Stu: Cause I've been talking to some of my neighbours ... well, not on Sunday, cause then they won't even greet you.
I have prepared an abstract from the British PM's last speach:
I would argue an important reason so many young Muslims are drawn to terrorism comes down to a question of identity. [...] Under the doctrine of state multiculturalism, we have encouraged different cultures to live separate lives, apart from each other and apart from the mainstream. We’ve failed to provide a vision of society to which they feel they want to belong. We’ve even tolerated these segregated communities behaving in ways that run completely counter to our values.
Instead of encouraging people to live apart, we need a clear sense of shared national identity that is open to everyone. [...] We must build stronger societies and stronger identities at home. Frankly, we need a lot less of the passive tolerance of recent years and a much more active, muscular liberalism. A passively tolerant society says to its citizens, as long as you obey the law we will just leave you alone. It stands neutral between different values. But I believe a genuinely liberal country does much more; it believes in certain values and actively promotes them. Freedom of speech, freedom of worship, democracy, the rule of law, equal rights regardless of race, sex or sexuality.
There are practical things that we can do as well. That includes making sure that immigrants speak the language of their new home and ensuring that people are educated in the elements of a common culture and curriculum. It will also help build stronger pride in local identity, so people feel free to say, ‘Yes, I am a Muslim, I am a Hindu, I am Christian, but I am also a Londonder or a Berliner too’. It’s that identity, that feeling of belonging in our countries, that I believe is the key to achieving true cohesion.
It seems that he is not only talking about strengthening national identities, but being more forceful in it; however, liberally forceful. Maybe even will throw some radicals overboard. But who are those radicals? As yet unnamed Islamists, Amieshes (rather not)? Who is openly against democracy, freedoms, rule of law and equality? Everyone is saying that is for these sacred things.
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