"People in the UK who complain about other cultures contaminating the indigenous culture in the UK are ignoring Britain's long history of going into other peoples' lands and forcing the British culture down the indigenous peoples' throats (often at the point of a gun)." - CarolC

Care to name them CarolC, or is this just a bit of good ol' American invention?? Give you a hint - while the British had Hawaii there was no "assault" on the local culture, customs or language. The US took over and damn near wiped the lot out to such an extent that a concerted effort was required to revive all three. The British held onto Fiji and no such effort had to be made because we tended not to ram our culture down peoples throats.

"What is ironic is that people don't see the hypocrisy about the government of the UK going into Afghanistan, where strict Islam is a part of the local culture, and trying to prevent people from practicing it, while at the same time complaining about people coming into their country and practicing a foreign culture. One gets the impression that some people in the UK think they have a right to impose their culture on people in other countries, while not being willing to tolerate other cultures in their midst." - CarolC

In what way is the "government of the UK going into Afghanistan" CarolC?? As far as I am aware NATO forces are present in Afghanistan at the invitiation of the Afghan Government and under the terms of a United Nations Mandate as ISAF. Please feel free to correct me if I am mistaken.

In what way are ISAF forces "preventing people from practicing" their religion, culture or customs in Afghanistan??

In what way are people in the UK averse to people coming to our country and practicing their own cultures and religions??

We do quite rightly object if we welcome people to our shores and then have those people come into our country and attempt to enforce changes on us in order that they can practice their own cultures and religions.