Soren wrote on Apr 17^th, 2010 at 4:40pm:



Look at that jacket - multiculturalism at work.

Soren wrote on Apr 17^th, 2010 at 4:40pm:


You have got to be kidding. You haven't been out much, have you? There is multiculturalism everywhere.

There are at least 1500 Italian restaurants in Tokyo alone. Apart from that there is a considerable Americn youth culture - well just about everywhere.  

Singapore is probably the most multicultural city in the world.

When I was in Guinea (Conakry), I used to eat out at a Chinese restaurant because it reminded me of home (Australia).

Many parts of Africa are extremely multicultural - for example Indians, South Africans and Chinese in Tanzania.

In Peru, there is a considerable Japanese multicultural element.   In Bolivia, there is a very active Caledonian society founded by my great great grandfather.

The United Arab Emirates, though predominantly Muslim, have considerable numbers of Europeans, and there are many bars and nightclubs.

Your armchair mythology doesn't ring true.

muso wrote on Aug 10^th, 2010 at 8:39am:



This is lovely. The power of renaming is indeed great.  Let's therefore rename the Bristish Empire and call it the British Multicultural Embrace. Europe didn't so much colonise the rest of the world but brought it multiculturalism.
Blacks were taken to the Americas with future cajun restaurants in mind. The British came to AUstralia to bring the joys of porrige and multiculturalism to the uncomprehending and dreadfully monocultural prinmitives.

Nothing wrong with having many different races and cultures in a scoiety, but the numbers need to be within reason.  Once the numbers of any one group grow, they forget their place.  'Other' cultures would do well to remember that they are guests, and behave accordingly.

Ziggy wrote on Aug 11^th, 2010 at 8:24am:



Give us some examples, pal, don't be all mysterious.

Soren wrote on Aug 11^th, 2010 at 10:53am:



How do you define multiculturalism? I just understand it to mean cultural diversity, particularly as applied to food, music, dance and other cultural matters.

So for example, the celebration of the Chinese New Year (dragon dances, rowing etc)  and drinking green beer on St Paddy's day would both be examples of multiculturalism.

I actually went to a multicultural fair a couple of weeks ago and they had Morris dancers.

Soren wrote on Aug 11^th, 2010 at 11:00am:


Give you examples of what, pal? If you know the slightest about genetics, it doesn't carve up into fractions. And at a genetic level race does not exist. You will find that mainstream science adheres to this view. However, there are those on the fringe that don't subscrib but their argurments have been shot down time and time again.

As to you missing  a huge swath of human history in the context of your ill-informed commentary , you're overlooking Asia and the Middle East, for example. Civilisation and cosmopolitan settlements were there long before  North Western Europe, from where you take your point of departure Soren, got wind of it all.

In fact, Soren, do you use soap? Guess where that came from? Dear me, the Muslims in the Middle East. The Crusaders were on the nose.  

Soren, you point to some Turkish violence as if an odd example like that distinguishes something, it doesn't. Really, are you going to expect anyone to not be aware that murder, rape, robbery, child molestation ,fraud, domestic violence and alcoholism  etc are present in the West?  

Soren wrote on Aug 11^th, 2010 at 12:26pm:



And never was there an Englishman who never uttered or did similar. So what? There are fools like that 18 yo in all groups but they hardly speak for everyone. I'd have to ask Soren, can you see that your behaviour on this message board is in any way analagous to the youth in question?

Notwithstanding, you overlook  all sorts of stories of  diverse groups building bridges via information lectures, lunches, fares etc. Most of all, you overlook individual friendships made between people of all ethnic goups.

Soren, you should take off your blinkers , you'll see a lot more, honest.