... children, children ... please keep on topic. If you insist on being naughty go and play elsewhere ...
This post definitely wins most boring post of the new season so far. A load of predictable and diverse opinions that nobody will change on a subject that has been discussed more than a Princess Diana conspiracy theory. Matron pass me my pillow and alarm clock!
... children, children ... please keep on topic. If you insist on being naughty go and play elsewhere ...
I'm going to break the habit of a lifetime and stick up for Black Horse here. There are several ways you could interpret the word multiculturalism, but the way I understand it would be when a country hosts several different cultures and no single culture (the host country culture being the obvious candidate) is seen as having more value. It doesn't necessarily mean immigration, although some people might define it as the presence of different cultural groups.
During Tony Blair's time in office I think multiculturalism reached its peak. Not just because of the high levels of immigration, but because of the fact that choices like wearing niqabs or not being able to speak English were actively protected by the government of the day, and any criticism of this was immediately portrayed as racist.
That all changed in the mid to late noughties when Islamic terrorism made integration of immigrants a priority, but I personally think it's fair to say that we reached peak multiculturalism under Blair.
We both benefit and suffer from multiculturalism (and both benefit and suffer from traditionalism). “Bloody immigrants with their restaurants selling foreign food ... what’s wrong with bangers and mash?” And we all hate Sharia Law, but half of us want offenders banged up (and “throw away the key”) or hanged in the traditional English way that is not at all like that other traditional culture from the Middle East.
My view right or wrong is why didn't anyone take the knee before that low life scum was killed.
My view is that his societal status is deeply connected to the fact that he was murdered in broad daylight, in front of an audience, by the very people who are supposed to protect society from murderers.
I reckon that's worth a protest gesture or two. Just saying like.
Last edited by SwalePie; 05-08-2021 at 01:24 PM.
One thing we know for sure is that 'taking the knee', has caused a lot of disharmony between non racist white people, so on that front it has been a bad thing. What is harder to determine, is if it has actually improved life for black people.