Ray Honeyford

[emmie]

who died recently, i too wonder how this is all going to work out. I don't believe he was a racist, nor that for the most part he was wrong. Hounded out of the job for his views, how many more.

http://www.dailymail....d-vindicated-man.html

[sp1814]

NJ

But my point is that America is a very good example of mutliculturialism. How could there be a 'common culture' where you have people who speak different languages living in the same country - actually - in the city. Take Los Angeles or New Mexico for example!

[New Judge]

But as you said, sp "...there's a great unifying 'Americanism' which everyone buys into."

Here in the UK there is no such unifying principle. Quite the reverse, in fact. Incomers have been actively encouraged to continue their lives as if they were still resident in their country of origin. Many of them feel no allegiance to the country in which they (and often their parents) were born and in which they will almost certainly spend all their lives. Furthermore, I don't believe that in the US (or indeed many European countries) that the native language can be largely ignored as an irrelevance by large numbers of the population. Here in the UK official papers are translated into a myriad of foreign languages. Interpretors are provided at taxpayer expense for people who cannot speak English to engage with many different bodies. This simply doesn’t happen on such a wide scale elsewhere.

No, multiculturalism cannot be enforced. But it should not even be encouraged. It is divisive and does nothing to promote the well being of the nation and the evidence of that creates many of the problems we see today. That’s what Mr Honeyford was talking about all those years ago and I would suggest that far from being vilified, his views should have been embraced and discussed.

[emmie]

if anyone thinks that America is unified in either it's language or ideology hasn't lived or been there to see for themselves, i have. What unites them is money, and seeing as how for millions it's now a lack of money, then not sure how that buys into the American dream.
NJ sensible as always, but sometimes people do not want to see what is under their nose.