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Cameron said it was time to replace Britain's "passive tolerance" with an "active, muscular liberalism" to send a message that life in Britain revolves around certain key values such as freedom of speech, equal rights and the rule of law.
"A passively tolerant society ... stands neutral between different values,"
"A genuinely liberal country does much more. It believes in certain values and actively promotes them."
uk.reuters.com...
Originally posted by EarthCitizen07
Originally posted by Peloquin
But that's what the West already did in Iraq, didn't we?
Reading your last words and thinking about Iraq and all the other countries the west "helped", I have to think about: "Give a man some wood, and he'll have warm for a day. Set him on fire, and he'll have warm for the rest of his life..."
(I'm sorry )
I hope you were being sarcastic but in case you were not, we accomplished didley squat and actually made things worse than before. Ok I can see sending saddams army back to iraq in the first gulf war, but instead of leaving him there to buffer the middle east from iran and saudia arabia, we ousted him. Terrible strategy...iran should have been the target!
Originally posted by Pr0t0
and sod off.
Notice how he does not mention British Sikhs, Hindu's, Jews, Buddhists or any of the multitude of Christian sects? Why do you think this is?
Originally posted by Cosmic.Artifact
Originally posted by Pr0t0
and sod off.
what is sod off ?
is that some liberal political radical racial slur or bigotry ?
I am getting sleepy however, if that's what it means
Originally posted by Cythraul
It's a shame I always come across these threads so late - I have so much to say and share on the subject...
This declaration of Cameron's is a Trojan Horse I'm afraid. When he talks about "groups that fail to promote British values" he is not just talking about Islam, he's talking about patriotic groups, truthers, Euro-sceptics and civil disobedients - people who are fighting the fraudulent tax system, and standing up for our fast-fading liberties.
Yes, he is addressing militant Islam, but he's also addressing anyone who refuses to adhere to the government's vision of Britain, who wants out of the EU and who, basically, thinks that David Cameron is a despicable tyrant. He's clamping down on the entire spectrum of social expression and that clamp bears down from two sides - on one side it will (rightly) inhibit the expression of immigrants who act like colonisers, but on the other it will inhibit native and foreign born people who are fighting for truth, transparency and liberty like their forefathers knew.
This speech fills me with foreboding I'm afraid... and I dislike the Islamic religion, by the way - I should be elated (Cameron would like me to be) - Go figure!
Originally posted by destination now
reply to post by Pr0t0
Notice how he does not mention British Sikhs, Hindu's, Jews, Buddhists or any of the multitude of Christian sects? Why do you think this is?
Because they have all integrated very well and don't expect to be treated differently, with allowances made for them at every turn and an expectation that all other citizens will have some of their rights and freedoms removed in order to accommodate them!
Originally posted by aorAki
What are 'British Values' anyway?
Are they such things as colonising countries and making the native inhabitants second class citizens, and then shafting the colonials who fought wars under your flag and were conveniently necessary until they weren't?
Is it taking part in illegal wars, spying on people and producing arms and armaments?
Is it a stiff upper lip with no sex drive?
Is it maintaining a constructed class system to stop the masses from getting ahead while teaching subservience to the powerful and greedy?
Originally posted by MacDonagh
Quick question: What does being 'British' actually mean?
Also, what are 'British values'? Not blowing up innocent people? Having a bacon sarnie instead of a croissant for breakfast? Acknowledging the Queen as head of state? Buying commemorative plates of Prince William and his missus? Binge drinking? Having all the albums of James Blunt and Coldplay?
Mr Cameron should've defined what 'British' is before he ranted about multiculturism. That said, it makes a nice change of pace from the usual "CUT EVERYTHING! IT'S ALL OF LABOUR'S FAULT! DON'T BLAME US!" spiels they come up with.
Originally posted by tiger5
reply to post by Haydn_17
More hyperbole. Face facts you can't define what you keep trumpeting about. How sad! Again you pick on one country. Can you not count? Deny ignorance.edit on 6-2-2011 by tiger5 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by woodwardjnr
reply to post by MacDonagh
This was my point. I have more in common with the muslim lads i went to college with than I do David Cameron, Gideon Osbourne and the like. For a start we had state education, used the same public services, watched the same TV programs, followed the same football teams. I'm not denying there is a hardcore out there of extremests, but there are just as many who have assimilated.