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cowcommander (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 03:11 AM Original message |
Muslims must embrace our British values, David Cameron says |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. I would suggest that Cameron, instead say that |
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molly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 03:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Weird statement at this particular time. |
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Democat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 04:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Giving flowers to the military is not what most societies aspire to. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. The Egyptians giving the flowers are not in England. |
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decidedlyso (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Copy that. Going forward, those who don't embrace those values will |
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SleeplessinSoCal (710 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Please post this! - Muslim protesters charged with crimes in Orange County |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. You cannot force respect, either. All you can do is legislate against |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 04:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. Would like to see true poll of Tories and see how many 'actually' believe |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 05:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I was thinking that and more. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 04:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. Go embrace yourself, David. n/t |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Oh, well said that man! |
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tomg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
8. Its nice to know that |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
9. Expect more "truths" like this to slip out since he lost his "commoner" communications director |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. No, this is exactly the kind of thing that Coulson, and Murdoch's News of the World, like |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. What I meant was that he is now surrounded by OxBridge toffs and doesn't have Coulson to help him.. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I think Cameron has carefully thought before making this speech |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
10. As a significant part of the Muslim world suffered under British colonialism, I would go easy on the |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 09:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I think he means the new British values, not the old ones |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. I guess my point was it is best not to talk about "British Values" at all. Or "American Values" |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 01:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. His speech sounds like same old, same old. |
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on point (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
14. Actively confront those with extremist views - applies I think to repukes in the USA |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yes, and so should everyone else |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. Irony metre alert! In 2005, 6 Tory MPs signed a letter AGREEING with Muslims re morality! |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I just posted about that on the UK forum! |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 04:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
34. See this recent article by Melanie Phillips, one of our most widely-read journalists |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. are "freedom" and "equality" really British values? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Everybody knows Arthur pulled freedom and equality out of the stone. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 01:48 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Maybe William the Conqueror? All rulers seem to pull freedom and equality from somewhere. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 04:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
35. I agree with your last sentence... |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
25. Showing his true colors! |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. He's 100% correct |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
27. "How monocultural does the Prime Minister want us to be?" |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
28. Strange statement for this period of time. Maybe something happened. But I can't disagree... |
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Jmaxfie1 (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 02:05 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. I agree, personal freedom is more important than culture. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
32. Rudyard Kipling would be proud! |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 04:24 AM Response to Original message |
36. Since when has *equality* been one of Cameron's values? |
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