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| Britain |
| How the British government pays Muslims to vote Labour |
| 2009-03-17 |
| Imagine that you had fallen into a coma the night Tony Blair was elected, and now woke up during the last days of New Labour -- what differences would you notice around you? The most striking would be the change in women's fashion. Back in 1997 the country was coming out of recession and the downbeat grunge look, and young ladies were starting to wear short skirts and plunging necklines. Twelve years later and you'll notice the women are dressed more conservatively - far, far more conservatively. Take a tour of any of inner London borough and see how many women are sporting hijabs, jilbabs or niqabs, loan words that have entered the English language since 1997. In many cases these are not women who were brought up in "that culture", but British people who, in their teens and twenties, have chosen to adopt dress that would be considered reactionary in most of the Islamic world, let alone London. We saw a gaggle (although that collective noun seems slightly inappropriate) of niqab-clad women last week in Luton, screaming abuse at British soldiers who had been fighting for the rights of Iraqis and Afghans to be able to protest freely. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 If it was only money. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-03-17 11:53 |
| #1 And there have always been shysters and hucksters and drum-banging loudmouths who have come forward to represent "their community" and feathered their nests, crying "racism" and "libel" whenever a journalist asked how their foreign junkets benefited their community, and threatening unrest and riot whenever they did not get their way. Is he referring to community organizers and the like? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-03-17 08:15 |