Stephen Elliott
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Joined: Oct. 2005
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| Quote (Chris Hyland @ Sep. 18 2006,18:08) | | Quote | | Over here we seem to be growing a compensation culture. Years ago we used to laughat some of the stupid compensation claims tha Americans made. Now it is becoming a huge industry here. |
1).A couple of years ago someone came up to us on the street and ended up trying to persuade my friend to sue her brother for pushing her of the swing and breaking her leg when she was 5.
| Quote | | There is also a growing number of people that seem to choose to live on benefits. Something that I consider unsustainable. |
2).This does seem to be a worrying trend although its hard to tell sometimes how much the news blows it out of proportion.
| Quote | | To get back on-topic. I do not believe that muslim lack of success is the fault of individual muslims. I consider it a mix of our perception of them combined with (sometimes) their militancy. |
3).What tends to happen in Britain is a situation of tolerant segregation (the government calls it multiculturalism), Im not really sure what the solution is though. |
1).That does not really surprise me. Litigation has taken off in a large way in Britain. It has now lead to far fewer experiences for children in the way of school activities, trips and sport.
2). You are probably correct in assuming media exageration, the problem is real though. From my experience it is localised.
My ex wife was brought up on a council estate in Wigan. Unemployment was enormous and mostly a chosen lifestyle. I suspect it is down to expectations and role models.
The other problem is people who lose their jobs and get trapped on benefits. The whole idea that a person could be financially worse off by choosing to work is ridiculous to me, but for certain people it is a fact of life.
3) While I would agree that it usually leads to tolerant segregation this is not always the case. Especially at the time that it is originally happening.
Multiculturalism is a nice idea but I do not think that it is working. Certainly not for Brit/Asian muslims. Other groups seem to be fairing much better though. Brit/Asian Hindus and Sikhs seem to be doing very well. Particularly those that were forced to leave Uganda by Idi Amin. In fact I think as an ethnic group they are the financialy most successfull people in Britian (on average).
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