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Whilst I agree with you that a posse mentality is a dangerous thing, a PC agenda run amock is equally so.

Abdeslam (the last terrorist from the france attacks) was arrested in Belgium 3 days ago and upon his removal from the area, youths gathered chanting his name and throwing bottles at the police combis. The national media chose not to cover this for the same reasons you laid out and it has caused a bit of a furore in Belgium.

The distinction between racism and the fight against bad ideas (religious extremism) is often blurred by both the extreme right and the left.

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- http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/32616/Terreurdreiging-in-Belgie/art...

- http://www.brusselnieuws.be/nl/nieuws/jongeren-gooiden-stene...

- http://www.demorgen.be/opinie/de-marokkaanse-gemeenschap-moe...

When you marginalise and stigmatise people, and give them no hope for the future, I wouldn't be surprised if some of them end up reacting like that.

That argument is naive at best. These kids have smartphones, internet, and full access to state funded education to the university level. Yet we still have seen a large departure to Syria.

There is a concerted effort to indoctrinate these youths, and criticism against anything islam is not allowing this debate to be held.

See this article "Remove the Saudi influence from our mosques" http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/regio/brussel/1.2507974 written by a female politician of Moroccan descent.

> education to the university level

which realistically only 50% graduate from. Very naive to assume, that's not at all state funded educations fault. As if indoctrination wasn't part of that as well in the first place.

> criticism against anything islam is not allowing this debate to be held.

wat?

Where do you get the 50% figure? Most don't even attempt university.

Also not quite sure I understand the argument against state funded education. Pretty much everyone in Belgium has a state funded education, myself included.

have to admit, can't read my own ramblings there

That's 50% of the university students, obviously, rough estimate.

The implicit statement that it is the students' fault, when their education goes wrong, implies that our educational system is otherwise perfect. I challenged that, not for the monetary aspect.

When you travel to some relatively remote places like Nepal, where it takes a couple of hours for kids to get to their school (if they have a school nearby at all), you very quickly understand that anyone who was born or lives in western countries has a hope for the future.

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