tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486692856642304444.post682443455100895145..comments2024-03-04T16:15:23.048-08:00Comments on Stop Islamic Conquest: "So we will build a gallows..."Yankee Doodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359740268842861707noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486692856642304444.post-32475124309156733092008-09-03T12:48:00.000-07:002008-09-03T12:48:00.000-07:00It is not solely cowardice. There is a lot of post...It is not solely cowardice. There is a lot of post-colonial guilt involved. Indigenous white British people are being taught [mistakenly, in my view] to feel that they should apologise for past injustices, such as the slave trade. <BR/><BR/>Of course it took a very long time for past generations to recognise that slavery was wrong - the Roman Catholic Church defended it as a "Christian" institution until as recently as 1965 - and it took more than a century after your US Civil War for black civil rights to become more acceptable in the USA.<BR/><BR/>But we are none of us responsible for what our forebears did: it is our personal and social duty to take responsibility for what we and our generation does. And it is more important to teach our children not to commit future wrongs than to make them feel guilty and apologetic about past ones.<BR/><BR/>As for "multiculturalism", there is growing revulsion against its unforeseen consequences in the UK, but as yet no articulate political voice shaping an alternative policy. This is a challenge the Conservatives need to face up to, as the extreme right fringe parties are racist and thuggish.<BR/><BR/>Being opposed to multiculturalism does not mean lacking respect for, or tolerance of, people of different ethnic backgrounds, cultures and religions who have come to live amongst us - but it does mean being clear that we expect them to respect our traditions and culture as well as their own; and that there must continue to be a single rule of law and obligation for all our citizens, of whatever background.anticanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135207107619114891noreply@blogger.com