The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #110424   Message #2468289
Posted By: Ruth Archer
17-Oct-08 - 11:29 AM
Thread Name: England's National Musical-Instrument?
Subject: RE: England's National Musical-Instrument?
"I have only questioned the act of immigration itself and never any particular race or culture."

No, what you have said is that foreigners are fine, as long as they don't come here and undermine "good English culture". You have said that English culture is taking a hammering, and implied that immigration is to blame. You have said that England was a "more English" place 50 years ago before mass, non-European immigration began, and you would have preferred it if things had remained so. You have said that different cultures cannot live under one state law, and have cited (extremely rare) examples of terrorosm as one of the reasons for this.

These things do not equate to questioning the ACT of immigration - they question immigration on cultural grounds. This is xenophobic at best, and racist at worst, and as has been demonstrated, they are pretty much aligned with several of the key policies of the BNP. You feel culturally and economically threatened by immigration, so you want it to stop, regardless of what this might mean for the human rights of those involved - and don't start giving out about the UN: that's a pipe dream. in the HERE and NOW, if immigration were to stop, you'd be condemning great swathes of people to a lif of poverty and struggle. Why? What right have you, because of an accident of birth, to benefit from the wealth and privilege of a life in Britain while others are denied those privileges? From your own admission, it isn't because you are contributing more than the average immigrant - indeed, you are on the dole, and lots of immigrants are out there doing cleaning and manual labour and whatever crappy jiob they can get their hands on, just to provide for themselves and their families.

So it's not the act of immigration you question, IMHO - it's the effect; and more specifically, how that effect might impact on YOU, and your fantasy of a pure English culture and your employment prospects.

Again, at least have the grace to be honest with us, as well as yourself.