I am afraid that I have not stated things well enough to be understood, that you have misunderstood my train of thought, short though it was....
She regrets the loss of the pre WWII culture, and regrets the growing dominance of islam.
For adults over 50, I imagine that the current state of things in the UK is less than satisfactory. She speaks of young men running wild in gangs in the streets.
I just read an article which described a housing authority board or some elected group of people being required to keep fasting during ramadan whether they were muslim or not, in an effort not to offend those who were...
http://islaminaction08.blogspot.com/2008/08/uk-ramadan-imposed-on-non-muslim.html
Does that sound like British pluck to you?
I am well aware that the things you write are correct in large part. Do not misunderstand that I mean that British values are inferior to American values generally.
My Friend has mourned the loss of those very values BECAUSE of the loss of the homogeneous nature that British culture was...just like the growing balkanization of the US...There Is NO STRENGTH in DIVERSITY. There must be a common language and culture for the greatest strength; common expectations and social mores...
A Hegelian Dialectic is being worked upon the American Public this election season in the assertion by Democrats that America is “broken” and a substitute communist framework will be put in place when enough people are convinced of the bogus crisis and accept the unthinkable solution, which is not needed at all...
So it has happened in Britain. Politically correct efforts to “prevent a group from being offended” result in the sacrifice and diminishing of stalwart, hearty and faithful British Characteristics and traditions.
We mourn the oppression of Britain. And you are right. They are gentle and self deprecating, which is probably how this state of things gained such a foothold.
I believe at the foundation of the trouble is spiritual weakness.
I think that when a culture abandons truth and the Author of it, the replacement spirituality is always undesirable.
Good to talk with you!
Thanks for your response. This country is far from perfect, but of course bad news sells better than good (though I don’t have my head in the sand about the real issues at hand; gangs, crime, economy, foreign policy etc). Especially with 24hr coverage, every little event is scrutinised.
...growing dominance of islam...
Such as this for example. Yes, we in the UK have large Islamic community. However it only accounts for 3.3 of the population according to a 2006 survey. Indeed the recent influx of Polish people to the country will have increased and number of Christians in country, and proportionaly reduce the percentage of Muslims. Much of the confusion over the pond perhaps is that you see all the people from the sub-continent on our streets, and assume that they are all Muslim. In fact, there are nearly as many Hindu’s and Sikh’s in the UK ans their are Muslims, and they are very, very different.
Very interesting points about the US. I enjoyed your reference to ‘Hegelian Dialectic’. We in the UK will be watching with great interest to the Presidential Elections. Again, many thanks, informative stuff.