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.
A blog commenting on various aspects of the private collecting and trade in archaeological artefacts today and their effect on the archaeological record.
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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