TheKingOfMercy
8th July 2005, 15:23
Righty, first off, just to let you all know, all I am doing is presenting facts for a debate, not being racist or any of the other evils pervading society. I was restricted for posting this in response to a question in the politics forum, so I hope we can all be a little less Stalin about the truth in here.
(government refers to the UK government in this context)
Multiculturalism, when badly applied, can cause problems for any society. Forced integration, such as the placing of asylum seekers, the building of mosques and temples where they arent needed, Politically correct acts to placate a usually imaginary threat, are all examples of bad multiculturalism.
All that acts like this serve to do is annoy the general population, making a truly multi-cultural society harder and harder. Political Correctness and all the power of the word 'racism' also make this harder.
Example - A mosque was built, without planning permission, the coucil orderd it pulled down, the clerics cried racism and discrimination, and it stayed, in direct violation of every planning law.... A man put up a treehouse for his child, was told to tear it down or face prison. He had no race card to play.
This FACTUAL series of events highlights how a government or local authority can miss-manage such delicate subjects. This event sparked a lot of anti-Islamic sentiment in the local community for quite some time. This is obviously a bad thing.
As mentioned previously, forced integration can also cause problems, such as racial crimes, general racial tension, and even the odd riot. This is again a result of government miss-managing of the situation.
Combine bad government with confused and annoyed natives, and you dont have a very good base for building a mixed-race idyll do you ?
I used the example of the governments imaginary 'one legged lesbian single mother muslim transexual' in my previous post, this was a statement made by a dissalusioned politician in a newspaper, not something I made up, so dont be so narrowminded as to dismiss the concept. It exists in every politically correct action the government make.
My opinion on the whole thing is fairly simple - multi-culturalism has to happen naturally, not be forced upon people, otherwise you end up with killings and generally poor results, which is not the intention of multiculturalism.
I hope that people can discuss this topic without just flaming me for daring to bring up a real problematic situation and ask for other open-minded types to present a solution.
(government refers to the UK government in this context)
Multiculturalism, when badly applied, can cause problems for any society. Forced integration, such as the placing of asylum seekers, the building of mosques and temples where they arent needed, Politically correct acts to placate a usually imaginary threat, are all examples of bad multiculturalism.
All that acts like this serve to do is annoy the general population, making a truly multi-cultural society harder and harder. Political Correctness and all the power of the word 'racism' also make this harder.
Example - A mosque was built, without planning permission, the coucil orderd it pulled down, the clerics cried racism and discrimination, and it stayed, in direct violation of every planning law.... A man put up a treehouse for his child, was told to tear it down or face prison. He had no race card to play.
This FACTUAL series of events highlights how a government or local authority can miss-manage such delicate subjects. This event sparked a lot of anti-Islamic sentiment in the local community for quite some time. This is obviously a bad thing.
As mentioned previously, forced integration can also cause problems, such as racial crimes, general racial tension, and even the odd riot. This is again a result of government miss-managing of the situation.
Combine bad government with confused and annoyed natives, and you dont have a very good base for building a mixed-race idyll do you ?
I used the example of the governments imaginary 'one legged lesbian single mother muslim transexual' in my previous post, this was a statement made by a dissalusioned politician in a newspaper, not something I made up, so dont be so narrowminded as to dismiss the concept. It exists in every politically correct action the government make.
My opinion on the whole thing is fairly simple - multi-culturalism has to happen naturally, not be forced upon people, otherwise you end up with killings and generally poor results, which is not the intention of multiculturalism.
I hope that people can discuss this topic without just flaming me for daring to bring up a real problematic situation and ask for other open-minded types to present a solution.