Multiculturalism is dead

[tibilicus]

Well Merkel raised some basic points really. It isn't "multiculturalism" if your an immigrant living in a country, making no effort to speak the native language or to mix with the native population. In that case your basically a squatter, by choice.

[gaelic cowboy]

Well Merkel raised some basic points really. It isn't "multiculturalism" if your an immigrant living in a country, making no effort to speak the native language or to mix with the native population. In that case your basically a squatter, by choice.

Thats actual an excellent point the immigrant bringing their own culture to wherever the locals imbibe bits of it but the immigrant also should reciprocate from whatever is the native culture.

To often I feel the whole debate on Multiculturalism is driven by people who wish to somehow legislate and control actual culture. How we could actually control culture is a bit beyond me I don't think you can but the quango types end up increasing the budgets they get by trying to implement it which is probably half the point anyway for them.

[Fragony]

To often I feel the whole debate on Multiculturalism is driven by people who wish to somehow legislate and control actual culture. How we could actually control culture is a bit beyond me I don't think you can but the quango types end up increasing the budgets they get by trying to implement it which is probably half the point anyway for them.

Oh really do they.

[gaelic cowboy]

Oh really do they.

Eh??

[Fragony]

Eh??

You seemed to agree that the multicultist want to control

[gaelic cowboy]

Then I think you meant to say

"Oh they do really" what you said put the inflection of your statement on me more than them.

I do believe the Multicultists think that way but I also think that the whole the foreigners are here not integrating is slightly overblown by the media.

The OP is not against a country having multiple cultures in it but the idea that is foisted on people that we must somehow create special spaces for culture in society.

This idea is really dangerous and I think it actually reinforces the differences and barriers between people.