tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15139383.post5204948145060659359..comments2024-01-17T22:53:32.139-05:00Comments on The Pool Bar: When is moderate Islam not?Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12382918421904501282noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15139383.post-85776910607629133602007-12-12T13:13:00.000-05:002007-12-12T13:13:00.000-05:00One of the key things for us to do is to stop worr...One of the key things for us to do is to stop worring about the EU (which isn't a problem) and Europe (which doesn't have the same problems) and start focusing instead on the following:<BR/><BR/>1. Stop all Commonwealth marriage visa commitments. Or raise the age of marrying to 25 or above and insist the wife speaks English<BR/><BR/>2. Stop welfare for immigrants fullstop<BR/><BR/>3. Raise the bar of respect. For too long this country has allowed its image outside and within to be the butt of a joke. Hence kids grow up thinking this country sucks and is not worth respecting. As a kid that's what i grew up learning at any rate. Eventually i got to a point where i figured i wanted to be a part of something somewhere that mattered. Otherwise I would have joined with whichever political body seemed like it offered something. In Bradford and East London I can see why kids think they should join these groups. I can also see why football has become nationalistic. I guess this is what the government means by hearts and minds. Right idea. Wrong execution. We need to say were Great and mean it.<BR/><BR/>4. Social values. I'm a relaxed catholic but I can see how good christian values have shaped this country. When i was at catholic school we had girls and boys from India and Pakistan. None of them had any problem rocking along to mass or attending assembly. The parents wanted their kids to learn respect manners and values that Brits were (once) famous for. This is before we got the stuffing knocked out of us for this because it wasnt 'cool' to speak nicely and have manners anymore. Everyone had to pretend they were LA or NYC gang kids. Ironic really because most Americans I meet are incredibly polite with impeccable manners. <BR/><BR/>5. Law and order<BR/><BR/>6. As for Labour - compare Labour now to the Labour of the 70s. Worlds apart. Not sure whats to be done there but we are living through a major shift in old Left and Right akin to the 19c under Disraeli.<BR/><BR/>7. In ten years I would be surprised if there is a Union Jack flag. I hate that thought and do blame Labour.<BR/><BR/>(bit of a rambling irrelevant comment sorry!)<BR/><BR/>alisonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com