You don't have to mention any particular race, creed, colour, orientation etc. Just mention that it happens, (like it happens everywhere, with different majorities). Most of us are intelligent enough to know what you mean. We read world news, get it on our TV sets etc.
I am glad, in a way, that some of our regular more vocal Muslims weren't in here tonight, or this thread would have been banned. They would have been deeply offended, and rightly so.
I just find that mentioning, or singling out a particular section of society, is hurtful and demeaning to them, in whatever negative way they are being mentioned.
The current supposedly bad guys seem to be the Muslims. 50 years ago it would have been the Russians or the Germans. With the same negative consequences, prejudice and hatred. Before that it would have been the English, the Spanish, the Romans, the Vikings etc........
Nothing good comes of it. It causes hatred and wars.
Again, never mentioned attacking anyone. I ASKED why use them to make a point? And Boban was capable of answering for himself. I have always respected what he writes, which is WHY I asked the question.
I didn't ask you the question. I asked him, and stated my opinion, which I am entitled to do on here.
Who mentioned attacking them? I said he used them to make a point. Read the posts again, and this time, leave out your imagination that runs between the lines.
I don't write between lines. I say EXACTLY what I mean to say.
Well I'd like to bet that hundreds of thousands of the people in Germany, who don't speak German, are not Muslim, but probably are immigrants. Were they even refered to?
Merkle was refering to immigrants, not the religion of any given immigrants. Even if she were, (which is politically incorrect), it is not right to single out a particular religion, like all immigrants belong to it, and are the single offenders.
That is like saying that just because Boban and his cousins decide to learn a lot of languages, to suit the countries they are in, that all Gypsies to that, anymore than it is true to say that all immigrants are Muslim, or all Muslims refuse to learn new languages and integrate.
It is not right to single out people of a particular religion, to say that they are all refusing to join the language and culture of a country.
There is no truth in it, and it spreads hatred of whoever is segregated out.
Nobody is robbing you of your culture. It has been right there all along. People here CHOOSE to act like they do in other countries, they are not forced to. Nobody says you have to say yeah instead of yes, or goodbye instead of se ya, or oiche mhaith. They can just as easily CHOOSE to promote their own heritage, listen to their own music, have their own craic in the way that their culture is, and still get on with other people.
And dtuigeann to? You dig? Did you realise that we added that phrase into American culture, from the Irish language, just like Baltimore is Bailte Mor, big town?
The world is already multicultural everywhere. What is needed is tolerance of everyone else's culture. Enjoy the differences like you enjoy the sameness.
Quoting Boban here....."Germany's population is about 5 percent Muslim, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life estimated last year. Its roughly 4 million Muslims make up the largest Muslim population in western Europe. "
Why use Muslims to make his point, is my point........
Ali, pizzas and burgers are bad for you from fast food chains.
Burgers contain lips, tongues, a**hole, ligaments, noses, eyes, cheeks, ears, and other assorted bits of meat that the industry can't get anyone to buy any other way.
Pizza dough is highly fattening, and can trigger candida/thrush in the body. The processed meats contain a lot of fat and preservatives. Not good at all.
Many fast foods break down the auto-immune system in the body and cause intolerances, and allergies, arthritis IBS, and fybromyalgia.
I'd really need to do more research on this one. There is much written on the subject of love and its many aspects. Love, in its essence, might not be the same as love generated from thought, ie: the emotion, since Buddha's teachings encourage people to meditate, (the absence of thought), in order to see things clearly.
I take notions about doing various painting, arts and crafts, sewing, reading and writing poetry, now and again. Also love reading stuff on the internet.
Compassion. That things move us to tears. Sharing someone's joy, feeling someone's pain, feeling the sadness of something beautiful that is lost to you or others.
Any land being occupied, and holiness, have nothing to do with each other. Holiness, akin to spirituality, can be had anywhere.
Often holiness, in the guise of any religion, or none, produces a new zeal when challenged or forbidden, which is, I think, where people make the mistake of linking them.
That is not to say that there is no holiness with or without war, since they are not directly connected. Holiness is usually personal to individuals. War usually involves groups of people disputing something, or hoping to gain something that gives them power.
Holiness gives peace not power.
The holy land is a holy place for many individuals of many religions who visit there regularly, and find peace, war or no war.
I have 3 grandchildren and another one due in a couple of weeks.
Two grandchildren live in Ireland, a girl and a boy. One grandson is Ukrainian, (my son lives in Kyiv), and the one that is due, also a boy, will be Spanish, (my daughter lives in Barcelona).
I think the ladies here gave you plenty of good tips on this issue at least. Calling ahead is the thing to do if you recon you will be a bit late. Sometimes even if you are going to be cutting it fine, just so she sees you as a considerate person.
Knowing you are, and showing you are, are different things.
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RE: Multiculturalism has 'failed
You don't have to mention any particular race, creed, colour, orientation etc. Just mention that it happens, (like it happens everywhere, with different majorities). Most of us are intelligent enough to know what you mean. We read world news, get it on our TV sets etc.I am glad, in a way, that some of our regular more vocal Muslims weren't in here tonight, or this thread would have been banned. They would have been deeply offended, and rightly so.
I just find that mentioning, or singling out a particular section of society, is hurtful and demeaning to them, in whatever negative way they are being mentioned.
The current supposedly bad guys seem to be the Muslims. 50 years ago it would have been the Russians or the Germans. With the same negative consequences, prejudice and hatred. Before that it would have been the English, the Spanish, the Romans, the Vikings etc........
Nothing good comes of it. It causes hatred and wars.