BaronSmoggie
Well-known member
I couldn't read past the first page of this thread due to the amount of posters saying good riddance etc.
Here is a thread from June last year https://fmttmboro.com/index.php?threads/shamima-begum.4594/. I'll post my comment from then below as I still think we have failed this girl. And now, she is being made a scapegoat.
This thread is pretty disheartening. Here is a girl who was generally disillusioned with her life and looked somewhere for some comfort. Unfortunately, that led to grooming, radicalisation and hatred, which led to Syria. She's made some poor decisions, but many would argue that she wasn't doing it while in a correct mental state. Everyone here stating 'good riddance' etc. What does that say to her? Britain doesn't want me, maybe the terrorists were right, just re-enforcing her position.
There's a pretty compelling argument that with proper support for teens, better welfare checks and improved policing against grooming gangs, she could return to Britain as a citizen and enjoy her life here that so many of us advocate as a welcoming and tolerant society. It saddens me to think this attitude of 'sod 'em' is rife. Imagine as a parent hearing this and thinking, I'm British, been here all my life and all of a sudden I'm an outcast along with my children. No offer of support, just a black and white, one of us or one of 'them'.
Bad times.
Here is a thread from June last year https://fmttmboro.com/index.php?threads/shamima-begum.4594/. I'll post my comment from then below as I still think we have failed this girl. And now, she is being made a scapegoat.
This thread is pretty disheartening. Here is a girl who was generally disillusioned with her life and looked somewhere for some comfort. Unfortunately, that led to grooming, radicalisation and hatred, which led to Syria. She's made some poor decisions, but many would argue that she wasn't doing it while in a correct mental state. Everyone here stating 'good riddance' etc. What does that say to her? Britain doesn't want me, maybe the terrorists were right, just re-enforcing her position.
There's a pretty compelling argument that with proper support for teens, better welfare checks and improved policing against grooming gangs, she could return to Britain as a citizen and enjoy her life here that so many of us advocate as a welcoming and tolerant society. It saddens me to think this attitude of 'sod 'em' is rife. Imagine as a parent hearing this and thinking, I'm British, been here all my life and all of a sudden I'm an outcast along with my children. No offer of support, just a black and white, one of us or one of 'them'.
Bad times.