OK Loudmouth, if I must prove yet another comment. I don't know how to do 'links' but Google this title;

King George the III, All wars are bankers wars, 2013.

There are too many other sites but even if I have mis-quoted some dates or details, the over-all point remains the same.

Alt Rav,

According to Wikipedia, the Bank of England was

" Established in 1694, it is the second oldest central bank in operation today, after the Sveriges Riksbank. The Bank of England is the world's 8th oldest bank. It was established to act as the English Government's banker and is still one of the bankers for the Government of the United Kingdom. The Bank was privately owned by stockholders from its foundation in 1694 until it was nationalised in 1946."

Anything else ?

loudmouth, yes you left out the reference to Rothschilds and their involvement in the banks. I may have named the wrong bank but my point is still valid. Look further, I may be excused for not being precise in my details as there is just too much to remember so I try to break it down into headings.

Alt Rav,

If you want to make accusations, you need to be pretty certain of your facts. So, you got the wrong bank. Rothschild's grandfather would have been a small child back in 1694, brilliant maybe but did you get the wrong bloke ? Have you got the wrong 'facts' ?

But I'll bet that you are 100 % sure that you can pin something, somewhere, somehow, on the Rothschilds. Somehow. Keep looking.

Joe

Issy you make a good point, "I have Muslim friends who sold their lovely home in Greenacre (Bankstown) and moved well away, because of the local fundamentalists and the treatment that their daughters". It would be difficult to live within some religious enclave, where the general participation rate is high, and not be affected in some way by fundamentalism. The true religious are the devout in any religion, the half-hearted are seen as "tainted", not true believers and open to outside influence, which to the devout is unacceptable. The moderates within are seen as equally dangerous, as the blasphemers from without.
I hark back to the point I made about the parallels between the development of Christianity and the development of Islam. Islam has not been subjected to the periods of enlightenment that Christianity has, and that makes it a very dangerous practice for some adherents. My beef with Christianity is not to do with its practice in general, or its beliefs, no matter how screwy they are, but with the internal management of the failings of its operatives.

Paul,

" It would be difficult to live within some religious enclave, where the general participation rate is high, and not be affected in some way by fundamentalism."

Greenacre is not a religious enclave but is still a Sydney suburb with a mixed population and at the time of which I speak was not anywhere near Lakemba and Bankstown as a favourite spot for Muslims, however the nearest big shopping centre is Bankstown and that was the main area where harassment took place as well as at school.