Let us celebrate the official end of the multiculturalist experiment in Britain!

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Though it's impossible to study English history without concluding that in the end, people do manage to get along. If we didn't, we'd still be repressing those pesky Danes.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by aneeshm


The second generation on does adopt British dress.

Is that the rule? Are you the rules guy? Is it cheating if they adopt it early, or late?

I could introduce you to third-geberation Sikhs who still wear turbans. That doesn't stop them being praised for the contribution to multiculturalism, does it?

Maybe I wasn't clear enough. "Anything goes" refers to the tolerance of anything whatsoever done by somebody in the name of respecting his culture.

That's acquiesence in the face of fascism. It's still not multiculturalism. See the quotes above.

Note that Britain has not made of habit of bending its laws to accommodate cultural norms that differ from native ones. You can't get a legally-valid polygamous marriage. You can't legally buy your sacred cannabis. You can't stone people to death for adultery.

So I really don't know where your bizarre notions of British multiculturalism come from, unless you're one of those poor souls who thinks the Torygraph is a reliable source of news.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
I could introduce you to third-geberation Sikhs who still wear turbans. That doesn't stop them being praised for the contribution to multiculturalism, does it?

I had the chance to **** a Sikh girl, but I missed my opportunity to contribute to multiculturalism.

[VetLegion]

NYTimes

Monday, June 06, 2005
New Report Finds Britain is "Hideously White"

All socially aware people have long suspected it, the line-up at the upcoming Live 8 concerts has highlighted it, but now a report to be released today by the Committee on Racial Affairs has confirmed it: Britain is “hideously white”. The report found that upto 91% of the population of Britain is white. “This can’t go on,” said Dr Donald Watkins, who co-authored the report. “I find it offensive that in this day and age so many people in Britain are white. It is a disgrace.”
.....Institutions, such as the BBC, have been reprimanded before on precisely this issue. The new report, however, makes it clear that the problem is not confined to institutions: the problem extends all the way down into wider society. Indeed, the hideous whiteness of institutions is an accurate reflection of society at large. As Prof. Tetherton, a sociologist at the University of East Anglia, explains, “Because 91% of the population is hideously white, it means that the institutions naturally tend to take on the same horrific hue. If we are serious about tackling the problem, we must eradicate it at the root. Only this way can we create a freer, more equal society.”
.....Chris Martin, of the popular beat combo Coldplay, was unsurprised by the findings: “Most of my teachers at school were white, most of the people in my street were white, even my parents were white. I think it’s disgusting. People don’t seem to realise just how offensive it is. And when you consider that most shareholders are white, well, then we know we are dealing with the most unspeakable evil.”
.....The report comes after weeks of mounting pressure on the government to make known its understanding of the extent of the problem. “It seems there has been a lack of will on the part of politicians to tackle this issue,” said Emily Burton, spokeswomen for the independent think-tank Totalitas. “But now the government cannot ignore it.”
.....The report also places greater pressure on the organisers of the Live 8 concerts to change the racial constitution of its performers. “The thought of old white people playing guitars makes me physically sick,” said one activist.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Britain is 92.1% white according to the 2001 census. It's probably getting whiter, due to immigration from Poland.

[Sandman]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
The basic problem with the multicultural model in the UK is that it encourages difference and what sets people apart, rather than what people have in common.

Wedded to this is the victim mentality which encourages people to portay themselves as downtrodden ("help, help, I'm being repressed"). Throw in some self-righteous anger and you have the ingredients for discord.

And yet, the UK probably has as good a record on assimilating immigrants as any developed country. Don't knock it unless you can think of something better.

[TheStinger]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
The Telegraph

A paragon of British journalism.

it went really downhill when owned by a dodgy Canadian

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Sandman
And yet, the UK probably has as good a record on assimilating immigrants as any developed country. Don't knock it unless you can think of something better.

Historically it has, but only recently has the celebration of difference been an institutionalised policy. 7/7 indicated a serious failure.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by TheStinger


it went really downhill when owned by a dodgy Canadian

He's entirely yours. He renounced his Canadian citizenship.

[Cort Haus]

What is the sinister Conrad Black up to these days?

[Darius871]

British racism

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Darius871
British racism

What are you on about?

[TheStinger]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


He's entirely yours. He renounced his Canadian citizenship.

A recent law in the UK means we can strip miscreants of their aquired citizenship.

You can have him back

[Sandman]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
Historically it has, but only recently has the celebration of difference been an institutionalised policy. 7/7 indicated a serious failure.

The bombers came from middle-class, assimilated homes, didn't they?

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Sandman
The bombers came from middle-class, assimilated homes, didn't they?

Middle class, yes. Not so sure how assimilated their families were, but how much influence do middle-class parents wield over the politics of their student-age offspring? Not much, I expect.

I see the bombers as a kind of nihilist Baden-Meinhof gang. As individuals they clearly did not feel they had anything in common with their fellow countrymen, and I believe the promotion of difference, rather than similarity, contributed to this.