Its just process, they have a list of extremist groups and they have to run throught them. This is no different than me ticking the “I’ve never committed a war crime” when I pass through US customs.

You’ll note that the police are meant to have said at the time that it was ridiculous but they had to ask. I bet they asked them if they were a member of ETA, just as ridiculous but the boys most likely wouldn’t know who they were.

TFI

I’ve no problems posting to PP, although on blogs it sometimes screws up on italics, not on PP mind.

I tried 9 beta, but it didn’t like my backlog of email and kept dying so I dumped it.

My only issue at the moment is that since I put Vista Beta 2 on my PC, the email directory has moved around and I cannot figure how to configure Opera to read from the new directory.

Fabulous bit of kit, I even paid money for it …

TFI

I’m a Opera man.

All the good ideas in Firefox where nicked from Opera.

The integrated RSS newsfeeds, email, IRC and gestures are just great.

There is no better browser.

fanboy: off

Sorry you had to see that. Please, for god sake, don’t mention the xbox 360.

TFI

Using IE

well it’s certainly true there are powerful forces at work trying to overturn roe vs. wade – all those conservative judges elected by conservative politicians, goodness. i also think there are lots of people out there highlighting this sort of thing as examples of christian fundamentalism. i’m also sure some people do laugh at them when they say that.

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” think it is misleading to say Sharia means either an Islamic State or Islamic rule. People can interpret it in those ways, but there is also the possibility of having Islamic laws only for those who want to be judged by them – Shariah courts for Muslims only.

I’m not saying that would be a good thing to do in the UK, but it just happens to be the way I have understood it to work – as only being applicable to Muslims. Even then, I am not sure that the ulema really have a consensus on legal interpretations and I doubt I would find their rulings more just than the UK legal system. However Sharia courts may be more accessible (for example requiring less money and formality) which might explain some of their popularity, especially in countries where secular judicial systems fail to bring recognisable justice.

Arif – I think you have put your finger on the long term debate and where the future lies in 20,30 50 ,100 years . Parallel legal systems, of whatever sort within a state have been introduced for perfectly good reasons in the past(thinking of India as an example), but the past is the past, and they sould not play a part in the future, if one believes that one is born free. Parallel legal systems just allow your relatives and “community leaders” to keep their hooks into you when you have the legal right to break free and be your own person.

India’s middle class is growing and their wealth and education is allowing some to break free of their rigid communities in terms of caste, religion etc etc. This will only accelerate over time, and India will in the next 50 years have to re-evaluate its whole legal structure to accomadate this demand from society. Its legal codes will become more secular and seperate laws for different relifious groups will slowly be swept away. Amazing to think that there are people in the UK who want to go the otherway. However if you beleive a child born to a community is the pocession of the community then you will I think be argueing for the opposite.

Justforfun

I was hoping for a shift towards discussion of economics, away from your normal diet.