Perhaps you and Keith might try to come up with an example of me "bashing" any Western culture.

I am sure you are right, Don. You would not bash western culture. But a hell of a lot of people do just that. I will just repeat a little of Lox's post above, in case you missed it.

Islam doesn't permit the sexualization of young women in the same way as British culture does.

In the kids section of Woolworths in Peckham 3 years ago you could buy a range of playboy accessories for your 3 year old daughter.

Islamic culture dresses its girls up in a way that emphasizes who they are and not what they look like.

It dresses little girls modestly and not like porn stars.

It is western culture that produces child pornography, and promotes and legitimizes the commoditization and abuse of young white girls in the process in the eyes of the rest of the world.

If that isn't bashing western culture I don't know what is:-)

That aside though - We seem to have an inherant ability to laugh at ourselves. How many times have you seen Morris dance or Folk music lampooned by the media? How many people poke fun at western sosafely walk down the high street in Islamabad?

I agree with the fact that Islam is given a very rough deal nowadays. But lets not pretend that that religion promtes a perfect society while the western world sinks in the mire of it's own depravity. Both views are extreme. And very dangerous generalisations.

DeG
(Extreme moderate party)