Blood of patriots
ascan wrote:
DentArthurDent wrote:
Racists are the most dangerous subset of humanity, they breed discontent, hatred and war. If any group should be expunged from this planet it is them...
I think rabid leftists who see racism everywhere are more of a danger. Afterall, you're the only person in this thread so far to talk of a planet-wide cull of those whose views you disagree with.
Of course, there's also ruveyn.
Anubis wrote:
We do normally think of Britain as belonging to white European peoples, but Britain was built on immigrants, just as many other nations were. Why are people so hostile now?
And historically each influx of immigrants brought turmoil and bloodshed. You see, I could just as easily say Britain was built on the industry of warfare, but that doesn't make war especially desireable at present, does it?
Sand wrote:
ascan wrote:
DentArthurDent wrote:
Racists are the most dangerous subset of humanity, they breed discontent, hatred and war. If any group should be expunged from this planet it is them...
I think rabid leftists who see racism everywhere are more of a danger. Afterall, you're the only person in this thread so far to talk of a planet-wide cull of those whose views you disagree with.
Of course, there's also ruveyn.
Yes, I can imagine. I don't specifically recall him expounding views on extermination in this thread, but I'll have to go back and check.
ascan wrote:
Sand wrote:
ascan wrote:
DentArthurDent wrote:
Racists are the most dangerous subset of humanity, they breed discontent, hatred and war. If any group should be expunged from this planet it is them...
I think rabid leftists who see racism everywhere are more of a danger. Afterall, you're the only person in this thread so far to talk of a planet-wide cull of those whose views you disagree with.
Of course, there's also ruveyn.
Yes, I can imagine. I don't specifically recall him expounding views on extermination in this thread, but I'll have to go back and check.
I'm not sure about this thread but he proposed atom bombing all Muslim countries to total extermination whatever the consequences to the rest of the world.
ascan wrote:
Dussel wrote:
Lets take the UK: The UK has an Moslem-population of roughly 3.5%. If we we would assume that this population would double every 30 years (a high estimate), how do yo would describe "soon"?
An important point is that these Muslims are concentrated in certain parts of the country, and there are over 2 million of them.
Out of roughly 60 Britons.
ascan wrote:
As you may be aware, if you drive through certain cities over here, in some areas almost everyone will be wearing the dress of Islamic countries.
This was the case with all minorities entering this country since the end of reign of the Tudor. London's East End was first a Huguenot Ghetto, than a Jewish one, today it is in hands of Bangladeshi.
BTW: In recent years the largest group of emigrant were people from Poland. They left their trace even in mainstream supermarkets, where since a few years sauerkraut, milk-soured gherkins and other stuff from Poland appeared.
ascan wrote:
If you're a white European you're going to feel uneasy.
I don't.
ascan wrote:
as many don't even have the courtesy to speak the Queen's English.
"Queen's English" is spoken by a tiny minority of the upper class. It is an accent best described as "Conservative Received Pronunciation" with some feature which are in British Standard Englisch (also called BBC-English) quite unusually.
Dussel wrote:
BTW: In recent years the largest group of emigrant were people from Poland. They left their trace even in mainstream supermarkets, where since a few years sauerkraut, milk-soured gherkins and other stuff from Poland appeared.
And the job centre, too, where the long queue of British folk are a direct result of cheap Polish labour that the EU dictates we must allow in to the country.
Dussel wrote:
ascan wrote:
If you're a white European you're going to feel uneasy.
I don't.
I'd suggest, then, you've a poorly developed sense of self-preservation.
ascan wrote:
Dussel wrote:
BTW: In recent years the largest group of emigrant were people from Poland. They left their trace even in mainstream supermarkets, where since a few years sauerkraut, milk-soured gherkins and other stuff from Poland appeared.
And the job centre, too, where the long queue of British folk are a direct result of cheap Polish labour that the EU dictates we must allow in to the country.
At first any British Citizen (with a very few exception from the Channel Island, Falklands etc.) is entitled to work anywhere in EU. British Builder are e.g. a common feature on German building sites.
The issue with "cheap labour" is home made: The UK only accepted the EU-Social Charter in the case that the UK would have an exemption. If the UK-government wouldn't insist on this exemption, there would be no problem with "cheap labour".
It is old game endless repeated since Thatcher: Talking about "national sovereignty" and meaning depriving their own citizen from their entitlements as Citizen of the EU.
Dussel wrote:
At first any British Citizen (with a very few exception from the Channel Island, Falklands etc.) is entitled to work anywhere in EU. British Builder are e.g. a common feature on German building sites.
I doubt you'll see many British builders in Germany now, it's probably all Poles -- cheaper, like I said.
Anyway, most people here don't want to travel to another country to work. Why the hell should they? This is a major problem with this whole idea of a EU superstate. It's assumed that the removal of borders, and forcing people to move long distances from where they have roots in order to get work is a good thing. To most it's not, and if given a choice would tell our EU masters where to go. We're not a commodity that can be shipped around to balance the books of some corrupt EU bureaucrat, and we don't want the entitlements as a citizen of the EU that you write of, Dussel.
ascan wrote:
Dussel wrote:
At first any British Citizen (with a very few exception from the Channel Island, Falklands etc.) is entitled to work anywhere in EU. British Builder are e.g. a common feature on German building sites.
I doubt you'll see many British builders in Germany now, it's probably all Poles -- cheaper, like I said.
Anyway, most people here don't want to travel to another country to work. Why the hell should they? This is a major problem with this whole idea of a EU superstate. It's assumed that the removal of borders, and forcing people to move long distances from where they have roots in order to get work is a good thing. To most it's not, and if given a choice would tell our EU masters where to go. We're not a commodity that can be shipped around to balance the books of some corrupt EU bureaucrat, and we don't want the entitlements as a citizen of the EU that you write of, Dussel.
Do you speak as a member of an overwhelming majority? On what basis?
Sand wrote:
Do you speak as a member of an overwhelming majority? On what basis?
A lot of people over here question how much power the EU have. Certainly a sizeable proportion of the population think we should get out, whilst a sizeable majority at least have concerns. There have been opinion polls conducted on this, so you could find them if you want. As for my assertion that most people don't want to travel to another country to find work, I think that stands to reason.
ascan wrote:
Dussel wrote:
At first any British Citizen (with a very few exception from the Channel Island, Falklands etc.) is entitled to work anywhere in EU. British Builder are e.g. a common feature on German building sites.
I doubt you'll see many British builders in Germany now, it's probably all Poles -- cheaper, like I said.
No - because of EU-law, on which the UK has an exemption, for certain professions are set wages. So you do not have a general minimum wage, but minimum wage e.g. qualified brick layer etc. The UK insisted on an exemption and to bring the stuff through the Council of Ministers the other EU-Member States accepted.
ascan wrote:
Anyway, most people here don't want to travel to another country to work. Why the hell should they? This is a major problem with this whole idea of a EU superstate. It's assumed that the removal of borders, and forcing people to move long distances from where they have roots in order to get work is a good thing.
No one forces you to travel long distances for work. Actually Paris is easier to reach from London than Edinburgh ...
It is an opportunity - you may use or not. You may be also aware (or not) that within Britain there over centuries vast movements within the country. This process started in modern time with confiscation of the monasteries under Henry VIII and was accelerated with Union with Scotland and later with the Industrial Revolution. It was in the year 1800 a "longer" distance in terms of means of transport from Glasgow to London than today from London to Tokyo.
ascan wrote:
To most it's not, and if given a choice would tell our EU masters where to go. We're not a commodity that can be shipped around to balance the books of some corrupt EU bureaucrat,
At least the EU-Commissioners are elected - each single one, whilst the Ministers of the Crown in the UK do in reality only depend on the will of the PM.
And there is no corruption in Whitehall?
Whilst the Chairman of National Audit Office in the UK is defacto appointed by the Prime Minister the boss of those which shall be audited, whilst the European Court of Auditors is appointed by the member states and therefore no way connected to the EU-Commission which work it shall be monitored. Further: Parliament can always change the rules of National Audit Office, whilst a change of the rules of European Court of Auditors would need a new treaty, aka the consensus of the legislative bodies and government of all 27 member states.
How do think is more independent?
ascan wrote:
and we don't want the entitlements as a citizen of the EU that you write of, Dussel.
So you are against the right of product liability? Or of fair competition? Or of minimum standard for food and water? Or of basic working conditions? Or of travelling freely? Or of appealing to a court really independent from political influence? Or to appeal against a law in breach of human rights?
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ascan wrote:
Sand wrote:
Do you speak as a member of an overwhelming majority? On what basis?
A lot of people over here question how much power the EU have. Certainly a sizeable proportion of the population think we should get out, whilst a sizeable majority at least have concerns. There have been opinion polls conducted on this, so you could find them if you want. As for my assertion that most people don't want to travel to another country to find work, I think that stands to reason.
Where is "over here"? And it doesn't stand to my reason. People in the USA migrate to work all the time.
Sand wrote:
ascan wrote:
Sand wrote:
Do you speak as a member of an overwhelming majority? On what basis?
A lot of people over here question how much power the EU have. Certainly a sizeable proportion of the population think we should get out, whilst a sizeable majority at least have concerns. There have been opinion polls conducted on this, so you could find them if you want. As for my assertion that most people don't want to travel to another country to find work, I think that stands to reason.
Where is "over here"? And it doesn't stand to my reason. People in the USA migrate to work all the time.
Britain. And yes, I'm sure many Americans do, but most would prefer not to.
ascan wrote:
Sand wrote:
ascan wrote:
Sand wrote:
Do you speak as a member of an overwhelming majority? On what basis?
A lot of people over here question how much power the EU have. Certainly a sizeable proportion of the population think we should get out, whilst a sizeable majority at least have concerns. There have been opinion polls conducted on this, so you could find them if you want. As for my assertion that most people don't want to travel to another country to find work, I think that stands to reason.
Where is "over here"? And it doesn't stand to my reason. People in the USA migrate to work all the time.
Britain. And yes, I'm sure many Americans do, but most would prefer not to.
As a British citizen where do you get the right to speak for all Americans?
Anubis wrote:
ascan wrote:
Anubis wrote:
Agreed. Racists are on the wrong side of history.
I think Anubis has just got a new job working for local government and been through the mandatory diversity-awareness indoctrination.
Am I wrong?
Thus far you haven't made any correct statements.
How hard is it to believe that people can be of such opinions without indoctrination?
I've seen alot, and history tells us that racism is often incited as a means of oppressing others, or a defence mechanism when you feel threatened or discontented. You have to try and assert your own cultural/racial/national superiority in order to justify your continued dominance.
In this case, you feel threatened because you believe your homeland, which you feel very strong ties to, is under siege by immigrant invaders. That's understandable. However, you aren't exactly being kicked out. The bigger problem is overpopulation, not which ethnicity or mainstream religion people belong to. As far as the population is concerned, you're deluding yourself if you think that non-Europeans are going to become the majority in the forseeable long-term.
We do normally think of Britain as belonging to white European peoples, but Britain was built on immigrants, just as many other nations were. Why are people so hostile now? Mainly because of the distance and large cultural gaps, I suppose.
Ethnic West European immigrants wouldn't raise an eyebrow, would they? They might be able to settle well in Britain and people wouldn't care much if they became a large minority.
You're afraid that white people will become a minority and your own culture will be displaced. The first won't happen for a long time if ever, and British culture is only being mildly neutralised because of a demoralised populace and government feebleness. The lack of cohesiveness and weakened sense of nationality is due to internal, not external issues.]
So, we do have a somewhat divided society. I've seen myself the way that ethnic groups are divided. Immigrants will often keep to themselves, true. One problem is that we don't acknowledge this; we sidestep the issue. Tradition often dictates that Middle Eastern immigrants adopt cultural practises which are alien to mainstream British culture(such as hijaab, different cuisine, different traditions). You see Muslims stay together in tightly-knit communities where they can feel united. Why does this happen, I wonder? Mainly because traditional Islam is excluded from many institutions, and those which feel more loyal to their religion or homeland are more likely to stay in such communities, whereas immigrants set on building a new life and becoming British citizens - often younger people with less cultural bias and fewer ties to established subgroups, may integrate flawlessly.
I think it's also hard for immigrants who come here to keep their homeland culture intact. If you've read around you might know that older, first generation immigrants who have children struggle to keep up traditions outside of their urban communities, whilst facing discrimination from suspicious Ethnic Anglo-Saxons. It works both ways, in a sense.
Let me explain.
If huge minority of American evangelical fundamentalists settled in my country and wanted to turn it into Jesusland, I will oppose their presence. If white Bosnian and Tatar moslems was about to create islamist state in my country, I would support them being deported.
It is not matter of colour. It is matter of ideology.