep ships come in, the whole world knows. The stink can be identified ten miles away.

The sheep are then led off and slaughtered in Dammam. Then distributed. Don't know about NZ lamb - the only meat I bought in Saudi (Jeddah; Tabuk; Rabigh; Al Khobar; Dammam; Ras Tanura; Abqaiq) was fresh - not frozen - usually from market stalls. There are supermarkets that sell frozen meat, but even there the main product is fresh. Are your NZ-slaughtered meats sent over fresh or frozen?

Where's Mr BJ - he's on the spot and should be able to give an answer. (Or Mrs BJ).

I worked for a shipping company one of whose liner runs was shipping halal-killed mutton from Geelong to Sharjah and Bandar Shapour. The sheep were slaughtered in Oz and shipped in refrigerated containers.

Only five defining forces have ever offered to die for you:

1. Jesus Christ

2. The British Soldier.

3. The Canadian Soldier.

4. The US Soldier, and

5. The Australian Soldier

6. New Zealand

One died for your soul, the other 5 for your freedom.

She appears to have forgotten (or more likely is too ignorant to know about) the million plus soldiers from the Indian sub-continent many of whom were Muslim and all of whom were volunteers.

Right wing nonsense:

Gurkha's in Burma, Indian army in Libya, Polish fighter pilots in the battle of Britain, Carribean bomber personnel, all were instrumental in their specific theatre of war in turning the tide.

Lest we forget

and start voting for rhetoric that is best served in the

WOW!!!!!!!

Certainly stirred up emotions here.

Having read all posts, I like Moonrakers, comments, reasonings.

Harky, come round tonite for the footy, we can have a debate.

I understand where people are coming from, appreciate the diverse comments.

Thanks guys and gals.

Right wing nonsense:

Gurkha's in Burma, Indian army in Libya, Polish fighter pilots in the battle of Britain, Carribean bomber personnel, all were instrumental in their specific theatre of war in turning the tide.

Lest we forget

and start voting for rhetoric that is best served in the

Yep

Merchant Marine extraordinary casualty rates and manned by folk from around the globe. From Chinese cooks and laundrymen to muslim SE Asian stockers, brave men one and all who gave their life for freedom.

This said, if it is a housewife, I know where she's coming from.

My point is that there is no need for adjustment! Halal meat is no different from ordinary meat,

Sorry, I disagree.

To be halal there is not only the dhakat (the actual slaughter), but also the meat should be eaten within 24 hours. And it is drained of blood. (Admittedly not all blood can be drained out)

Western palates are used to meat that has been hung for several days and has blood retained in the meat, which makes the meat far more tender. Halal beef is as tough as shoe leather unless stewed. But then most Halal dishes ARE stews. Or spit roast to dryness (goat is awful done this way, but greatly favoured in Arab feasts).

Give me a good leg of lamb, or 400g steak (rare) any day, with plenty of steamed veg and roast potatoes. Spent too many years eating halal food and rice.

As a previous meat inspector, I know for a fact that all lamb killed in NZ for export is halal. The NZ lamb leg Londoners relish is halal....at least "halal" to the satisfaction of the imams. NZ kills it's lambs to halal standard because of the middle east market.

I suspect, from what you state, that the "24 hour rule" may be relaxed.

Saudi Arabia is perhaps the biggest customer of NZ lamb.

I have worked in Al Khobar and Dammam - and when the (Australian) live sheep ships come in, the whole world knows. The stink can be identified ten miles away.

The sheep are then led off and slaughtered in Dammam. Then distributed. Don't know about NZ lamb - the only meat I bought in Saudi (Jeddah; Tabuk; Rabigh; Al Khobar; Dammam; Ras Tanura; Abqaiq) was fresh - not frozen - usually from market stalls. There are supermarkets that sell frozen meat, but even there the main product is fresh. Are your NZ-slaughtered meats sent over fresh or frozen?

Where's Mr BJ - he's on the spot and should be able to give an answer. (Or Mrs BJ).

I was going to post the same. I have been berthed alongside one of these multi-decked sheep shit ships in Ad Dammam and they are foul indeed. I couldn't figure why they wouldn't just ship the meat rather than the animal.

I was going to post the same. I have been berthed alongside one of these multi-decked sheep shit ships in Ad Dammam and they are foul indeed. I couldn't figure why they wouldn't just ship the meat rather than the animal.

NZ did the live sheep thing for a while too...until the animal welfare/nanny state authorities stopped it.....my understanding was that it had little to do with halaliness, and alot to do with economics......cut out the middleman, in this case the meatworks.

I confess that I sided with the animal welfarists.

If she doesn't care why'd she bother writing ?

My only complaint is directed towards people who preach hatred towards any group of people. I usually dislike people who go into a foreign country and complain about that country. I dislike people who promote a caste system where breeding is more important than actual deeds. I have no use for anyone who doesn't provide equal opportunity for everyone. I intensely dislike people who treat women as second class humans or slaves. Can I change any of it? No, but I would not allow people like that into my own country. I would send them all home, and certainly wouldn't allow them to take up citizenship. .

I intensely dislike people who treat women as second class humans or slaves.

I intensely dislike anyone who treats any another as a second class citizen for whatever reason ..... and yes, I hate not being able to do anything about it, apart from not having the same attitude myself, but that's the best I can do.

My only complaint is directed towards people who preach hatred towards any group of people. I usually dislike people who go into a foreign country and complain about that country. I dislike people who promote a caste system where breeding is more important than actual deeds. I have no use for anyone who doesn't provide equal opportunity for everyone. I intensely dislike people who treat women as second class humans or slaves. Can I change any of it? No, but I would not allow people like that into my own country. I would send them all home, and certainly wouldn't allow them to take up citizenship. .

Ian - the equal opportunity thing is a bit difficult, because different people have different abilities and talents. Someone may want to be an Olympic skiier, but has inner-ear problems and tends to miss the turns. So does one give him equal opportunity or prefer someone who has a medal chance?

As for the rest - yes, I have lived in many countries where male dominance is perpetuated by the culture and religion, to the detriment of the country - they lose the talents of 50% of their population by confining women to the kitchen, not educating their girls, instilling an attitude of servitude into this 50%.

In UK we have this in certain communities and it is difficult to break. The leaders of such communities complain of government interference in their domestic arrangements, religious observances, etc. I would gladly see these fundamentalist tyrants shipped back to their roots, but they would then take their womenfolk with them, and what good would that do?

I would definitely agree on making citizenship, and even long-term entry, much more difficult than it is these days. But Canada and Australia need to grow their populations for economic and other reasons, so the terms are loose. To have a more positive policy of encouraging those with talent to immigrate, while reducing the flow of non-qualified, economic migrants may be good on paper, but in prosperous countries it is the lowly qualified who do the mucky jobs, trash collecting, digging trenches, agricultural work and so on. Where would you get these positions filled, if not from the ones who also carry all this other baggage around with them? It is the under-educated who propogate the superiority dogma, so that they can find someone to look down upon.

Read Salman Rushdie - Shalimar the Clown, Satanic Verses, Midnight's Children and others, to see what these hawkers of the Devil's thoughts have done to the sub-continent.

And again - here is a family that seems to have integrated into the local community to an extent, but could not let go of their roots:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7933010/British-couple-murdered-in-Pakistan-honour-killing.html

British couple murdered in Pakistan 'honour killing'

A British couple have been murdered in an apparent honour killing in North-West Pakistan after they called off their daughter's planned wedding to a local man.

By Dean Nelson and Ashfaq Yusufzai in Peshawar

Published: 3:28PM BST 08 Aug 2010

Gul Wazir, a taxi driver from Birmingham’s Alum Rock and wife Begum were shot dead Salehana, a village known as "Little England" for its high number of migrants to Britain, on Monday last week.

The news of their murders was not reported because of disruption caused by floods in the area.

The couple had travelled to the village from Britain after their daughter told them she wanted to call off the wedding plans because she didn’t want to marry a man from Pakistan.

"The husband and wife had already promised their daughter to a man. When that arrangement ended he was not happy," a friend of the family said.

“Gul and his wife went to Pakistan to try to sort it out, but this man went crazy and shot them for breaking off the engagement. This is a tragedy. They were honest, decent people."

Police said they had begun a murder inquiry into the killings.

“They were decent people. Very simple and peaceful,” said Jamil Shah, 45, from the same village. "Gul was highly respected and was a regular visitor for weddings in the village.

"It’s a classic case of honour killing which is very common in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The people kill their daughters and sisters if they elope and marry someone without family consent", Nowshera police officer Riaz Khan told The Daily Telegraph.

In this particular case, the girl had been engaged to a relative in the village and the groom believed he would be shamed if the woman married someone else after she had been promised to him, he added.

The village and surrounding area has seen a number of similar honour killings in recent years. A friend of Mr Gul said another Birmingham man was killed in the village in identical circumstances 18 months earlier.

The daughter was allowed to exercise freedom of choice in UK, which is normal. But with the ties back to Pakistan (the NW Frontier provinces) the decision got her parents killed. How will she feel now?

Immigrants seriously have to leave a lot of baggage behind when they come to a new country. Sadly many do not cut enough ties and are torn apart by the different cultures pulling in different directions.

If one cannot leave that baggage behind, should one emigrate?

I have worked in many different countries. I may not always be happy. I may criticise the attitude of the authorities or the mass of people, but when getting to know individuals, one has to learn to appreciate their viewpoint and understand their culture.

I am often the 'stranger in a strange land'. But always I find helping hands to enable me to live comfortably in that place, whether it be Iran or Slovakia or Thailand. But I have to change my priorities - the country will not change to accommodate me.

The only place I would criticise strongly was Nigeria. If you do not HAVE to go there - leave it alone. Other than that, no problems.