Posted on 02/14/2006 9:26:21 AM PST by patriot_wes
The lesson of the Muhammad cartoon controversy is: Multiculturalism between nations is inevitable, but multiculturalism within nations is disastrous.
Protests, many of them violent, have erupted across the world - including Europe, Australia and New Zealand - after the appearance of cartoons depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad in unflattering ways.
It's time for all of us to recognize that different cultures have different values. For the West, broadly speaking, the highest value is freedom, including freedom of religious expression. But for the Muslim world, the highest value seems to be Islamic piety. To draw such a distinction..........
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Multiculturalism: Divided We Stand.
Oh, the other side does to, and it's all part of their plan......
Liberalism is even more dangerous than Multiculturalism. You should see what a liberal planning officials can suddenly do to a peaceful little valley that for 100 years had no finance problems, crime, congestion or pollution once they gain power.
It is like herding cats!
What ever happened to majority rules?
"The lesson of the Muhammad cartoon controversy is: Multiculturalism between nations is inevitable, but multiculturalism within nations is disastrous."
That is why we have nations. So cultures and ethnic groups can live in peace in their our culture.
For America the whole idea is commerce.
"Canada is a good example !"
The USA is an even better example of multiculturalism run amok.
It's killing France's cars
Having worked in Canada (1982-85), I saw multiculturalism first hand. Canada has it down to a fine science by now
I agree with your comment in saying that the USA is catching up fast!
So what does "One Nation Under All" mean any more?
Like a strong and functional family, a strong nation is made up people and groups that share similar values.
"So what does "One Nation Under All" mean any more?"
It has always meant one nation for all monocultural, monoethinic people. But somehow the term has been used to impose a multicultural tyranny on our country, contrary to the vision of our European forefathers.
Lest we forget, Emma Lazarus' poem:
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Who would be invited to stay in a monocultural nation approved by you, anyways? People who listen to rap music? People who eat perogies? What about people who celebrate Yom Kippur?
The primary lesson we should take from these riots has nothing to do with the destructive effects of "multiculturalism" and everything to do with the destructive effects of violence. Violence within a nation destroys it. Cultures that can live along-side one another peacefully and can intermingle peacefully enrich their nation... not destroy it.
"It's time for all of us to recognize that different cultures have different values. For the West, broadly speaking, the highest value is freedom, including freedom of religious expression. But for the Muslim world, the highest value seems to be Islamic piety. To draw such a distinction between West and East is not to endorse cultural relativism; it's simply to take note of cultural reality."
I agree with most of this, however I would not be so shy in endorsing cultural relativism. All one needs to judge a culture is a criterion. In the end the criterion that counts is which one is going to survive.
Anytime you have two cultures in contact with opposing fundamental values you are guaranteed a conflict. The resolution is either separation or one dominating the other.
I'm putting my money on us, even if sometimes we seem to have a suicide wish. There will soon come a time when our apathetic masses will finally wake up, and that's when the battle is engaged.
Now if they were smart, they would lay low and just keep sending people over here until they have a majority. At that point they could take over democratically. Then we either abide by their rules or have a civil war.
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