tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16924295.post113154809231817676..comments2024-03-29T08:08:48.276+00:00Comments on dan hancox: Ou est la France?dan hancoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14335192225001443427noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16924295.post-1131729478589483662005-11-11T17:17:00.000+00:002005-11-11T17:17:00.000+00:00yeah, they do like their assimilation the frenchie...yeah, they do like their assimilation the frenchies. i admire the fact that they've had a secular state since the revolution, and that they're still so passionate about preserving their core values, but y'know: idealism never shod a foot or fed a kid.<BR/><BR/>there's a big argument still going on in this country about whether we should abandon multiculturalism and go for a french-style 'everyone here is british, no matter where they're from originally or when they got here' sentiment. it's good that the debate is happening, but it also kinda makes my head hurt.dan hancoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14335192225001443427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16924295.post-1131727826697637492005-11-11T16:50:00.000+00:002005-11-11T16:50:00.000+00:00There was an interesting article in the Guardian t...There was an interesting article in the Guardian that stated that because the French are son keen to enforce equalite, they don't recognise ethnicity or other cultures at all and are just keen to enhance Frenchness, causing an identity crisis among young, poor ghettoized ethnic youths.<BR/><BR/>I am pretty ignorant on this subject, but I had this kinda inkiling that this happened because (i) La Haine PROVED that there were ghettos and inequality and (ii) muslims aren't allowed to wear bhurkas or wahtever (marvellous little englander turn of phrase that hey). My client thought it happened because all the gendarmerie are racist and they've been trying to shoot girls in head-dresses. But perhaps that requires a pinch of salt.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15585405507412293641noreply@blogger.com