just not right

Posted by: sconads

16th Sep 2011 06:26pm

why is it that if we were to go to another country we have to obey their rules and customs,and we get no help.But every other race can come to our country and make us change our history and culture,e.g stop xmas at schools etc.also our government looks after them better then our own.i beleive that is so wrong,we should look after our own first.

DeNiro

13th Oct 2011 02:48am

Chrissi - If we didn't pander to the xenophobes in society and insist on locking up these poor people who have committed no crime then we wouldn't have to spend such obscene amounts of money on them. They could be given some initial help in finding and paying for accommodation and getting a job, but then they could support themselves. That would free up billions to help with all those other legitimate problems that you mentioned. How can anyone (migrant or otherwise) change our HISTORY? What has been has been! You can omit to tell parts of it, but you can't actually CHANGE it. You are right about respecting the customs of countries that you visit/migrate to and that this should be 2-way. But this should only be an issue if practising a foreign custom here actually CONFLICTS with our way of life. Eg I do not support separate swimming times for Muslim women at our public pools. Nor do I support the wearing of the full head covering (can't remember what it's called, but you know what I mean). Covering the face makes it very difficult to 'read' a person and is quite confronting for others. I have no objection, however, to the hijab as this covers only the hair.

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