To be continued....
Oct. 16th, 2009 02:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
philosoraptor42Okay now this is confusing. (Via BHA)
The BHA recently noted a couple of tirades against secularism recently. The first I already knew about: Tony Blair. I didn't know about him quoting from a speech by the pope that humanism is 'inhuman', but it doesn't surprise me. I'm glad to see the BHA advising that he isn't made president of European Union council, but I'd like to hope that he's a highly unlikely choice anyway (then again he was a highly unlikely choice for Middle East envoy too, so who knows?).
The other figure the BHA have pointed out, however, is Baroness Warsi. Now she makes a lot of very sensible points in her speech, but she also says a lot of cr*p too. A big issue for me, however, is her use of the term 'state multiculturalism'. The National Secular Society seem to think this is a reasonable part of her speech, but I'm not so sure. I'd really like to know - what's wrong with "state multiculturalism"? What's worse this term seems to end up being traced back to Munira Mirza, who I am strongly in favour of and, from what I can tell, she has never used the term. What the hell is going on?
Perhaps this is some long case of chinese whispers?
If anyone can help me out here, please do...
The BHA recently noted a couple of tirades against secularism recently. The first I already knew about: Tony Blair. I didn't know about him quoting from a speech by the pope that humanism is 'inhuman', but it doesn't surprise me. I'm glad to see the BHA advising that he isn't made president of European Union council, but I'd like to hope that he's a highly unlikely choice anyway (then again he was a highly unlikely choice for Middle East envoy too, so who knows?).
The other figure the BHA have pointed out, however, is Baroness Warsi. Now she makes a lot of very sensible points in her speech, but she also says a lot of cr*p too. A big issue for me, however, is her use of the term 'state multiculturalism'. The National Secular Society seem to think this is a reasonable part of her speech, but I'm not so sure. I'd really like to know - what's wrong with "state multiculturalism"? What's worse this term seems to end up being traced back to Munira Mirza, who I am strongly in favour of and, from what I can tell, she has never used the term. What the hell is going on?
Perhaps this is some long case of chinese whispers?
If anyone can help me out here, please do...
