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I’m afraid that I can’t agree with any of this. I think that issues like the M&S thing shouldn’t be taken too seriously. More importantly, I think that a free and open country should never try to force anyone to integrate. There are two reasons for this - one is a matter of principle and the other is more pragmatic:

Firstly, forcing people to live their lives in certain ways leads to an overly rigid and controlled society. You complain about having had to adhere to rules that are alien to your culture when you lived in Saudi Arabia, yet you suggest that Muslims should be forced to adhere to Western norms when living in Britain. This seems self-contradictory to me. Surely a good thing about living in Britain, as opposed to Saudi Arabia, is that people have the freedom to act in accordance with their own norms and beliefs rather than being forced to integrate whether they like it or not.

Secondly, trying to force people to integrate is counter-productive, because telling people that they have to give up their own culture and adopt yours instead is likely to just turn them against you. Being forced to wear a Burka wouldn’t make most British women take kindly to Islam. Similarly, trying to force Muslims to adopt a more Western attitude will make them want to cling all the more tightly to their own customs. Genuine integration only happens when people freely choose to adopt new ways of life, and they are much more likely to do this if they feel welcomed and valued rather than restricted and oppressed.

I think that the vast majority of Muslim people want to live here peacefully and get on with their lives without being forced to choose between being British and being Muslim. And I see no reason at all why they can’t be both. It’s not as if praying regularly, wearing certain items of clothing and not handling pork or alcohol are massively disruptive. You might get occasional minor problems like this incident in M&S, but that’s a small price to pay for living in a tolerant society. And while fundamentalist Islam is dangerous (as is all fundamentalism), it only accounts for a very small minority of British Muslims. Unfortunately, the right-wing press likes to pick up on minor issues and blow them out of all proportion, while creating the illusion of an inherent link between Islam and terrorism. But that’s because the right-wing press has its own rather sinister agenda.

Hi and welcome Robert. I'm new here too so it's nice to see other new faces coming on board. No problems with your English as far as I can tell - you probably speak it better than I do, and I was born here!

I'd definitely advise you to upgrade from a CE4 to an Evod, because Evods are affordable, easy to use and give you a much better vape. Please don't hesitate to ask if you have questions about anything.

Great post, but you might have gone too far when you told them about how many vegetables contain nicotine. Now they're going to think that the 'eat 5 a day' campaign was an evil conspiracy between the government and Big Tobacco.

I totally understand why you want to prevent unfair legislation from being passed against vapers, but persuading people to discriminate against greengrocers instead isn't the answer. And you should spare a thought for all those poor kids who are going to go to bed constipated tonight because of your post. 

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Yeah I got some protanks from there and the service was great. I'd have advised you to go to them instead of suggesting random ebay vendors if I had known that they did special delivery. 

Anyway, it looks like you'll have your VTR for Christmas, I hope you enjoy it!