In all the discussions of the so-called "Islamisation of European culture" one hears from the loony and moderate right, one fact tends to be forgotten; we do not change culture because somebody makes us (look at the failed attempt to turn Poland into a Soviet satellite 1949-1989) but because we want to. I was amused to see a recent anti-immigrant demonstration in Warsaw heading off down the road and when the small gathering of bigots had finished shouting and posturing, some of them returned to a kebab kiosk run by a Syrian refugee which they'd just marched past. Here's another example.
Friday, 25 March 2016
Culture Change
In all the discussions of the so-called "Islamisation of European culture" one hears from the loony and moderate right, one fact tends to be forgotten; we do not change culture because somebody makes us (look at the failed attempt to turn Poland into a Soviet satellite 1949-1989) but because we want to. I was amused to see a recent anti-immigrant demonstration in Warsaw heading off down the road and when the small gathering of bigots had finished shouting and posturing, some of them returned to a kebab kiosk run by a Syrian refugee which they'd just marched past. Here's another example.
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