To whom it may concern
Hello. I’m sorry, I can’t tell you my real name, will only introduce myself as Storyteller. Being in the country illegally I don’t have it easy. I have a £4.25 ph job which I can loose any day and my room is so small that if I sit on the bed and lean forward I can actually touch the opposite wall with my head. Besides, despite the fact that I have two degrees and had never done anyone any harm I still have to answer to people who spell “coke” as “cock” and consider me spoilt goods only because I’m a white girl in a short skirt and don’t pray.
Considering all of the above you must understand that there isn’t much love lost between me and the Home Office, so I’m quite an unlikely defender of Theresa May, but some of you are being beyond unfair.
She isn’t trying to make Brits stateless. The amendment is aimed at terrorist suspects.
They are not protesters or rebels. Protesters are people with posters and rebels oppose the government in an open conflict. Terrorist suspects are people with bombs, money and extreme views. Their intended victims are innocent people going about their everyday lives.
As a person living below radar I see and hear things you won’t. I meet people with whom my path would have never crossed otherwise.
They don’t plan to bomb the country, don’t get me wrong. But they still scare me. Why? Because they don’t question things. They don’t think. They just quote the Quran.
For example, they oppose gay relationships because in the Quran it is said not to take your partner from behind. It’s not allowed. I asked if blow job was allowed. The person looked at me blankly and then said he was going to ask the sheikh. Apparently it’s not. Then I asked what happens if his son is gay. He said he’d kill him
With people I know it’s either black or white, there’s no room for interpretation. You are either with us or against us. Period. And I’m not attacking religion, I’m just trying to give you an insight into different mentality. Such people can go very far. Sometimes you have to be tough. Being nice and understanding may get you six feet under.
A person does not wake up one morning a terror suspect. Such suspicions do not materialise out of thin air. It’s usually a result of months of surveillance. And a group of people peacefully discussing religion will never be considered terrorists.
As for the law abiding citizens, you have absolutely nothing to fear. I seriously doubt Home Office will waste time and money trying to make you stateless.
So, please, let’s be sensible and stop screaming Human Rights at every opportunity.
As for Theresa May, she’s a politician and not Father Christmas. She’s not supposed to be all that cuddly and adorable