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So when are you going to adopt Sharia Law

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coyney said:
I agree with you Neb,it also gives the moronic BNP a chance to highlight the "we are being taken over" mindset I remember being in Burnley when a bit of bother broke out between the local lads and those who are Muslims in next to no-time the where guys in the pubs trying to stir it .
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Exactly my thinking, Coyney. Anything like this gives the BNP and other fascists more ammunition to the play the "we're being swamped by alien cultures" card. And you can bet that the BNP in Tower Hamlets (or wherever it was) are already stirring it up after this, creeping into the mindset of the wavering fascists, recruiting them to their way of life. It creates fuss when none was asked for in the first place or is necessary anyway. It also cheapens all the good that can come from acting responsibly in the hope of promoting political correctness and community cohesion. It's a step too far :lol:
 
the credit crunch ......i hate that term and am sick of hearing it, dont get credit,simple answer.......will make things worse as the 1st thing people do when times are tough is turn on the foreigner/immigrant/new guy, then they riot and loot, before getting a chinese/indian on their way home from such tomfoolery.
 
Nebbiolo said:
Exactly my thinking, Coyney. Anything like this gives the BNP and other fascists more ammunition to the play the "we're being swamped by alien cultures" card. And you can bet that the BNP in Tower Hamlets (or wherever it was) are already stirring it up after this, creeping into the mindset of the wavering fascists, recruiting them to their way of life. It creates fuss when none was asked for in the first place or is necessary anyway. It also cheapens all the good that can come from acting responsibly in the hope of promoting political correctness and community cohesion. It's a step too far :lol:
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Wise words sir.
The same reason I'm against affirmative descrimination. gives ammo to the real descriminators.
Imo, political correctness is a public relations invention to hide a whole lot of moral incorrectness.
 
i'm not sure what's more annoying, political correctness, or the people who constantly bitch about how it goes too far, its quickly becoming the latter.

i wouldn't mind not eating during one meeting (it doesn't seem all that unreasonable to not eat during a meeting anyways), and if the meeting has many muslim members, it wouldn't be able to function properly unless they allow breaks for muslim's to pray. if they didn't allow breaks, muslim members would either be forced to not follow their religious beliefs, or would have to miss parts of the meeting which is counter productive.

what i would mind, is having to hear one more person bitch about saying "happy holidays" instead of "merry christmas", or complain about not being able to use the latest term that's been deemed offensive.

these are all small adjustments that go a long way toward promoting cultural sensitivity, sure they can be a bit absurd at times, but i think if people spent less time complaining about being PC and just sucked it up and did whatever is deemed correct, they'd be a lot happier.
 
I've lived in a Muslim country (Turkey) for 20 years as of October. I've never fasted and I've only once had anyone have a go at me for eating in public during Ramadan.

As somebody said upthread, religion is a personal thing and thankfully most people have the sense to see it that way. Most restaurants stay open during regular hours, those who want to fast don't eat, those who don't want, do.

In the area I live at a guess I'd be hard pushed to walk 50m without passing either a restaurant or cafe with people eating, or someone else who's fasting. The two coexist side by side without forcing their views on the other.

The whole point of fasting - I've been repeatedly told, is to suffer hunger and thirst as a way of empathising with the poor.

Obviously it would be wrong to waggle food or water in the face of someone who's fasting. But equally it's wrong to go to the other extreme and refrain from normal behaviour in fear it might 'offend' someone.

With the exception of the 45 minute break to allow muslim councellors to break their fasts, the other measures the 'Head of democratic Services' wants to implement are in complete opposition to the spirit of Ramadan. Not least the decision to have only seven council meetings. Again the whole point is to continue as normal, suffer and empathise. Not to get treated like invalid.
 
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Nothing to do with BNP, it is a matter of respecting the traditions of this country not bending them to suit a small minority who then wish to impose their culture on the majority.
 

Robert Jarvis said:
Nothing to do with BNP, it is a matter of respecting the traditions of this country not bending them to suit a small minority who then wish to impose their culture on the majority.
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I don't think a minority wanted to in this case, unless you class a white, middle-class social engineer as a minority.

Obviously there are exceptions, but it was always my experience when working with people from all types of ethnic background, including Muslims, that they were pretty happy with people doing whatever they felt comfortable doing. I certainly never felt compelled to behave in certain ways.
 
coyney said:
I agree with you Neb,it also gives the moronic BNP a chance to highlight the "we are being taken over" mindset I remember being in Burnley when a bit of bother broke out between the local lads and those who are Muslims in next to no-time the where guys in the pubs trying to stir it .
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We are.
 

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