[Angus]

Originally Posted by ange7

It doesn't exist? Mate it exist whether you like it or not, it's currently British policy. Britain is a multicultural nation no matter how deep under the covers you choose to hide. Multiculturalism is about lessening social friction. It's about encouraging immigrants to keep their identity, history and cultural and to share that with the rest of society. Obviously your perfect in every way so you don't need to learn anything from other's , especially those from other cultures but luckily your in the minority their.... so oops...sux to be you.. The "government" ( lol the way you write it sounds like it's some evil organization) is voted in by THE PEOPLE …. and that's who want multiculturalism. If parties thought there were votes in halting multiculturalism then they would have made it one of their policies in the hope of either getting or staying elected. Note how that HASN'T happened. I suggest you join the BNP or the english defence league ie ( BNP lite) who at their last march all shouted "WE HATE MUSLIMS".
So if you hate multiculturalism than what policy would YOU prefer? Should all immigrants assimilate and deny all their cultural, their history, their identity and spend their remaining years in the UK living a lie? Or do you agree with Arista's solution that immigrants should be electronically tagged and monitored to make sure they don't get up mischief. ( lol what a wingnut!) Maybe your solution is to send them all "back to where they came from"? Well...which is it mate? According to you the government has everyone fooled except for you (omg lol) so what's the alternative?

The alternative is a society where immigrants assimilate, and adapt to the UK culture, hopefully enriching it and being enriched by ours. Since this is an English speaking nation, learning the language should be a priority since it facilitates integration, sharing of ideas and concepts. Sharing a common language is the single most unifying factor since it enables us to communicate.

Embracing and understanding their cultures is what immigrants ask us to do, so surely it is not unreasonable to request them to have the courtesy to embrace ours, and to request that they respect our religions, heritage and history, as we are now required by law to do of theirs. There is no requirement I am aware of for any immigrant to deny their own culture, customs or language unless they are in contravention of the laws of the UK.

Over the centuries England has welcomed immigrants from all over the world, and our rich cultural heritage is a testament to the input of many other cultures. What I find difficult to understand is why multiculturalism has been interpreted by some to mean living as separate communities within society. That is what causes divisions, misunderstandings and suspicions.