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Did you know that this was going on the same day as Bikezilla ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruSrh58dc6I
I think they kept the time/promotion of it low key. It wouldve easily turned into a full-blown riot if both sides had shown up. Thought it was rather disrespectful to the culturally diverse population of the city many of whom may have been affected by the several IRA attacks over the years, the yard of Ale bombing which claimed 21 lives and injured 182 just metres away from where these yobs were mouthing off. Most of these people were clearly not from the city. It is ingnorance and hatred like theirs which is the root of extremism, they probably share a lot of qualities with 'muslim extremists' which we do not really have a culture of in the city anyhow. Birmingham has been a warm home for huge numbers of immigrants for decades, south asians, Irish, somali or Polish were all just getting along fine defining the heritage & culture of the city. This hatred & extremism has nothing to do with birmingham, IT is the thing which is foreign, alien and certainly not welcome. Piss orff!