Indeed. The silliest thing about all this is the one sided nature of the arguments. Minorities all tend to go places where they can be with people of their own ethnicity. Some are unwilling to mix with others and hostility to others is not that unusual. Yet only white people are called racist for what is perfectly normal human behaviour, preferring the company of people like themselves.
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostIndeed. The silliest thing about all this is the one sided nature of the arguments. Minorities all tend to go places where they can be with people of their own ethnicity. Some are unwilling to mix with others and hostility to others is not that unusual. Yet only white people are called racist for what is perfectly normal human behaviour, preferring the company of people like themselves.
Islam is a religion not a race or ethnicity just like Christianity. So Muslims like Christians come in all different colours including Ginger Celtic looking ones......"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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All the cited examples deal with long-established minorities. The facts in Duindorp are related to foreign citizens.
So, I seem to understand, the general consensus is that it's ok to throw stones at the foreigners' windows.
Why stop here? Why not beat them? Or kill them.<Insert idea here> will never be adopted because the politicians are in the pockets of the banks!Comment
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Did you bother to click on the link that norrahe posted?
Islam is a religion not a race or ethnicity just like Christianity. So Muslims like Christians come in all different colours including Ginger Celtic looking
The DM is very PC at times, probably trying to counter its image, by playing up such negligible involvement of white Brits in terrorism or militant Islamism. If you want real facts, try the Guardian, BBC or Independent.Last edited by xoggoth; 21 April 2014, 17:30.bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
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The facts in Duindorp are related to foreign citizensbloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)Comment
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Leaving aside major issues like extremism, there is nothing positive about having communities that do not interact, no matter how law abiding they each may be.
A sense of community and a willingness to get involved with others are very important things. In our village and I suppose many other small communities, it's amazing how people are willing to help out when necessary. When bad things happen, people you thought of as acquaintances become friends. When you have people with very different views on major issues, who often speak different languages, all that vanishes.
For all the hopeful talk about "integration", "multiculturalism" and now "cohesion", the reality on the ground appears to be that Britain's Muslim Asian community and its white community have few points of contact, and that the white majority often feel they share little in common with the growing Muslim Asian minority.Last edited by xoggoth; 21 April 2014, 17:55.bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)Comment
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostLeaving aside major issues like extremism, there is nothing positive about having communities that do not interact, no matter how law abiding they each may be.
A sense of community and a willingness to get involved with others are very important things. In our village and I suppose many other small communities, it's amazing how people are willing to help out when necessary. When bad things happen, people you thought of as acquaintances become friends. When you have people with very different views on major issues, who often speak different languages, all that vanishes.
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Do you have or ever had neighbours who aren't the same skin colour and/or religion as you?"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Do you have or ever had neighbours who aren't the same skin colour and/or religion as you?
Too many well off and educated people, like contractors, tend to draw wrong conclusions from their own experiences of similarly well off and educated people. Education and prosperity are great for reducing divisions. Never aware of any cultural divides in all my contracting years.
Such experiences are not necessarily typical of those experienced by the majority, try reading that BBC article.bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
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