It seems to me that it has already ruled out any chance of success by avoiding addressing the issue 'faith schools' (because Blair is a crusading Christian?) when the root of much extremism is religion and religious eduction.
2006-08-24 14:45:02 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
Give me a break, its excellent PR for the government so the gullible can think that "something is being done". Of course it isn't and sadly, history will judge just what a failure it was.
2006-08-24 23:45:19 · answer #1 · answered by A True Gentleman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it. Yesterday I heard the chairman of the new commission who declined to say whether he thought there was such a thing as "Islamophobia". How can they be expected to reach a decision on anything when they dare not voice an opinion on anything?
My only hope is that the ridiculous and failed attempt at ''multi-culturalism" will be exposed. It's a lie. The lie is that we must all believe that all aspects of all cultures are equally to be valued and cherished. If that were true it would mean that Hindus should be free to practice Suttee - whereby widows are burned to death on the funeral pyres of their husbands - or Thuggee, the practice of attacking travellers and offering them as a sacrifice to Kali, goddess of destruction. The British in India had no compunction about destroying both those traditions in a country which was not their own. I don't see why the British in Britain should be less robust in demanding certain standards of behaviour as cultural norms, no matter how much that might offend citizens of minority cultures. After all, there is no restriction on travel and, if female emancipation and a nod towards the normal liberties which the majority agrees on as part of the Western liberal canon is too much to ask, then people are free to settle in countries where rather stricter codes apply.
2006-08-25 05:16:29 · answer #2 · answered by scotsman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a step in the right direction for all people who would like to see an inclusive society. While I don't agree at all with the funding of any faith school there are more fundamental social issues.
2006-08-25 14:34:50 · answer #3 · answered by bob kerr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its all spin, the government says it will do something, so the people are satisfied that the problem is being sorted. Then actually does nothing. Do you know that the the government is about to allow Muslims their own bank holidays to celebrate their own festivals. We can't even have St Georges day off. I really fail to understand how **** this government really is.
2006-08-25 05:15:32 · answer #4 · answered by jimmy two times 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Its another Blair smokescreen. He is only interested in giving the impression he is doing something. Like everything else New Labour has done it will fail.
2006-08-25 05:13:53 · answer #5 · answered by deadly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unlikely. Any findings will be watered down, to become practically non existent and the old "I see no ships" syndrome will be applied by a bunch of wishy-washy liberals (lower case "l").
2006-08-25 01:42:41 · answer #6 · answered by kytho 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just another waste of taxpayers money to try and force people to live together.
There's an old saying 'birds of a feather flock together' and it is very true.
2006-08-25 09:00:59 · answer #7 · answered by andylefty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
extremism. -- as not reglious teaching some people jest
don!t under stand thing that thay don!t see or fell .money power
and drug and sex is the limit of felling for most people now day
but there so much more in life.
2006-08-24 23:09:12 · answer #8 · answered by the B, kid @sbcglobal.net 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no they are far too wishy washy to make any real decisions
2006-08-26 20:24:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋