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Originally Posted by morlock
As for your apparent belief that anyone who opposes multiracialism/multiculturalism automatically transforms INTO phpbb_a rabid, jackbooted Nazi eager to shove everyone INTO phpbb_concentration camps, perhaps you should lay off the tabloids for a while!
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Is it really that apparent?
Anyone who actually
bothered to read my posts (instead of trying to put words in my mouth because I'm clearly 'anti-BNP') will know that I am an unashamed
opponent of multiculturalism. :evil:
In fact, I was so anti political correctness and multiculturalism that I was moved to become a member of Veritas for a while because I couldn't see these issues being dealt effectively with by any other
mainstream political party.
But, let's bring this back to France.
I'm very concerned about recent developments and I'll try to explain why.
I was always very attracted by the notion of a secular state which ignored religious differences between people. In fact I still am.
It appeared to work for almost 200 years too but it has taken a large Muslim minority to make that system unworkable. And any Mods reading this, sorry that that is how I see the current situation in France and so I believe that it's relevant to this thread.
Why unworkable? Because any changes or new laws that recognise differences between people based on religious or racial grounds will weaken the very foundations of the French Republic.
We can feel so smug over here in the UK can't we? We allow virtually anyone to take offence at anything anyone says - we've even had several cases involving pagans recently (sorry - I'm not very politically correct myself).
Do we all feel confident that we live in a cohesive society? Not judging from the posts we read on this forum we don't.
The French system worked for a while but clearly, it is unable to function with the presence of large and very different minorities.
So, in conclusion, I feel very confused about the best way forward.
Would it be better for France to adopt the American 'melting pot' model?
The real problem is that we're running out of working models. And that is very difficult to face up to because all that would be left then is acceptance that people cannot live together.
And being an optimist, I can't accept that bleak outlook.