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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Terrorist attack in Paris
« on: January 09, 2015, 05:41:30 AM »It also happens to be the wealthy part of the continent. I don't think that is coincidental.The region that doesn't have a large Islamic population is generally considered to be "xenophobic" and is overall ethnically uniform. It's probably a combination of both factors.
I still don't get it, though. No one gets pointed at for being a Nazi-phobic when they talk about Nazism and its negative impact on society, but at the same time Islamophobe is a real thing that you can be hit with. I mean, hell, they even have a handy dandy book detailing their beliefs and intents. It's like reading the fucking Mein Kampf and thinking "eh, no big deal." Not only are these people doing shit to your country, but they're also nice enough to provide you with an outline of what they're doing and why.I absolutely agree. But, again, the problem lies with who makes the decisions. Consider, for example, that the hammer and sickle is illegal in Poland, as is the Nazi swastika. I can't just wear a t-shirt with one of those symbols in Poland (unless I have good reason to, e.g. it's part of a show about history or something). In fact, I almost got in trouble because I had a Red Army belt buckle on my possession once while travelling - I ended up being fine because the border guard didn't want to bother. Many other people/countries would consider that to be a silly violation of the freedom of expression.
We now largely have governments who put too much emphasis on diversity and equality. Sweden is trying to apply feminism to foreign policy, for fuck's sake. Slowly, but steadily, people are getting pissed off with the left. They look for alternatives. Eventually, the support will tip. I just hope it won't be for the likes of UKIP and Front National.
I don't mean to say Muslim's are literally Hitler, but still, the comparison is apt enough to warrant a questioning of Europe's politics and not taking belief systems more seriously. For a group of countries that so easily crush some people's beliefs, they are really slow to react on other's.Again, I agree completely. I'm not trying to defend the EU policy or argue for it. I think it's silly. I'm just trying to clarify what's happening and why.
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It's really hard to force a culture to integrate when that culture has very specific guidelines as to what it can and can't do. Most other major religions ignore the majority of their religious guidelines and adhere to the government, a lot Muslims are really good at doing the opposite.
