I really object to this attitude that not having children is selfish. In fact I think it is the opposite. People have children for selfish reasons, because they want to have them. They don't have children for the survival of the species, we're not going to go extinct by not reproducing, we're more likely to destroy ourselves through overpopulation.

I love that windy northern coast.

I'm interested in your views on the UK and its religious problems. What issues have you met here? Generally we tend to pride ourselves on having a pretty relaxed attitude to religious belief and to freedom of speech too. Can you explain further?

I have recently had several Americans tell me that the UK has a major Islam problem. Strangely we do not generally see this. On the whole, Muslims live in harmony with the rest of us. Odd how Americans know such a lot more than we do about our own country.

I would suggest that the USA has a much bigger problem with Christians that we do with Muslims. And generally the Muslims in the UK don't have guns.

But how is this relevant to my original question?

Seems you 'know a great deal about our country'....not really.

Have you ever been to my country?
Do you even own a passport or have even left your own continent?
We don't have an Islam problem at all.
THE LIFE IN THE UK TEST is the population of the UK of which is Muslim the correct answer is 5%. 5% IS NOT a muslim problem as per your question.

I think this answer is thinly disguised racism to be honest.,

@ITguy64 Let me see if I can explain it to you. Christians aren't setting up sharia no-go zones, beating gays, setting up rape rooms and grooming little girls. That is to say who gives a shit about Christians when the mother of all problems is right in front of you! Your government is making a big move on ending free speech. Ask how a man gets sent to jail for setting a bacon sandwich in front of a mosque and is killed while in prison. Insulting a frigging religion is a death sentence in your country. Freedom of expression as you call it is decided by a progressive SJW judge. When another atheist says he doesn't have an Islam problem in your country putting his emotional feeling and progressive agenda above your countries children's safety then you may want to do some searching on the internet. Your public officials do everything they can to cover it up. I really do care about your children's future. Don't take my word for it. Look it up yourself.

@Pensionista All religions are a problem. Some more than others. Freedom of speech is nonexistent in your country. You call it freedom of expression and it has limitations. Listen to Tommy Robinson, Sargon of Akkad, and Black Pigeon Speaks. Just because the progressives say there is nothing to see here! doesn't mean they're telling the truth. The progressive agenda is alive and well and they have been put there under the guise of feel-good diversity enrichment legislation. You may think you live in a democratic society but it is evolving into a regressive authoritative dictatorship. Search the headlines as it pertains to Muslim grooming gangs in your country.Then search YouTube for the stuff you can't find in your countries mainstream media. The BBC is the biggest offender of the coverup next to your public officials.

@Gilgamesh155326 By the way chucklehead what race is muslim? Best way to end a discussion is throwing out the racism card as you have no argument.

@Gilgamesh155326 Agree absolutely. I think the USA has a very distorted view of the UK, thanks largely to our press and to Nigel Farage, who the Americans treat as far more important than he really is.

@Proslice56 It sounds as if your experience of the UK is all from a small portion of the internet. The people and organisations you mention are tiny and of minimal importance in British society. The far-right in the UK is very much less important than in the USA and fortunately they have no guns. Of course we have criminals who are muslims just as we have criminals who no doubt claim to be christians when they are in prison, and a fair number of those convicted of grooming and abusing vulnerable young women are from Eastern Europe. I think part of the problem may be that if you come from an authoritarian, male-dominated society, and are of a criminal tendency, our relaxed way of life in the UK makes you think young women who have freedom are fair game. We need to educate our immigrants more thoroughly in the British way of life.

@Gilgamesh155326

The Battle of Cable Street was a riot that took place on Sunday 4 October 1936 in Cable Street in the East End of London. It was a clash between the Metropolitan Police, sent to protect a march by members of the British Union of Fascists[1] led by Oswald Mosley, and various anti-fascist demonstrators, including local anarchist, communist, Irish, Jewish and socialist groups. The majority of both marchers and counter-protesters travelled into the area for this purpose.he Fascists are more of a problem to me than religious people I

There is an element of grooming and similar issues as you say, but seriously, it's tiny, and people have been prosecuted for it. The way you describe it sounds like an epidemic, and it's really not, it's just a few pockets in a few areas.

And as I asked before, how is this in any way relevant to my original question? Why have you hijacked my thread for something unrelated.

You say, "I really do care about your children's future". Did you even read the original question or just pick up on the fact that I'm British. I DON'T HAVE ANY CHILDREN!!! That was the point of my thread.